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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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    Lingayatism

    Reason: The page has been earlier vandalized by sockpuppets User:RationalIndia and keeps on getting vandalized by unconfirmed users. The page comes under south asian topics, prone to keep getting disrupted. Please allow only extended confirmed users to edit on this page. PerspicazHistorian (talk) 10:00, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Bigg Boss (Telugu TV series) season 8

    Temporary semi-protection: Mass IP edits regarding winner of the season. MySlack1222 (talk) 10:18, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Draft:Hebraization of Portuguese

    Indefinite create protection: Offensive name. Sergiogriffiths (talk) 13:57, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined Not a reason to create protect if the article's subject is notable. Plus it was deleted almost eight months ago and does not look to be in any danger of recreation. Daniel Case (talk) 19:38, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Muhammad Gasa

    Reason: High level of vandalism by multiple people Replayerr (talk) 13:59, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Daniel Case (talk) 19:39, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    2025 in Philippine television

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Gunther :  Talk  14:15, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of three days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 19:42, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Jay-Z

    Reason: Subject got in controversy the other day and many new edits and some are unneeded Wcamp9 (talk) 14:43, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – No changes to the current protection level are required at this point in time. The page is already semi'ed, no need to increase protection right now. Fathoms Below (talk) 18:34, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Investor

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Persistent IP vandalism and insertion of promotional content. jolielover♥talk 15:00, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Fathoms Below (talk) 18:33, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Mikheil Kavelashvili

    Reason: Many IP disruptive editing; specifically adding translations of unnecessary things in brackets etc.. Since he is the claimed president-elect of Georgia and it's protests has increased ever since MAL MALDIVE (talk) 15:17, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    • Comment While physically in Asia, Georgia can be considered part of Europe in the cultural and political spheres, and definitely has the same issues of the EU-Russia balance of power as Eastern European countries do. Can this page be covered under WP:ARBEE and extended protection? Unknown Temptation (talk) 16:24, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    +1 Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. President-elect of Georgia, a lot of vandalism. jolielover♥talk 17:12, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Comment already requested above. Then again, there have been vandalism edits every couple of minutes all day, I don't understand how admins haven't seen the problem. Unknown Temptation (talk) 19:18, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Favonian (talk) 19:24, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Altoona, Pennsylvania

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:24, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 10 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Fathoms Below (talk) 19:11, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Altoona-style pizza

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism from IPs since 18:37, 9 December 2024. Alith Anar 15:31, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 19:33, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Glenn Quagmire

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism, nearly every single edit has been vandalism. pending changes doesn't seem to be working. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 16:02, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – No changes to the current protection level are required at this point in time. Still not very much activity on that page, patrollers can revert the vandalism if it crops up. PC is sufficient for now. Fathoms Below (talk) 19:13, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Cyclone Hellen

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Resumption of vandalism from sockpuppeteer since 16:12, 14 December 2024. Alith Anar 16:21, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of one year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 19:44, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Bacha bazi

    Reason: A semi-protected page is being repeatedly edited by a user [nowtis] who is removing well-sourced and credible content (including scholarly articles and credible news) about the history of bacha bazi and its practice during the Afghan government to align with personal views. The user has also been removing any references to ethnic groups and bacha bazi's origins from research journals. This disrupts the page's integrity and violates WP:V and WP:NPOV. Extended or full protection is requested to prevent further disruption. Tigerlily143 (talk) 18:30, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    For example, the user continuously deletes the history and origins of bacha bazi from ethnographic research by German scholar Dr. Ingeborg Baldauf and a research article by Dr. Ali Abdi in the Iranian Studies journal. The user has also deleted references from an article about the practice of bacha bazi in the Indiana International & Comparative Law Review by Samuel Jones and a literature review Afghanistan by Shivananda Khan. These are just a few examples. Tigerlily143 (talk) 18:52, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. They haven't edited the article in three days. I have given them a CTOPS alert (for IPA although admittedly GENSEX is equally appropriate) and I will leave a CTOPS notice on the talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 19:00, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. The reason the user hasn't updated in three days is because they already deleted my edits from those sources for the second or third time, and I haven't added them back yet. Tigerlily143 (talk) 20:30, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Sudan

    Pending changes: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 18:38, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected indefinitely. Seems to be a lot of long-term disruptive editing going on, and the protection log is quite long, so I chose to apply indefinite semi-protection. Fathoms Below (talk) 18:48, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Battle of Fort Legap

