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Hi Freedoxm, the "500 edits and an account age of 30 days" restriction applies to internal discussions such as Special:Diff/1252133822 (requested moves, "RMs") too. See WP:ECR for details about this type of restriction. It used to be more explicit about this, but now simply everything except edit requests is prohibited, and participating in a discussion isn't making an edit request. This could be made less confusing, I guess, and I don't blame you for having been unaware of this. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:34, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Freedoxm, I understand your frustration and I am thankful for your message on my talk page; I'd even like to restore it if you allow me to. Seeing a page being technically editable, spending time on writing something constructive and having it reverted instantly is almost guaranteed to upset the writer, and I didn't mean to. Regarding opinions: Opinions on talk pages are a difficult topic in general, not just for the Arab-Israeli conflict or other formally contentious topics. You did a good job at focusing on the Wikipedia-side of the issue and on the content itself. Others have more difficulty in distinguishing between their personal opinion about a conflict and what an encyclopedia should contain about it. In extreme cases, even normally-allowed comments are removed for using Wikipedia as a discussion forum or even using Wikipedia as a battleground. So I wouldn't worry too much about the revert if possible; it's the least severe reason for which a comment could be removed at all. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:01, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hey Freedoxm! I came across your profile during some of your recent editing in regard to the Syrian conflict. I've been working on a big project over the last few weeks: Attacks on the United States. The aim is to have a list of every time the U.S. (government/military) was attacked, but not when the U.S. was attacking. My hope is to create attacks by the United States once this list is finished.
Well anyway, I wanted to see if you would be interested in helping me put together some of the summaries for the list. I am fairly sure most of the attacks themselves are on the list. But, I'm still working to get the summaries and references put together for each of them. If you are interested or have any questions, feel free to message me back here or on my talk page anytime! If not, I completely understand. Keep up the good work on Wikipedia! The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page)03:54, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Politics are not usually allowed on this talk page, but i'll make it an exception. Unfortunately, I am not interested, as I will have many other articles to edit, and they are my personal hobby to do. Thanks for messaging me! 🗽Freedoxm🗽 (talk) 04:37, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Why change direct use of template to redirected use?
Hello. Thank you for your contributions to Wikipedia. I noticed that one or more recent edit(s) you made did not have an edit summary. You can use the edit summary field to explain your reasoning for an edit, or to provide a description of what the edit changes. Summaries save time for other editors and reduce the chances that your edit will be misunderstood. For some edits, an adequate summary may be quite brief.
Please provide an edit summary for every edit you make. With a Wikipedia account, you can give yourself a reminder by setting Preferences → Editing → Prompt me when entering a blank edit summary (or the default undo summary), and then click the "Save" button.
Thanks!
I use the edit summary around 70% of the time, and I removed the redirect category shell to the rcat shell because it's simplified and has less bytes. Also, is there a problem with changing that? Thanks for your comment ob this talk page. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 17:53, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
