User:Saukkomies/Archived discussions

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Dianthus alpinus photo
Thanks for the compliments on the photo and letting me know where it's being used. Small world indeed :) Hope all is well --IvanTortuga (talk) 05:03, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Re:User talk:Baseball1015
In regards to this edit, please see WP:BLANKING. -- The New  Mikemoral  ♪♫ 01:06, 14 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for that information. I didn't know about that policy, but now that I think about it, I can see the wisdom in it. I am now wiser and will not restore warnings from other users' talk pages that they've deleted, even though their doing so is against the rules. Thanks for the instruction and the help in dealing with that vandalism against one of the article's talk page that I had done so much work on. --Saukkomies talk 05:19, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

That %^$@#%^ map!
I was going to tag the file for deletion but it had already been tagged and was kept. I looked at the old deletion request file for the dratted thing and the administrator who ruled on it cited some commons rules which are different from Wikipedia rules. So somewhere in Wikipedia there must be a forum to debate the accuracy and usability and to prohibit use of false info, else we'd have all sorts of blatantly false photos springing up. If you find the forum let me know please. Trilobitealive (talk) 05:37, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Looking at the way they organize info, even a successful request to delete from Wikipedia wouldn't get rid of it from Wikimedia.Trilobitealive (talk) 05:49, 17 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm glad I'm not the only one who is torqued off about that dang map. I know where it came from, too, well generally... It's most likely from someone who is a devoted cult follower of Marija Gimbutas, and who is using her work as the gospel truth about Neolithic history, which, well, appears to get some people in trouble about knowing what is real and what is not, it seems. At any rate, it's one of my pet peeves to see incorrectly made maps published as factual. grrrrr..... --Saukkomies talk 07:46, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Marija Gimbutas eh? Well as a personal aside I once decided that I could pull prehistory out of my arse about as well as she and all her disciples so I wrote a novel about a fictional late neolithic/early bronze age european tribe. At least I didn't try to pretend it to be the product of research or channeling dead pagans. Trilobitealive (talk) 14:42, 23 January 2010 (UTC)

Economy of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture
I was looking at your new comprehensive and well written article. I feel that it qualifies for WP:DYK and will be nominating it NativeForeigner Talk/Contribs 05:59, 17 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much. I'm speechless. :) --Saukkomies talk 07:18, 17 January 2010 (UTC)


 * It was your titanic effort also!CristianChirita (talk) 11:35, 27 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Cristian, but I could not have done it without your contributions. --Saukkomies talk 14:00, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

Your edits on svwiki
Hi, You have put the template in some articles on svwiki. It doesn’t work in Swedish and have now been removed. The correct template in Swedish is. You may put it back only if you leave a comment on the discussion page and it is ok to do that in English. -- Rex Sueciæ ✎ 06:05, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

I didn't know about that policy, but now that I think about it, I can see the wisdom in it. I am now wiser and will not restore warnings from other users' talk pages that they've deleted, even though their doing so is against the rules. Thanks for the instruction and the help in dealing with that vandalism against one of the article's talk page that I had done so much work on. --Saukkomies talk 05:19, 14 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay. It is now 02:40 AM my time, obviously I need to go to bed, since I have no idea how I managed to copy and paste a previous post into a comment here. My apologies. At any rate, I was just wanting to say how I apologize for any ruffled feathers I may have cause by including that "dubious" tag - I was trying to go through all of the articles everywhere that have used it to try to alert people that it is in error. I will follow your advice, Rex, and go take care of it - but in the morning when I'm more alert. Thanks for the comment about it here. --Saukkomies talk 07:43, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Old Europe.png
Thank you for pointing out that the map is inaccurate. I have moved it to talk and commented there. I think the best way to solve that is to request its deletion at commons. Do you know any accurate map hosted by commons or en.wiki that will work as a substitute? Best Skäpperöd (talk) 07:15, 17 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks for replying, Skäpperöd. I welcome the help in getting rid of a map that contains false data. I do know of a number of maps from the Neolithic European period, but if you could tell me what exactly you're needing it for (what you're trying to illustrate with it), that would help me in giving a suggestion. --Saukkomies talk 07:31, 17 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Of course, heh heh, you could do like I often do, and make your own map.... :) I use Paint to do this usually. Here are a couple of recent examples of my work:
 * --Saukkomies talk 07:37, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * --Saukkomies talk 07:37, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Well, I'd appreciate it if you look at the article and see if any map is available that fits, not just as a replacement of the one that is flawed. I guess I won't draw one myself... And leave me a note whenever you start the deletion request.

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Vandalism
Hi, I'm somewhat new to counter-vandalism here so I am not quite sure what to do. However, on reviewing the user's talk page, it seems like the user is somewhat new, has poor command of English, and is rather confused about the various rules of Wikipedia, and this has all caused him to make a lot of mistakes. I put the level-one vandal warning (per what the counter-vandalism page suggested) on his talk page with an explanation for why what he did was wrong, and he responded saying he thought it was a copy of the "believes in the word of God" box and didn't realize that the other box still existed. I'm taking him at his explanation for now while putting the page on my watchlist and I'm keeping an eye on it, but feel free to leave your own note on his talk page or report him if you want. Beggarsbanquet (talk) 11:33, 13 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Thanks for doing this, BB. I think that sounds like the appropriate way to go. It lets him know that people are watching what he does, which is a good thing in many ways, not just as a protection against vandalism. Thanks for taking the time to do this. --Saukkomies talk 15:18, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Cucuteni - Dacian bracelets
Hi

First of all, I hope that you are well and not stuck under some large piece of wood shouting for help :¬)

Anyway, I am copy-editing this article Dacian bracelets - a wonderfully informative article btw. It could do with some sort of structure, especially regarding the pictures and their lack of being close to the text whcih describes them. Any chance you can take a look at it? It is a pretty marvellous one and held my interest from start to finish, though I am somewhat a sucker for gold, treasure, and anyone who could get one over on the Romans lol :¬)


 * Hey, Chaos! Yeah, I'm still around. Right now I'm getting ready to teach at the local university starting this Fall semester (which begins next week already!). I'm going back to work at a real job for the first time in 5 years - my son is in school now, and I don't need to be a stay-at-home dad so much, so I'm going to be teaching at the university - woo hoo!


