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'''Temporary semi-protection:''' High level of IP disruption; IP ] has taken over the article and keeps adding the same homemade content in a clear violation of ], ], ] and ]. ]<sup>]</sup> 17:27, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
:{{RFPP|aiv}} ] (]) 05:59, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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* {{pagelinks|Visa Waiver Program}}
'''Semi-protection:''' persistent IP vandalism. ] (]) 20:02, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

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'''Temporary semi-protection:''' Persistent ]. ] (]) 20:42, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

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'''Temporary semi-protection:''' Edit warring since 4 October, with one editor warring against a couple of others, despite an ongoing discussion on the talk page. I've just failed a GAN at the article (the nominator is the main one warring) – not quite at 3RR, but a locked article should focus things on the talk page. – ] (]) 20:55, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
:{{RFPP|d}} Semi-protection would have no effect. Warn and report to ANEW, not inclined to cut off all editing due to only two users. ] (]) 02:49, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
::Bringing this one back: that's an unsatisfactory response. For a start it's at least three users, and it's been going on for over three days. Report to ANEW? I've clearly stated that it doesn't rise to 3RR (it's spread over more than 24 hours, which means it'll get bounced out of there straight away and I'll be accused of forum shopping). If you want to enable edit warring, that's fine, but at least make sure you get the facts right in your dismissive statement. - ] (]) 07:18, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
:::{{RFPP|n}} 3RR is just a limit for occasions when an edit war is happening fairly quickly, but it is not per se the definition of "edit warring", or a prerequisite for a report at ANEW. Edit wars do occur frequently without breaking the three-revert rule. I am with ST47 here...a report to said board would be the better solution imho, as the disruption doesn't (yet) warrant full protection. ] (]) 08:29, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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'''Temporary semi-protection:''' Persistent ] – Vandalism by several IPs and new users within past week. ] (]) 23:18, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
:{{RFPP|nea}} Was a spike around the 7th. ] (]) 06:05, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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* {{pagelinks|1=Salvador Panelo}}

'''Temporary semi-protection:''' Persistent ] – Persistent vandalism of the spokesperson of a controversial president. ] (]) 23:29, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

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'''Semi-protection:''' Persistent ]. ] (]) 06:24, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
*'''Automated comment:''' One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—]<small><sub style="margin-left:-13.5ex;color:green;font-family:Comic Sans MS">]:Online</sub></small> 07:43, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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'''Temporary semi-protection:''' Persistent ] – Not sure why school children Utah have taken an interest in the subject, but it has not been constructive. Perhaps a month of protection will suffice. ] (]) 06:52, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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'''Temporary semi-protection:''' Persistent ] – An IP-hopper falsifying "Etymology" section since August 2019. They always add their personal commentary to that section, e.g. see this recent diff and revision history. ] (]) 08:13, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

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    Welcome—request protection of a page, file, or template here.
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    Before requesting, read the protection policy. Full protection is used to stop edit warring between multiple users or to prevent vandalism to high-risk templates; semi-protection and pending changes are usually used to prevent IP and new user vandalism (see the rough guide to semi-protection); and move protection is used to stop pagemove revert wars. Extended confirmed protection is used where semi-protection has proved insufficient (see the rough guide to extended confirmed protection)

    After a page has been protected, it is listed in the page history and logs with a short rationale, and the article is listed on Special:Protectedpages. In the case of full protection due to edit warring, admins should not revert to specific versions of the page, except to get rid of obvious vandalism.

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    Current requests for increase in protection level

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    Place requests for new or upgrading of article protection, upload protection, or create protection at the BOTTOM of this section. Check the archive of fulfilled and denied requests or, failing that, the page history if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.


