14:0314:03, 19 September 2024diffhist+146
Angel Falls
I'm not sure if the image of Churún Merú has been included based on a mistaken idea that it is the same as Angel Falls—it is not, as is self-evident by looking at it, though I see it is often mistaken for it online; anyway, I've at least clarified that, with coordinatescurrent
06:0606:06, 30 May 2024diffhist+2,038
Homing pigeon
every major dictionary agrees that "carrier pigeon" is a synonym for "homing pigeon" (distinct, of course, from the English carrier pigeon); it is thus not an erroneous usage
20:5820:58, 5 April 2024diffhist+1,113
Petrarch
"Francesco di Petracco", with "di"; "Francesco Petrarca" misleading, since it is his modern Italian name, not his birth name; Francis Petrarch is genuinely used, as in works by Scaglione, Cervigni, Boswell, Rearden, etc. etc., and has been since at least the 16th (in Thomas Lanquet) and 17th centuries (in numerous works); I also expanded translated works
23:5723:57, 26 January 2024diffhist−2,057
Mene (unit)
merged into mina (unit); the article was copied mostly word for word, and there is no meaningful distinctioncurrentTag: New redirect
23:5723:57, 26 January 2024diffhist+1,146
Mina (unit)
merged mene (unit) here; there is no meaningful distinction, and that article was mostly word for word the same as this; I also brought in the image and its caption from the Spanish Wikipedia
01:4901:49, 2 November 2023diffhist−19
Gina Gershon
A misprinted name on a birth certificate is not what someone is "born as"; people are born as whatever their parents named them