User talk:XenonDelta

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September 2022

Hello, I'm Peaceray. An edit that you recently made to Seven Years' War seemed to be a test and has been reverted. If you want to practice editing, please use your sandbox. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. You broke the Wikilink! Peaceray (talk) 04:50, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

December 2023

Please stop attacking other editors. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 22:47, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

Attacking? You what? Have you seen his other edits? Look in the edit history. Don’t listen to me. Look for yourself. He wrote a whole paragraph, without evidence or sources, about an extremely controversial topic. He called children terrorists. Again, don’t listen to me. Look for yourself. I thought Wikipedia was a free platform, run by the community, but by what you’re saying, about me “attacking” other editors, then I guess not. You’re just another part of the government censorship. So what will you do? Let’s say I was a Russian guy saying “oh Finland are bad, we beat them in WW2, those clownish terrorists”, how would you react? (I don’t think this of Finns btw, just an example) You would delete the edits right away. I had a whole message written to reply to you, but I don’t think you are worth the time or effort, if you won’t even read his edits to get the full picture. Look at his previous edits. This website begs me for money, claiming it’s not for sale, but I can see now, it’s just another lie of “free speech”, yeah? I suggest you read his other edits before speaking to me again. Goodbye. XenonDelta (talk) 01:00, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

If you check, he has now been topic banned for 90 days. You were warned because you attacked the editor not just the content. Wikipedia is free (in the sense of not charging money) to read. It is not a free speech zone. Editors (and admins) are expected to be polite even as they discuss removing abilities or reverting edits. You also walked into the minefield that is any article connected to the Arab-Israel conflict. Admins are very quick to enforce the rules including special ones that apply just to those articles (or articles in other minefield areas). Point out and document the errors or slanted reporting or unreliable sources and ask the editors that are able to to make the necessary changes or reversions. There are enough editors that watch these pages that someone will likely answer fairly quickly. Erp (talk) 01:57, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

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