User talk:AlwaysHereLearning

Welcome!

Hello, AlwaysHereLearning, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:

You may also want to complete the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit the Teahouse to ask questions or seek help.

Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! NiciVampireHeart 17:55, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction to contentious topics

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.

Doug Weller talk 19:38, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that you have been editing articles in the conflict area

As you presumably didn’t know you should not, no problem. Just stop and understand this means all relevant pages. You can make edit requests on talk pages but not comments. Doug Weller talk 19:41, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you help me out a bit more with what you mean? It seems you're saying I shouldn't edit contentious topics, but it doesn't seem that's what the referenced Introduction says. I thought it was only extended confirmed articles I wasn't supposed to (and can't) touch.

Thanks for the heads up,

AlwaysHereLearning (talk) 20:59, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You actually are unable to edit extended confirmed articles, but most articles in the area of the conflict are not protected that way. "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."

The one revert applies to everyone, the 500 edits applies to you. Is that clear? Doug Weller talk 08:26, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, thank you. AlwaysHereLearning (talk) 16:06, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]