The Sausage Grinder
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editHi The Sausage Grinder, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like it here and decide to stay. Our intro page provides helpful information for new users—please check it out! If you have any questions, you can get help from experienced editors at the Teahouse. Happy editing! ~Kvng (talk) 22:04, 21 November 2023 (UTC)
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The 500 edit restriction applies whether the article is protected or not. Please respect this. Hemiauchenia (talk) 17:07, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
- I've moved my question about the jew tagging to the talk page, thanks. If I'm technically not supposed to edit that page, I think it needs a little lock icon added to it. For a new user, its hard to tell what is secretly locked. The Sausage Grinder (talk) 17:10, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
- Articles are only locked if they are primarly about the Arab-Israel conflict. HRW is broader than just that conflict so it's not protected, but any content in articles coverign the Arab-Israel conflict requires 500 edits to modify or add whether it is protected or not. Hemiauchenia (talk) 17:21, 24 November 2023 (UTC)
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editWhat other accounts do you have at Wikipedia?--Bbb23 (talk) 13:58, 25 November 2023 (UTC)
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