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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

    Place requests for new or upgrading pending changes, semi-protection, full protection, move protection, create protection, template editor protection, or upload 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.

    Template:Mega Man series

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – An IP user is cycling through multiple IP addresses and attempts to perform disruptive edits on this template. Recommend temporary protection for 1 week. Haleth (talk) 12:55, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Template:Mega Man Zero

    Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – IP user is cycling through multiple IP addresses and performing disruptive editing on the template, along with another related template. Recommend temporary page protection for 1 week. Haleth (talk) 12:56, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. (CC) Tbhotch™ 15:37, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Canelo Álvarez

    Indefinite semi-protection: High level of IP vandalism. Pending changes protection clearly not sufficient enough. Gilbert.JW (talk) 15:54, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Miss USA 2020

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. { [ ( jjj 1238 ) ] } 16:07, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport

    Indefinite pending changes protection: Constant addition of unsourced content by multiple accounts. The article was recently protected by the addition of unsourced content began once again straight after it was unprotected. — Yours, Berrely • Talk∕Contribs 18:17, 18 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    America's Got Talent (season 15)

    Temporary Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing by IPs has resumed once again. Needs another temporary protection period, or possibly edit-confirmation protection, to dissuade the behaviour. GUtt01 (talk) 00:18, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    WrestleMania 37

    Temporary Semi-protection: Persistent adding of unsourced content and removal of sourced content. TheDeviantPro (talk) 00:40, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Rodney McGruder

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. User:Namiba 03:02, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Onyeka Okongwu

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. User:Namiba 04:03, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Demetrious Johnson

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Cassiopeia(talk) 05:33, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    R. J. Hampton

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – huge flurry of IP vandalism coincidental with the NBA Draft. Toddst1 (talk) 05:41, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Mayank

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Plagued by vanity additions. Crossroads -talk- 06:16, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Chris Colfer

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. (CC) Tbhotch™ 06:47, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Murder of Samuel Paty

    Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring. Elizium23 (talk) 09:25, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Commment Elizium23, now, Content dispute/edit warring has revolved into Vandalism from IP. 180.244.189.223 (talk) 10:46, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Kenosha unrest shooting

    Semi-protection - Constant POV editing by IP users. Love of Corey (talk) 10:36, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Marko Simonović

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing due to the NBA draft selection of the player with the same name. --DragonFederal (talk) 12:47, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    List of Malankara Metropolitans

    Temporary full protection: Persistent disruptive editing against talk page discussions, against church history, supreme court mention's, against reference's.

    Eldhose Talk 12:54, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Template:Uw-ew

    Indefinite template protection: High-risk template – widely substituted. HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 14:27, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Template:Uw-3rr

    Indefinite template protection: Highly Visible Template. Frequently substituted HurricaneTracker495 (talk) 14:28, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Aditi Sharma (actress, born 1996)

    Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Repeated insertion of unsourced date of birth (year is not sourced, despite article being moved to the current title). Ravensfire (talk) 15:34, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Yam Madar

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent adding of incorrect information. User:Namiba 16:03, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    SkyWest Airlines

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – User:GarrettBese along with IP address editors keep adding uncited and what appears to be untrue information (adding a Kurt Bese as a company executive) to the page. RickyCourtney (talk) 16:34, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Vladimir Alekno

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP users repeatedly adding unsourced and disputed references to Iran. Geoff | Who, me? 17:07, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Dixie D'Amelio

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. Ed talk! 17:18, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Cliff Thorburn

    Temporary Semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced content, by an IP user, to this BLP. BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 17:20, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    List of terrorists

    Create protection: Offensive name. 4thfile4thrank {talk} :? 17:31, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Twink (gay slang)

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. 4thfile4thrank {talk} :? 19:05, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for reduction in protection level

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    Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin at their talk page. Post below only if you receive no reply.

    • 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.
    • Requests for removing create protection on redlinked articles are generally assisted by having a draft version of the intended article prepared beforehand.
    • If you want to make spelling corrections or add uncontroversial information to a protected page please add {{Edit fully-protected}} to the article's talk page, along with an explanation of what you want to add to the page. If the talk page is protected please use the section below.

