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::::TreasuryTag, I really am not appreciating your most recent message. I am being completely honest in my responses to you and not at all "disingenuous" or "passive-aggressive". Is it really necessary for you to even say those things? Isn't it a violation of ]? I am sorry, Treasury, but your tone is completely inapproproate. I am a wikignome and just trying to help. I will be requesting administrator assistance on this issue, which really (in my opinion) is not an issue at all. ] 19:39, 29 September 2009 (UTC) ::::TreasuryTag, I really am not appreciating your most recent message. I am being completely honest in my responses to you and not at all "disingenuous" or "passive-aggressive". Is it really necessary for you to even say those things? Isn't it a violation of ]? I am sorry, Treasury, but your tone is completely inapproproate. I am a wikignome and just trying to help. I will be requesting administrator assistance on this issue, which really (in my opinion) is not an issue at all. ] 19:39, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
OK; I'm finding you more and more disingenuous, and slightly disruptive now. I'm going to stop this conversation, with one final request that you do ''not'' continue posting '''Procedural notes''' on noticeboard pages. If you choose to ignore my (originally, at any rate!) polite request, that is your concern. <font color="#FFB911">╟─]]►]─╢</font> 19:41, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

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Great! Thanks, Moeron! Basket of Puppies 02:29, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Article "Brown Aryan Race"

Dear Misplaced Pages user,

I have created this article for more interested history readers to be aware of scholarly thoughts on the topic of Indo-European origins.

It in no way promotes any sort of racism but merely attempts to examine the question of Indo-European origins, and gives an alternative view to the Nordic/Nazi Aryan Race theories.

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Autoconfirm?

{{helpme}} I am just wondering when I might be put into the autoconfirm group? I don't mind having to type in the code in order to edit but just looking forward to when it'll go away. :) Thanks! Basket of Puppies 20:34, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Autoconfirm should be granted shortly to you, after 4 days and 10 edits. I wish there was some way to grant you it, but unfortunately it is impossible. Just hang in there, it should go away soon. NuclearWarfare My work 20:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
Ahh, good to know. It'll be soon. Thank you, NW!!!! Basket of Puppies 20:39, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello!

Hey, Puppies! I saw your version of Geoff Norcott. The person that tagged it with {{spam}} should have tagged it with {{Fansite}}. So, it really needs to be rewritten to take out the weasel words. I have also made you your own sandbox do you can go there and try out all the cool little gidgets and gadgets that Misplaced Pages has! Follow this link User:Basket of Puppies/sandbox. In it, I have also made an example article to guide you on the format that basic[REDACTED] articles should follow! If you need help or have questions, I pretty much live here and you can contact me anytime on my here or email mee through my main userpage! Happy editing!--Sallicio 21:30, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Help!

{{helpme}} Sorry to bother you, but I think I've somehow broken the ref list from appearing at Talk:Spontaneous_cerebrospinal_fluid_leak#reflist. Can you help me get it back? Basket of Puppies 18:22, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

 Done - When you try to call a reference for the second time as you did, make sure to include a / at the end of the tag: <ref name="foo"/>. Otherwise the page thinks you're making a new reference, comprised of the entire remainder of the page. It's fixed now, though. Hersfold 18:33, 13 January 2009 (UTC)


Speedy deletion of "Fibrin glue"

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Rollback

Hi. I've fulfilled your request. Please review WP:RBK or ask me for any help. Pedro :  Chat  07:36, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

The Motley Moose

Heh, very appropriate moniker you have there, beautiful puppies. Anyway, I noticed you contributed in the AfD discussion for The Motley Moose. I appreciate your input, but I might have something that will satisfy your desire for more sources. Yesterday, a couple of users who had voted delete went through and dramatically changed the page; here's what it looked like before they did so- http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=The_Motley_Moose&oldid=277928852. If you think that version is also lacking, no problem- I just wanted to bring this to your attention. Thanks again for your input! Ks64q2 (talk) 04:16, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Order of the Black Skull

Hi, I created the page "Order of the Black Skull" that was deleted. It gave your name as a reference for rolling it back. It is a quasi-secret, really more invitation only, fraternity of docs and students form the Caribbean. It was quite challenging to create and it was deleted by a guy who has deleted many, many pages without warning. The grounds for deletion were that it was a club that failed to show its relevance. We have over 10,000 members, were est. in 1978, and have chapters in 21 countries.

