Welcome!

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Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. The following links will help you begin editing on Wikipedia:

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The Wikipedia tutorial is a good place to start learning about Wikipedia. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my talk page. By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and discussion pages using four tildes, like this: ~~~~ (the software will replace them with your signature and the date). Again, welcome! Doug Weller talk 11:36, 3 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Freedom of speech

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No freedom of speech on Wikipedia.

Well, no. Freedom of speech is about not limiting one's ability to express themselves in appropriate areas. Forums are good places for free speech. Wikipedia is not - it's an encyclopedia. So free speech doesn't even close to apply here. Also, please remember to sign your posts with four tildes Tornado547 (talk) 05:00, 3 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

See also WP:FREE. Doug Weller talk 11:38, 3 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

Discretionary sanctions alert for India, Pakistan and Afghanistan

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This is a standard message to notify contributors about an administrative ruling in effect. It does not imply that there are any issues with your contributions to date.

You have shown interest in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. Due to past disruption in this topic area, a more stringent set of rules called discretionary sanctions is in effect. Any administrator may impose sanctions on editors who do not strictly follow Wikipedia's policies, or the page-specific restrictions, when making edits related to the topic.

For additional information, please see the guidance on discretionary sanctions and the Arbitration Committee's decision here. If you have any questions, or any doubts regarding what edits are appropriate, you are welcome to discuss them with me or any other editor.

Note that North East Delhi riots is one of the many articles covered by these sanctions. Doug Weller talk 11:37, 3 March 2020 (UTC)Reply