    Check the archives if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

    Shortcuts

    Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin at their talk page. Post below only if you receive no reply.

    • 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.
    • Requests for removing create protection on redlinked articles are generally assisted by having a draft version of the intended article prepared beforehand.
    • If you want to make spelling corrections or add uncontroversial information to a protected page please add {{Edit fully-protected}} to the article's talk page, along with an explanation of what you want to add to the page. If the talk page is protected please use the section below.

    Check the archives if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

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    User:Caulde/u

    Reason: This blocked editor is no longer an administrator; I don't see a reason for full protection. I would like to be able to fix the half-dozen Linter syntax errors on the page. Some level of protection below full is fine with me. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:28, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Berbera

    Reduction in protection level: from extended confirmed protection to semi-protection. The talk page is rather quiet and there has not been much issues. The protecting administrator is Yamaguchi先生, looking to add statistics from "The Trade of the Gulf of Aden Ports of Africa in the Nineteeth and Early Twentieth Centuries" by Richard Pankhurst to the Berbera page, is in need of new images as well - very text heavy WanderingGeeljire (talk) 16:53, 7 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Pinging protecting admin @Yamaguchi先生:. Alucard 16❯❯❯ chat? 16:01, 8 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia:Requests for oversight

    Temporary extended protection: Why is this fully protected? It has a potential for email redirect abuse, but extended confirmed users can be trusted with this. 4thfile4thrank {talk} :? 03:12, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    @AGK: any thoughts as the protecting administrator. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 13:26, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Not done This is fully protected for good reason; to prevent people from mistakenly posting oversight requests to it which in turn increases the visibility of sensitive information. There are no circumstances in which anyone other than members of the OS team or WMF staff should ever need to edit this page, so full protection doesn't cause any issues; this is not a part of the encyclopedia, and as such "anyone can edit" doesn't apply. ‑ Iridescent 13:34, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) It was fully protected to prevent users placing requests for oversight on that page, something which I think an uninformed extended confirmed user might think to do. I don't necessarily want to remove the full protection, though template editor protection might be useful here? It didn't exist when the page was fully protected, so perhaps it might be worth considering as a step down of protection. I would only want to really see full or template protection for this page, with a preference for full protection as template protection is primarily meant for templates. Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 13:42, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    After resolving the edit conflict Iridescent explains my thoughts better. No non-oversighter should really ever edit this page and as all oversighters are administrators (from memory), full protection isn't an issue for the oversighters who need to edit the page. Although template editors are a small group of trusted editors, they shouldn't need to edit this page so I don't really see a benefit to reducing to template protection. I mentioned template protection as an option as editors with the template editor realistically should know that oversight requests are done via email or if they don't they should read the TE protected page before making edits. Template editors should generally get consensus for controversial changes, so they are unlikely to be making any particular controversial changes. However, as they shouldn't really be editing the page for any reason, they can make edit requests and this page should ideally remain fully protected (so also  Not done from me). Dreamy Jazz talk to me | my contributions 13:51, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Bloody Scotland

    Request for page unprotection: to allow creation of this page. The page I've created an initial draft for has been marked as 'bad title', however 'Bloody Scotland' is the name of a recognised Scottish crime writing festival [1]. I think the title is justified as the common name of the festival and refers to the bloody nature of crime novels rather than in a pejorative manner against the country of Scotland. The protecting administrator User:RHaworth's talk page notes that they are inactive. I've created a basic draft at Draft:Bloody_Scotland --Rodti (talk) 14:49, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Interior Plains

    Reduction in protection level: from semi-protection to no protection. The page is protected due to vandalism, but there is no recent activity on the Talk page or any recent edits. I have contacted the page administrator, but I have received no response. The page is lacking in information and sources.Vierb004 (talk) 15:46, 19 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for edits to a protected page

    Further information: Wikipedia:Edit requests
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    Ideally, requests should be made on the article talk page rather than here.

