Thundercloss

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There is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you. Vacosea (talk) 13:28, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

July 2022

Please remember to assume good faith when dealing with other editors, which you did not do on Talk:2022 Laguna Woods shooting. Thank you. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:56, 26 July 2022 (UTC)

Blocked as a sockpuppet

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abusing multiple accounts as a sockpuppet of User:Estnot per the evidence presented at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Waskerton. Note that multiple accounts are allowed, but not for illegitimate reasons, and any contributions made while evading blocks or bans may be reverted or deleted.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please read the guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text below the block notice on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}.  -- RoySmith (talk) 20:48, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

RoySmith is there a way that I can speak to you in private about this? Thundercloss (talk) 21:49, 28 July 2022 (UTC)

You can send me mail by clicking on this link. I won't promise that I'll respond or keep what you send me confidential, however. -- RoySmith (talk) 21:52, 28 July 2022 (UTC)