    Reason: I don't want anyone to change the content of the article without my permission. Mesbmr6710 (talk) 19:10, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined Are you serious? Daniel Case (talk) 19:45, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Nearly all IP edits to this article are oblivious/malicious ones altering the 100-year-old phrase to what they erroneously believe it to be, or noting incorrectly that it's missing some letter. For some reason there's been an uptick in this since yesterday, but a longer protection may be appropriate anyway. Belbury (talk) 19:24, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected indefinitely. Daniel Case (talk) 19:49, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Talk:Mayerhofer

    Reason: IP user(s) have persisted since 16 October 2024 in reactivating a request to change page protection after it has been rejected on the grounds that it should be submitted here rather than on the talk page. Pemilligan (talk) 19:35, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 19:50, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    List of Reba characters

    Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Ip's breaking links and changing names for the last few days. Magical Golden Whip (talk) 19:40, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User(s) blocked: 2601:145:81:1B0:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. for one week. Daniel Case (talk) 19:53, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Republic TV

    Reason: Requesting ECP. The edit history is a sea of reversions, and I have been informed that the subject might attempt something along the lines of Asian News International. This may also fall under the IPA CTOP. Toadspike [Talk] 20:04, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for reduction in protection level

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    Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin on 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.

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    Metaverse

    Reason: The protection is no longer necessary because i believe that the metaverse is now less associated with crypto and the blockchain - especially after the rise of spatial computing. 67.209.128.24 (talk) 15:46, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Suggested action: Lower to WP:WHITELOCK/WP:PCPP to prevent disruptive editing from cryptospammers while still allowing for broader contribution from legitimate editors (especially IPs like me). Otherwise, if no cryptospam is expected, remove protection completely. 67.209.128.24 (talk) 15:51, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Pinging @El C. --Ahecht (TALK
    PAGE    )     16:19, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    John Stephenson (actor)

    Reason: The page was protected due to BLP, and is still protected for that reason despite Stephenson dying in 2015. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 13:09, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Unprotected Daniel Case (talk) 19:59, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Colin Powell

    Reason: The page was protected due to BLP, and is still protected for that reason despite Powell dying in 2021. If the page is to stay protected, the protection reason should at least be changed. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 13:20, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Unprotected Daniel Case (talk) 19:55, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Done – The article is still move protected. Deal with it! Favonian (talk) 20:16, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Owl City

    Reason: Indefinitely protected per BLP in 2012, when this page was about the act's one member, Adam Young (musician). There is since then a page about Young, which is not protected and shows no signs of needing to be. Protecting admin has not edited for over a decade. Unknown Temptation (talk) 16:48, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Unprotected Daniel Case (talk) 19:57, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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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.
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    Template:IPA pulmonic consonants/table

    This, I think, is the first time I've made a suggestion. Hopefully, I'm doing this correctly.

    The lateral fricative voiced retroflex, as an example, has an IPA representation of ɖɭ˔ according to its Wikipedia page, but the IPA Pulmonic table and other tables use the Unicode representation in the table and any font I have found just doesn't handle that character,

    Would it be better to use the IPA representation which I think many fonts handle since the table has 'IPA' in its title and its link points to the Wikipedia page with both representations? The linked article each cell in the table states that the representation the IPA version and that the Unicode character is implied from that.

    I'd be happy to make a list of each table and cell where this occurs if that is necessary and you think these will be worthwhile changes. BLWBebopKid (talk) 19:51, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Pinging @Kwamikagami as they are likely to have some insight to these issues. For me personally, I'm not sure. I happen to have fonts installed that handle the extIPA symbols, but I'm in the stark minority there. Remsense ‥ 论 01:46, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    ExtIPA is IPA. It's just a specialized subset. For example, extIPA can be used in the 'Illustrations of the IPA' published in JIPA.
    The issue is one of font support. The letters in question date to 2015, though they weren't added to Unicode until 2021. There are websites that list fonts that support various characters. These are supported by the SIL fonts, which are the best free IPA fonts available. If you don't have a good font installed, you're not going to be able to view IPA correctly anyway. That's why we have the IPA notice in articles, that you may need to install an IPA font to view the article properly. — kwami (talk) 05:32, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Handled requests

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