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A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on April 28, 2026.

Section "Mental illness and copycat effects": "Discussion" does not "occur"

The first sentence of section "Mental illness and copycat effects" is, "Much discussion has occurred as to Bryant's mental health." But a discussion does not "occur." Rather, it is "conducted" or "carried out." Please change! 2A02:8070:A480:4920:9C27:8D4D:A5D:D1CD (talk) 18:08, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was doing my degree in Adelaide during this time. I remember before finding out what actually happened, during investigations, Muslims were targeted and Islamophobia was rampant and supported at the government level in Australia. John Howard had just became the PM and Islamophobia was a popular thing to do. It was a convenient excuse by the government at that time to put the blame towards Muslim community until they found out that the killer was not a Muslim. 110.159.182.229 (talk) 07:48, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Information sealed for a very long time?

I watched a YouTube video claiming "all key evidence sealed until 2071" so I thought I'd do some research.

The only webpages I can find that mention specific durations are:

https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/subject_formal_request_for_the_p

says: "I understand that these documents were initially sealed for 30 years and that this period has been extended by a further 75 years"

https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/subject_formal_request_for_publi

says: "The initial decision to seal these documents for 30 years, and the subsequent extension to an unprecedented 105 years in total"

I think that's a very notable thing that should be included. Legowolf3d (talk) 22:09, 10 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 1 March 2026

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. DAB page moved from Port Arthur massacre (Australia) → Port Arthur massacre (disambiguation) (closed by non-admin page mover) Agent 007 (talk) 18:45, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Port Arthur massacre (Australia) → Port Arthur massacre – The incident in China received ~1,900 page views in the past month while this received over 47,000. Clear primary topic. DAB page does not need to exist; a hatnote on this article informing readers of the other is sufficient. — An anonymous username, not my real name 00:22, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. No primary topic by long-term significance. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:27, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support an analysis from from 1/07/2015 to 2/03/2026 shows a clear picture of long-term significance. Over that period the Australian article received 7,926,027 views, whereas the Chinese article received 451,447 views. Additionally a WikiNav analysis shows ALL of the outbound traffic from Port Arthur massacre going to Port Arthur massacre (Australia). TarnishedPath^talk 14:02, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support It's a notable event recognized without the clarification that it took place in Australia. Agnieszka653 (talk) 22:56, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support as per nom - this is the notable event, particularly in the English language. Elshad (talk) 10:47, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Indeed the primary topic. Æ's old account wasn't working (talk) 00:20, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography, WikiProject Politics/Gun politics, WikiProject Death, WikiProject Australian crime, WikiProject Firearms, WikiProject Disaster management, WikiProject Tasmania, and WikiProject Australian politics have been notified of this discussion. TarnishedPath^talk 09:35, 8 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Note: WikiProject Politics and Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board have been notified of this discussion. Qwerty123M (talk) 01:46, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support: this would be a common sense move. Both articles currently have a disambiguation in their titles so the titles are clear as to which region you are looking at. It's clear that this article is the primary topic so will be searched for the most and is the most notable through discussion of the gun reforms. I haven't deeply researched the topic but from an Australian perspective, this event at Port Arthur was a major turning point for gun laws so it has a lot of significance. I have recently added a disambiguation hatnote to this article so it is easy to find the other article if you need considering that this is the primary topic. Qwerty123M (talk) 02:48, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Feels common sense ⚠︎ ArkadenBoden ⚠︎ (talk) 14:12, 9 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.