User talk:Apollo1917

Introduction to contentious topics

You have recently edited a page related to the Arab–Israeli conflict, a topic designated as contentious. This standard message is designed as an 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.

Selfstudier (talk) 08:53, 23 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

August 2024

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, but a recent edit of yours to the page English Defence League has an edit summary that appears to be inadequate, inaccurate, or inappropriate. The summaries are helpful to people browsing an article's history, so it is important that you use edit summaries that accurately tell other editors what you did. Feel free to use the sandbox to make test edits. That was not clarification but your (erroneous) opinion. Doug Weller talk 13:45, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How was my edit an erroneous opinion, and why does this warrant a comment on my talk page? Later in this article it literally states that there are expressions of biological racism and homophobia in the EDL (see below). Hence, I believe this to be a simple clarification as it is not true to say that they definitely reject biological racism and homophobia, as the part I edited suggests.

1. "Busher noted that most activists rarely or never presented this struggle in terms of biological race" - i.e. some activists have presented this struggle in terms of biological race.

2. "Pilkington heard homophobic comments at EDL events."

According to the edit that removed my edit, the reason for its removal was not that my edit was erroneous, but was simply that my edit was not minor, which I acknowledge is correct. I will not be reinstating my edit, but I do wish to know the reason for your above comment. Apollo1917 (talk) 16:35, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can't answer that as I didn't revert you. Doug Weller talk 16:53, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome!

Hi Apollo1917! I noticed your contributions and wanted to welcome you to the Wikipedia community. I hope you like it here and decide to stay.

I've noticed that you've expressed an interest in the Arab–Israeli conflict. Unfortunately, due to a history of conflict and disruptive editing it has been designated a contentious topic and is subject to some strict rules.

The rule that affects you most as a new or IP editor is the prohibition on making any edit related to the Arab–Israel conflict unless you are logged into an account and that account is at least 30 days old and has made at least 500 edits.

This prohibition is broadly construed, so it includes edits such as adding the reaction of a public figure concerning the conflict to their article or noting the position of a company or organization as it relates to the conflict.

The exception to this rule is that you may request a specific change to an article on the talk page of that article or at this page. Please ensure that your requested edit complies with our neutral point of view and reliable sourcing policies, and if the edit is about a living person our policies on biographies of living people as well.

Any edits you make contrary to these rules are likely to be reverted, and repeated violations can lead to you being blocked from editing.

As you get started, you may find this short tutorial helpful:

Learn more about editing

Alternatively, the contributing to Wikipedia page covers the same topics.

If you have any questions, we have a friendly space where experienced editors can help you here:

Get help at the Teahouse

If you are not sure where to help out, you can find a task here:

Volunteer at the Task Center

Happy editing! Doug Weller talk 10:50, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Block notice

You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges.

If you think there are good reasons for being unblocked, please review Wikipedia's guide to appealing blocks, then add the following text to the bottom of your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}. Doug Weller talk 10:52, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This edit [1] was a clear violation of the contentious topics restriction on you. If you wish to be unblocked you must agree to abide by these restrictions. Doug Weller talk 11:02, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wish to abide by these restrictions. Please explain how I violated the contentious topics restriction so that I do not do so again. Thanks.

(To clarify my edits on this page (User talk:Apollo1917), I initially believed my block related to my edit of the EDL page given your other comment under the heading "August 2024". However, I now understand that this is not the case). Apollo1917 (talk) 15:48, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You're unblocked. Doug Weller talk 16:24, 5 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]