Any ideas?

Thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cup of Asclepius (talk • contribs) 16:43, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Cup! How are you? It's sunny and really beautiful here so I am glad to be alive! So I read the article which you wanted included here in Misplaced Pages. The problem is, as far as I understand it, is this club is so secret that there isn't any independent press about it. If there were a few newspaper articles written about it, a book, an investigative report, etc and those things could be easily references then I think it might be able to pass the "notability test". I think you should read up WP:N for some more info. Sorry I can't be of more help. :( Basket of Puppies 17:20, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

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Page blanking

Please will you not describe removal of a reference as "page blanking" and remove your related warning from my talk page. There is nothing ambiguous about the situation. A link to a private medical office is not a feasible reference, please convince yourself at WP:MEDMOS that self published materials are not valid references. Furthermore a link to a private business constitutes advertisement for the commercial purpose of that site and constitutes spam for that reason. By this nature such links also constitute a conflict of interest. Sources have to be neutral and peer reviewed. They preferably represent broad medical consensus as reflected in secondary sources. There are guidelines. Please read them. The article now almost exclusively sources to Dr. Hains commercial activities, and this has to be removed. This has now been on the associated talk page for sufficient time to be answered in a meaningful way. That one or more editors think the source is such an authority that we can skip or override the sourcing guidelines seems to be a misunderstanding of WP policies. 70.137.153.83 (talk) 00:14, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

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New Waveland Cafe and Clinic

New Waveland Cafe and Clinic is now listed as a good article. Congrats. — LinguistAtLarge • Talk  22:50, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Just in case you haven't had had had had had had had had had had had enough...

I'm hoping to keep the conversation about this article active and avoid the usual fleeing from a topic that takes place after an AfD has closed. There was much talk about merging this article but little agreement on where to merge it to. Therefore I am informing everyone who participated in the debate of the ongoing conversation here in order to bring this matter to a close sometime in our lifetimes. Beeblebrox (talk) 03:02, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

Eep! Ok, I'll comment. Thanks for letting me know! :) Basket of Puppies 03:29, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

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Re. Awwwww thanks

It's not a problem. You're the one doing lots of work. :P Lәo(βǃʘʘɱ) 14:04, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

RfC Invitation

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Shin vs. Sin

Hi Basket of Puppies. I noticed that you made an edit to the article Beit Shikma which removed the Shin dot from the Hebrew text. You wrote in the edit summary that it showed a Sin dot, but this is not the case. I have reverted your edit. If you are convinced that you are seeing a Sin dot, please upload a screenshot and send me the link, I'd be interested to know what it looks like; it is possible that some nikud is malformed for some readers who do not have Hebrew fonts like David and Narkisim. Cheers, Ynhockey 04:34, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Hi again! Thanks for sending the screenshot. It does look awful. I didn't know that Mac users saw it like this. If you have time, please help me diagnose the problem so that I may fix it for all Misplaced Pages readers. I need the following information:
  1. What web browser are you using? Can you try viewing the page in multiple browsers and telling me the results? I'm especially interested in Safari (the native browser), IE and Firefox, however, if you have others like Opera, Google Chrome, etc. that would be great.
  2. Can you please check if you have a font called David? If not, Narkisim? The screenshot looks like David, but there are so many similar fonts that I can't tell for sure.
  3. Can you try to open an office suite or charmap (is there an equivalent on Mac?) and write some words with nikud with the David or Narkisim fonts if you have them? just write a sentence or something. See if it looks proper, then copy&paste to a Misplaced Pages page and save (with the lang-he-n template) and post a link.
If you can do these things, I would be really greatful! And probably any Mac user who understands Hebrew.
Thanks, Ynhockey 21:10, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
It renders fine on all Windows-based browsers I have tried. If this is only a Mac + Firefox problem, I'm wondering if I should add it to the documentation. Do you have any other browsers to test it on? Thanks again, Ynhockey 00:40, 23 June 2009 (UTC)
It would be great if you could fire a BugZilla report, and I will add to it if anything is required. Since I don't have a Mac and you said you didn't have the fonts anyway, maybe this isn't something I can add to, but we'll see. Being anti-Firefox (and pro-Opera ;)), I have never used FF much or filed any bug reports. I will add the documentation to the relevat template on Misplaced Pages. Cheers, Ynhockey 01:28, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

