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ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 02:36, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for the note. May I ask why my edits on the talk page of
Houthi involvement in the Israel–Hamas war were removed?
eyal (
talk) 02:51, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- The alert above indicates that you must have
500 edits and an account of age of 30 days before making edits in the
Arab-Israeli conflict topic area, that is why your edits were reverted. You only have 105 edits. This also applies to discussions.
Philipnelson99 (
talk) 02:55, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- @ ScottishFinnishRadish feel free to correct me if this is wrong. Philipnelson99 ( talk) 02:58, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for answering. Is this policy officially written out somewhere, e.g. in a WP: page?
eyal (
talk) 03:22, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Ah, never mind, it's here: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Palestine-Israel_articles eyal ( talk) 03:36, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- The alert above indicates that you must have
500 edits and an account of age of 30 days before making edits in the
Arab-Israeli conflict topic area, that is why your edits were reverted. You only have 105 edits. This also applies to discussions.
Philipnelson99 (
talk) 02:55, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
At Weaponization of antisemitism article, you can see that the CT procedure advised above applies, so you may only make edit requests as explained in WP:ARBECR. You have twice used the edit request template for things that are not edit requests. Please only ask for things that can be expressed as replace X with Y or equivalent. No argument is necessary, ECR editors will decide whether to carry out an edit request, anything complicated is likely to not get done. Thanks. Selfstudier ( talk) 17:14, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
- Ah, my apologies. I thought that when you said "this isn't an edit request" here, you were referring to the absence of the {Edit extended-protected} tag. This is why I re-submitted the new request here with the tag. Now I understand that you made the that statement referring to the wording of the request. Just writing this out here to clarify what had happened. spintheer ( talk) 18:04, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Kindly desist from making any further comments about, or discussing about, or arguing against Arbpia/CT when, for contentious topics, as a non EC editor you are specifically permitted only to use talkspace for edit requests and nothing else. Selfstudier ( talk) 17:16, 28 February 2024 (UTC)
Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, Eyal3400. I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for your contributions. Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:
- Introduction
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- Contributing to Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
- Help pages
- How to write a great article
- Editor's index to Wikipedia
Also, when you post on talk pages you should sign your name using four tildes (~~~~); that should automatically produce your username and the date after your post.
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page, consult Wikipedia:Questions, or place {{ helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there.
Again, welcome! Faizan ( talk) 18:54, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
You have recently edited a page related to the Arab–Israeli conflict, a topic designated as contentious. This is a brief introduction to contentious topics and does not imply that there are any issues with your editing.
A special set of rules applies to certain topic areas, which are referred to as contentious topics. These are specially designated topics that tend to attract more persistent disruptive editing than the rest of the project and have been designated as contentious topics by the Arbitration Committee. When editing a contentious topic, Wikipedia’s norms and policies are more strictly enforced, and Wikipedia administrators have special powers in order to reduce disruption to the project.
Within contentious topics, editors should edit carefully and constructively, refrain from disrupting the encyclopedia, and:
- adhere to the purposes of Wikipedia;
- comply with all applicable policies and guidelines;
- follow editorial and behavioural best practice;
- comply with any page restrictions in force within the area of conflict; and
- refrain from gaming the system.
Additionally, you must be logged-in, have 500 edits and an account age of 30 days, and are not allowed to make more than 1 revert within 24 hours on a page within this topic.
Editors are advised to err on the side of caution if unsure whether making a particular edit is consistent with these expectations. If you have any questions about contentious topics procedures you may ask them at the arbitration clerks' noticeboard or you may learn more about this contentious topic here. You may also choose to note which contentious topics you know about by using the {{ Ctopics/aware}} template.
ScottishFinnishRadish ( talk) 02:36, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for the note. May I ask why my edits on the talk page of
Houthi involvement in the Israel–Hamas war were removed?
eyal (
talk) 02:51, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- The alert above indicates that you must have
500 edits and an account of age of 30 days before making edits in the
Arab-Israeli conflict topic area, that is why your edits were reverted. You only have 105 edits. This also applies to discussions.
Philipnelson99 (
talk) 02:55, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- @ ScottishFinnishRadish feel free to correct me if this is wrong. Philipnelson99 ( talk) 02:58, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for answering. Is this policy officially written out somewhere, e.g. in a WP: page?
eyal (
talk) 03:22, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- Ah, never mind, it's here: /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Palestine-Israel_articles eyal ( talk) 03:36, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
- The alert above indicates that you must have
500 edits and an account of age of 30 days before making edits in the
Arab-Israeli conflict topic area, that is why your edits were reverted. You only have 105 edits. This also applies to discussions.
Philipnelson99 (
talk) 02:55, 19 January 2024 (UTC)
At Weaponization of antisemitism article, you can see that the CT procedure advised above applies, so you may only make edit requests as explained in WP:ARBECR. You have twice used the edit request template for things that are not edit requests. Please only ask for things that can be expressed as replace X with Y or equivalent. No argument is necessary, ECR editors will decide whether to carry out an edit request, anything complicated is likely to not get done. Thanks. Selfstudier ( talk) 17:14, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
- Ah, my apologies. I thought that when you said "this isn't an edit request" here, you were referring to the absence of the {Edit extended-protected} tag. This is why I re-submitted the new request here with the tag. Now I understand that you made the that statement referring to the wording of the request. Just writing this out here to clarify what had happened. spintheer ( talk) 18:04, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
Kindly desist from making any further comments about, or discussing about, or arguing against Arbpia/CT when, for contentious topics, as a non EC editor you are specifically permitted only to use talkspace for edit requests and nothing else. Selfstudier ( talk) 17:16, 28 February 2024 (UTC)