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July 2024

Hello, I'm Swatjester. Wikipedia is written by people who have a wide diversity of opinions, but we try hard to make sure articles have a neutral point of view. Your recent edit to M4 carbine seemed less than neutral and has been removed. If you think this was a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 17:42, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

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Notice that you are now subject to an arbitration enforcement topic ban

The following topic ban now applies to you:

You are indefinitely banned from editing pages relating to firearms; governmental regulation of firearm ownership; the social, historical and political context of such regulation; the people and organizations associated with these issues; as well as the classification of types of firearms; all of which is to be broadly construed.

You have been sanctioned for violating our neutral point of view policy and engaging in battleground behavior on articles covered by the contentious topics procedure.

This topic ban is imposed in my capacity as an uninvolved administrator under the authority of the Arbitration Committee's decision at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Gun control#Final decision and, if applicable, the contentious topics procedure. This sanction has been recorded in the log of sanctions. Please read WP:TBAN to understand what a topic ban is. If you do not comply with the topic ban, you may be blocked for an extended period to enforce the ban.

If you wish to appeal the ban, please read the appeals process. You are free to contact me on my talk page if anything of the above is unclear to you. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 18:47, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

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