User talk:Tellervo

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Thanks for your kind note on my minor tidying of Q. Cicero.

I thought of adding something on the authenticity of the Commentariolum, but maybe you're thinking about that too...

--John Wheater 10:02, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Cicero

Hi Tellervo

Don't be hard on yourself. Wiki code and reference syntax can be confusing, not only for new users but also for many old contributors. The error you made was very easy to make and it was very easy to fix. It was a nice surprise to see a new Dane on this project, we aren't that many around. I hope you'll have a pleasant time on Wikipedia, and if you're in doubt about something, feel free to contact me. Best regards and happy editing. --Valentinian (talk) / (contribs) 22:01, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

New User Log Message.

I know you've already been with Wikipedia for a while, but I just saw your message in the new user log.

Welcome!

Hello, Tellervo, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! 

This is the standad welcome message. It has some links for you to help you edit Wikipedia. You probably already know several of the things I've provided, but I thought it might be good to give you more knowledge about Wikipedia. Acalamari 20:09, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

You are very welcome. Acalamari 20:41, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Helping out with the Unassessed Wikipedia Biographies

Seeing that you are an active member of the WikiBiography Project, I was wondering if you would help lend a hand in helping us clear out the amount of [unassessed articles] tagged with {{WPBiography}}. Many of them are of stub and start class, but a few are of B or A caliber. Getting a simple assessment rating can help us start moving many of these biographies to a higher quality article. Thank you! --Ozgod 23:00, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry I Wasn't Any Help.

I'm sorry I wasn't any help to you. At the times your posted your messages to my talk page, 10:07 UTC and 14:08 UTC, I would have been asleep. As for your problem, I checked the histroy of the Cicero page, and as you said, it was to do with a reference. Don't worry, I had to learn to make sure I made references correctly. Again, I am sorry I wasn't able to help. Acalamari 16:20, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

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Cicero

I did indeed make a tall promise, one which I intend to honour — eventually. I have to borrow some books on Cicero, and so pay my library fines. I will read the Britannica article first and then do the rest of the work. Some time before this I will be juggling my responsibilities in real life, too.

I did not promise a deadline earlier — how about in three months? Or, failing that, by the end of this year? Brainmuncher 12:52, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Edit Count Response.

For your edit counts go to Interiot's counter, and type in your name. As for useful sites, do you mean sites on, or off Wikipedia? Acalamari 15:12, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

  • That's easy! :) It you wanted to link to Cicero, just type in [[Cicero]]. Bear in mind some pages have disambiguation links, so something like "Fergie" would have to be [[Fergie]], if you wanted the disambigatuon links, or [[Fergie (singer)]], if you wanted the singer. Does that help? Acalamari 16:51, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
    • It works! Thank you! --Tellervo 17:08, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
      • New edit counter: X!'s new edit counter--Tellervo (talk) 08:58, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Re: Correspondents of Cicero

I've added the category to Appius Claudius Pulcher (consul 54 BC). EALacey 12:51, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Response.

I'm really sorry Tellervo, but I have to suggest you ask someone else. I'm quite busy at the moment, and I'm on Dial-Up internet. Again, I am really, really sorry. Acalamari 16:22, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Again, Tellervo; I am really sorry. I have not been as helpful to you as I hoped to be. Seriously; I am sorry. Acalamari 21:00, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Assistance

If you need help, simply place {{helpme}} on your userpage, and post your question. You will receive a response. Hope this is helpful to you! KillerChihuahua?!? 22:14, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

apology

Tellervo, I apologize for the overly harsh edit summary. I never thought that perhaps some of the editors on English wikipedia would speak another language. Hopefully we can put this behind us and work to improve the article. Earendilmm 03:42, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

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I am in need of help

Could someone tell me, how to file the first part of an overly long talk page? The talk page in question is Cicero's talk page. Thanking you in advance. --Tellervo 18:20, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Kas, iltaa Tellervo. The instructions on how to archive a talk page are at Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page. Let me know if you need further assistance. Cheers, --KFP (talk | contribs) 18:35, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Talk page guidelines

