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I now invite you to go the to "Gabriel's Horn" article and repair the two errors that it contains. I won't say whether I consider them to be subtle parody or something else. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 01:10, 17 July 2011 (EDT)
I now invite you to go the to "Gabriel's Horn" article and repair the two errors that it contains. I won't say whether I consider them to be subtle parody or something else. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 01:10, 17 July 2011 (EDT)
== Response to SamHB ==
Having been, at least temporarily, unblocked, I can respond to some of your points.
*By "wilful ignorance" I meant the reversion of "topology" to "analysis"; it is, I repeat, a theorem of topology, not analysis.
*It is definitely no easier to visualize the theorem using Earth, Mars and Jupiter; that's why it's called "the Ham Sandwich Theorem", not "the Three Planets Theorem".
*"You think that one of the goals of an encyclopedia is as a vehicle whereby editors highlight other editors' ignorance for the public to see???????????" Of an encyclopaedia, no. On Conservapedia, it may serve the useful purpose of sending a casual reader to the history to find out what used to be in the article, leading her to doubt the trussworthiness [sic] of CP. I also think that two question marks at most suffice to express incredulity.
*"I'm sure you can recognize that an encyclopedia math article is not the place for humor". See my previous point.
*I'd be interested to learn which two errors you think you've identified in the article on Gabriel's horn.
*"I won't say whether I consider them to be subtle parody or something else." You just did, and I'm hurt.
[[User:ELWisty|ELWisty]] 20:13, 24 July 2011 (EDT)ELWisty