User talk:Martis Toboggan

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Happy editing! Cheers, Devoke water 15:31, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Your repeated reversions are not constructive

Your repeated reversions to Palestine Police Force are not constructive. I refer you to the article Wikipedia:Reverting, which states “Reverting is appropriate mostly for vandalism or other disruptive edits. The Wikipedia edit warring policy forbids repetitive reverting. If you see a good-faith edit that you believe lowers the quality of the article, make a good-faith effort to reword instead of just reverting it.”

Since my original edit was neither vandalism nor disruptive, but clarified a previously unexplained mention out of nowhere of “the two Gendarmeries”, it is your repeated reversions that appear, on the face of it, to be disruptive. There is no need to discuss the original edit I made (which I have now reinstated) since it is well documented fact. I have now cited a source which, hopefully, both improves my original edit and will put an end to this matter. For your interest, I copy the relevant parts of the source I cite below.

The Palestine Police Force under the Mandate A.J.K. Heath, Department of Police and Prisons, Jerusalem, 1928 Page 81: “In May 1921 serious racial disturbances took place in Jaffa […]. As a result of the report of the Commission which inquired into the disturbances, […] The lack of adequate reserves to deal with abnormal situations was also realized and authority was given for the formation of a local force of gendarmerie. This force was known as the Palestine Gendarmerie and served under British Officers. […] In 1922 a force of British Gendarmerie, mainly recruited from personnel who had served in Ireland with the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Auxiliary Division, was raised in England and arrived in Palestine in May of that year.” Page 83: “As a result of their visit it was decided to increase the police force and to abolish the British and Palestine Gendarmeries. On 1st April, 1926, the Civil Police Force was therefore increased by 44 officers and 591 other ranks, which included a force of 5 officers and 212 British constables; and as from 31st March, 1926, the British and Palestine Gendarmeries ceased to exist. Mlevitt1 (talk) 07:08, 6 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]