 * I took a look at the article - and holy cow! you are correct: it does need a lot of work.I would say that right off the bat what needs to be done the most is to work on the introductory paragraph. Even after going over the article, I cannot easily ascertain the time frame of when either the Dacians flourished (something even the article on the Dacians doesn't seem to spell out very clearly), not to mention what time period the bracelets are associated with: that should be in the first sentence, but it's missing almost entirely from the whole article.


 * The other thing missing from the leading paragraph is where the bracelets have been found. A leading paragraph should include the "Who What When Where and Why" if at all possible, and although it tells the Who and What, it doesn't explain the other stuff, which it should. The "Why" is also briefly touched on in the lead paragraph, so that's okay...


 * I'll keep an eye on this article - it looks intriguing. Perhaps if I have time I'll help out. Thanks for asking. --Saukkomies talk 14:00, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

New Year etc
Hi

Long time no see, hope all is well with you - and you aren't lost in the woods with your saw looking at your arm stuck under a rock...

Unfortunately real life events took over this year and messed up my happy time. It starts with my brothers birthday at the end of November and goes through thanksgiving, several friends birthdays in December, Christmas, New year, Ukrainian Christmas, another friends bday in early January, then the "long week" my friends boy, mine, then my ex-boss' (with whom I am a sort of friend) all within 4 days of each other - indeed my birthday is on Ukrainian New Years eve. This year has been a little up-in-the air, but seems that all was well in the end.

My Christmas card list got messed up when my new electricity supply company failed to correctly reset the meter, leaving me without electricity for 24 hours from 14:00 Christmas day - so:


 * Thanks for the greetings!--Saukkomies talk 13:21, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
Happy New Year! A note for you. Codrin.B (talk) 15:30, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
 * It was my fault, I have picked up a copyedit request on the article Costoboci. I wondered if you knew anything about the history of that particular area, as per the conversations here and here, as well as maybe being able to bring some more references or sources for us to look at that might clear things up regarding their disposition and cultural influences from 200 BC to 200 AD would be great. I know you are busy, but if you can point us towards anything that can help I think we would be eternally grateful! Chaosdruid (talk) 05:46, 25 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I honestly know nothing about the Costoboci. But this looks like a totally fascinating subject. I will see if I can do some research on them. Also, it looks like you could use a better map... :) I'll see what I can do to help out. --Saukkomies talk  13:22, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
 * I particularly liked the part where they are described as invading the Roman Empire, anyone who could do that was ok in my book :¬)
 * A map comparing the current countries to the tribes at the time would be wonderful, though it seems they may fall into a gap between the two I mentioned on the talk page. I would be interested in seeing if they were a cross-Carpathian tribe, as normally mountain-ranges separated tribes in both culture and languages.
 * I have tried doing some internet research, but not got very far yet ... Thanks for offering to help, that would be great! Chaosdruid (talk) 15:37, 25 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Right now I'm not too busy. Perhaps tomorrow I'll swing by the university library and spend some time digging around through the online academic journal databases for this subject. I'll let you know what I find. --Saukkomies talk 17:25, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

Italics
No problem; it's entirely non-obvious and easy to forget if you don't deal with this on daily basis. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); February 10, 2012; 21:59 (UTC)

Hope all is well
Hi m8

Just a quick note to say hi and hope all is well with you.

Chaosdruid (talk) 15:39, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for checking in, Chaosdruid. All is actually well, if a bit busy. I hope all is well with you, too. --Saukkomies talk 18:02, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

File:Trypillia village painting.PNG listed for deletion
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Your interest
Greeks, writing, and Cucuteni :)

http://www.gandul.info/magazin/descoperire-pe-autostrada-sibiu-orastie-ce-ar-putea-dovedi-existenta-scrierii-in-neoliticul-timpuriu-10269228 http://orastie.info/descoperire-arheologica-foarte-importanta-pe-traseul-autostrazii-sibiu-orastie/CristianChirita (talk)

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 * Thanks. --Saukkomies talk 06:12, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

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Archaeogenetics of the Cucuteni-Trypillian culture
Hello, I wanted to apologise for single-handedly removing content from Archaeogenetics of the Cucuteni–Trypillian culture, but it was not relevant for the article (it may have been for the article(s) on the Neolithisation of (South-Eastern) Europe, Archaeogenetics of (South-Eastern) Europe, etc). I have re-reverted you, and added some pertinent info. I would appreciate if you could peruse it. Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.122.25.236 (talk) 13:51, 14 May 2013 (UTC)


 * You don't "re-revert" like this. You basically stripped out the majority of the content of the article, much of which is relevant and contributes to the scholarship of the subject, and when the material is restored and you are asked to help improve the article and not destroy it, you don't get to just go back and "re-revert" your trashing. I'm now turning this over to administrators to deal with. --Saukkomies talk 15:09, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi
Hi

Welcome back! Nice to see you are still alive and kicking :¬)

I will take a look later today.

Everything ok with you? Did you finish the renovations?

Chaosdruid (talk) 14:05, 15 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Thanks, Chaos. Everything is going well with me and my family. Just very busy right now teaching middle school. I appreciate you looking at this and providing your feedback on the matter. --Saukkomies talk 22:14, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

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