User talk:Keeves

Hope you enjoy contributing to Wikipedia. Be bold in editing pages. Here are some links that you might find useful:

Try the Tutorial. If you have less time, try Wikipedia:How to edit a page.
To sign your posts (on talk pages, Articles for deletion page etc.) use ~~~~ (four tildes). This will insert your name and timestamp. To insert just your name, type ~~~ (3 tildes).
You can experiment in the test area.
You can get help at the Help Desk
Some other pages that will help you know more about Wikipedia: Manual of Style and Policies and Guidelines, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, Wikipedia:Civility, Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not
If you made IP edits before creating a user account, you can attribute your IP edits to your account at Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit.

I hope you stick around and keep contributing to Wikipedia. Drop a note at Wikipedia:New user log.

Mashgiach

Hi. I turned Mashgiach into a stub using the definition that you gave. That should make the distinction between a Mashgiach and a Rosh yeshiva clear. Please take a look at the stub to make sure it is factual and objective.

- Pioneer-12 06:42, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Not a Dumb questions from a newbie

Thanks for Talk:Dimensionless_number#Dumb_questions_from_a_newbie. This is not a dumb question at all. Please check out my reply. — Sebastian (talk) 18:43, 2005 May 21 (UTC)

Passover

I have undone your move/disambig of Passover. This is completely uncalled for. The significance of Passover in Christianity derives completely from its status as a Jewish holiday (if Jesus had died on the 10th of August Passover would have been of no relevance to Christianity). To grant equivalence in this area is a misrepresentation.

Apart from an illogical move, you are also acting against consensus on the talk page. Please discuss. JFW | T@lk 12:45, 10 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nicest revert vandalism edit summary I've seen!

[1] Thanks! =) jnothman ^talk 03:20, 14 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Indian Head test card

"Whitish impulse noise" isn't the same as "white noise", but I've removed the reference to avoid confusion. 'Whitish impulse noise' on an old UK TV set was literal, not a technical metaphor like "white noise". It actually looked like fast-flickering snow against a black (or dark gray) background. Milo 12:58, 18 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Superman: The Movie -- Lois' spelling?

Superman Returns makes a reference to Lois' poor spelling. The original movie had two quotes: "How many T's in bloodletting" and "How many P's in rapist". (Neither of those are as funny as the latest version, "How many F's in catastrophic", but that's beside the point.) I had changed the article from citing the "bloodletting" quote, so that it would show the "rapist" quote. I don't think there's anything funny at all about the act of rape, but as a word, I think that rapist is simpler and easier to spell than bloodletting, and that Lois' question about it is therefore a funnier quote. Do you disagree? Why did you (at 2:43 AM, if I calculated the time zone correctly) revert it back? Thanks! --Keeves 19:29, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Lol.. Ok you got me. Well I figure, why not just have both, so that's what I've done for now. If you want to simplify it back to just rapist, I'm fine with that. (An aside: Both bloodletting and rapist are pretty bleak words aren't they? Also, yeah I thought the new one, "How many F's in catastrophic" - "None!" was really funny). —EatMyShortz 08:20, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Superman Returns

They were married. Lex removed the wedding ring and tossed it in a liquor glass right after she died. Bignole 13:07, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation

Hello, fellow Ohr Somayach alum. Come join us at WP:ORBCW. All the best, - CrazyRougeian talk/email 16:36, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

ArtScroll translit

Akeevees: totally dude, do it. I am bad at dikduk and never learned the difference bet. K. gadol and K. katan. ArtScroll renders it the same, anyway. Come to think of it, short o is stupid, since ArtScroll renders in print, and all types of O become just O on a page. I'll try to clarify - but just edit it freely. Thanks. - CrazyRussian talk/email 02:44, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"kol"

So how to Israelis distringuish between col "all" (chaf-lamed) and kol "voice" (quf-vav-lamed)? - CrazyRussian talk/email 03:13, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just a random Israeli answering - we rely on the context, though sometimes even that doesn't really help... okedem 18:45, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Land/aquatic animals" vs. "mammals/fish"

No problem with the change to the halal page, just as long as an outsider can figure out what we're talking about. True, if we say kosher FISH must have fins and scales, but lobster isn't a fish, so what about it? Rather, ko(y)l asher bamayim [moyim?] must have fins and scales. Good! Thanks, TLMD13 17:37, 3 September 2006 (UTC)TLMD13[reply]

möbius strip

Keeves, thank you for the invitation to discuss your deletion of my account's contribution to the möbius strip article. I expect you are right to have deleted. I trust your good intention. It was written in good faith by my neighbor while signed into Wikipedia on my account. Why? Because he had told me, "You know, Wikipedia is unreliable." I challenged him to look up the möbius strip article (he has been carrying one around all morning) on Wikipedia and make it better if he felt it missed anything. He felt it missed his line about it being both 3-dimensional and 2-dimensional. So I invited him to make the article better and he tried but I think you may be right that he was wrong in his statement. I don't and cannot present his argument. So I told him he needs to create his own account if he wants to take his idea further. He does not have a computer of his own. So I don't think he will present his idea further right now. Thank you for inviting him to however and for showing him what a live community Wikipedia is. He is nine and highly inquisitive. He and his 16 year old brother and 4 year old sister were over for a visit. The two boys enjoyed reading the page and looking at the beautiful diagrams, and your invitation. But they have gone home now. Thank you. :-) Roger Chrisman 23:28, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hebrew calendar

Just wanted to say thanks for fixing up my edits to "When does the year begin." I knew it needed fixing, but I lacked the expertise to write it with such precision. Well done! Kaisershatner 13:50, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Rosh Hashana

Not sure why you reverted the statement that the holiday always occurs in the Hebrew month of tishrei. The statement is correct. (although it may be redundant.) --Shirahadasha 14:12, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Eruv

Thank you for your note. There is an example of a weasel word (many.. some.. often ..) in almost every sentence of the section I tagged, although it is most problematic in the final paragraph concerning the dispute over the eruv in Outremont .. which people/groups of people were using the eruv to vent their frustration and what is the evidence that this was their motive? Which groups of people didn't understand what an eruv is and what is the evidence that they didn't understand? .. etc. Zargulon 14:03, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Edit of Kosher

Regarding the phrase

The common defense to the existence of these Kosher protection laws are usually used to discourage anti-Semitism or religious discrimination.

