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Greetings! The details of the following message probably won't mean much to you as of right now, and that's okay. But as you seem to be interested in politics, I wanted to let you know that articles regarding American politics are subject to what we call discretionary sanctions (DS for short). It basically just means that attacking other editors is less tolerated, and if someone challenges one of your edits, you have to discuss it with them before re-instating it (see Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle for more info on that). It can be a tricky area, so if you have any questions about DS or anything else, please don't hesitate to ask me on my talk page. Best wishes and happy editing! —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 21:02, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This message contains important information about an administrative situation on Wikipedia. It does not imply any misconduct regarding your own contributions to date.

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The Arbitration Committee has authorised discretionary sanctions to be used for edits and pages regarding post-1932 politics of the United States and closely related people, 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 that 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.

Thank you, I may very well have to consult you on some thing/admin topics as I am new to this! Alexnally (talk) 21:04, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free! Before you read too many of the links in that message, I should just let you know not to be too intimidated. DS exist because certain topic areas, such as American politics, often attract trouble editors pushing strong POVs, attacking other editors, and otherwise causing loads of trouble for us sensible folk. I'm sure you can imagine. It's basically just easier to deal with those types of editors when admins have broad powers to sanction them. In general, sanctions on Wikipedia are of a preventative, not punitive nature; you shouldn't expect to be punished for a mistake (even a "serious" one) unless we have reason to believe that you'll do it again. It's not like a single mistake makes much work for anyone or causes monumental disruption (unless, of course, you delete the main page). As long as you are willing to own up to your mistakes, you can carry on normally without expecting any trouble.

Incidentally, I'm honored you've seen fit to use one my templates. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 22:10, 21 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome to WikiProject Oregon! If you'd like, you can add the WP Oregon userbox to your user page using this code: {{User WikiProject Oregon}}. Check out the ongoing and archived discussions at WT:ORE and be sure to add the page to your Watchlist. If you are new to Wikipedia, it's a good idea to browse through the core principles of Wikipedia as well. The project home page at WP:ORE has many useful links to get you started. The recent changes and recent discussions links will display recent edits on articles within the project's scope. Welcome!

--Jsayre64 (talk) 17:42, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]