    Don Colossus

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent crypto-related promotion related to current events. czar 03:39, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Declined – Likely collateral damage as one or several users who are making improvements would be affected by the requested protection. BusterD (talk) 12:13, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Wheelbarrow

    Reason: IP editors keep vandalizing the page. There is a very persistent IP editor who keeps adding the name of a non-notable individual to it, and it persists despite blocking the offending IP address. Chemtamengineer (talk) 03:58, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. No misbehavior on the page in the past 48 hours. BusterD (talk) 12:18, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Ukrainian Air Force

    Reason: Per WP:RUSUKR Mr. Komori (talk) 07:07, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Bhanot

    Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – Per WP:GSCASTE, persistent sockpuppetry by open proxies who are trying to redirect it to inappropriate targets. - Ratnahastin (talk) 08:10, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Talk:Chief Minister of Sindh

    Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Misuse of talk page for stuff unrelated to the actual article. M.C. (talk) 08:25, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Lectonar (talk) 10:29, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Troy Wilson (Australian rules footballer)

    Reason: There is a user without a Misplaced Pages account consistently changing the age of this person from 1972 to 1962. This has been occurring since 2022. Hoggough (talk) 08:27, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Semi-protected for a period of two days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. No prior protection history. Please request again if this persists; protection length may be increased as necessary. BusterD (talk) 12:30, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    2025 Prayag Kumbh Mela

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – A highly visited page about an ongoing event, attracting significant public interest. It has been subjected to frequent edits by random IP users, often introducing poor grammar and inappropriate language, which affects the page's quality and reliability. To ensure the information remains accurate and well-maintained, an 8-week semi-protection would be ideal during this period of heightened activity. - The9Man 08:31, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Declined – Likely collateral damage as one or several users who are making improvements would be affected by the requested protection. But also attracting IPs/new accounts which correct mistakes and improve the article. Page well watched, overall disruption not too heavy. Lectonar (talk) 11:56, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Battle of Bitlis

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing, and socking from many IP adresses. Kajmer05 (talk) 08:32, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    2025 assassination of Sharia judges in Iran

    Indefinite extended-confirmed protection: Contentious topic restriction. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 09:03, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Kayak (company)

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Frequent target of fake phone number spam, some of which has had to be revdeled. ser! 11:00, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Red One (film)

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Mike Allen 11:59, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Islamic State of Iraq

    Reason: The flags on this page have been changing back and forth since October. In December 2024, IP users (or user) started getting involved and continued to change them without reason. Catalyst GP real (talk) 12:04, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Udayar (caste)

    Reason: Frequent vandalism and bad editing on article as well as reverting reminiscent of an edit war. Vandalism on talk page Sushidude21! (talk) 13:26, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Emil Sumangil

    Semi-protection: BLP policy violations – IPs persistently inserting unsourced birthdate. Taffer😊 💬(they/she) 13:42, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Current requests for reduction in protection level

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    • To find out the username of the admin who protected the page, click on "history" at the top of the page, then click on "View logs for this page," which is under the title of the page. The protecting admin is the username in blue before the words "protected", "changed protection level" or "pending changes". If there are a number of entries on the log page, you might find it easier to select "Protection log" or "Pending changes log" from the dropdown menu in the blue box.
    • Requests to downgrade full protection to template protection on templates and modules can be directed straight here; you do not need to ask the protecting admin first.
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    Joe Biden

    Remove: "Historians and political scientists rank Biden as above average in historical rankings of American presidents."

    Way too soon to suggest that in the main text of the article! He has barely left office, its going to be at least a few months before such a bold claim can be made. Is there really enough historians and political scientists saying this to justify this claim? BlunanNation (talk) 08:42, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Israel–Hamas war

    Currently, the lede states "On 7 October 2023, Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel, taking 251 captive, against which Israelis responded applying the controversial Hannibal Directive, resulting in the death of 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals, among which 815 civilians.". This implies that the majority of the casualties were caused by Israel applying the Hannibal Directive, and despite some cases of casualties due to this, no credible source has made the claim that the majority of casualties originate from it. I suggest changing the lede back to what it was before it was randomly edited to the current lede without any discussion on the talk page about it, to "On 7 October 2023, Hamas-led militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing 1,195 Israelis and foreign nationals and taking 251 captive." Aradkipod (talk) 12:29, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

    Handled requests

    A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Misplaced Pages:Requests for page protection/Archive.

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