User talk:Robert203661

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Happy editing! Jacona (talk) 23:27, 18 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello, I'm Drmies. An edit that you recently made to Killers of the Flower Moon (film) seemed to be a test and has been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Turning "white" into "mainstream" doesn't make it more neutral--it makes it less so. And that long sentence in the plot, you didn't improve the grammar--sorry. Drmies (talk) 20:05, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for reverting! I will use the sandbox next time. I agree about “mainstream.” Poor choice. However, using “white” as a generalization for “American” is a misleading racist slur when used to describe the conflict and tensions between the citizens of two nations, Osage & the US, particularly since “white” is not an ethnicity. (In contrast, it is appropriate to say “some whites” (note: not just “whites” in general) when describing the attack on the Black community, because that was motivated by white hatred of Blacks). If you disagree with my approach, do you have a suggestion for how to avoid inaccurate anti-white racist language Robert203661 (talk) 20:23, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it seems to me to be a given that "white American society" describes that time period pretty well--when both the law and the practice excluded, segregated, and otherwise oppressed non-white Americans. We're talking about the 1920s, when there was no ant-lynching legislation, the Chinese Exclusion Act was the law of the land, many Native Americans had not been granted full citizenship or the right to vote--I could go on. Whether "white" qualifies as an ethnicity or not is beside the point: we have an article, White Americans, which delves into that. As for the sentence--it was tricky in the editing screen because of the note in there, and it's easy to lose sight of commas and capitols, and I had to look twice; preview mode was more clear. Thanks, Drmies (talk) 22:11, 24 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense. Thanks so much for explaining and for being nice about it Robert203661 (talk) 02:45, 25 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Request reason:

my IP address is blocked only on the new IPhone 16 I just bought, not on my iPhone 11 that I’ve been using until now; no reason for the block is given; and it’s for 2 years; so I wonder if the block is a mistake. I’m also blocked from posting on my talk page from the new phone, so I’m posting this request from my old phone, which I can only use temporarily. I’m not aware of having violated a policy. If I’ve violated a policy, it was out of ignorance, and if informed of the violation I won’t do it again.Robert203661 (talk) 19:51, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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You'll need to share your IP if you want us to look into this(you can do so privately via WP:UTRS if desired) but I suspect the Apple private relay is on, you need to turn it off. 331dot (talk) 20:13, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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