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India Pak 2025 conflict topic ban

Hello,

I have contributed a few times to a few WP articles after the topic ban. Then I was told that I cannot edit anything remotely associated with India. I also duly complied for that and now I am editing only articles completely unrelated to India as per the topic ban. And I have not all indulged in edit warring.

I have truly during this period since my India topic ban, understood the meaning of "contentious topic" and how to gain consensus in Talk before attempting an edit.

This road to perdition that I have been put into has taught me restraint and also taught me that editing Wikipedia is a privilege that should not be taken for granted at any time.

I believe I can contribute positively. Also another point to note is yes I did some edit warring, but that happened too quick and it was not my intention to get into edit war. If you see the talk Page of 2025 India–Pakistan conflict - Wikipedia, you can see I have started many discussions which shows my enthusiasm to improve the article. And you should agree that I actively engaged in dialogue and consensus building.

Was I a bit aggressive in my tone in Talk page at that time? Yes I now realise that I was. I will not repeat that pattern again. There were a few reasons for that but I have learnt to rise over that. There are a few users who seem to just look into getting people banned instead of contributing to the article. Regardless, I take full ownership of my actions and plead guilty to edit warring. Also I have noticed the decorum and behaviour shown by very senior editors who are editing this article and I have learnt from them how to conduct oneself and also how they practice restraint and decorum. It has been a great learning experience observing them and how they edit and avoid conflict.

Sincerely, At this time, this article is struggling and lacking a lot of new updates that have come in. I believe that I can contribute positively.

I would like to humbly submit my plea to unban me.

Sincerely, Regards, Foodie 377 (talk) 11:51, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Foodie 377,

Thanks for asking, and for the contributions made since the ban. I'm not sure about their quality and am afraid you'll need to have a look at WP:RSP to see a list of possible issues with sources. Self-published sources, promotional tourist websites and most tertiary sources in general are not useful for writing articles in an encyclopedia. I'm also afraid that an AI tool like ChatGPT may have been involved in creating summaries for you, and that this tool plagiarized the words of the source:

That's not okay. If you did this manually, please don't do that. If an AI did so, please stop using the AI.

The content removed by Roxy the dog from the article about Aromatherapy (diff) was about a medical topic and thus requires especially strong sources.

Your current main goal is probably to get the ban removed by making many helpful contributions. You're learning a lot in the process, it seems, which is good. Making you walk faster than before and letting you stumble is not the ban's purpose, though. I'll remove it.

Best regards,
~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:25, 1 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @ToBeFree

Thank you very much for unbanning me. I will definitely strive to improve the quality of my contributions.

No I have never used Chat GPT and I never will.

Noted that I will not copy the text from the sources

Sincerely,

Thank you Foodie 377 (talk) 15:28, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

All good. Thanks for the clarification and good luck :) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 15:39, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The abuses are escalating.

Original heading: "His abuses are escalating." ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:30, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you deal with him before things get out of control? I don’t want the edit war to escalate. Any editor has the right to start a discussion on any page to correct a mistake. Deal with him! I discussed with another editor who could not bother to respond. Another user urged them to restore the RM. They're labeling my edits as "nonsense" and creating a hostile environment. Not just for me, but for others as well. Hauskasic (talk) 20:41, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Hauskasic, if you'd like to avoid an edit war, you'll need to stop reverting. If you are concerned about a user's behavior and talking to them doesn't help, you can create a new section at WP:ANI. Best regards, ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:49, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I didn’t revert anything. He and that other editor are not following Wikipedia’s policies. There’s nothing that prevents starting a move discussion.--Hauskasic (talk) 20:52, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hauskasic, you wrote about an edit war. Who is edit warring with whom? If you are involved, you need to stop reverting. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:54, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It’s unfortunate what’s happening. What wrong have I done by wanting to correct a mislabeling of a country? And now you're accusing me of being the one who’s reverting. That person removed my section three times! Hauskasic (talk) 20:56, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So you added it three times, reverting their removal twice? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:57, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Check his talk page. Do you see even 0.1% of the civility required to be part of an encyclopedia like this? Hauskasic (talk) 20:58, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

He previously called someone dullard so it is not totally surprising. Hauskasic (talk) 21:00, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How can participation by 11 users, 9 of whom agreed, be regarded as a broad consensus? Hauskasic (talk) 21:07, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hauskasic, you haven't answered my question, but it was mostly rhetorical; my initial point remains: It takes multiple people to edit war, and if you are concerned about one escalating, stop participating. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:07, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I contacted the other user who removed the move proposal. At first, he thought I had fewer than 500 edits. But he didn’t restore the proposal, and in the edit summary he wrote that in any case, it’s too soon to open a new discussion. Where exactly is that stated? Hauskasic (talk) 21:10, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hauskasic, perhaps at WP:IDHT. But if you are concerned about a user's behavior and talking to them doesn't help, you can create a new section at WP:ANI. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:11, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Why am I being prevented from opening a move discussion? Did anyone vote no? Was it closed with a speedy close? Also no. No one was even given the chance to express their opinion?! The move request for the disambiguation page saw significant disagreement and was also opposed by several users. Therefore, there is no broad consensus, and nothing prevents reopening the discussion. Hauskasic (talk) 21:16, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's usually beyond the point so I don't point it out, but since you're intent on writing about me for the foreseeable future and put particular emphasis on the importance of civility as you see it: for your edification, I don't know where you got he, him or his from. Cheers. Remsense 🌈 论 20:12, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]