User talk:Basket of Puppies

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My Recent RFA

Hello and thank you for your recent support in my last RFA. I have unfortunately had chosen to withdraw my RFA with a Support of 7 and Opposition of 26 and 0 Neutral. I am in good sprites to attempt a possible RFA in a later time with more experience. This seems one of the main concerns expressed by the Wikipedia community as well as fixing my grammatical errors.I hope you support me in my discussion to withdraw and I am looking forward to your support in a future RFA's and other edits made by myself here on Wikipedia.

Thanks Again,

Staffwaterboy ^{Critique Me} 00:45, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

Trouble with Wikimedia Commons

Hi there, I am unable to log into wikimedia commons. I'm using my wikipedia account, but it says my username doesn't exist (and I saw that it's case sensitive). Any advice? Thanks! -Asoler — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asoler (talk • contribs) 21:04, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

I am checking to see if there are any technical issues. One moment... Basket of Puppies 21:07, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

On the very top of the screen click on there it says "My preferences". Tell me what it says under Global account. Basket of Puppies 21:08, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Hi again - it wasn't unified, so I did that and now it works. Thanks so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asoler (talk • contribs) 21:39, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Excellent. Basket of Puppies 22:01, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

St Matthews edit reference to banning is actually correct

St Matthews edit reference to banning is actually correct (please read the whole reference link) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Katherineswift86 (talk • contribs) 16:46, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Marking articles students are working on

Howdy, Online Ambassador!

This is a quick message to all the ambassadors about marking and tracking which articles students are working on. For the classes working with the ambassador program, please look over any articles being worked on by students (in particular, any ones you are mentoring, but others who don't have mentors as well) and do these things:

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And of course, don't forget to check in on the students, give them constructive feedback, praise them for positive contributions, award them {{The WikiPen}} if they are doing excellent work, and so on. And if you haven't done so, make sure any students you are mentoring are listed on your mentor profile.

Thanks! --Sage Ross - Online Facilitator, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 18:10, 15 March 2011 (UTC)

Polyspermy

Before you revert the stable version - please discuss this first on the talk page. As for your question:

• Look at the beginning of the third line. The Talmud quotes the verse from 1 Samuel 17, 4, which goes as follows: "And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines", right? Now, look at your Bible - ibid., and see the full verse: "And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath...". Right?
• So, the Talmud quotes the verse about Goliath, and then: interprates this verse - using a pun - in the following way (see the Talmud ibid. in that third line): "One hundred foreskins of Philistines - got her [i.e. his mother] pregnant". In other words: the Talmud explains, that the biblical words "And there went out a champion" - mean: "And there was created/born a champion", and it also explains that the biblical words: "out of the camp of the Philistines", mean: "out of a hundred foreskins of Philistines". Note that this fantastic interpretaion made by the Talmud - is based on a pun: the word for "camp" is similar to (i.e. sounds like) "a hundred foreskins" (not in English of course). Note also that fantastic interpretaions for the Bible - are very common in the Talmud.
• Now, look ibid. at the next line (i.e. the fourth line); The Talmud now explains how - having so many fathers - is really possible from a biological point of view, so the Talmud continues: "Rav Matania said: no controversy over that; as long as the sperm [of the first man] hasn't gotten rotten [in the woman's body] yet, a woman can get pregnant by two men - all at once".
• Notice that all of the Talmud's commentators explain all of this - as I did.

Hope this helps. Anyway, next time, please consult pefore you revert the stable version.

Eliko (talk) 10:55, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

The version that you are attempting to revert to is unstable. Your Talmudic source might be correct but it does not have any relevance to the article. You are attempting to edit against consensus. If you continue to revert then I will report you for WP:3RR and edit-warring. Thank you. Basket of Puppies 15:31, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

You've made three mistakes:

1. Is the version I'd reverted to - unstable? On the contrary: the version that you were attempting to revert to - is unstable, because the chapter you'd removed, was added three years ago (on 5 May 2008), and lasted until 14 March 2011, i.e. until the day before yestreday, whereas the version you were attempting to revert to - lasted for less than 40 hours only - that were uncontinuous and broken, so which version is more stable?
2. Returning the chapter you'd removed - is not against the consensus at all. The chapter is supported by User:(MOB)DeadMeat, and is also supported by User:Chrishatch1973, and is also supported by User:Eliko; whereas the removal of the chapter is supported by User:Basket of Puppies only. Really, it was also supported (in the past) by User:DragonflySixtyseven, however their reason for the removal - was refuted on their talk page (and on the article talk page as well), and they didn't respond to the refutation. According to the law: Silence gives consent, the very fact that User:DragonflySixtyseven didn't respond to the refutation - shows that User:DragonflySixtyseven does not reject the explanation given on their talk page (and on the article talk page as well) for returning the chapter. To sum up, three editors (User:(MOB)DeadMeat, User:Chrishatch1973 and User:Eliko) support the chapter, and one single user (User:Basket of Puppies) rejects it, so which option is more consensual? Returning the chapter, or removing it?
3. The chapter you removed is relevant, as I'd explained on the article talk page - before you removed the chapter. If you think the chapter is irrelevant - despite my explanation (on the article talk page) why it's relevant, then please discuss that on the article talk page.

• Note that when you responded to me on my talk page - each one of us had made one revert only - during 2011, so: considering that the single revert I've made during 2011 - was sufficient for you to warn me of your reporting me for WP:3RR and edit-warring - if I "continue to revert", also your single revert you've made during 2011 - should be sufficient for me to warn you of my reporting you for WP:3RR and edit-warring - if you "continue to revert".
• If you continue to both - remove a consensual chapter - and replace it by an unstable version which is against the consensus, then I will report you for violating Wikipedia policy, that requires - to discuss everything on the article talk page - before removing a consensual chapter and before replacing it by an unstable version which is against the consensus.
• Anyways: due to your claim about irrelevance, I will add to the (stable consensual) chapter - some clarification, to make sure that every reader (including User:Basket of Puppies) understands its relevance.

Eliko (talk) 21:37, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

WP:TLDR. Basket of Puppies 23:31, 16 March 2011 (UTC)

Hello

You must know what the 3rr means. It means you are not allowed to revert to a previous version - more than 3 times a day. The first time I placed the warning on your talk page, was not a revert to a previous version, because it was a new section, whereas the other two times I placed a warning on your talm page - were not "more than three reverts"; Further, none of them reverted to a previous version.

All of this proves you don't read what you revert. Similarly, I've never reverted to the same version in the article Polyspermy, whereas you have. I always improve the article according to comments of others (including your comments as I've indicated in the edit summary), and I never revert to a previous version, whereas you do revert to a previous version - what you are not allowed to do more than 3 times a day.

Eliko (talk) 01:46, 17 March 2011 (UTC)