User talk:Skoglund

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Contents 1 Welcome 2 History Edits 3 Why are you changing headlines? 4 Suggestion for 5th century BC 5 link to British 6 A very long time ago 7 Fine job, but...

[edit] Welcome

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[edit] History Edits

Thank you very much for your additions to a large number of time period articles. It's very much appreciated!

If you haven't seen History Portal and History Project articles, you may be interested in what you see (or can add) at those pages.

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

[edit] Why are you changing headlines?

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)

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)

[edit] Suggestion for 5th century BC

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)

• Maybe. Igor Skoglund

[edit] link to British

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)

[edit] A very long time ago

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)

[edit] Fine job, but...

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)