User talk:MPorciusCato

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Howdy and welcome! I saw your change regarding the border Norrland/Finland, and I know I had a source for that... but I'll dig it up later. We'll take that on the article talk page, when I find put what source I used.

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Happy editing! // Habj 01:34, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, Habj. I have been active for a year or so in the Finnish Wikipedia and as an anonymous user in English one, so I am not a total stranger to the principles. I hope I am able to make a better contribution as a registered user. --MPorciusCato 23:34, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Beethoven symphony no 9

Hi!

The media file containing the 3rd movement seems to be wrong, it probably contains some other piece of music. Its actual length, for example, is 1 hour 17 min 16 sec, although it should be 19 min 19 sec. It would be nice if you could check this file. Ktm810 17:52, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

Thanks! I'll do it, but not today. I'm a bit busy. --MPorciusCato 18:49, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion with BScar

Yes I noticed that it is useless, stupid me that it took some time. It won't happen again ;) Woden (talk) 16:57, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Social Democratic Party of Finland emblem.jpg)

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[edit] Conscription in Finland

Taisit vahingossa luokitella tuon artikkelisi Conscription in Finland Saksan, eikä Suomen, kohdalle. Korjasin luokituksen. JIP | Talk 07:22, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pigeon post

Yes I'm ok with breaking the opening sentence into two as it does make it more readable. The old opening sentence was too negative and biased. I notice another article you have worked on is in dire need of being made more readable. Go check out the references section at Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. It's a mess! Could look much better as two columns by changing reflist to {{reflist|2}} but unfortunately several of the extra long url's run into the second column (I did a preview of the edit) as they have not been constructed using the correct citation templates. See WP:CTT for the correct templates to use. Also I noticed that a lot of the references lead to Finnish language articles. That's ok but this is English Wikipedia and best to state on the ref that the article is in a different language by adding (Finnish) for example. For comparison the Suomi Wiki article contains no English links. Sting au Buzz Me... 22:27, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh yes, some of the references there miss the {{fi}}-tags or those tags are broken. Thanks for pointing that out. BTW, there was no choice for me but to use Finnish sources. There is not very much written in English about the subject of the article. --MPorciusCato (talk) 09:08, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
I fixed a number of tags and links and changed the reflist to two columns. There are a lot of references, but at least the article is referenced. As such, the content is rather uncontroversial to Finns, but for international readership, some of the points raised may feel odd, so I felt that a solid reference base is in order. --MPorciusCato (talk) 09:45, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] DYK

Updated DYK query On February 27, 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Satakundskaya Flotilla, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Well done sir! Keep it up! Blnguyen (vote in the photo straw poll) 00:59, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Conscription in Finland

Updated DYK query On 3 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Conscription in Finland, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--BorgQueen (talk) 07:21, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] dyk well done on another one finished

Updated DYK query On 15 March 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Finnish name, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

--Cheers Victuallers (talk) 17:01, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Finnish Defence Forces

I changed your post concerning contractual military personnel (sopimussotilas). All contractual military personnel serve in NCO ranks. They serve in their reserve ranks with the exception of reserve officers who's rank becomes staff sergeant when signing on to active duty (their reserve rank remains as it is in the reserves). Contractual military personnel is not to be confused with MARU (määräaikainen reservin upseeri) which refers to a person who has studied for a one year in the National Defence College and started working after that. MARUs serve as 2nd lieutenants, on a limited time contract but are not referred as contractual military person (sopimussotilas).

Source: http://www.mil.fi/tyojakoulutus/tehtavat/sopimussotilaat.dsp (in Finnish) and http://www.mil.fi/varusmies/arvomerkki/erikoismerk_en.dsp 09:10, 10 April 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.131.15.65 (talk • contribs)

Finnish military ranks Same as above. 09:10, 10 April 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.131.15.65 (talk • contribs)

Strange. I was under impression that since 1st January 2007, all contractual military personnel serve in their personal ranks, including reserve officers. I had understood that this change was made as a result of the introduction of NCO corps to the FDF. The webpages you cite date before that change and the FDF has been rather sparing in updating its pages. --MPorciusCato (talk) 06:31, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, my mistake! You are absolutely right I got confirmation from Pääesikunta. I reversed my modifications in the articles. Sorry for the incorrect information. 16:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.131.15.65 (talk • contribs)