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Do you find it acceptable that my posts are now being arbitrarily deleted for no discernible reason other than silencing a point of view? You ask me about a suggestion as to media sources and I read that the Age is now unacceptable because it's a blatantly right wing company', so perhaps if you provide a list of what's acceptable ... ?124.170.106.19 (talk)10:12, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To start with, whoever you are, you are not a registered user, and your ISP gives you a different IP address every time you sign on. That means I cannot tell if you are the same person who made other posts here from similar IP addresses. That makes sensible conversation difficult. Please sign up to Wikipedia so you always post with the same User Name. Right from the time these discussions began, you have appeared to be someone who wants to write negative things about Andrews.Wikipedia is supposed to be written from neutral point of view. And it's difficult to tell exactly what you want written. What the police did or didn't do is not content about Andrews.HiLo48 (talk)23:20, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mentioning Dr Shuey's report in the article is presenting information from a neutral POV. Deleting a person's post because you don't like what they have to say is not the act of someone who is attempting to present a balanced view. Calling the Age a blatantly right wing company is a biased view. There is no compulsion on me to sign up for an account, Wikipedia is promoted as the encyclopedia anyone can edit.124.170.121.53 (talk)02:26, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Shuey's report IS NOT about Dan Andrews. It's about the police. I didn't call The Age blatantly right wing. I just think it's important to educate people about the fact that is no longer a left wing outlet, if it ever was. And you're right, there is no compulsion to sign up, but if you do, you can participate in discussions better. Did you notice that your IP address changed between your last two posts? I cannot even sure sure that you're the same person who posed earlier in this thread. It also gives you more privacy. From your IP address I can use a lookup tool to tell me that you use iiNet and that you live somewhere in northern Victoria, maybe near Violet Town or Tatura. With registered Ussr Name, it's much more difficult to do.HiLo48 (talk)02:55, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So is the Age an acceptable source, or not. It makes no sense to say that it's 'no longer a left wing outlet, if it ever was.' Are only left wing sources allowed? What matters is truth and factual information, regardless of where it's published.

That my IP address changes has nothing to do with me, do you really believe that the discussion on the talk page was multiple people responding in a single discussion? If so, then why did the other user delete my posts? And why are you so obsessed with my IP address anyway, attempting to say 'I know where you are.'? You're way off-beam, I live on the Mornington Peninsula. I'm not interested in hiding my IP address, why should I?

And Shuey's report has many mentions of Andrews & his conduct during the aftremath of the accident, have you read it?124.170.121.53 (talk)14:19, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I read Shuey's report. I saw nothing worth putting in a Wikipedia article. Describing The Age as I did was a response to somebody (You?) describing it as Pravda. It probably just scrapes in as a reliable source, but no longer a great one as it was ten or more years ago. And yes, the fact that your IP address changes is outside you control. That's the whole point. Some ISPs do that. But it means I cannot post on your Talk like you posted on mine, because you don't have a single, stable one. You choosing to not register a User Name is legal, but it has many negatives. It suggests to me, and I'm sure to to others, that you have no intention of becoming a long-term constructive editor here.HiLo48 (talk)22:52, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The report is not only about the police investigation, it's about the actions of the Andrews. Having read it, you know that. Shuey was quite critical of his actions.

Your whole attitude is WP:JUST as you don't want anything that you perceive to be negative written about him. The issue of my not having an account is a red herring.124.170.116.56 (talk)02:12, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have given you several reasons why having an account matters. If I didn't have one we wouldn't having this conversation. GO back to theDan Andrews Talk page and propose specific wording you think should be in the article.HiLo48 (talk)02:41, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My posts will be deleted.124.170.116.56 (talk)03:12, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you keep your posts objective and sensible, I'll argue against them being deleted. Be very specific about what you think should be in the article, without any personal commentary. And do get your own User name. Your credibility will improve.HiLo48 (talk)03:33, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My posts have been objective and sensible. Unlike the editor who's proposing to write an entire article on what s/he calls a conspiracy theory. I didn't realize, however, that there's a credibility rating on wikipedia, or an arbitrary censorship capability that allows my posts to be deleted without recourse.124.170.116.56 (talk)04:45, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, are you the same person I was chatting to above? You have a new IP address. How do I know who you are?HiLo48 (talk)06:08, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yep, that's me. Just ask if you have to. Didn't stop the other editor in the talk page thread threatening me, closing discussions, hiding posts, deleting posts etc. So much for the encyclopedia that anyone can edit: "You're welcome to edit without creating an account ..."124.170.116.56 (talk)06:54, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, you are, but it comes with some challenges that I have tried to politely explain to you.HiLo48 (talk)07:07, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

And I have politely decided, of my own volition, to not accept your premise, so there's no need to keep begging the point. Unless, of course, you consider it a neat deflection from the issue at hand. The other editor had no problem in discerning that my posts for a single account, hence their censorious approach.124.170.116.56 (talk)07:15, 30 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I've been adding to Australian rules articles and just created one for St Kilda rookieLiam O'Connell. It's still a draft as I'm not an autoconfirmed user yet and unable to move it to the mainspace. If you're free to, could you move it? O'Connell made his AFL debut this season so is worthy of an article. Cheers. -Wharfie94 (talk)02:20, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but that's beyond my authority level. I suggest you ask atThe Teahouse.HiLo48 (talk)02:25, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

All good, it's been added to the queue. -Wharfie94 (talk)09:31, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand your edit atSpecial:Diff/1309291483.TarnishedPath^talk06:15, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I see you just self reverted. All good.TarnishedPath^talk06:16, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Hilo, if you revertedhere in order to keep faith with out aversion to offering medical advice or even answers adjacent there-to (which is not something I would necessarily stridently object to), then you also need to remove the comment to which I was responding, and arguably hat the entire thread as problematic. It is not acceptable to have so much speculation in response to an inquiry about the safety of a supposed contraindication / safety issue where such uninformed speculation says, without so much as a single source even, that "Yeah, this is probably perfectly fine." If anything, my response, which is far less based in speculative terms, sought to pull back the laissez-faire responses the OP had received thus far, and urge caution. Again, no objection to the removal of my comment, but I'll only let it pass without objection if you take steps to curtail the rest of the commentary which is far more based in guesswork and laissez-faire about the potential risks involved with chiming in about toxicity issues.SnowRise ^{let's rap}07:46, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind: I see it was reverted in error and re-reverted since. I should have double checked the revision history before inquiring here.SnowRise ^{let's rap}07:58, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I stuffed up and don't even know how I did it. Sorry.HiLo48 (talk)09:01, 1 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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