Please read the talk page guidelines, especially the part about editing others' comments. It is a bad practice, and a good way to upset other editors, if you edit posts that aren't your own for grammar and spelling. Thanks.-Andrew c 17:10, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

I understand your intentions are good, but I'll quote from the page I linked to It is not necessary to bring talk pages to publishing standards, so there is no need to correct typing errors, grammar, etc. It tends to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting ... Editing others' comments (except on your own user talk page) is generally not allowed. It's not a big deal, just letting you know that it isn't necessary and that it upsets some users. Thanks for understanding. I personally don't think kindly pointing out this is over-reacting, but if I have come off with a stern tone, I apologize. I mean well.-Andrew c 18:31, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

IP 65.121.129.102

Hello, and welcome. Always good to see a fellow Scandinavian =)

As for the IP - just report him on WP:AIV (also known as Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism). Just use the format {{IPvandal|IP address}} brief reason for listing (keep it short) ~~~~. An administator will review the case and block as appropriate. Bearing in mind that this seems to be a shared adress (multiple users), and that a not insignificant time has passed since the last vandalism, don't expect a permanent block though.

Happy editing, WegianWarrior 10:38, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Cicero

Hi! I can tell you're relatively new here. Take it easy! I understand that you are very sensitive about your edits (I have the same problem :)), but what counts is wiki policies and the quality of the encyclopedia we're working on.
I didn't mind the bit about the first century Roman so much, but you actually preserved that part of my edit in which I deleted it, and you reverted my other edit, apparently by mistake. Note that it is not OK to write inaccurate (deceiving) edit summaries in order "not to catch someone's attention" (see e.g. Help:Edit summary). A minimum of honesty is expected. I'm sure this is due to inexperience and not to bad intentions on your part.
As for the "first century Roman sentence", I wrote that it is unnecessary (not "useless") because I felt it was not *so* important in comparison to the other info, and the lead section should only contain the most important and non-dubious information. Even if I was wrong to say that and if my wording was too offensive (I don't think it was), strictly speaking, that wouldn't be called WP:POV (only edits to articles are supposed to conform to NPOV); rather, you could accuse me of being a dick :).
I removed the sentence also, among other reasons, because somebody else had already challenged it by adding a [citation needed] tag, and because the fact that the Roman is unnamed looked suspicious. Usually, people at least write "Sallust/Livius has said", even when they don't specify the book and the paragraph. Note that I am perfectly in my right to do this: any sentence may be removed if there is no source specified, and it's up to the other party to prove it's OK by sourcing it (see e.g. WP:V).
Anyway, I'll add it to the talk page of the article (I guess I was wrong not to start with that) and I hope you can find a source. Look at it this way - if the sentence is inaccurate, that would harm wikipedia's reputation. If it's not, the article won't be so harmed by losing it (hopefully only temporarily).
Best wishes,
--91.148.159.4 12:07, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the note regarding this statement. It comes from Cornelius Nepos' Life of Atticus. I've restored it to the article, with a reference. I'd like to keep it in the article, although I wouldn't object if someone moved it to the Works section. EALacey 09:08, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I guess it's good that Tellervo challenged my removal of it, otherwise I wouldn't have left a note and a curious piece of info would have gone lost! I suppose it might be better to move it to "Works", especially in its current detailed form, but I won't do so if nobody else feels that way. --91.148.159.4 13:22, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Article assessments

Hi Tellervo

What you'd done was almost correct. The way these templates normally work is by adding a line of code like {{NameOfTheBanner|class=B|importance=Mid}}

In this case (since the template name is {{Orthodoxyproject}} ):

{{orthodoxyproject|class=B|importance=Mid}}

On the other hand, an article from the Finnish project - template name: {{WikiProject Finland}} - could be:

{{WikiProject Finland|class=Start|importance=Low}}

The Estonian template works the same way. The thing to remember is that you need to write "class=" and "importance=" yourself. The class can be assessed as FA, A, GA, B, Start or Stub. The importance rating can be Top, High, Mid or Low. Almost all of the project banners work this way, but on a few of them, you have to write "start, stub, top, high, mid, low" using lowercase letters. Most templates work both ways. Happy editing. Valentinian T / C 09:52, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

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