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US Houthi Ceasefire Article

Greetings Skitash!

I made two small changes to the article yesterday and you reverted both today. I'd like to understand the reason for this. I added a reference to an attack by the Houthis on Israel (that occurred just before the US-Houthi ceasefire) to the background section. I thought this added useful information to help understand the Israeli reaction described later in the article.

In the edit, I changed "Israel violated the ceasefire" to "Israel ended the ceasefire", which I thought was more neutral language. One could argue that Hamas violated the ceasefire by refusing to release any more Israeli hostages. But such an argument does not belong here. It is accurate that Israel resumed the fighting once Hamas stopped releasing Israeli captives. Whether or not its a violation is, I think, a matter of opinion. That is why I changed the word "violated" to "ended", since unarguably, Israel resumed its attacks in Gaza, whether or not it was a violation.

I would hope that if you come in and undo what I did, you would at least explain why on the talk page for the article. I am relatively new to Wikipedia editing. I'd appreciate some explanation from you on why you thought my edits should be removed. Thanks in advance.

Sincerely, David Roytenberg Droytenberg (talk) 19:46, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I reverted your edits because WP:CT/AI applies to that article, meaning that you're required to have at least 500 edits to make changes there. As for the content, nothing in particular is wrong with your edits except that the Ben Gurion airport attack did not really fit where you placed it, and using "recently" goes against WP:RECENTLY. Skitash (talk) 20:45, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your answer. I didn't see any restriction on editing the article. Normally where the 500 edit rule is in place, I don't have editing access. Thanks for the note on the use of "recently". If you agree that "ended" is more suitable than "violated", do you mind putting that one back? Droytenberg (talk) 23:37, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Skitash. Please disregard the request to put back my edit as I see that someone else addressed that issue. Droytenberg (talk) 23:44, 19 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You marked Battle of Haj Omran (1966) for speedy delete and the tag was removed

I nominated it for deletion at AFD: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Battle_of_Haj_Omran_(1966). MilesVorkosigan (talk) 20:32, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Skitash (talk) 20:48, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Zionism#Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 26 May 2025 (2)

Hi Skitash, When answering edit request from editors who are not WP:XC in the WP:ARBPIA CTOP, it is best to not request they obtain consensus as they are not permitted to engage in consensus building, in the topic area, per WP:ARBECR. They are only permitted to make edit requests. TarnishedPath^talk 15:07, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. Thanks for telling me. Skitash (talk) 15:16, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'M NOT DISRUPTING

Hello, Skitash.

You are reverting my all edits on English Wikipedia and say that they are "disruptive" but there is nothing objectionable if you look at them. Why? Can you tell me? 78.177.163.183 (talk) 19:42, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Skitash, if you take issues with another editor's work, please start a discussion about this on their User talk page and respond to their questions, don't just simply revert and post a standard template. How are they supposed to know what is wrong with their editing? Please engage in conversation where you explain what you see as a problem instead of just labeling an editor as "disruptive". It is much more effective than what is basically an anonymous template and what you are seeking is to an end to the problem. Thank hyou. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 20:21, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll make sure to do that. The reason I didn't start a discussion is that they're block-evading. Their other IP 78.177.160.122 has been blocked for 6 months for making the same disruptive edits. Skitash (talk) 20:28, 26 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your GA nomination of Killing of Yahya Sinwar

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