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Bluethricecreamman (talk) 17:59, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Which page are you referring to? I EAT PINBALLS (talk) 22:46, 20 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
[1] and other edits regarding the IDF bombings
any edit broadly construed as related to the conflict on either talk page or article space is disallowed, you can only do WP:EDITREQUESTs on the topic until you hit WP:XC. even if the article topic is not related to it, if there is a section related to the conflict, that section is supposed to be not touched until you hit 500 edits.
per WP:ARBECR, anyone may WP:REVERT your edits at their discretion without any questions, and further edits in the topic area could catch the attention of admins. Bluethricecreamman (talk) 00:59, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Do I need to be extended-confirmed to make any edit regarding a contentious topic or just on extended-confirmed locked pages? I EAT PINBALLS (talk) 13:26, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
only for Israel-Palestine, for any page. other contentious topic areas have rules, but they don't have WP:ARBECR in place. Bluethricecreamman (talk) 14:06, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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