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There's an "e-mail this user" link in the toolbox on the left side of the screen, below the search box. It allows users to e-mail each other without revealing their e-mail addresses. (Very handy sometimes.) Grandmasterka 08:48, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Your concern has been addressed

Your concern has been addressed on my talk page and I thank you for bringing it up. VP has been persistent in routing messages incorrectly and will be addressed accordingly.Netkinetic ^(t/c/@) 06:43, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Jacintha Saldanha

Hi. Did you spot Talk:Jacintha Saldanha? -- Trevj (talk) 06:37, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Canberra meetup invitation: tomorrow, February 2013

Hi there! I am guessing you live in Canberra. If you are, do you mind adding Category:Wikipedians in the Australian Capital Territory to your wp:userpage: "user:Canberra User"?

You are cordially invited to attend a meetup being held tomorrow at 6:30pm Sunday 24 February 2013. Sorry about the short notice.

Details and attendee list are at Wikipedia:Meetup/Canberra/February 2013. Hope you can make it!

Finally, I would like to bring to your attention a program to support Australian Wikipedia writers: wmau:Proposal:WWI_WiR. John Vandenberg ^(chat) 09:06, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

March 2013

Hello, I'm MelbourneStar. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Alan Jones "died of shame" controversy, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. —MelbourneStar☆^talk 11:17, 31 March 2013 (UTC)

Editorializing

Hi, please don't editorialize when you edit at Wikipedia. Your edit here was inappropriate in part for the chatter you added. To me, this is indistinguishable from vandalism. Further, the scope of the article is "nicknames ... which were in common usage at the time they were in office or shortly thereafter". The way to demonstrate that the examples you provided were in "common usage" is to provide references from reliable published sources with reputations for fact-checking and clear editorial oversight. You did not do that, so I reverted your edit. Please provide references in the future. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:14, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Cyphoidbomb, Here's a source for a much longer list of nicknames for Mr Obama. Here. http://brainshavings.com/obama-nicknames/

Counter-rebuttal: I said "reliable published sources with reputations for fact-checking and clear editorial oversight", not "some random blog". Generally speaking that means major newspapers, reputable journals, reputable magazines, reputable news shows, not (again) some random blog. Please click on the long blue link above for more info. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 00:46, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Addendum: As I look through some of your other recent edits, like this one where you editorialize at Same-sex marriage or here where you add sarcastic quote marks around gay marriage, I begin to wonder if you are here to contribute constructively. Please do not use Wikipedia to introduce WP:POV chatter. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:25, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

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Canberra meetup invitation

Hi, you're invited to the Canberra meetup which will take place at King O'Malley's Irish Pub in Civic on 17 February 2016. Bidgee (talk) 01:21, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

Canberra meetup invitation (August 2016)

I'll be in Canberra from the 29-30 August, there is a planned meet-up at King O'Malley's (though I'm open to suggestions) from 6pm on the 29 August. Sorry for the short noticed, only had the trip confirmed this afternoon. Bidgee (talk) 11:02, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

September 2016

Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to Hillary Clinton. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. Thank you. Shearonink (talk) 14:15, 9 September 2016 (UTC)

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Canberra meetup

Hi, there will be a meetup in Canberra on the 20 January 2018 at 7pm, I hope you're able to make it but understand that this is very short notice. Bidgee (talk) 12:50, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

May 2018

Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to violate Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy by adding commentary and your personal analysis into articles, as you did at Echo chamber (media), you may be blocked from editing. JDDJS (talk) 21:59, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Why are you threatening me? I simply added a very fine example of what an echo chamber is. Isn't it surprising how a "Twitter MeToo campaign" exploded into a worldwide scandal of such proportions. If that isn't an echo chamber, then what is? It was a legit edit. I didn't mean to be "disruptive"! (and I did include a source of information) Fair dinkum!

Canberra User (talk) 06:12, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

Your edit was not supported by the source you provided. You have a clear history of violating Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. I can get a pretty clear idea of your political views simply by looking through your contributions to articles, which is something that shouldn't be possible if you're maintaining a neutral point of view. Wikipedia is not a soapbox. If that's what you're looking for, there are plenty of other websites that you can use. JDDJS (talk) 15:33, 24 May 2018 (UTC)

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August 2019

Please do not add unreferenced or poorly referenced information, especially if controversial, to articles or any other page on Wikipedia about living (or recently deceased) persons, as you did to 8chan. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 02:42, 6 August 2019 (UTC)

• Sorry sir, I didn't know I was "adding" any information. I simply reworded the openerCanberra User (talk) 02:44, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
  • It's the bullshit you wrote in the edit summary. Drmies (talk) 02:46, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
    • Sir, it's the article we're discussing. Not the edit summary. Who gives a shit what's in the edit summary? What matters is the content of the article itself, you know, the page that appears when a user looks up a subject. Do you really think the average person would go to the trouble of going to the history, scrolling through thousands of edits, to get authoritative information from edit summaries???Canberra User (talk) 13:50, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

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January 2021

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you add unsourced material to Wikipedia, as you did at Lauren Boerbert. Our policies apply to great people and horrible people alike. You've got to stop this, you've had multiple warnings. Doug Weller talk 09:51, 25 January 2021 (UTC)
:Firstly, what happened to the article itself
:Secondly, why are you threatening me for merely saying "unfortunately"??
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