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• Robert Saleh (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Donnowin1 (talk) 06:12, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Mario Party 8 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) (contributions) 06:54, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – On the talk page, editors agreed that the outcome of this war should be inconclusive [1] and a third opinion user also stated that the outcome of this war should be inconclusive, [2] but today new users are changing it to an Ottoman victory. Kajmer05 (talk) 09:24, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• King (2026 film) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: The article is receiving IP edits that add an exact release date (“25 December 2026”) even though reliable sources only speculate a “Christmas 2026” release and no official date has been announced. I corrected the date to “December 2026” per the source, but IP users keep reverting. Semi-protection requested to prevent misrepresentation of sources. Omnivoid 💬 10:18, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Glitch Productions (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Recurring problems with unsourced content additions, vandalism and other nonconstructive editing from TAs and new accounts. While a few of these seem to be good faith, they are coming in at a rate that could make PC burdensome. Entranced98 (talk) 11:40, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Shimmer and Shine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Persistent disruptive editing/vandalism from temporary accounts. Magitroopa (talk) 11:52, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Ismael Saibari (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Semi-protection for two weeks. High level of IP vandalism and emotions following the tournament final last Sunday. Jeppiz (talk) 14:29, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Eve Tuck (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive IP editing on BLP and personal attacks on the talk page, from multiple IPs, since at least Oct 2025. Dialectric (talk) 14:42, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Talk:Encyclopedia (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Sugar Tax (talk) 15:42, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User(s) blocked: ~2026-42936-4 (talk · contribs) blocked by HJ Mitchell. Favonian (talk) 16:27, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Pedro Sánchez (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: IP vandalism/ WP:BLP violations JimRenge (talk) 15:50, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Already protected by administrator Acroterion. Favonian (talk) 17:01, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Automotive industry in China (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Tim (talk) 16:10, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Tennessee Titans (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Unsourced edits ~2026-43344-5 (talk) 16:17, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• 2026 Tennessee Titans season (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Unsourced edits. ~2026-43344-5 (talk) 16:25, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Al-Hasakah Governorate (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: The article concerns a politically sensitive region with ongoing conflict. Kurdish-related content has been repeatedly disputed and changed, leading to edit warring and unsourced or biased edits. Temporary protection is requested to maintain stability and neutrality. KurdistanRising (talk) 17:48, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Treaty of the Danish West Indies (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: IP vandalism regarding the legality of the US agreement to respect Denmark's right to Greenland in return for sovereignty over the Virgin Islands. Mozitor (talk) 17:52, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• David Branch (ice hockey) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Requesting temporary semi-protection due to persistent unsourced changes to this biography's personal life section, made from single-purpose temporary accounts. Flibirigit (talk) 18:10, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Battle of Fundina (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. — Sadko (words are wind) 18:15, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Tamim Iqbal (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Extended confirmed protection: Persistent vandalism – Contentious topics enforcement for WP:CT/SA. Niasoh ❯❯❯ Wanna chat? 18:27, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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• Vairankode Vela (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: To align the section wording with WP:NPOV (Neutral Point of View). The current phrasing includes 'puffery' terms that do not meet encyclopedic standards. The proposed changes use more objective, descriptive language supported by the cited references." ~2026-43295-8 (talk) 15:38, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not done – Block evaders need not apply. Favonian (talk) 16:08, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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• Talk:Kosovo (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)

Looking to have this edit placed on the Talk page for Kosovo.

The section 'History,' subsection 'Kosovo War,' second paragraph, last sentence:

'By 1996, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), an ethnic Albanian guerrilla paramilitary group that sought the separation of Kosovo and the eventual creation of a Greater Albania,[121] had prevailed over the Rugova's non-violent resistance movement and launched attacks against the Yugoslav Army and Serbian police in Kosovo, resulting in the Kosovo War.[117][122]'

I'm struggling to understand the use of 'the Rugova's' - it seems like an error. Could this perhaps be referring to Rugova and his wife (or even brother, other family member) working in tandem towards their movement? (e.g. JFK and RFK during JFK's presidency - 'The Kennedy's')

Or, is error the precedent 'the,' and Rugova was a singular figure leading said movement?

Cheers Kolcun (talk) 05:29, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

• Vairankode Vela (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Updating outdated statistics with the latest year-end data. ~2026-43295-8 (talk) 15:32, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not done – Block evaders need not apply. Favonian (talk) 16:07, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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

Under History->Treaty of Kiel to World War II, please add: In 1916, as part of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the United States agreed to cede their interests in the whole of Greenland to Denmark, in return for the sale and sovereignty over the Danish Virgin Islands, henceforth known as the US Virgin Islands. https://web.archive.org/web/20210508035941/https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1917/d881 https://docs.pca-cpa.org/2016/01/a312b00b-us-denmark-treaty-of-the-danish-west-indies-1916.pdf

Mozitor (talk) 18:25, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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