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16:03, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Alert

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.

Please note especially the 30/500 rule, Huldra (talk) 20:16, 25 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note

Please note this, Huldra (talk) 22:22, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Arab–Israeli conflict and articles related to Palestine and Israel

Hi Katafada, I know you're taking a break at the moment but following the arbitration enforcement request which was submitted regarding your editing I wanted to take a moment to explain that that was about. Due to the controversy associated with the Arab–Israeli conflict, there are special rules which apply to this topic area on Wikipedia. The most important rule, which is relevant to you, is that only editors who have had an account for at least 30 days and have made at least 500 edits (called the 30/500 rule are allowed to edit articles related to Arab–Israeli conflict. Some pages are protected so that only editors who meet the criteria can edit but some other articles aren't protected and editors are expected to avoid them if they don't meet the criteria. Editors who consistently edit these articles in violation of the 30/500 article can be blocked from editing to enforce the rule. Due to limitations in the software that Wikipedia uses, any blocks issued to enforce the rule will be either for all articles or the whole site rather than just articles related to Arab–Israeli conflict.

There were also some concerns raised in the arbitration enforcement request about the reasons you are editing and I'd recommend that you read this explanation about what editors are expected to do on Wikipedia. I also need to let you know that I will log this message to you about the 30/500 rule and other expectations of editors. You may appeal this warning using the process described here.

You might also like to have a look at the primer for newcomers and the introduction for some ideas on what to do and how to do it when you come back from your break. If you have any questions please feel free to ask below and I, or someone else, will do our best to help you. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 02:13, 7 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]