Lynton1

Removed request for arbitration

To edit about the Israel-Palestine Conflict your account must have 500 edits and be 30 days or older. Because your account does not meet these requirements, your I removed your request for arbitration. -- Guerillero ^{Parlez Moi} 09:31, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Please read my response to Deepfriedokra(below). I have not made any edits. The page is closed to edits. Evemn if I wanted to, I can't because the page has been closed to editing. I am requesting arbitration. You have summarily dismissed my request. This is not arbitration. Lynton1 (talk) 10:36, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

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I have not edited anything. I have requested arbitration regarding a blood libel page endorsed by Wikipedia policy and closed off to reasonable editing. The page is false political propaganda. Who can I appeal to? Lynton1 (talk) 10:30, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

In the notice above, there is the phrase you may learn more about this contentious topic here, and if you follow that link, it says applicable to any pages and edits that could be reasonably construed as being related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This is a very broad scope; even mentioning the conflict, or anything related to it, on any talk page, no matter how tangentially, falls within these restrictions. You made this edit, which started off with a link to Gaza genocide. This is why you were served the notice.

For there to be arbitration, there need to be a minimum of two people in disagreement; but you did not name anybody else. Also, arbitration is very much a venue of last resort, used when all other reasonable methods have failed. It's certainly not something to jump straight into with your first edit after an absence of almost seven years. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 19:12, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you so much for your response. Is there any way I can communicate with you privately? 2407:E400:600D:4500:74A2:86A1:ADCE:F15 (talk) 00:03, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

On a reread here of the details as to why my request for arbitrration was removed, it appears that the request itself was considered an "edit". Am I correct in this? How do I find the names of the administrators of the contentious page so that I can list them in a new request (if I am allowed to do this?!)? I am guessing these would be the people against whom I seek arbitration.?! Lynton1 (talk) 10:06, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

It wasn't just an edit, it was an edit containing some very provocative phrases.

There are no such things as "administrators of the contentious page" - there are administrators, of which I am one, as are Deepfriedokra and Guerillero.

Also, I would prefer it if you did not attempt to contact me off-wiki (privately or otherwise), particularly when contentious topics are involved. If you have anything to ask that is at all related to Wikipedia, you should do so on Wikipedia itself, for reasons of transparency. I make one exception: meetups. If you happen to meet me at one of these - and I don't promise to get to very many - you can ask about Wikipedia-related matters in the presence of other Wikipedians. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 17:56, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your response.

Where can I find and read the content of my request for arbitration? Lynton1 (talk) 03:10, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

I already supplied a link, in my post of 19:12, 16 September 2024 (UTC). --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 06:37, 19 September 2024 (UTC)