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A Belated Thank You

Hi! I edit on here pretty infrequently, so I only just realised that you sent me a welcome message when I first signed up (about 2 years ago). I just wanted to say a belated thank you!

Also, I took a look at your user page, and as a fellow Australian I definitely empathise with your frustration at (SOME) Americans who like to Americanise every part of the internet (despite it being an international forum). I also copied a few of your userboxes... Anyway,  Thank you very much! 0takeout0 (talk) 08:30, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Civility restriction

Per the discussion at ANI, The community authorizes an indefinite civility restriction for you. If you make any edits which are judged by an administrator to be uncivil, personal attacks, or assumptions of bad faith, then you may be blocked for a short time up to one week, and up to an indefinite duration for repeat offenses. Blocks resulting from this restriction can only be appealed to the blocking administrator or the community, where community consensus takes precedence. The civility restriction can be appealed to the community after one year since the restriction was imposed or the last enforcement action (whichever is later), and each year thereafter. RickinBaltimore (talk) 12:16, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Answering question posed on "ignorant"

Answering your question posed to me (in the now deleted thread) on "ignorant", in the US it is pretty well always an insult / pejorative. IMO the rare exceptions (as with any pejorative) are when referring to oneself. Sincerely,North8000 (talk) 21:30, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for that. I thought as much. That is different from here. I was going to separately go to you Talk page apologising for deleting your message among all the others. It was pretty much the only one that I felt had a tone of discussion, rather than people telling me how they felt about me. But it was late at night, and I needed my sleep. HiLo48 (talk) 23:08, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

Can I suggest to everyone to please let this matter drop? The community sanctions are in place, and I believe that HiLo48 will abide by them in due course. Further commenting here is only going to inflame the situation. RickinBaltimore (talk) 22:06, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

Martin Bryant mass murderer

Hi HiLo48, You reverted my edit expressing the opinion that it was “not needed”. The article, as you have reverted it, states Bryant “is a convicted Australian mass shooter” but (beside the expression referring to being “a convicted Australian”) there has never been any such offence of “mass shooter” and the statement is therefore nonsense. Bryant is an Australian who was convicted of a mass of murders for an incident of mass murder. Further, “mass shooter” linked to an article on mass shootings rather than mass shooter and that article made it very apparent that even that term is undefined and much of that article is about the lack of agreed definition and varied usage. Improvement was “needed”. Regards,115.42.0.84 (talk) 14:42, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Sorry, but your two word Edit summary told us nothing. It implied to me that you were making a pointy change. Your new Edit summary is better, but with such a well established article, you should probably have gone to the article's Talk page first and proposed your changes there. HiLo48 (talk) 22:55, 12 August 2023 (UTC)

Accommodation or Accommodations?

Hi, You reverted my edit in which I changed accommodations to accommodation. I now realise that the use of accommodations wasn't a typo, but it is the wrong word.

Accommodations means temporary lodgings, usually hotels or board and lodging – or it can mean accommodation in the plural. Neither applies in this case, in which Otto Frank was looking for one apartment. For this, the word accommodation is the correct one. MarcuH (talk) 11:55, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

Notice of Arbitration Enforcement noticeboard discussion

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a report involving you at Misplaced Pages:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement regarding a possible violation of an Arbitration Committee decision. The thread is Australian Indigenous Voice referendum. Thank you. QLDer in NSW (talk) 04:40, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

QLDer in NSW - I cannot see my name mentioned anywhere there. HiLo48 (talk) 04:47, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Closed as premature: . Mitch Ames (talk) 05:15, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Mitch Ames - Thanks for the update. HiLo48 (talk) 05:32, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, it wasn't an enforcement request – it was a request for a full case. And what Mitch Ames said. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 06:37, 19 September 2023 (UTC)

ITN recognition for Cal Wilson

On 15 October 2023, In the news was updated with an item that involved the article Cal Wilson, 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. Stephen 03:00, 15 October 2023 (UTC)