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User:Liance/Horngus of a Dongfish

• User:Liance/Horngus of a Dongfish (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent drive-by vandalism. ~Liance^talk 19:48, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Comment What purpose does that page in userspace serve? I get that it's a meme, but why do we need to host it in Wikipedia in the first place? OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 20:09, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Comment I'd enjoy reading an answer to Ohnoitsjamie's question. User:Liance, should an encyclopedia host such content? BusterD (talk) 20:26, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Ohnoitsjamie BusterD I had assumed it would fall under WP:HUMOR/WP:FUN - I've hosted numerous similar, harmless "meme" userboxes and content with hundreds of transclusions without having an issue raised in the past. In the near-decade I've been active I haven't been challenged for something like this that stays strictly in the userspace. I typically avoid creating trivial content, but I fail to see how WP:WEBHOST would apply in this case. If there's a policy or guideline that I'm violating and wasn't aware of, please do let me know. ~Liance^talk 23:00, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

I'm not convinced it serves a useful purpose here, and am not interested in setting a precedent of protecting userspace memes. I'll leave it open in case there is an admin who thinks that is worth protecting.OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 23:31, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Quite frankly I don't see the difference between protecting this page and any other user page. I see plenty of sub-userpages with protection in Special:ProtectedPages which could be considered to have the same level of "utility" (or, lack thereof) to the overarching project. This includes numerous pages under the "humor" umbrella. Does this mean that my page should be the subject of vandalism attempts because it's a "meme"? What makes it worth protecting less than any other userspace page? I apologize but I don't see the argument here. ~Liance^talk 23:50, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

John le Fucker

• John le Fucker (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. See edit history. [1] [2] [3] ZombiUwU ^{(💬 ~♥~ 📝)} 20:36, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Aoidh (talk) 23:04, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Randy Moss

• Randy Moss (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: This article has been overwhelmed by vandalism over the past 3 or days. I'm only asking for one month of semi-protection please. However, given the absolute absurdity of the recent edits; full protection may be in order. 2600:1000:B10D:8F37:5CDF:2037:8729:CC79 (talk) 21:06, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. The activity was limited to two editors, one now blocked the other given a final warning on their talk. Aoidh (talk) 23:06, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series)

• Percy Jackson and the Olympians (TV series) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Disruptive edits and vandalism. Xoruz (talk) 22:29, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

• Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 00:00, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Battle of Cao Bằng (1979)

• Battle of Cao Bằng (1979) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Two IPs and newly created account edit warring on article: [4][5][6] Qiushufang (talk) 23:18, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

• User(s) blocked. /64 range blocked. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 00:02, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Tartan

• Tartan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Semi-protect. Persistent IP vandal using at least two IPs, obsessively deleting a reliable source [7][8][9][10][11] cited for a specific fact (which says precisely that fact: "the Falkirk tartan dates to the third century"). Claims their being reverted is "vandalism". This needs to stop. Latest edit injected their own unsourced personal opinion about what a "true" tartan is, and added redundant material in the wrong section.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  23:31, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: 194.73.217.219 (talk · contribs) blocked by Ad Orientem. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 01:32, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 4 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 01:32, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Example Article Name

• Example Article Name (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: High level of IP vandalism. Tymjax (talk) 02:07, 6 February 2024 (UTC) loved Y’all