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• List of South Korean girl groups (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Persistent unconstructive edits from IP users/newly created accounts. The recent edits from two new users, deleted content without a clear reason. Hotwiki (talk) 07:27, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 01:44, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Anton Sigurðsson (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Repeated removal of (well-sourced) line that Anton was found guilty of crime by single editor who has not engaged in conversation. U003F^? 07:32, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 19:16, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

• Mommy Dearest (TV series) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Persistent unreferenced edits from IP users. Hotwiki (talk) 08:10, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 01:47, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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

Reason: IP vandalism, which involves unconstructive reverting of content. --oxmx (talk) 08:57, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 10 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 01:51, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Starship flight test 8 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: High level of IP vandalism Canadien1867 (talk) 11:19, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

• Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 11:21, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

  Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Daniel Case (talk) 01:55, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• The Substance (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Repeated spamming by IPs. Krimuk2.0 (talk) 11:21, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 10 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 02:00, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• List of Hindi films of 2026 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – A lot of persistent disruption by IPs. Xiphoid Vigour ༈Duel༈ 14:06, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 02:03, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Barry Ferguson (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: High level of IP vandalism. Seasider53 (talk) 14:58, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 02:05, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Scooby-Doo (film) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP hopper continues to add subtle vandalism with nonsensical edit summaries. Katniss May the odds be ever in your favor ♥ 15:06, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 02:08, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Flag of Syria (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. see history 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 16:27, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of one month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 02:12, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• R Canis Majoris (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Someone appears to have "bought" a star name from one of the "official registries" and is now spamming this article with it. Lithopsian (talk) 17:17, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 19:15, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

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

Reason: This page should be protected under WP:GS/CASTE Privatetab (talk) 17:19, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protected indefinitely. Will log. Daniel Case (talk) 02:15, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Five (group) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations. Binksternet (talk) 18:12, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: 2001:8003:3236:2401:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. for a week. Daniel Case (talk) 02:42, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Template:Navbox documentation (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite template protection: High-risk template, 40,000+ transclusions. Aasim (話す（はなす）) 18:16, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Already protected by administrator MusikBot. ECP since 2023. I do not see any reverted edits since then as maliciously intended. Daniel Case (talk) 02:45, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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

Reason: Temporary extended protection - I understand EPC of talk pages is quite rare outside of ARB actions, but I feel this is warranted. Lots of calls of "Information is inaccurate stop defaming our glorious king" without sources cited. Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 18:29, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Already protected by administrator Lectonar. For 10 days. Daniel Case (talk) 02:46, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Recent uptick in IP vandalism. Entranced98 (talk) 18:38, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected indefinitely. Daniel Case (talk) 02:56, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Battle of Gokul (1757) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent disruption from users in the infobox. Noorullah (talk) 19:23, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Consider the edit warring noticeboard – This is a case of possible edit-warring by one or two users. Daniel Case (talk) 02:58, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Halliford School (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. M.C. (talk) 20:18, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: Agsgyas (talk · contribs) blocked by Widr. Indefinitely. Daniel Case (talk) 02:59, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Elimination Chamber: Toronto (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. OZOO (t) (c) 20:34, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 03:04, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Recent increase in vandalism. Entranced98 (talk) 20:41, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of one month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 03:08, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Tim French (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: repeated pronoun changes from IP addresses WeyerStudentOfAgrippa (talk) 20:51, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protected indefinitely. First time we're doing this in the case of a deliberately misgendered cis person. Maybe we need an MOS:CIS template now? I have a feeling this won't be the last instance of this. Logged at CTOPS and all offending edits RevDel'ed, of course, as we do with any similar edits to articles on trans or NB people. Daniel Case (talk) 03:32, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• 2025 Moto2 World Championship (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. ^{Dieter Lloyd Wexler} 21:01, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of six months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 03:38, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent re-direction of long-standing redirect. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 21:02, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

User(s) partially blocked' (from Elvis'). for one week — rsjaffe 🗣️ 21:24, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

• Looney Tunes (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Continuous issues with an LTA case inserting false junk about Julie Andrews. oknazevad (talk) 21:24, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 22:08, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

