User talk:Skoglund

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History Edits[edit]

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-- That Guy, From That Show! ^(talk) 08:18, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Why are you changing headlines?[edit]

Hello there! Why are you chainging the headlines of years BC? Greece, Persian empire, Rome etc. are sub headlines of By place and as such, they should not be larger than that one. It is itself a sub headline of Events and thus, it's smaller than that one. Hej! Varför ändrar du på rubrikerna på åren före Kristus? Greece, Persian empire, Rome etc. är underrubriker till By place och skall därför vara mindre än den. Den är i sig en underrubrik till Events och är alltså mindre än den. /Ludde23 ^{Talk Contrib} 23:14, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stop the changes! Why are you doing it? They shouldn't be headline level 2, but headline level 4! Stop this instant! Ludde23 ^{Talk Contrib} 13:01, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion for 5th century BC[edit]

Hi Igor! I notice you've done a lot of work with the historical date topics. I just made a small correction to 5th century BC, and I have a suggestion. Since specific dates from 2500 years ago are so imprecise, it might make sense to show the estimated/approximate dates after the year. This would keep the year column lined up better. For example, something like this:

480 BC - King Xerxes I of Persia sets out to conquer Greece.
480 BC - Cimon and his friends burn horse-bridles as an offering to Athena and join the marines.
480 BC - Pleistarchus succeeds his father Leonidas I as king of Sparta.
480 BC - (~August 11) - Battle of Artemisium - The Persian fleet fights an inconclusive battle with the Greek allied fleet.
480 BC - (~August 11) - The Battle of Thermopylae, a victory by Persians over the Greeks.
480 BC - (~September 23) - Battle of Salamis between Greece and Persia, leading to a Greek victory.
480 BC - Battle of Himera - The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon of Syracuse.
480 BC - Roman troops march against the Veientines.

-- Jim Douglas 17:18, 20 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe. Igor Skoglund

link to British[edit]

Hello, when you want to link to the article about something British, please do not link to British, as that is a disambiguation page (which nothing should be linked to). Instead link to the one of the options found on that page such as United Kingdom or Great Britain by writing out [[United Kingdom|British]] or [[Great Britain|British]]. Regards, Jeff3000 13:20, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A very long time ago[edit]

Skoglund said on my user talk:

I suggest to expand previous dates like 11th millenium BC because Upper Paleolith is event but not a timeline. Igor Skoglund

I'm not sure what you mean precisely, Upper Paleolithic covers time over a period of 30,000 years.

Still, I'd be glad to help expand dates/events. Please let me know more.

Thanks (again) for your contributions to Wikipedia -- That Guy, From That Show! 09:38, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fine job, but...[edit]

Hello! You're doing a fine job adding events to the year articles, but, when you do so, please write in the present tense. /Ludde23 ^{Talk Contrib} 00:01, 26 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And while you're at it, please don't remove the spaces between the asterisks (*) and the text. /Ludde23 ^{Talk Contrib} 22:21, 10 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hello again! I feel I should take the opportunity to talk to you now. I have now gone over your edits and fixed them gramatically and layoutwise. The thing is, I always have to, when you edit the year pages, since you keep making the same mistakes over and over again. I would therefore be glad, if you could stop making those mistakes in the future. Here are some things you should consider, when editing the year articles:

Put a space between the asterisk (*) and the text (as in * The statue... not *The statue...).
Specify what kind of work of art that is made. You shouldn't just write Polykleitos makes Doryforos... - you should specify what Doryforos is, so instead, please write Polykleitos makes the statue Doryforos....
When you're adding new headlins, don't add the headlines, save and then add the text. Add both the headline and the text and then save.
When you specify where those works of art are kept today, you can't just say It is now at.... In English, you must specify what they are, so please specify with more words, such as It is now kept at... or It is now preserved at... or something like that.

Otherwise, you're doing a fine job adding notes about works of art to the year articles. Keep up the good work! /Ludde23 ^{Talk Contrib} 20:34, 7 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Years[edit]

Hey, I noticed your recent string of year edits and wanted to invite you to join this project. Wrad (talk) 20:53, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You can click on the link above and it will tell you what the project is all about. It is a group of editors who want to improve year articles like 1993 or whatever. Wrad (talk) 17:42, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy deletion nomination of William Bousie[edit]

Hello Skoglund,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged William Bousie for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

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You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Vanjagenije (talk) 23:30, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I declined the speedy. Please source the thing quickly to make notability more apparent. Dloh cierekim 02:17, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sources, please[edit]

When you created William Maxwell (physician) you must have got the information from somewhere: please remember to tell us where, by adding a source. Otherwise we have no evidence that you have not just invented him. Thanks. PamD 14:02, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion nomination of Baron Jules Dupotet de Sennevoy[edit]

Hello Skoglund,

I wanted to let you know that I just tagged Baron Jules Dupotet de Sennevoy for deletion, because the article doesn't clearly say why the subject is important enough to be included in an encyclopedia.

If you feel that the article shouldn't be deleted and want more time to work on it, you can contest this deletion, but please don't remove the speedy deletion tag from the top.

You can leave a note on my talk page if you have questions. Vanjagenije (talk) 23:49, 22 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Skoglund, although the tag was completely understandable, I declined the deletion because of this article about him in the French wiki. They use a different title for the article. I have no idea if it's better. I'm hoping that you will take some time to improve the article. Feel free to use the material from the French wiki (translated, of course) as long as it's reliably sourced. You may also want to move the article so the titles match.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:54, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Damcar on the Mercator map or Arabia[edit]

There is a sentence:"Damcar appears on the Mercator map or Arabia" on the page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1569. I have tried to find this appearance, however I was not able to locate "Damcar" on the maps e.g. here:

https://www.google.si/search?q=Mercator+map+of+Arabia&client=firefox-b-ab&tbm=isch&imgil=68nRveVbG8fF6M%253A%253BKf5hLFLBOu0h_M%253Bhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.liveauctioneers.com%25252Fitem%25252F43282938&source=iu&pf=m&fir=68nRveVbG8fF6M%253A%252CKf5hLFLBOu0h_M%252C_&usg=__CsyNV1Tzov48jzULYxGLZobbIG4%3D&biw=957&bih=573&ved=0ahUKEwjbmfad1a_QAhUKbRQKHcLICQEQyjcIKQ&ei=p5EtWJuqDIraUcKRpwg#imgdii=68nRveVbG8fF6M%3A%3B68nRveVbG8fF6M%3A%3B5XQwGMFK-KTtgM%3A&imgrc=68nRveVbG8fF6M%3A

could you please help me with an explanation of how to find the correct map and how to locate Damcar on a map. Best regards, Leo LeoL01 (talk) 08:09, 18 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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