User talk:Ihaveacatonmydesk

Regarding Definist fallacy (disambiguation)
please see WP:DAB and MOS:DAB: disambiguation pages should not have references or appear as articles- they should simply allow the reader to quickly locate and distinguish between articles with the same title. For nuanced discussion about different fallacies, including different views (in the interest of neutrality) you might simply discuss it at Definist fallacy, or Logical fallacy. Cheers, --Animalparty-- (talk) 18:21, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

No True Scotsman
Sorry, afraid I can't give a page number there, I don't seem to have a copy of that book any more. (Did definitely own it once, can't see it on the shelves now, can't guarantee I didn't get the title wrong and was thinking of something else when I wrote it up, etc. Will have a dig around Google Books and the like.) --McGeddon (talk) 23:52, 28 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Oh, huh, okay. Although there's also the chance that both the original Wikipedia editor and the article writer lifted the "Ach!" example from an earlier uncredited source.
 * A potentially circular reference for a way of clearly expressing a longer and clunkier example doesn't seem like a problem, as I'd have thought this was the kind of thing we could carefully summarise ourselves without it being WP:OR. An acceptably reliable source quoting and endorsing a summary, and not having it struck down during editorial oversight, seems more useful than problematic. But take it out again if you like. --McGeddon (talk) 10:07, 30 October 2014 (UTC)

Your experience with Wikipedia so far
Hello Ihaveacatonmydesk,

I am conducting research about newcomers to Wikipedia and I was hoping to ask you some questions. I’ve noticed you’ve had some good activity recently. Is there any chance you have time in the next month to speak with me? If you are interested or have any questions, please email me at gmugar [at] syr.edu or leave a message on my talk page.

I hope to be in touch soon,

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White hat bias
When you put a POV tag on an article, like you did at white hat bias, the tag will get removed if you don't accompany it with your reasoning on the talk page. Just FYI. ~Amatulić (talk) 23:52, 6 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up, I wrote it now. Ihaveacatonmydesk (talk) 00:14, 7 June 2016 (UTC)

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Love your name
I do. That’s all. Kafka Liz (talk) 19:55, 5 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Same. How about a photo?! 198.176.82.34 (talk) 16:07, 28 February 2019 (UTC)

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Lancet article
Thanks for your message! I couldn't find the article or my wikipedia login at the time I made that rough-and-ready edit, just had an (appaprently legit) screenshot from a source I trusted. Here it is: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30116-8/fulltext — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tubaductilis (talk • contribs) 12:16, 15 March 2020 (UTC)

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