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Without commenting on anything else, the article title restriction failed 1–10 (with three abstentions). I guess constructed could mean "was proposed but failed", but it could be more clear that it ultimately did not pass. Pinging @Bri and JPxG. Best, House Blaster (talk • he/they) 05:54, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I have blasted the appropriate sentence. jp×g 🗯️ 05:56, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

JPxG In a similar vein, I assume you mean Ïvana, rather than the non-existent Ivanaa :) CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 07:20, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Issue has been, uh, eeked. jp×g 🗯️ 08:20, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Substantial changes have been made to I/P articles at the same time as a large off-wiki canvassing operation occurred^[1]; will rollback be possible, or did mass deletion make that impossible? If only a handful of participants have been topic banned, and the evidence of their canvassing has been deleted, how can NPOV be restored? Wouldn't it be imperative to revert these articles to their prior versions and then gain consensus for changes?Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 10:27, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Tech for Palestine's decision to delete its logs shouldn't force us into reverting our articles on an active conflict into an out-of-date state. If you believe that specific changes made during that period violate WP:NPOV, you can propose their reversion and argue from first principles on the basis that 2023-'24 precedent may be contaminated by canvassing. However, broad rollback to WP:PIA articles would unnecessarily deprive us of many uncontroversial changes. ViridianPenguin🐧 (💬) 02:39, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I see I was cited in a footnote. To be clear, @Bri, my comment didn't depend on anything new in WP:PIA5 (which hadn't happened yet when that Draft: was created), just the existing WP:ARBECR restriction as imposed on the topic area in the earlier WP:PIA4 decision.
(I don't think I was saying something novel. Draft:Homophobia in Palestine, Draft:October 7, 2023 (2024 TV series), and Draft:Battle of Um Katef are some examples of drafts that were deleted on that basis.) SilverLocust 💬 13:56, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The "Balanced editing restriction" is rather curious, as on the face of it an editor can easily circumvent it by making two quick trivial edits to other articles or talk pages each time they make a substantive edit to one of the in-scope articles. Neiltonks (talk) 16:35, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Anyone who is already under the "Balanced editing restriction" would been under close scrutiny, as the sanction is discretionary not automatic. Attempts to WP:GAMETHESYSTEM would probably be seen as violations and result in further sanctions. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 21:47, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Merlin, Ohad (2024-12-12). "Wikipedia suspends pro-Palestine editors coordinating efforts behind the scenes". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2025-02-07.

[f311-1] Merlin, Ohad (2024-12-12). "Wikipedia suspends pro-Palestine editors coordinating efforts behind the scenes". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2025-02-07.

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