• Marty Sheargold (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: High level of IP vandalism today - 9 instances in the last hour. Thanks! Jessicapierce (talk) 21:25, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Already protected by administrator Queen of Hearts. Ymblanter (talk) 22:06, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

• Untitled Sean Combs docuseries (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. Sigh......... 🌙Eclipse (she/they/all neos • talk • edits) 21:30, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of one year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ugh. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 23:03, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

• A Minecraft Movie (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Unfortunately, so far, virtually every IP edit since Pending was enabled is that way. Doubtful that it'll be less vandalius, even months on from release. 2601AC47 (talk·contribs·my rights) Isn't a IP anon 22:02, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 22:05, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

• Alabama Barker (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Page is attracting a lot of vandalism due to recent controversy. Alxeedo TALK 00:30, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Already protected by administrator Joyous. for a week. Daniel Case (talk) 03:39, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Shaaban Khalil (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent attempts over time by IP editor to add unsourced material about misappropriation of page charge fees. I was not able to find a reliable source (or even much of an unreliable one) for the material. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 00:35, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected indefinitely. Will log at CTOPS. Daniel Case (talk) 03:41, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Karthik Krishnan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – People keep removing stuff without explaining why... OpalYosutebito (talk) 01:05, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Will leave CTOPS notice on talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 03:46, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Syrian Kurdistan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite extended-confirmed protection: Contentious topic restriction. Is related to Kurds and Kurdistan, a contentious topic. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 01:22, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. No edits in 19 days. Daniel Case (talk) 03:48, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Victor Emmanuel III (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Remsense ‥ 论 01:29, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 03:51, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Lloyd Austin (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Remsense ‥ 论 01:32, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 03:53, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Paolo Maldini (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. FMSky (talk) 01:34, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: 2804:3244:1668:95AD:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs) blocked by Fathoms Below. for 31 hours. Daniel Case (talk) 03:56, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Josef Mengele (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 01:38, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 03:59, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• New Mexico (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism 24.55.33.220 (talk) 01:57, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of one year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 04:04, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Teahouse (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – MAB's back, one minute after last protection ended. Meters (talk) 02:09, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Paul Erik has protected the page 24.55.33.220 (talk) 02:17, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three hours, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 02:56, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the video game industry (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite extended-confirmed protection: Contentious topic restriction. Related to Covid-19, a contentious topic. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 02:10, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Last edit was a little over a month ago. Daniel Case (talk) 04:05, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• List of political parties in China (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Recent spate of IP vandalism. Amigao (talk) 03:10, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Consider the edit warring noticeboard – This is a case of possible edit-warring by one or two users. Daniel Case (talk) 04:07, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection: High level of IP vandalism. Safavid 930 (talk) 03:40, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Why don't pending changes reviewers just review and reject them? I think this is unnecessary, as it is pcp. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 03:43, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: 49.142.24.41 (talk · contribs) blocked by Doug Weller. for 72 hours. Daniel Case (talk) 04:09, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• New York City synagogue tunnel incident (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Now IP-hopping user disrupting the page. Paris1127 (talk) 04:00, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: 24.150.41.57 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. for a week. Daniel Case (talk) 04:13, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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

Reason: Persistent sockpuppetry. Immediately resumed after previous protection expired 24.55.33.220 (talk) 04:00, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: 49.142.24.41 (talk · contribs) blocked by Doug Weller. for 72 hours. Daniel Case (talk) 04:14, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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• Whale shark (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unprotection: WP:TRYUNPROT, last protected in 2019. :). MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 08:59, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

@Materialscientist:, the protecting admin, now notified in accordance with the bright yellow instruction at the top of this section. Favonian (talk) 09:41, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

I use Twinkle and it usually does that for me but must have glitched this time, sorry! MolecularPilot ^{🧪️✈️} 21:52, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

• Template:Sandbox heading/Navigation (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Relatively low-risk template only used in the sandbox headings. Aasim (話す（はなす）) 18:02, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 05:18, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

• A Minecraft Movie (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Retain Semi, remove pending: Unnecessary pending changes protection should be removed after the implementation of Semi-protection. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 02:54, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 05:20, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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• Seventh-day Adventist Church (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

In Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 38 she clearly states that Christ was divine from eternity.

