User talk:Lafi90

Although some prefer welcoming newcomers with cookies, I find fruit to be a healthier alternative.

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Hi Lafi90! I noticed your contributions and wanted to welcome you to the Wikipedia community. I hope you like it here and decide to stay.

I've noticed that you've expressed an interest in the Arab–Israeli conflict. Unfortunately, due to a history of conflict and disruptive editing it has been designated a contentious topic and is subject to some strict rules.

The rule that affects you most as a new or IP editor is the prohibition on making any edit related to the Arab–Israel conflict, which includes discussing articles on talk pages, unless you are logged into an account that is at least 30 days old and has made at least 500 edits.

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Happy editing! Longhornsg (talk) 23:42, 15 June 2025 (UTC)

Thank you, Longhorns. Much appreciated! Lafi90 (talk) 03:28, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Help me!

Please help me with... a few questions.
1. Is there a handy way to know what I'm qualified to partake in?
2. With regards to my usage of Wikipedia; the 30 days/500 edits, is that wikipedia exclusive, like en.wiki separate from is.wiki?
3. Do those expire?
Thanks! Lafi90 (talk) 03:32, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

With a few exceptions (protected pages) any editor can edit anything. We are not concerned with your qualifications. Even experts cannot make edits based solely on their own authority. All edits need to be based on a published source. Each separate language project applies user rights separately, so extended confirmed rights are granted on English Wikipedia after 30 days and 500 edits, but that would not affect rights on other projects. No, user rights do not expire. The admins might remove a user right under certain circumstances, but that's quite rare. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:42, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

I should have read more of your page to get more context. There is a list of contentious topics here: WP:Contentious topics#List of contentious topics. Most of them are somewhat obvious and each one has some history you can choose to investigate if you don't see why editing is restricted. — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 03:58, 16 June 2025 (UTC)