User talk:Alakazam38

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Catullus
Hi! Thanks for your warm welcome on my talk page. I am mainly at Wikipedia (under the same username) but I have (very occasionally) edited pages here. That's cool that we study the same courses. Hope to see you round, Storeye 08:12, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

hey, can I help?
Hi there:

I teach AP Latin and would love (over the summer, when I have more time) to help out with translations, commentary, whatever. What d'ya say?

I am wiki-stupid, so if you'd like my help, please contact me at colegrover@yahoo.com.

Vale! Catherine

not wiki-mad, wiki-stupid!
Hey again:

Right. When I said "stupid" I meant stupid (isn't that a Beastie Boys lyric?). Like I wouldn't have figured out how to contact you if my b/f hadn't helped me. That stupid. But I am Latin-smart.

Anyway, it'll take me a while how to figure out (and by that I mean it'll take the b/f a while to teach me) how to put what you need in a format that you can use, but I'm happy to add what I can. Again, I won't be able to do much of anything till summer (after June 26).

Here's how I found your stuff: I was making up my AP audit syllabus (I'd be happy to rant on that topic sometime if you'd like - although I have no idea why anyone outside the wretched process would want to hear about it) and needed to know how many lines were in each poem, so I just googled that and found you.

I don't IM, but you can contact me via email at colegrover@yahoo.com.

Ciao for now, Catherine

Poetry Book
I've been reading your Catullus book, and i'm very impressed! it's a very good book, and one of immediate educational value. You are right that it is well on it's way to being a featured book around here, and once the majority of poems are uploaded (people dont like red links) and annotated, we can nominate it to be featured. --Whiteknight (talk) 22:08, 14 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I watch the RC feed here, looking for vandalism. It would take a blind person not to notice all the activity on your book. I've added it to a bookshelf: HERE.
 * I took Latin in highschool for a few years, and we read some catullus. I'll keep track of the page myself, so you don't need to go out of your way to update me. If you need any help with Wikibooks in general, i'm a good resource.
 * PS. your signature points to Usertalk:Alakazam38, not User talk:Alakazam38 (notice the space between "User" and "talk". --Whiteknight (talk) 22:26, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

Preview
I wrote an intro in the preview red link, but I'm afraid I really didn't know what you intended to put there. I've said the purpose of the book and a bit about Catullus's writing and added a few pictures. Please delete anything that isn't meant to be there and add anything that is. Cheers!

On another note, are the "Connotations of the Text" sections supposed to contain grammar notes? Storeye 08:09, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Joining the Project
Hi there! I'd love to sign on to help out with Catullus. If there are any poems that you feel are a priority to complete, please feel free to drop me a line. I will most likely start off adding Wiktionary entries for any glossed words. Medellia 17:39, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm excited to get to work! A quick question first, though: would you like scansion for every poem? It would be easy enough to go through and take care of that. Medellia 23:56, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Poem 64, scansion, &c.
Carmen 64 is composed in hexameters, so it's actually one of his more boring poems - metrically speaking. (I can't recall any spondaic lines, but they would certainly be worth noting.) I think one of the easiest things to do would be to make mention of the type of meter used in each poem as your meter page does an excellent job of explaining those. Would you find it appropriate to simply include that in the same place as the scansion notes? Medellia 20:37, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Bonaeludae: I would love to Join
Alakazam38. I am sorry it has taken me so long to respond but I have just now returned to school. I would absolutely love to become a more permanent part of the project. If you will still have me that is. I have a passion for the poetry of Catullus. This year I was unable to schedule any form of Latin into my class roster. I would love to contribute and work some more on this book. It would give me a chance to immerse myself in Latin. Respond to me when you can. --Bonaeludae 06:01, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Bonaeludae: Thank you.
I would appreciate being added as a permanent contributer :) I am still working on it every other day. College applications are, of course, a lot of fun. :P --Bonaeludae 03:54, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

*finally* getting back to Catullus
Hi again:

As per the subject line, I'd like to start contributing to the project with the help of some of my advanced students. We'll have a lot of time this week to do some commentary, etc. and I'd like to focus on poems 36 and 40 if that's okay with you. I chose those two since it seemed a manageable amount, they haven't been done at all so far and they are two that my students have read. I'll assume it's okay if I don't hear from you otherwise.

I'm in Ft. Wayne Indiana USA btw. Where in England are you?

Also, thanks for the tips on formatting, that's probably going to be the toughest thing for us to get used to.

Well, here's hoping that we can be of some use to the project!

Best, Catherine

new contributor?
Hello,

I'm a freshman in college with 5 years of Latin. As you can see, I've done quite a bit of work (at least it felt like it was a lot of work) on Catullus 1, and at least by the criteria on your page, that poem is finished. (please let me know how the commentary is). I'd like to help out regularly on this project, but from a glance at the project news, it seems like things aren't happening anymore... Is this still going? If so, I'd love to help. To respond, I suppose you can go to my (as yet unwritten-on) talk page. I'm just now figuring out wiki ("wiki-stupid?"), so there will be a bit of a learning curve, I expect, with my contributions.

-Celloman2012