"There had been no change in the position or authority of Christ. Lucifer's envy and misrepresentation and his claims to equality with Christ had made necessary a statement of the true position of the Son of God; but this had been the same from the beginning. Many of the angels were, however, blinded by Lucifer's deceptions." 47.176.191.146 (talk) 06:33, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

What change are you proposing? — Malcolmxl5 (talk) 12:19, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

Not done - Wikipedia does not engage in proselytising. Nothing in this request appears to have any relevance what-so-ever with the article as it is presently written. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{threads critiques} 20:42, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

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

I would like to request that... (remove “ As a ruler, Sambhaji implemented drought relief measures and encouraged agricultural development while continuing his father's administrative systems. He was also a scholar who authored several works in Sanskrit and Hindustani, including the political treatise Budhbhushanam. His torture and death at the hands of the Mughal Empire elevated him to the status of a martyr. He remains popular in modern India as a symbol of Hindu self-rule.” from the page of Sambhaji. There is no basis for this and promotes disharmony.) . Sn cgh (talk) 16:09, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

@Sn cgh: You do realise that passage is in the lead section of the article, which merely summarises what the rest of the article says, right? Literally everything in that passage is covered in more detail, with sources, further down the page. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{threads critiques} 16:26, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

The text that is indicated is in no way linked to or affirmed by the lead section. The indicated text only seems like a projection and personal opinion of the contributor without proper context. Sn cgh (talk) 16:48, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

@Sn cgh: Did you even read beyond the lead? Sambhaji#Governance, Sambhaji#Education and writings, and Sambhaji#Legacy - all sections one right after the other - cover the entirety of this passage in the article proper. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{threads critiques} 20:36, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

I see, then perhaps it is better to include just before the following passage,“The captured Sambhaji and Kavi Kalash were taken to the fort of Bahadurgad at Pedgaon in-present-day Ahmednagar district, where Aurangzeb humiliated them by parading them wearing clown's clothes and they were subjected to insults by Mughal soldiers.”

the following quotation as context from the same source (citation 63):

add —>” G S Sardesai writes that "Fretting with bitterness of soul at having been publicly insulted and driven to desparation, Sambhaji spurned the offer of life in abuse of the Emperor ... giving free vent to his long pen-tup sentiments ... and scurrilously asked for one of Aurangzeb's daughters as the price of his friendship…”

this adds proper context to the reason behind the mode of execution chosen. Sn cgh (talk) 21:00, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

@Sn cgh: At this point this is an argument that can and should be made on Talk:Sambhaji (though I don't foresee a lot of success as this is covered in Execution of Sambhaji#Execution in less flowery language); the sources and how to present them are being actively discussed there and have been since before Chhaava came out. The talk page is not protected. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{threads critiques} 21:05, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

• Kash Patel (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I would like to request that... (the official portrait for FBI Director Kash Patel is incorrect. The Director’s official portrait is this photo as published on the FBI.gov website. Can you editors please update the photo on Director Kash’s wiki page?

https://www.fbi.gov/about/leadership-and-structure ) . 144.86.205.1 (talk) 16:53, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Looks like this has been done. — Malcolmxl5 (talk) 21:03, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

Done for the bot. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{threads critiques} 21:13, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

• Kendrick Lamar (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Kendricks personal life tab was recently edited. The last person to edit was Saloni Jain22 as of now (5 hours ago). The incorrect information is under his personal life tab. "In an October 2012 interview, he stated that he once tried marijuana, but the blunt was laced with PCP". The drug last started is incorrect and should be replaced with "angel dust" or more commonly known as, cocaine. The link that is attached is a YouTube video with kendrick literally stating verbatim. he has also referenced this is two songs on his GOOD Kid MAAD city album. Once at the end of "Peer Pressure" and again in m.a.a.d city he refers to it making him "foam at the mouth". You're welcome 2601:98D:C182:7000:6040:86B0:1916:8063 (talk) 22:04, 25 February 2025 (UTC)

• Talk:Alison Weir (activist) (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)

Correct "Aconsensus" to "A consensus" Kenfree (talk) 03:28, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

 Not done Do you mean the article rather than the talk page? That phrase doesn't appear there. Daniel Case (talk) 04:16, 26 February 2025 (UTC)

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