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Noah's Ark

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That editor is a real problem. As I'm involved in reverting in the end it might have to be ANI if they continue to get warnings. Doug Weller talk 08:30, 20 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

Please explain why reference with 0 citations is notable

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see Talk:Teaching#Remove reference Further reading HudecEmil (talk) 10:29, 5 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

HudecEmil - Unlike yours, my edit was fully explained with an Edit summary. All I saw was a removal of content with no explanation. That's unacceptable. You need to tell others what you have done, and why. HiLo48 (talk) 10:34, 5 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
I see, so adding an explanation "reference has 0 citations, lack of notability", would be ok with you? HudecEmil (talk) 10:41, 5 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
That actually reads quite strangely. I don't know what you mean by "citation" and "reference". To me, they are usually the same thing. HiLo48 (talk) 10:56, 5 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Is "this article has been cited by 0 other peer-reviewed articles, lack of notability" better? HudecEmil (talk) 11:06, 5 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Yes, but it's not just me that you need to convince. Just make sure you write something that explains what you have done to ALL other editors. HiLo48 (talk) 11:13, 5 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
agree HudecEmil (talk) 11:18, 5 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

James Harrison

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Just trust me on this the math makes zero sense and people had already discussed on the talk page a literal decade ago that millions of lives saved does not make sense mathematically and that an article from the Australian red cross claimed 10,000 saved which is at least in the realm of possibility https://web.archive.org/web/20150614002241/http://www.donateblood.com.au/all-about-blood/inspiring-stories/james-harrison-the-man-with-the-golden-arm Please revert my edit back. TaqPCR (talk) 07:56, 6 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

TaqPCR - As I wrote in my Edit summary, the claim is backed by a reliable source. I also said you need to take your concerns to the article's Talk page, not here. HiLo48 (talk) 08:09, 6 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
And as I said it was already mentioned on the talk page a literal decade ago Talk:James Harrison (blood donor)#2 million saved with a counter citation from the Australian red cross, the people actually taking and using the blood. That's why I called it a persistent myth. TaqPCR (talk) 08:35, 6 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
I decided that I would just make the reversion myself because this has already been discussed in the talk pages. TaqPCR (talk) 09:25, 6 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
Fine, but I wish you would stop seeing me as the enemy and/or arbiter here. The article's Talk page was the place to discuss this, not here, nor in Edit summaries. Yours are essays, not summaries. And do try to be a little less confrontational over this. HiLo48 (talk) 10:07, 6 May 2024 (UTC)Reply
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I love your work Shafi ahmed.0 (talk) 21:22, 20 May 2024 (UTC)Reply

WikiProject Scouting Newsletter: May 2024

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WikiProject Scouting | May 2024


Notes for May:

Some important articles that need help: The Scout Association, NAYLE, Philmont Training Center, BSA Leadership Training, COPE

Other ways to participate:

--evrik (talk) May 22, 2024


AFL players worthy of a blurb at ITN

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I would be interested in your views on this talk page discussion here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:In_the_news/Candidates#Blurb_versus_Recent_Death:_Jim_Brown,_Jerry_West,_Bill_Russell Chrisclear (talk) 01:08, 14 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

question

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Hi I've created this article Draft:OneStream Live can you check the content and sources and what is your idea to be in main space Editorjummy (talk) 07:59, 15 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Why did you revert my edit on my talk page (User talk:Historyday01)?

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I'm talking about this edit. You didn't explain a reason. I will gladly restore the content if you give a good reason. I was only doing some cleanup, that's all. Historyday01 (talk) 00:22, 23 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Historyday01 Sorry. I have no idea what happened there. I don't even recall going near that page. Please feel free to restore all you believe is necessary. My apologies again. HiLo48 (talk) 00:36, 23 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

Recent Māori issues

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Kia ora there,

Had this guy Roger 8 Roger reverting a few of my edits to do with Māori recently, and I stumbled upon your conversation with him. "Artificial use" of Māori instead of the "normal" English by "officially controlled bodies". "Academic or youth elite" using Māori "is seen as somehow right and proper". This editor clearly has some attitudes and isn't good at hiding them. Dhantegge (talk) 04:25, 11 July 2024 (UTC)Reply

Dhantegge - Yes, I'm Australian, and here we have a sub-class of racists here who object to any attempt to give places their original Aboriginal names in place of the names of white people. Mr "Roger" reminded me of them. It's sad that you have them in NZ too. HiLo48 (talk) 05:37, 11 July 2024 (UTC)Reply
We call them closet ACT supporters (translation - Pauline Hanson's One Nation or perhaps Clive Palmer's racket). His latest is an attempt to go to war against something I added to the page about the Colony of New Zealand. I added a paragraph referring to the very well established historical consensus that there was a transition of nominative sovereignty to substantive sovereignty (the British declaring they controlled New Zealand in 1841 when they didn't versus 40-60 years later, when the Crown was secure), as well as the argument that Māori did not mean to cede their sovereignty (which has been found repetitively by the Waitangi Tribunal). He reverted this, presumably because he views British law as the only law which means anything and terra nullius as legitimate. In his mind, this means that the New Zealand colony existed with absolute legitimacy immediately after it was proclaimed by a handful of colonial figures, despite Aotearoa then having an almost entirely Māori population, in which they owned all the land and controlled the economy.
Roger's only comment was "no improvement - go to talk", which I did. Surprise, surprise, he ignores it. So these people win by default. Dhantegge (talk) 00:41, 13 July 2024 (UTC)Reply