User talk:Bill william compton

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Support request with team editing experiment project

Dear tech ambassadors, instead of spamming the Village Pump of each Wikipedia about my tiny project proposal for researching team editing (see here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Research_team_editing), I have decided to leave to your own discretion if the matter is relevant enough to inform a wider audience already. I would appreciate if you could appraise if the Wikipedia community you are more familiar with could have interest in testing group editing "on their own grounds" and with their own guidance. In a nutshell: it consists in editing pages as a group instead of as an individual. This social experiment might involve redefining some aspects of the workflow we are all used to, with the hope of creating a more friendly and collaborative environment since editing under a group umbrella creates less social exposure than traditional "individual editing". I send you this message also as a proof that the Inspire Campaign is already gearing up. As said I would appreciate of *you* just a comment on the talk page/endorsement of my project noting your general perception about the idea. Nothing else. Your contribution helps to shape the future! (which I hope it will be very bright, with colors, and Wikipedia everywhere) Regards from User:Micru on meta.

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Violation of restrictions on India-Pakistan conflict

Hi. This edit of yours violates the ethnicity claim restriction placed on articles related to conflicts between India and Pakistan. I should block you but would rather give you the opportunity to explain yourself first. --regentspark (comment) 01:41, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Apparently, you haven't been notified of these sanctions and restrictions. Please read the restrictions listed above and please be aware that the arbitration committee has authorized discretionary sanctions in this area (see the notice below). --regentspark (comment) 02:03, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi regentspark, glad too see you are still an active member. I haven't been active on Wikipedia for a long time and obviously didn't know about the aforementioned issue. Thanks for making me aware of it. — Bill william compton^Talk 17:52, 2 October 2016 (UTC)

Discretionary sanctions alert

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The Arbitration Committee has authorised discretionary sanctions to be used for pages regarding India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, a topic which you have edited. The Committee's decision is here.

Discretionary sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimize disruption to controversial topics. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to the topic that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behavior, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. This message is to notify you sanctions are authorised for the topic you are editing. Before continuing to edit this topic, please familiarise yourself with the discretionary sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.  --regentspark (comment) 02:02, 2 October 2016 (UTC)