User talk:Profloab

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Happy editing! --Orgullomoore (talk) 02:33, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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--Orgullomoore (talk) 02:35, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, I was unaware about the 500 edits restriction. I only added suggestions to the Talk page. Please let me know if that is inappropriate so I do not do so again in the future. Profloab (talk) 02:52, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's fine as long as it can be classified as a constructive edit request, which should generally take the form of "Please change X to Y." --Orgullomoore (talk) 02:57, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the clarification and I'll try to be more straightforward in my future suggestions too. The page looked very much like standard discussion, so I assumed that was fine. But I know this place has a lot of norms that I'm still learning so again, I do appreciate the advice. Profloab (talk) 03:07, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. Just to clarify: there is a little bit of discrimination when it comes to contentious topics, in that people who are "extended-confirmed" ("ec") (i.e., have been a user for 30 days and reached 500 edits) are allowed to edit the page and discuss openly on the Talk page, whereas the participation of non-extended-confirmed users is limited to making constructive edit requests on the Talk page. It is an unfortunate consequence of the fact that these topics tend to attract sockpuppets or other people who are just clearly not here to build an encyclopedia, and this discrimination helps filter those out. You seem very smart. I'm sure you'll do great. Let me know if you need help. --Orgullomoore (talk) 03:22, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]