User contributions for GeoWriter

20 July 2024

• 16:1416:14, 20 July 2024 diff hist −39‎ Mineral ‎ →‎Earliest classifications: source reference citation "Staples1983" - removed duplicate of title 2 current
• 16:1216:12, 20 July 2024 diff hist −31‎ Mineral ‎ →‎Earliest classifications: source reference citation "Staples1983" - removed duplicate of title
• 15:4415:44, 20 July 2024 diff hist +68‎ Geology of Gotland ‎ created "See also" section and added entries for "Geology of the Baltic Sea" and "Geology of Sweden" current
• 15:4015:40, 20 July 2024 diff hist +100‎ Geology of Gotland ‎ →‎Lead: first sentence - changed to conform better to English Wikipedia's Manual of Style (WP:MOS) - see MOS:BOLDLEAD; added a sentence to give some context about Sweden and the Baltic Sea
• 15:2915:29, 20 July 2024 diff hist −1‎ Earth ‎ →‎Magnetic field: changed "the aurora" to "an aurora" current
• 15:2115:21, 20 July 2024 diff hist +4‎ Desert ‎ →‎Classification: photo "Semi-arid Niger.jpg" - caption text - added wikilink for "Niger" current
• 15:1415:14, 20 July 2024 diff hist −116‎ Desert ‎ →‎Defining characteristics: photo "Otter Cove & Mt. Desert Island (coastal Maine, USA) 2.jpg" - seems irrelevant, therefore removed
• 15:0915:09, 20 July 2024 diff hist −7‎ Desert ‎ →‎Defining characteristics: some photos - caption text - removed bold font - see MOS:BOLD and other copyedits
• 15:0415:04, 20 July 2024 diff hist +47‎ Desert ‎ photo "Xerus inauris.jpg" - caption text - changed from "Xerus inauris" to "Cape Ground Squirrel (''Xerus inauris'') in the Namib Desert"
• 14:5814:58, 20 July 2024 diff hist −8‎ Desert ‎ →‎Lead: some photos - caption text - changed from bold font - see MOS:BOLD
• 14:3814:38, 20 July 2024 diff hist +194‎ Sector collapse ‎ →‎Causes: diagram "Tata Sabaya evolution.jpg" - caption text - changed from "Sector collapse process" to "Example of sector collapse: cross-section diagram of Tata Sabaya volcano (in Bolivia) (a) Pre-collapse volcano, (b) after collapse, (c) new edifice built on top of collapsed old edifice" with wikilinks current
• 14:0014:00, 20 July 2024 diff hist +34‎ Sector collapse ‎ →‎Lead: "Unlike a flank collapse, a sector collapse involves the central volcanic pipe" - added "citation needed" tag
• 13:5613:56, 20 July 2024 diff hist +21‎ Schist ‎ →‎Formation: graphite schist metamorphic facies - added "for example in the northern Andes"; the cited source reference reports greenschist facies and perhaps amphibolite (and hornblende-hornfels) facies, it does not mention blueschist facies; also, the graphite examples in the cited article are not in the high-pressure Arquía/Peltetec Complex current

19 July 2024

• 13:5413:54, 19 July 2024 diff hist −15‎ Aeolian Islands ‎ →‎Geology: changed "The complex of the seven Aeolian Islands" to "The seven Aeolian Islands" current
• 13:5113:51, 19 July 2024 diff hist +41‎ Aeolian Islands ‎ →‎Geology: "Aeolian Arc" and its relationship with other areas - changed wording
• 12:4212:42, 19 July 2024 diff hist +4‎ List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association ‎ →‎Lead: changed "List of Minerals" to italic font current
• 12:4012:40, 19 July 2024 diff hist +1‎ List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association ‎ →‎Lead: updated access-date for source reference "rruff"
• 12:3512:35, 19 July 2024 diff hist 0‎ List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association ‎ →‎Lead: changed "Rruff" to "RRUFF"
• 12:3312:33, 19 July 2024 diff hist +39‎ List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association ‎ →‎Lead: changed "the Handbook of Mineralogy" to "the Mineralogical Society of America's ''Handbook of Mineralogy''"; changed "Handbook of Mineralogy" to italic font
• 12:2912:29, 19 July 2024 diff hist +1‎ List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association ‎ →‎Lead: updated access-date for source reference "HandbookMiner"
• 12:2612:26, 19 July 2024 diff hist +2‎ List of minerals recognized by the International Mineralogical Association ‎ →‎Lead: updated count of IMA-approved minerals from "6,050" to "6,062" (as of July 2024)
• 12:2112:21, 19 July 2024 diff hist 0‎ Mineral ‎ →‎International Mineralogical Association: updated count of IMA-approved minerals from "6,050" to "6,062" (as of July 2024)
• 12:1912:19, 19 July 2024 diff hist +2‎ Mineral ‎ →‎Lead: updated count of IMA-approved minerals from "6,050" to "6,062" (as of July 2024); somehow, the May 2024 version is archived in the 25 April 2024 archive link!!
• 11:5811:58, 19 July 2024 diff hist +30‎ Urea ‎ added category "Organic minerals" (source reference citation: IMA List of Minerals http://cnmnc.units.it/ ) current
• 11:5111:51, 19 July 2024 diff hist +17‎ List of minerals ‎ →‎U: added "Ungemachite" current
• 11:4111:41, 19 July 2024 diff hist +234‎ Paibian ‎ →‎Lead: first sentence defines Paibian in terms of rock units; added a similar sentence to define Paibian in terms of time units current
• 11:2111:21, 19 July 2024 diff hist +160‎ Types of volcanic eruptions ‎ →‎Vulcanian: "Irazú Volcano" - changed eruption date from "1963" to "1963–1965"; source reference citation web page content is different after 14 years therefore set link to dead and added archive link current