ERPs

I've tried to answer your question at Talk:Event-related potential. Let me know if it's too jargon-y or difficult to follow, rʨanaɢ /contribs 01:41, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Veitshakmah.png

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Teva Learning Center

I went to the discussion page, as asked. I responded. I am trying to build this page, but you, or someone, deleted all of the stuff I jsut posted. I don't really understand why... There are plenty of companies that have pages on here. Why is Teva any different? As well, this whole, html/text based communication is really frustrating. Is there another way to pass information on from one to another besides editing pages and hoping that the person sees the message? I'm not a computer programmer and it seems like this site is designed for someone like that, also a frustration. Tevacenter (talk) 18:51, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Replied on their talk page, asking to keep the discussion centralized at the article talk . Basket of Puppies 18:57, 22 July 2009 (UTC)


Orly

Hi - just FYI - the deletion of Orly Taitz is being contested .. Thought you might want to chime in :) Luminifer (talk) 22:00, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Um, why bother keeping a blank section in the article? If people find information they'll add it in. In the meantime it does a disservice to readers, looks ugly, and will make people who see it more inclined to argue for deletion in the AfD. JoshuaZ (talk) 00:47, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
JoshuaZ, I've replied on your talk page :D Basket of Puppies 01:42, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

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Dropped a note on the bot owner's talk page indicating that this is very much a false positive. Basket of Puppies 15:05, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

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Copyright issues

Hi, so how's it going? I note however that you've had a few tags ref copyright issues. Do you need any assistance? All the best. Paste Let’s have a chat. 12:41, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi, Paste! Long time no chat! Regarding these copyright issues, I am completely miffed! I created a new article as a stub with one line or handwritten content. Somehow Corenbot thinks that the one line that I wrote is copyrighted. It's not even close, which is odd. I dropped a note on the bot owner's talk page letting him know that it's issuing false positives. I think it's just a technical glitch. :P Thanks for writing! Basket of Puppies 15:04, 13 August 2009 (UTC)

a whole basket!

...of puppies! How nice!!!! (I'm just one puppy, myself.) KillerChihuahuaAdvice 18:08, 17 August 2009 (UTC)

Aren't they adorable? Should we form an association of puppies who edit the wikipedia? Basket of Puppies 19:09, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
A puppy cabal? The idea has merit! KillerChihuahuaAdvice 13:47, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
Puppy Cabal! BWAHAHAH! Let's do it! Basket of Puppies 14:23, 18 August 2009 (UTC)
baa..wwWOOF support from the big lovable mut! Surely it is our duty to pawn this site! ;-) — Ched :  ?  05:42, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
pawn the site. *headdesk* Basket of Puppies 13:26, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
This user is a member of the Puppy Cabal.
I LOVE IT! Basket of Puppies 02:57, 19 August 2009 (UTC)

Template:Dont Hangon

Hi there. I just noticed you created Template:Dont Hangon and used it and I wanted to ask you to not use the template anymore. It's confusing to new users, unnecessary and makes the process for admins harder because it cannot be automatically removed. Unlike proposed deletion, speedy deletion does not need endorsement or contesting to be used, criteria just need to be met and the admin needs to decide to delete it. Regards SoWhy 18:15, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Hi, SoWhy. I am SO SORRY! I didn't realize it would be so poorly received. I really just thought there should be a way to endorse a speedy deletion. I am so, so sorry! I feel really horrble. Sorry. :( Basket of Puppies 18:19, 31 August 2009 (UTC)
Don't feel bad. The thought was not that bad, it's, well, just not needed. Allow me to explain: I assume you created the template because of the existence of {{prod2}}? Unfortunately, they are two different methods of deletion. Proposed deletion is a way to delete articles without using articles for deletion because the tagger things the deletion is uncontroversial. For this purpose, {{prod2}} serves to indicate that someone else agrees with the reasoning. Speedy deletion on the other hand is separate from AFD and as such, is entirely depending on the reviewing administrator's decision whether the page should be deleted. No matter how many people endorse it, they can still decline the speedy. As such, there is no need to endorse the tagging. On the other hand, the creator might felt more bitten if multiple people ask for the article to be deleted, especially if the tagging was incorrect. Hence I wanted to leave you this message. I can delete the template for you if you like. Instead of endorsing speedy deletions, you could help improving incorrectly tagged articles. For example, I have brought 6 articles to WP:DYK level which were tagged for speedy deletion, using simple Google News searches. :-) Regards SoWhy 18:46, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Templates for deletion nomination of Template:Dont Hangon

