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Discretionary sanctions notice for the Arab-Israeli conflict edit

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You have shown interest in the Arab–Israeli conflict. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.


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You must follow these page-specific restrictions until you have 500 edits and have been here 30 days edit

For the purposes of editing restrictions in the ARBPIA topic area, the "area of conflict" shall be defined as encompassing

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  2. edits relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict, to pages and discussions in all namespaces with the exception of userspace ("related content")

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500/30 Rule: All IP editors, users with fewer than 500 edits, and users with less than 30 days' tenure are prohibited from editing content within the area of conflict. On primary articles, this prohibition is preferably to be enforced by use of extended confirmed protection (ECP) but this is not mandatory. On pages with related content, or on primary articles where ECP is not feasible, the 500/30 Rule may be enforced by other methods, including page protection, reverts, blocks, the use of pending changes, and appropriate edit filters. Reverts made solely to enforce the 500/30 Rule are not considered edit warring.

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2. Editors who are not eligible to be extended-confirmed may not create new articles, but administrators may exercise discretion when deciding how to enforce this remedy on article creations. Deletion of new articles created by editors who do not meet the criteria is permitted but not required. Doug Weller talk 18:08, 8 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

3. One Revert Restriction (1RR): Each editor is limited to one revert per page per 24 hours on any edits made to content within the area of conflict. Reverts made to enforce the 500/30 Rule are exempt from the provisions of this motion. Also, the normal exemptions apply. Editors who violate this restriction may be blocked by any uninvolved administrator.

Note that this means your edits on such pages (which you aren't yet eligible to make) may be reverted by anyone at any time. These restrictions are stricter than those in most other areas because of the problems that we've had in this area. Doug Weller talk 18:08, 8 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

July 2020 edit

  Hello. Your recent edit to List of religious organizations appears to have added the name of a non-notable entity to a list that normally includes only notable entries. In general, a person, organization or product added to a list should have a pre-existing article before being added to most lists. If you wish to create such an article, please first confirm that the subject qualifies for a separate, stand-alone article according to Wikipedia's notability guideline. Thank you. GermanJoe (talk) 06:09, 3 July 2020 (UTC)Reply

Arab-Israeli conflict violation edit

Per #You must follow these page-specific restrictions until you have 500 edits and have been here 30 days, this edit was not appropriate, as you only have 42 edits. Please follow the above guidelines more closely.

Even without those restrictions, your edit removed sourced content without an explanation, which is also not appropriate. Please see Help:Edit summary, and explain all edits. Do not remove this content again until you have 500 edits and you have consensus for such a change, as discussed on the article's talk page. Thank you. Grayfell (talk) 00:15, 24 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

January 2021 edit

  Hello, I'm Nightenbelle. I noticed that in this edit to Manis Friedman, you removed all the content from the page. Please do not do this. Blank pages are harmful to Wikipedia because they have a tendency to confuse readers. As a rule, if you discover a duplicate article, please redirect it to an appropriate existing page. If a page has been vandalised, please revert it to the last legitimate version. If you feel that the content of a page is inappropriate, please edit the page and replace it with appropriate content. If you believe there is no hope for the page, please see the deletion policy for how to proceed. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you wish to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Nightenbelle (talk) 22:14, 25 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

 
You have been blocked from editing for a period of 24 hours for edit warring, as you did at Manis Friedman. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make useful contributions.
During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.
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 ~~~~}}.  Longhair\talk 22:17, 25 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

January 2022 edit

  Please do not add or change content, as you did at Elazar Shach, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Doug Weller talk 15:55, 13 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to insert fringe or undue weight content into articles, such as you did in Elazar Shach, you may be blocked from editing. Articles on Wikipedia do not give fringe material equal weight to majority viewpoints; content in articles are given representation in proportion to their prominence. Havradim leaf a message 08:53, 16 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

Important Notice edit

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in the Arab–Israeli conflict. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

Doug Weller talk 15:56, 13 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

March 2022 edit

 
You have been blocked indefinitely from editing certain pages (The Exodus) for disruptive editing.
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 ~~~~}}.  Doug Weller talk 11:00, 4 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

  Hello, I'm Ingenuity. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Bohdan Khmelnytsky—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. >>> Ingenuity.talk(); 18:23, 20 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

November 2022 edit

  Hello, I'm Tgeorgescu. I noticed that you added or changed content in an article, Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed and archived in the page history for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so. You can have a look at referencing for beginners. If you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. tgeorgescu (talk) 03:34, 30 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

December 2022 edit

  Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at List of fictional countries. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use your sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you. Meters (talk) 05:58, 25 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

  Please stop adding unreferenced or poorly referenced biographical content, especially if controversial, to articles or any other Wikipedia page, as you did at Whoopi Goldberg ‎. Content of this nature could be regarded as defamatory and is in violation of Wikipedia policy. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Meters (talk) 05:59, 25 December 2022 (UTC)Reply


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Proposed deletion of List of Chabad Chief Rabbis edit

 

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Missile defenses of Israel moved to draftspace edit

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Partial block removed edit

I don't think there's a need for it anymore. Doug Weller talk 17:29, 6 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

February 2024 edit

 

Your recent editing history at Manis Friedman shows that you are currently engaged in an edit war; that means that you are repeatedly changing content back to how you think it should be, when you have seen that other editors disagree. To resolve the content dispute, please do not revert or change the edits of others when you are reverted. Instead of reverting, please use the talk page to work toward making a version that represents consensus among editors. The best practice at this stage is to discuss, not edit-war; read about how this is done. If discussions reach an impasse, you can then post a request for help at a relevant noticeboard or seek dispute resolution. In some cases, you may wish to request temporary page protection.

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You've now tried the same edit 3 times in <24 hours. It doesn't matter that you've split it into different actions. I've advised you to gain consensus for it on the talk page, and it seems you've decided not to do that. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 17:36, 6 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

I believe the more recent edit are substantively different than the previous ones. They include more thorough sourcing, and fix some of the problems discussed on the Manis Friedman talk page. I don't believe this is an edit war now, though there is, admittedly, room for discussing on the proprietary of the previous round of reverts Helpfulguy101 (talk) 17:39, 6 February 2024 (UTC)Reply