18 July 2024

• 20:5320:53, 18 July 2024 diff hist +31‎ Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes ‎ →‎Application to other groups: "Jasper Seamount" - added "(off the west coast of Mexico)" current
• 20:5020:50, 18 July 2024 diff hist +18‎ Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes ‎ →‎See also: "Geology of the Canary Islands" - description - changed to " a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic Ocean that follow a similar sequence of growth and decline stages"
• 20:4620:46, 18 July 2024 diff hist +131‎ Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes ‎ →‎See also: added "Geology of the Canary Islands - another group of volcanic islands that follow a similar sequence of growth and decline stages"
• 20:4320:43, 18 July 2024 diff hist +90‎ Evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes ‎ →‎Lead: added a new first sentence "The evolution of Hawaiian volcanoes occurs in several stages of growth and decline."
• 20:2920:29, 18 July 2024 diff hist +1‎ List of volcanoes in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ‎ changed "Hawaiian volcanism" to "Hawaiian volcanoes" to avoid possible confusion with Types of volcanic eruptions#Hawaiian ; changed "see also" to "See also:" current
• 20:2220:22, 18 July 2024 diff hist +34‎ List of volcanoes in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ‎ →‎Lead: "Many of the volcanoes are named after former emperors of Japan" - added "citation needed" tag
• 20:1620:16, 18 July 2024 diff hist −4‎ List of volcanoes in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ‎ →‎Lead: - guyot depth - changed "Convert" template to "Cvt" template to avoid British English spelling "metres" in a USA article
• 20:1220:12, 18 July 2024 diff hist +109‎ List of volcanoes in the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain ‎ →‎Lead: "Once a seamount is 600 metres (2,000 ft) or more under the surface, it is also classed as a guyot" - added "failed verification" template - the cited source reference does not mention a specific depth for guyots
• 19:5219:52, 18 July 2024 diff hist 0‎ User:GeoWriter ‎ User boxes - updated "Wikipedia edit count" - set to "over 26,600" current
• 19:4619:46, 18 July 2024 diff hist −57‎ Volcano Number ‎ Undid revision 1235336078 by Irobertz (talk) - removed nonsensical text current Tag: Undo
• 19:4119:41, 18 July 2024 diff hist −13‎ List of natural phenomena ‎ →‎See also: removed "Aurora" because it is already wikilinked in a preceding section - see MOS:NOTSEEALSO current Tag: Manual revert
• 19:4019:40, 18 July 2024 diff hist −19‎ List of atmospheric optical phenomena ‎ removed "Auroral light" - already covered by the preceding article "Aurora" to which it is a redirect current
• 16:5816:58, 18 July 2024 diff hist +60‎ Coral sand ‎ added short description "Carbonate sand formed in warm oceans" current
• 16:5116:51, 18 July 2024 diff hist −39‎ Limestone ‎ →‎See also: removed "Agricultural lime" because it is already wikilinked in a preceding section - see MOS:NOTSEEALSO current
• 16:3916:39, 18 July 2024 diff hist +4‎ Limestone ‎ →‎Occurrence: added wikilink for "calcite compensation depth"
• 16:3716:37, 18 July 2024 diff hist +4‎ Limestone ‎ →‎Occurrence: added wikilink for "photosynthesis"
• 16:3016:30, 18 July 2024 diff hist −3‎ Limestone ‎ photo of chalk - moved from "Gallery" section" to "Other descriptive terms" section
• 16:1216:12, 18 July 2024 diff hist −154‎ Limestone ‎ →‎Gallery: removed old map of limestone in Ohio - too local
• 16:0916:09, 18 July 2024 diff hist −9‎ Limestone ‎ →‎Lead: removed wikilinks for "toothpaste" and "paints" - common words used in their usual meaning; changed "paints" to "paint"
• 14:3814:38, 18 July 2024 diff hist 0‎ Pyroxene ‎ →‎Chemistry and nomenclature: changed "Hypersthene" to "hypersthene" current
• 14:3714:37, 18 July 2024 diff hist +35‎ Pyroxene ‎ →‎See also: added "Rhodonite" and "Wollastonite" (both are pyroxenoid minerals)
• 14:1814:18, 18 July 2024 diff hist +4‎ Wollastonite ‎ →‎Structure: added wikilink for "pyroxenoids" current
• 14:1714:17, 18 July 2024 diff hist −31‎ Wollastonite ‎ →‎See also: removed "Rhodonite" because it is already wikilinked in a preceding section - see MOS:NOTSEEALSO