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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.
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nableezy - 19:08, 4 August 2019 (UTC)
Please stop your
disruptive editing. If you continue to
vandalize Wikipedia, you may be
blocked from editing. refrain from moving pages as you've just caused a huge mess in one of the most controversial articles on this project.
Praxidicae (
talk) 20:29, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
- Came here to warn of the same thing. I've seen a history of you vandalizing LGBT rights in the State of Palestine dating back from last month. Nice4What ( talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 22:39, 19 August 2019 (UTC)
There is NO "State of Palestine." You are bringing Wikipedia down to the level of propaganda for indicating otherwise. Goebbels said "If you tell a lie enough times it becomes the truth." Is that your
gig?
You consider me "disruptive" because I repeatedly write what is factual truth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bill Josephs ( talk • contribs)
- What you consider the "truth" is controversial. Worth considering that over 70% of UN members recognize Palestinian statehood (compared to 85% for Israel) and that State of Palestine is a non-member observer state in the UN as of 2012.
The UN has ceased to have credibility regarding the State of Israel, if it has credibililty over anything, these days. 70% of the UN representatives are antisemitic. They repeatedly have nothing to say regarding the countless times Israel has been attacked by terrorist organizations, such as Hezbhollah, which is funded and supported by Iran. There is no "controversial" truth. There never has been a country called Palestine. Your argument is sophist. Just take out the word and stop glorifying the State that does not exist. <nowiki><nowiki><nowiki> <p>Please type [[:Template:Ping|<nowiki> {{ping|Nice4What}}]] if you decide to reply so I get notified, and don't forget to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). Nice4What ( talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 21:07, 26 August 2019 (UTC) Once again, please stop your disruptive edits at LGBT rights in the State of Palestine. Nice4What ( talk · contribs) – (Don't forget to share a Thanks ♥) 17:32, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. -
Frood (
talk!) 05:13, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
The following sanction now applies to you:
You are banned from all pages and edits related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, broadly construed, for three months, subject to the usual exceptions.
You have been sanctioned due to ongoing and repeated disruptive editing to the LGBT rights in the State of Palestine article, despite numerous warnings and requests for you to stop and discuss the matter properly, and after a discussion was filed here at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding your repeated disruption.
This sanction is imposed in my capacity as an uninvolved administrator under the authority of the Arbitration Committee's decision at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Index/Palestine-Israel articles#Final decision and, if applicable, the procedure described at Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Discretionary sanctions. This sanction has been recorded in the log of sanctions. If the sanction includes a ban, please read the banning policy to ensure you understand what this means. If you do not comply with this sanction, you may be blocked for an extended period, by way of enforcement of this sanction—and you may also be made subject to further sanctions.
You may appeal this sanction using the process described here. I recommend that you use the arbitration enforcement appeals template if you wish to submit an appeal to the arbitration enforcement noticeboard. You may also appeal directly to me (on my talk page), before or instead of appealing to the noticeboard. Even if you appeal this sanction, you remain bound by it until you are notified by an uninvolved administrator that the appeal has been successful. You are also free to contact me on my talk page if anything of the above is unclear to you. ~Oshwah~ (talk) (contribs) 05:51, 1 September 2019 (UTC)
This post is to inform you of a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#Bill Josephs. - Frood ( talk!) 20:57, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
I have blocked you for two weeks for promptly violating your topic ban with this edit and this. This is an arbitration enforcement block. You may appeal the block by requesting review at either WP:AN or WP:AE. Post your request below and ask for it to be moved to where you want it. The difference between those two boards is that at WP:AN your appeal would be reviewed by the community; at WP:AE by uninvolved administrators. For WP:AE, use the arbitration enforcement appeals template. Alternatively, you may appeal by email directly to the Arbitration Committee at arbcom-en@wikimedia.org. Bishonen | talk 21:19, 2 September 2019 (UTC).