User talk:Mcdruid

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1RR

Reminding you that the Armenian Genocide article is 1RR. It seems you reverted twice in less than 24 hours. I'd suggest you self-revert so as to avoid being blocked for edit-warring in a highly sensitive article. Étienne Dolet (talk) 07:41, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks. I just ran across that telegram and noticed that Wikipedia is wrong. Mcdruid (talk) 08:03, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

June 2020

Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I noticed that in this edit to Armenian Genocide, you removed content without adequately explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry, the removed content has been restored. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Materialscientist (talk) 07:23, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Discretionary sanctions alert - Armenia and Azerbaijan

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in Armenia, Azerbaijan, or related conflicts. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

Firefangledfeathers (talk) 03:48, 1 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Discretionary sanctions alert: Arab–Israeli conflict

This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in the Arab–Israeli conflict. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

-- Tamzin^{[cetacean needed]} (she/they) 03:59, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In particular, please note that 30 days tenure and 500 edits are required before you can edit article content and formal community processes such as RfCs and noticeboard discussions related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This does not apply to informal discussion on article talk pages. Shrike (talk) 18:49, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mcdruid ,You are continuing to make edits you are not eligible to make. ---Lilach5 (לילך5) discuss 18:51, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect. This is not one of the articles protected under the Arab-Israeli content.

If you want to provide a valid source for this passage, do so.Mcdruid (talk) 19:25, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It has a source. It is part of the Arab-Israeli content, you're not allowed to edit it. ---Lilach5 (לילך5) discuss 19:30, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Just because somebody puts something in the footnote of a book does not make it true. The author (not even a historian) has no source for the quote. If you can find a primary source, or a reputable secondary source, then use it. The fact that I can not find such a source (and I looked) says something about the validity of the quote. Mcdruid (talk) Mcdruid (talk) 03:19, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is currently no Arbpia at that page nor any edit notice so technically it was OK to edit. However, Mcdruid, if there is any doubt at all as whether something might be subject to discretionary sanctions, then best not until you meet the requirements. I am going to add the notices now. Selfstudier (talk) 23:10, 30 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In this case, there really is nothing to discuss: the statement has essentially no sources. Even if true, it's inclusion in the short bio is dubious as it obviously does not reflect his over-all work. Mcdruid (talk) 03:12, 31 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]