    • Unless the talk page itself is protected, you may instead add the appropriate template among {{Edit protected}}, {{Edit template-protected}}, {{Edit extended-protected}}, or {{Edit semi-protected}} to the article's talk page if you would like to make a change rather than requesting it here. Doing so will automatically place the page in the appropriate category for the request to be reviewed.
    • Where requests are made due to the editor having a conflict of interest (COI; see Wikipedia:Suggestions for COI compliance), the {{Edit COI}} template should be used.
    • Requests to move move-protected pages should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves, not here.
    • If the discussion page and the article are both protected preventing you from making an edit request, this page is the right place to make that request. Please see the top of this page for instructions on how to post requests.
    • This page is not for continuing or starting discussions regarding content should both an article and its discussion page be protected. Please make a request only if you have a specific edit you wish to make.
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    Ideally, requests should be made on the article talk page rather than here.

    • Unless the talk page itself is protected, you may instead add the appropriate template among {{Edit protected}}, {{Edit template-protected}}, {{Edit extended-protected}}, or {{Edit semi-protected}} to the article's talk page if you would like to make a change rather than requesting it here. Doing so will automatically place the page in the appropriate category for the request to be reviewed.
    • Where requests are made due to the editor having a conflict of interest (COI; see Wikipedia:Suggestions for COI compliance), the {{Edit COI}} template should be used.
    • Requests to move move-protected pages should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves, not here.
    • If the discussion page and the article are both protected preventing you from making an edit request, this page is the right place to make that request. Please see the top of this page for instructions on how to post requests.
    • This page is not for continuing or starting discussions regarding content should both an article and its discussion page be protected. Please make a request only if you have a specific edit you wish to make.
    Further information: Wikipedia:Edit requests


    Gaza genocide

    My suggestion is to leave out the following 2 sentences in the "German complicity" paragraph as they seem to be based on misunderstandings:

    "She also highlighted police suppression of pro-Palestine protests throughout Germany[509] as evidence of state complicity.[508] Karen Wells et al. highlight how Germany has entrenched its complicity in Israel's actions by banning use of the word "genocide" in reference to Israel.[471][better source needed]"

    1. In general violent protests are not allowed in Germany. As some of the first pro-Palestine protests were violent, they were sometimes forbidden by courts, if they were expected to turn violent. But that is common policy in Gemany with all subjects and not special for pro-Palestine protests.

    Meanwhile, there even is a calendar concerning pro-Palestinian protests[1] with daily up to 20 protests all over Germany. Thus, there is no general police suppression of pro-Palestine protests as is suggested by the current wording.

    2. The word “genocide” is not banned in reference to Israel in Germany - maybe that was a misunderstanding: What is not allowed in Germany is to call for genocide against Jews. The slogan “From the river to the sea” is seen as such call and banned. Gilbert04 (talk) 15:34, 11 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @FortunateSons: A quick browse shows at least for the first part support for removal, can you add any additional incite? -- Cdjp1 (talk) 12:38, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I've removed #2. But there does seem to be evidence that pro-Palestine protests have been banned in parts of Germany at times.[2][3][4].VR (Please ping on reply) 14:55, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. Maybe the following article gives a bit more clarity.[[5]] Gilbert04 (talk) 18:10, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Unfortunately that source seems incomplete. Germany has indeed suppressed peaceful criticism of Israel.[6] And Washington Post says "A planned photo exhibit in southwestern Germany was canceled as a result of social media posts by its curator, including one describing “genocide” in Gaza."[7] VR (Please ping on reply) 22:32, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, I do not think that any source will ever be complete. Let me add two more.[[8]][[9]] Gilbert04 (talk) 20:44, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Gaza genocide 2

