User talk:Jackalope-eye

April 2020

Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions. I am glad to see that you are discussing a topic. However, as a general rule, talk pages such as Talk:Donald Trump are for discussion related to improving the article in specific ways based on reliable sources and the project policies and guidelines, not for general discussion about the topic or unrelated topics, or statements based on your thoughts or feelings. If you have specific questions about certain topics, consider visiting our reference desk and asking them there instead of on article talk pages. Thank you. Scjessey (talk) 14:46, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

So let me get this straight. I can't voice my opinion and share my thoughts with other readers? You're really making it too obvious. Jackalope-eye (talk) 14:50, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is an encyclopedia. It's not a forum for expressions of personal opinion or discussion. Talkpages are workspaces for specific, sourced suggestions for article improvement. Acroterion (talk) 14:58, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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 post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people. 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.

- MrX 🖋 15:55, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This editor did specifically state the issues they saw with a particular article and if indeed they are new, then AGF they may not understand our "standards" for talkpage discussion in contencious articles.--MONGO (talk) 18:49, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As far as they pertain to article improvement, specific, sourced suggestions are welcome, as I advised. I advise this to head off a diversion into free-speech forum chat about the topics, unrelated to article improvement, which would not help anybody very much. It's not just happening on articles related to politics - medical topics are under the heaviest talkpage pressure. We've had a lot of new editors arrive on different topics who are interested in a broad exchange of views between editors, and we need to help them to stay focused. As you have noted, it's not easy for new editors to see where that distinction lies. Acroterion (talk) 19:00, 7 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]