User talk:Emdosis

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Happy editing! Just plain Bill (talk) 19:29, 7 November 2020 (UTC)

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Hi Emdosis! 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.

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Happy editing! ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:28, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

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ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:28, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

A discussion on the reliability of sources is far beyond an edit request. Please do not violate WP:ECR further or you will be sanctioned. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:21, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

I wasn't discussing anything. It was already established a while ago (on the talk page) that the Lancet report was unreliable (when it comes to ascertaining whether Israel is (or isn't) committing a genocide). Emdosis (talk) 23:28, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

You are trying to discuss content relating to the Arab/Israel conflict which is prohibited until you are extended-confirmed. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 23:30, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@Emdosis:, why are you continuing to discuss matters covered by ECR despite having been told that if you do so you will be sanctioned? This suggests that you do not believe that Wikipedia's rules governing content and behavior apply to you. Sean.hoyland (talk) 13:22, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

I'm not aware of any rule that disallows me to speak about anything on a user's talk page. If Joe Roe has a problem, let him take it up with me. The fact that you came on my talk page, rather than address my arguments (on the topic at hand) at the place where I (supposedly) violated Wikipedia's laws, tells me quite a bit about your personal/political pov in all of this. Emdosis (talk) 14:56, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Look up. "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." You are aware. It provides no information about my 'personal/political pov' not does it have any dependency on them. It tells you that there are rules, that you were made aware of the rules, that you violated the rules repeatedly, and that you were told that you violated the rules. Sean.hoyland (talk) 15:08, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

I have removed your ECR violation here. You are aware that it is a violation, so you have no valid reason to object to its removal. Sean.hoyland (talk) 15:13, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Very well. I'm curious how others think about this. In any case, the fact that you administrated, in the way that you did, still tells me about your pov. Emdosis (talk) 15:33, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

@Sean.hoyland is correct. You cannot discuss or make edits related to the Arab–Israeli conflict anywhere until you are EC. The only thing you can do is make edit requests on the impacted articles' talk pages. S0091 (talk) 15:20, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Hallmarks of bad process, Approaches that don't usually convince. Also recommend you two to read Letter_and_spirit_of_the_law. Emdosis (talk) 15:59, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

July 2024

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ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 16:34, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

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