User talk:Happy138

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[edit] Welcome to Wikipedia!!!

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[edit] Messada RV

I saw that your edits were in good spirit, however, not very helpful. The pronunciation in Hebrew is Mitsada or Mitzada, not Metzada. The second edit made the grammar incorrect. Your efforts are appreciated though. If you want to help expand the Israel Collaboration of the Week, that would be great. Please look at the WikiProject Israel page to find more of what needs to be done. --יהושועEric 21:45, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

ok. I still think I'm right on both counts, but won't argue. Happy138 22:07, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RBS

I don't see any discussion anywhere. Not on Talk:Bet Shemesh and not on Talk:Ramat Beit Shemesh (which doesn't even exist). What I see is a 'merge' without any discussion, by users who don't even have a user page. A merge that was done in a highly unprofessional manner, by simply copy-pasting the text. You basically, in rough English, completely screwed up the Bet Shemesh article with this 'merge'. I see no reason for such a merge. RBS has about 20,000 inhabitants and is inherently different from Beit Shemesh. For example, BS is home to a pork slaughtering plant R"L, while RBS is home to Neturei Karta. The differences between the main city of Beit Shemesh and the area known as RBS (and the few small chareidi areas of BS) is huge. --Bear and Dragon 22:07, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Avi Weiss

Since neither of us wants a revert war, I've tried to explain my position on the talk page. Please respond there if you disagree or have comments. --Bachrach44 14:46, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hermione Edit

I wasn't going to slap a cn tag on your edit, Hap. Could you cite a reference for that, pls? - Arcayne (cast a spell) 17:32, 5 August 2007 (UTC) (and btw, how are you doing? :) )

I am doing well, thank you. (Do we know each other?). The reference is right at the end of POA (page 314 in the Canadian edition). Hermione says that she decided to drop Muggle Studies and Ron asks "But you passed your exam with 320%!". Happy138 18:36, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Randy

Was at the Magic, but he's now at the Wizards :) And before then, at Philly. Morhange (talk) 21:55, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

better update your userpage and your father's article! Happy138 (talk) 21:56, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Yikes! Thanks for the reminder :) Morhange (talk) 22:13, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Anytime! Happy138 (talk) 22:17, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Rumusnia

Since you are aware of these rabbis I would suggest that you research the matter prior to deleting these great rabbis of the 20th century. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.129.97.254 (talk) 20:33, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I think you should bring some proof and then we'll leave you alone. Happy138 (talk) 20:37, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
Finally, a sane person on WIKI -- I will give you sources. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rumusnia (talk • contribs) 20:39, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

here's the first reference http://www.cor.ca/en/11541 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rumusnia (talk • contribs) 20:42, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

here's the second reference http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Avraham_Yoseph_of_Toronto —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rumusnia (talk • contribs) 20:45, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

here's the third reference http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/20613/edition_id/421/format/html/displaystory.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rumusnia (talk • contribs) 20:48, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

I've taken a look at the information in the links above and analysed them against the requirements of WP:RS & WP:NOTE
  1. Rabbi Y Kerzner. Link is to a website that would pass as a reliable source - reputable Jewish organisation. Content proves that Rabbi Kerzner exists, that he is the Chair of an organisation and that he has valid concerns about mass-produced food being properly kosher. I struggle to see any notability there. Passes WP:RS Fails WP:NOTE
  2. Rabbi Baruch Taub. Link is to another Wikipedia pages - Wikipedia is not supposed to be self-referential so this is a problem to start with. Taub is mentioned as the Rabbi of a Toronto Synagogue although he is not mentioned on the webpage given as the source for the paragraph in which his name appears. Fails WP:RS Fails WP:NOTE
  3. Rabbi Dovid Schochet. Link is to the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California which is a reliable source. Content is an article in which Schochet is quoted once and described as the head of the Lubavitch movement in Toronto but no mention of anything notable. Passes WP:RS Fails WP:NOTE
These three men are undoubtably fine rabbis but the above links give no indication of why they are any more notable than the many thousand other fine rabbis across the globe and a prerequisite for inclusion in the List of rabbis is notability. In my opinion the sources prove that the edits in question are factually correct (which I don't think that anyone was disputing) but do not in anyway justify their inclusion. nancy (talk) 21:37, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
I included these people because they are at least as notable of many other on the list. The only issue I think you have is that they were recently added. However these people are all known world wide as experts in their areas. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rumusnia (talk • contribs) 16:20, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
It may be true that these gentlemen are "known world-wide" but until there are sources to back up these claims then they remain unverified and any editor would be within their rights to remove the names from the list. One thing thing that you may have noticed is that the other rabbis on the list all have their own wikipedia pages which is a good indication of notability. Kind regards, nancy (talk) 16:39, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
Nancy - not true .. if you check the reform rabbis of the 20th century you'll see that half of them at least don't have pages associated with them either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rumusnia (talk • contribs) 17:17, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
So remove them already. ;) nancy (talk) 19:51, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
I don't think that would be the correct response. I give the authors the benefit of the doubt that the people listed SHOULD be listed and I certainly wouldn't challenge them. There has to be a balance. We can see in our world today what happens when a group feel they are right and everyone else is wrong. Not pleasant! Rumusnia (talk) 20:05, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] MLB Active Players

The rule of thumb is usually to check MLB.com's historical stats list, available here. Players that MLB considers active are marked with an asterisk on this list. This isn't always exactly right, however, since that list seems to define "active" as "has not officially retired yet." There was one player, maybe Derek Bell but I don't remember exactly, who was marked as active on that list for a couple years without having played.

Relatedly, I reverted the Mike Lieberthal change on the Top 500 List because of the note at the top of the page stating, "Players in bold face (89 total) were active during the 2007 season". I'm assuming that one of the regular users will change this to 2008 and check against the MLB.com list when the season starts. I don't think we should update to 2008 before then, as we may still see retirements before the end of the month. Jpers36 (talk) 20:11, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. I agree with you. I also reverted a similar edit a few days ago. Shawn Green has just retired too. Happy138 (talk) 21:55, 6 March 2008 (UTC)