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Editing in controversial topic areas
Hi,

Hello, and welcome. Just wanted to say that as a new editor, it takes a while to learn the ropes, here. One of the principles that can escape someone who is new, is that the lead section of an article (the part above the first section header, or Table of Contents) is an introduction and brief summary of the rest of the article. As such, it makes no sense to try and change the lead of an article, if it already summarizes the body of the article adequately. The proper sequence, is to first make your additions to the body of the article, and then change the lead (if necessary) in order to accommodate your changes.

Secondly, editing articles in controversial areas of the encyclopedia, such as gender-related topics, is extra tricky, as there are many editors who watch the article, with wording that has sometimes been worked out with great difficulty and much discussion among editors with highly divergent views, and you may find that one or another of them will jump in and undo your edit with the slightest change to a comma, let alone a substantive change.

If you try to do both at once, that is, if you try to make a change to the lead section of an article on a controversial topic, you have almost zero hope of seeing your change stick. This is what happened with this edit to the lead section of TERF. Simply trying it again, as you did here, is almost never going to work. In fact, it's worse than that: due to special restrictions imposed by Arbcom on controversial topics, it may get you quickly blocked, so don't do that.

Instead, discuss your desired changes to the article on the Talk page first. That will give you a better chance of seeing your changes stick. Simply trying to force them, is almost never going to work. I'll leave the Arbcom standard notice about this for you below. Everyone who edits in this area, gets one of these, so don't worry unduly about it. But do read and understand it. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me below ping, please) or at my Talk page. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 19:55, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

Standard Arbcom advice for editing in gender-related topics
Here's Arbcom's standard notice about this, delivered to everyone who edits in this area. As I said above, don't worry about it, but do have a look at it, and make sure you understand it. Follow the links for details.

Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 19:59, 7 September 2019 (UTC)

July 2020
Hello, I'm Materialscientist. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions —specifically this edit to Huddersfield—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. Materialscientist (talk) 13:41, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
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