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Happy editing! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:24, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello JohnR1Roberts, the "500 edits" restriction described in the blue box above applies to talk page discussions such as RfCs too, so you may not start them about questions related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

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~ ToBeFree (talk) 16:25, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for telling me!

Does this restriction apply to all talk pages relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict, or just starting/contributing to RfCs? JohnR1Roberts (talk) 22:00, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It applies to all pages related to the conflict not just RFCs. Philipnelson99 (talk) 22:00, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

JohnR1Roberts, Special:Diff/1194825772 was after the clarification above and after other edits, so I'm certain you had received the message by Philipnelson99. Is there something unclear about it? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:29, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To reiterate, within the topic area, you are currently limited to the making of edit requests only, thank you.Selfstudier (talk) 15:56, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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PicturePerfect666 (talk) 23:28, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 12:22, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's fair. JohnR1Roberts (talk) 12:28, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to ask, though: Why was my most recent edit reverted? Making uncontroversial edit requests on the talk pages for articles that are under extended-confirmed protection is allowed, no? JohnR1Roberts (talk) 12:47, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• @ScottishFinnishRadish: I just wanted to let you know that JohnR1Roberts has violated ECR again (please see diff). M.Bitton (talk) 15:11, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I made an uncontroversial edit request to change an article in a talk page. To my understanding, this is not a violation of ECR. JohnR1Roberts (talk) 15:27, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That's not an edit request, and besides, you violated ECR multiple times (see Diff 2 and Diff 3). M.Bitton (talk) 15:29, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article in Diffs 2 and 3 was not under ECR protection. The changes I made were uncontroversial, as I was bringing the text in line with Wikipedia's current name for the event. JohnR1Roberts (talk) 15:31, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Diffs 2 and 3 are clear violations of ECR. If only part of an article is covered by the CTOP it generally wont be blanket protected unless there is disruption, but the prohibition on non-EC editors editing about the topic is still in place. It is expected after the notification about the sanctions that you would familiarize yourself with them. Diff 1 is close enough to an edit request that I'll let it slide, but is there a reason you should not be blocked for the violations shown in diffs 2 and 3? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 15:48, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No. I should have familiarized myself with the ECR sanctions on ARBPIA. That was my failure. Does WP:IGNOREALLRULES apply if I think my edits improved the article and were in service of the Wikipedia project? I'm assuming that ArbCom trumps that, but it's worth asking. JohnR1Roberts (talk) 15:52, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The burden for IAR is much higher than what you were editing. You could IAR to revert clear vandalism or obvious BLP violations. Not to change the name of a war. Is it perfectly clear that you cannot edit anything to do with the topic, even if the page is not protected? ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:09, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. You have made that clear to me. JohnR1Roberts (talk) 16:12, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good. Please don't let this happen again. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:20, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I was under the impression that any proposed change to an article would be an edit request. However, it's clear that I was wrong. Could you please let me know how I could have more appropriately requested this change? JohnR1Roberts (talk) 15:35, 11 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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