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 :Well, no. Actually, I'm not an 'expert' on the subject, but I had done a subject at university years ago on the Indigenous issues in economics, so I'm not a 'beginner' either.  
 :Please explain your deduction to ""Apparently it is of great importance to you whether one or both of the contending parties in the Middle East should be considered to be indigenous peoples."" 
 :If the patience of editors in reading my wall-of-text posts is wearing out, they can just WP:TLDR. Its just like the off button on the TV remote. 
 :I hadn't expected to encounter the reaction I did in editing the List of indigenous peoples, and to date my reliable sources were only claimed to be [[WP:SYNTH] without further discussion by an editor who was blocked within an hour of starting to edit!  
 :In effect I had not participated in any editing war I found myself in, because my actual intention with time off work just now was to edit articles related to the Operation Bagration related to the game I'm playing with some friends here in real life. I simply moved on to the Indigenous peoples article, because I realised the problem was not in the List of indigenous peoples, but in how entries are defined.  
 :I can write more succinctly also. 
 :Are you accusing me of taking Wikipedia personally, or in my willingness to defend my point of view, which happens to be that editors should follow Wikipedia rules and guidelines? Which is it? 
 :Would you rather I stop editing the article, crap that it is now? Save us all some time, but that's not how I was brought up. Sorry.  
 :Walls of text are good typing practice for editors. Another 'editor' that is ever so succinct, has failed to either develop the article before the 'RfC', or since (even the lead).  
 :Frankly I think people that care more, generally have more to say. However, if you live in a democratic state, freedom of expression is also a freedom to stay silent, and the right to education is also a right to ignorance. I'd be grateful if you set me right on where Wikipedia stands on these two issues. 
 :ARBPIA - did I invent that?! My fault was that before editing the List article, I hadn't read the header on the Talk page! Is that a blockable offence? I think that other 'editors involved' appear to be far from newcomers to that dispute, and milked it for all it was worth. Anyone who can translate a cultural identity and religious ritual of an ethnic group into a political conspiracy seems to perhaps not editing with even a teensy weensy bit of ""good faith"" as Wikipedia calls it. 
 :You expect me to now drop to my knees and beg for forgiveness? Hmmmm. I hope you are a very patient person 
 :By the way, you may have noticed that I am seeking advice from other uninvolved or moderately involved editors, and am not editing the said article. Can I be blocked for not editing?   "