    Consider changing "The Israeli government rejected South Africa's allegations, and accused the court of being antisemitic, which it often does when criticised" to "The Israeli government has been accused of consistently weaponizing antisemitism against it's critics, including in the ICJ ruling." Ecco2kstan (talk) 23:12, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    The Weaponization of antisemitism page hyperlinked over "often done" has many sources to draw from regarding the accusations' consistency and nature.
    My main concern with the original text is that it's voiced as if it's an observation made by a Wikipedian. The benefit here is that the weaponization of antisemitism has a clearer consistency grounded outside of Wikipedia. Perhaps other ways to word this out include adding a time scale (increasingly accused since Oct. 7th) or specifying the critique (against critiques of their actions since Oct 7th).
    If a lead paragraph change is necessary, there may be reason to outline Israeli motives and conditions for the genocide, including Zionism and anti-Arab racism. Ecco2kstan (talk) 23:25, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ecco2kstan, how about: "The Israeli government rejected South Africa's allegations. Supporters of Israel say that accusing Israel of genocide is both antisemitic[10][11] and a form of Holocaust erasure[12], but others argue antisemitism shouldn't be exploited to shield Israel from such allegations.[13][14][15][16]".VR (Please ping on reply) 00:12, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not as familiar with the Holocaust erasure claims, but I'm happy with that reworking! If that weaponization of Holocaust denial detail isn't on the weaponization of antisemitism page already, it might be a worthwhile phenomenon incorporate if there's more citations you can find. I might look into it myself. Thanks! Ecco2kstan (talk) 03:10, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    That does sound quite balanced. +1 from me. Neutral Editor 645 (talk) 18:02, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Template:Israel–Hamas war infobox

    Inform readers of the distinction between the dagger symbol and the cross symbol in the infobox.

    Under "Commanders and leaders" in the infobox Yahya Sinwar has a dagger next to his name, but others such as Marwan Issa have a cross next to their name. The distinction between these symbols is not immediately clear to someone reading the article, I feel that this should be explicitly noted on the page. The Elysian Vector Fields (talk) 20:27, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @TheElysianVectorFields: That isn't the article page, that's the infobox template. I changed the target for you above. It seems the dagger means "killed in action" (KIA) and the cross means "assassinated". I honestly don't know how I'd add a note to that effect. Maybe someone smarter than me can figure it out. ~Anachronist (talk) 01:52, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Yahya Sinwar

    Change :supected" to "suspected" in the segment: <<During his time in prison, Sinwar continued to coordinate the execution of Palestinians supected>> RomanKaiser (talk) 02:24, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Gaza genocide

    The last few sentences of the second lead paragraph regarding assassinated Hamas leaders are too detailed for the lead. I don't believe including all of their names without reason is appropriate when the Infobox can convey a simpler understanding of their demise and state. Instead, figures of utmost relevance should be accounted for with reasons outside of their killings.

    My suggestion is to change this:

    In January 2024, Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy political chief of Hamas, was assassinated in Beirut, Lebanon. In July, Israel claimed to have killed military leader Mohammed Deif in an airstrike in al-Mawasi. In August, Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas was assassinated in Tehran, Iran. In October, Yahya Sinwar, the chief and preceding political leader of Hamas, was killed in a shootout in Rafah.

    To this:

    Throughout 2024, Israel has killed many of Hamas' political and military officials. Prominent figures killed by Israel include Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar, who have collectively served as political leaders for Hamas since 2007, and supposedly[citation for clarity] Mohammed Deif, who led Hamas' military branch, the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades, since 2002.

    This connects to Israel's goals described prior to this section, while establishing the impact of those killings pertaining to Hamas and Palestine as a whole. The readability of this is a bit wonky though, so if you have any better ideas, please let me know! Ecco2kstan (talk) 04:08, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    OOPS! I made a mistake in the title. This DOES NOT pertain to the Gaza Genocide article! This is about the Israel-Hamas War. Ecco2kstan (talk) 04:13, 18 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Israel–Hamas war

    Move Saleh al-Arouri from military to political due to him being the Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau before his death ElementalKnight987654321 (talk) 06:19, 18 October 2024 (UTC) Create a level 3 header with a link to the article in question, then a {{pagelinks}} template and then the reason.[reply]

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    Request for Reduced Protection to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahni_Ghorashi Dear Editors, I have been in contact with the most recent editors on this page. Looks like there have been a lot of third-parties posting erroneous info to this page damaging the integrity of the original posting. I'm looking to clean up and restore the original integrity of the page with quality citations and reduced, verifiable content while capturing the full (unbiased and unpromotional biograpy of the individual). The current entry has been fragemented tremendously and is not an accurate representation of his background. I'm currently requesting post communication with the most recent editor to downgrade the current protection level to the ability to edit with oversight and ability to cite reliable sources for renewed publication. Many thanks.

    Handled requests

    A rolling archive of the last seven days of protection requests can be found at Wikipedia: Requests for page protection/Rolling archive.

    1. ^ https://bloodyscotland.com/
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