MiBerG

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 —Michael Z. 04:12, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

Re: this recent edit of yours, be aware that to edit in the Israeli-Palestinian topic area on Wikipedia accounts must be at least thirty days old and have at least 500 edits. This includes editing talk pages, with the sole exception being for edit requests. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 18:57, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Dear @IOHANNVSVERVS, thank you for the feedback. I was under the misconception that the extended-confirmed restriction only applies to edits to the article itself, not to the discussion page of the article. I have some doubts that the cirumstance of a user not having 500 edits should be justification enough to delete his comment on a discussion page, even though it was in all other regards a valid, respectful and constructive addition to the discussion it was part of, but of course I will adhere to that rule from now on, since I've now realized its intended scope.--MiBerG (talk) 15:53, 30 October 2024 (UTC)