I believe the user meant that a common argument offered to courts by lawyers for governments defending a kosher law, in response to a lawsuit claiming that such a law violates the Establishment Clause, is to assert that it is merely a means of ameliorating past or discouraging future religious discrimination, and hence is a form of accommodation rather than establishment. This argument has in fact been used, although I'm not a lawyer and I don't know how common it is. The argument is somewhat analogous to the one used in defense of affirmative action programs, that they merely ameliorate the negative effects of past racial discrimination rather than constituting active discrimination in their own right. Best, --Shirahadasha 21:00, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

by the oilam

http://www.jr.co.il/humor/yiddish.txt - crz crztalk 21:12, 6 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Vanilla Koogle?

I beleive you made the initial assertion that the flavors of Koogle included Vanilla; please see my question at Talk:Koogle. AdamRoach 00:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proty

I have added a "{{prod}}" template to the article Proty, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. hbdragon88 06:29, 14 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Howard Murphy (actor)

The article Howard Murphy (actor) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

This actor does not meet the inclusion guideline WP:ENT; he was billed ninth in one movie, twelfth on a TV series, and also acted in a single episode of Dallas. ENT requires "significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions," etc.

While all contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, content or articles may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Glenfarclas (talk) 11:35, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Articles for deletion nomination of Passover (Christian holiday)

I have nominated Passover (Christian holiday), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Passover (Christian holiday). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.

Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. AFriedman (talk) 00:27, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of Apollo astronauts

Per this edit, you have introduced inaccurate information to the article. Eugene Cernan, John Young, and Jim Lovell each made two trips to lunar orbit. Lovell on Apollo 8 and 13, Young on Apollo 10 and 16, Cernan on Apollo 10 and 17. Please do not change the article again. -MBK₀₀₄ 05:05, 10 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Capitalization of rabbi/Rabbi

In MOS:JOBTITLES it says: "When followed by a person's name to form a title, i.e. when they can be considered to have become part of the name". When "rabbi" is part of the name it is capitalized, when it is a job, it is not. I agree with you that in most cases, the word "rabbi" is so connected to the name of the sage, that it should be capitalized. Thanks for your edits to Talmudical hermeneutics, which drew my attention tho this guideline. Debresser (talk) 13:23, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom elections are now open!

Hi,
You appear to be eligible to vote in the current Arbitration Committee election. The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to enact binding solutions for disputes between editors, primarily related to serious behavioural issues that the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the ability to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail. If you wish to participate, you are welcome to review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. For the Election committee, MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 12:58, 23 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom Elections 2016: Voting now open!

Hello, Keeves. Voting in the 2016 Arbitration Committee elections is open from Monday, 00:00, 21 November through Sunday, 23:59, 4 December to all unblocked users who have registered an account before Wednesday, 00:00, 28 October 2016 and have made at least 150 mainspace edits before Sunday, 00:00, 1 November 2016.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2016 election, please review the candidates' statements and submit your choices on the voting page. Mdann52 (talk) 22:08, 21 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation link notification for April 27

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Word play, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Issue. Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 09:55, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2017 election voter message

Hello, Keeves. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2017 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 3 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2018 election voter message

Hello, Keeves. Voting in the 2018 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 3 December. All users who registered an account before Sunday, 28 October 2018, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Thursday, 1 November 2018 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2018 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 18:42, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2019 election voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2019 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 on Monday, 2 December 2019. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2019 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:04, 19 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Burry's

The article Burry's has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

NN company, fails the GNG, WP:CORP and CORPDEPTH. No significant coverage in reliable sources found beyond namedrops, and article has never been sourced. Notability tagged for over a decade.

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Ravenswing 22:45, 3 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Burry's for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Burry's is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Burry's until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article. Ravenswing 12:46, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2021 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2021 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 6 December 2021. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2021 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:07, 23 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed deletion of Koogle

The article Koogle has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Referencing issue, notability issues

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. Andrevan@ 02:10, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination of Koogle for deletion

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Koogle is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Koogle until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article until the discussion has finished.

Andrevan@ 15:17, 18 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2022 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2022 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 12 December 2022. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2022 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:27, 29 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ITN recognition for Joe Lieberman

On 1 April 2024, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Joe Lieberman, which you nominated. If you know of another recently created or updated article suitable for inclusion in ITN, please suggest it on the candidates page. PFHLai (talk) 08:38, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ArbCom 2024 Elections voter message

Hello! Voting in the 2024 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23:59 (UTC) on Monday, 2 December 2024. All eligible users are allowed to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.

The Arbitration Committee is the panel of editors responsible for conducting the Wikipedia arbitration process. It has the authority to impose binding solutions to disputes between editors, primarily for serious conduct disputes the community has been unable to resolve. This includes the authority to impose site bans, topic bans, editing restrictions, and other measures needed to maintain our editing environment. The arbitration policy describes the Committee's roles and responsibilities in greater detail.

If you wish to participate in the 2024 election, please review the candidates and submit your choices on the voting page. If you no longer wish to receive these messages, you may add {{NoACEMM}} to your user talk page. MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 00:08, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]