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{{Dont Hangon}}

Hello Basket of Puppies. I have gone ahead and speedy deleted this template, since you seem to agree and understand that it wasn't such a good idea. As SoWhy said above, you shouldn't feel bad. Mistakes are made by everyone; you have learned from this and so all is well in the world. WP:BOLD is an important policy—and so what you did was fine. Sometimes, though, it doesn't hurt to get some feedback before doing things. If you would ever like some advice or just an opinion, feel free to ask! Most editors and administrators—including me—will be happy to help in any way we can. ÷seresin 04:53, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

*weak smile* Yes, I understand now. Thanks, Seresin. Basket of Puppies 11:33, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
Don't let it get you down. :-) If you need any help, feel free to ask. Regards SoWhy 11:38, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Your RfA

Hi. Unfortunately, I have closed your RfA early per WP:SNOW. Please do not be discouraged, many admins pass on their second attempt and you are likely to do the same if you continue to be an asset to the community. All the best, \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 03:47, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Sigh. I understand. I really thought I had an excellent chance at RfA this time and am sad that it was closed as SNOW so soon after opening. I honestly didn't expect that. I promise to take to heart the rationales for the opposing votes and learn from this. Basket of Puppies 03:52, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
If you have need any help in understanding some adminny stuff, don't hesitate to ask me or any other admin - I'm more than happy to give some assistance where required any most admins would be willing to do the same. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 03:58, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Request for Admin'

  • Hi, sorry to see that this didn't work out in the way you hoped. However, as the editor that adopted you I feel that I must say that I am pretty surprised that you didn't discuss it with me first as I could have given you some advice that may have helped. If you feel that the adoption process is no longer required then I'll gracefully withdraw and stop watching your progress. All the best. --Paste Let’s have a chat. 08:14, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Jack Herer's death

His death has not yet been verified, with competing sources saying he is still alive in critical condition. Viriditas (talk) 23:55, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

CSD

Just FYI, Lagu Ular Naga, which you tagged as G1 (patent nonsense) was tagged incorrectly; it's not patent nonsense, but an article in a foreign language. I deleted it as A1 instead (not enough context to identify article subject). rʨanaɢ /contribs 01:18, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

How interesting! It did not come up in a foreign font, so I take it that it is a latin-based language? Either way, thanks for the note! Basket of Puppies 01:20, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
I don't know what language it was (maybe one of the Turkic languages), but it definitely looked like language, not just keyboard-mashing. rʨanaɢ /contribs 01:32, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Thanks...

...for - no idea where my head was. --Stephan Schulz (talk) 14:23, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

My pleasure! I've been patrolling ANI recently helping to be a wikignome and tie up any loose ends. Basket of Puppies 14:34, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Fairly Notable.

Vietnam Securities Indexes, would be extremely notable in Vietnam. Just a friendly reminder all it has to do to pass csd is claim notability. You may wish to Prod or AFD. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 04:00, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Yes, I see that now. Thank you for the note! Basket of Puppies 04:02, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Article does not meet criterion

I declined speedy deletion for Sheikh Nizam Yaquby, since that article fails WP:A7; it obviously credibly asserts importance. Please read or reread our policy Misplaced Pages:Criteria for speedy deletion. — Sebastian 06:46, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Oops, I didn't see the two references at the end of the article. Yes, I agree that it does assert notability, tho it likely fails the WP:N threshold. Basket of Puppies 09:04, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Superduperblah

Thanks, I was about to do that - even got an edit conflict with your notice. :) 98.248.33.198 (talk) 19:56, 24 September 2009 (UTC)

Re ANI inform

Thanks for informing 58.69.73.209 about my ANI thread on them, I completely forgot to. --Golbez (talk) 03:42, 25 September 2009 (UTC)

I am happy to help!!! Basket of Puppies 03:53, 25 September 2009 (UTC)
In general, though, leaving a very prominent Procedural note on every ANI thread that you do this for (I see you did it for another one below Golbez' discussion), is about distracting and really not necessary. Thanks in advance! ╟─TreasuryTag►constabulary─╢ 19:09, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
It is distracting and not necessary? I thought it was just the opposite- helpful and useful. I have seen somewhat frustrated and critical comments levied at those who open ANI threads but fail to inform the subjects that they are being discussed. I have been trying to help out these discussions by acting as a sort of clerk and notifying those who have not been. In fact I've received several "thank you" messages. Now I am really confused and can't help but to feel a little bit hurt. Basket of Puppies 19:13, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
I agree that notifying people of threads is courteous, and it's great that you're helping out when others forget to do that. I think you should carry on with that, it's good work. However, I don't think that adding a Procedural note (as you seem to have done at least thirteen times, looking through your history) is helpful or necessary. It distracts people from the substance of the thread. Why do people need to know (need to be told by bolded text) that you, Basket of Puppies, did the notification?
Acting like a clerk is good; clerks don't need to announce and broadcast every time they do everything. They're subtle!
I did not mean to hurt or confuse you; I trust that you have neither problem any more. ╟─TreasuryTag►cabinet─╢ 19:18, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Treasury, I only added it in bold in order to make certain that people know the associated parties have been duly notified. Indeed, I modeled it after an admin who was doing the very same thing. I guess I could change the font, but thought it was maximally useful for the procedural note to be clear and unambiguous that all parties have been notified. I am still a bit confused as to why this is a bad thing. Basket of Puppies 19:21, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
You really, genuinely do NOT need to tell everyone that you've notified. Why do I, reading ANI, need to have the fact that you've (very kindly) told another user that they're mentioned, thrust in my face? It's distracting, I promise.
Could you perhaps just continue the notifying of people, on their talkpages, but stop announcing the fact on the Noticeboard itself? It really would be a help. Thanks. ╟─TreasuryTag►prorogation─╢ 19:25, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Treasury, I am just more confused than before. I have received several "thank-you"s from editors who had forgotten to include this sort of note, but now I am being told that it is disruptive to do so. Also, I did some searching and I found several identical types of notifications that have been placed on ANI such as this and this. I guess what I am saying is that I am rather confused and can't help but to feel a great deal of pressure from you in telling me to immediately stop. Am I in violation of policy? Basket of Puppies 19:31, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
Calm down.
Take a deep breath.
Calm down. I don't know if it's your intention, but I'm finding your responses a little disingenuous, not to mention passive-aggressive.
When you are informing/notifying someone, you are doing two things:
  1. You leave a note on their talkpage, saying, "Dear so-and-so, you're on the administrators' noticeboard."
  2. You leave a message on the noticeboard saying, "Procedural note I've informed everyone relevant."
People are thanking you for doing the important bit, which I labelled Number 1 above. I am asking you to stop doing Number 2, because it's a bit smug and a bit distracting; your work with Number 1, however, is very good and should continue.
That's all. You're not in violation of policy, but when another editor makes a reasonable and polite request for you to do something a teeny bit differently, it's normally a good idea to help out and go along. Thanks! ╟─TreasuryTag►inspectorate─╢ 19:36, 29 September 2009 (UTC)
TreasuryTag, I really am not appreciating your most recent message. I am being completely honest in my responses to you and not at all "disingenuous" or "passive-aggressive". Is it really necessary for you to even say those things? Isn't it a violation of WP:AGF? I am sorry, Treasury, but your tone is completely inapproproate. I am a wikignome and just trying to help. I will be requesting administrator assistance on this issue, which really (in my opinion) is not an issue at all. Basket of Puppies 19:39, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

OK; I'm finding you more and more disingenuous, and slightly disruptive now. I'm going to stop this conversation, with one final request that you do not continue posting Procedural notes on noticeboard pages. If you choose to ignore my (originally, at any rate!) polite request, that is your concern. ╟─TreasuryTag►without portfolio─╢ 19:41, 29 September 2009 (UTC)

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