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    Syrian Salvation Government

    Requesting confirmed protection due to persistent vandalism and disruptive edits by unregistered users. Implementing this protection will help maintain the page's integrity. Theofunny (talk) 13:36, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    2024 Montenegrin municipal elections

    Reason: I request page protection due to continuous acts of vandalism by unregistered users. Thank you Podgoričano (talk) 16:43, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Declined – No changes to the current protection level are required at this point in time. Less Unless (talk) 18:37, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Talk:Zionism

    Reason: Persistent non EC disruption Selfstudier (talk) 17:41, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Daniel Case (talk) 20:42, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Operation Euphrates Shield

    Reason: New editors editing this page due to recent conflict. One example adding Syrian National Army (anachronistic) other [1] calling this an invasion. WP:UNDUE. Beshogur (talk) 17:52, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution. Less Unless (talk) 18:48, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Rabia Bala Hatun

    Reason:IP vandalism: There is currently an ongoing drama series that includes a character based on this woman (XII century), and the page is therefore the subject of frequent edits from fans reporting without verification what they saw in the series. Sira Aspera (talk) 18:08, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Less Unless (talk) 19:13, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Multiple anime and manga pages

    Indefinite semi-protection: Out of fear of very high levels of IP vandalism, please indefinitely protect these pages (if not most of them). Winners120 (talk) 18:16, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Not done Isabelle Belato 🏳‍🌈 18:18, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Can you still protect selected at my request? Winners120 (talk) 18:20, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Declined – Pages are not protected preemptively. If there is actual vandalism that the editors can't keep under control, come back with a specific request. Daniel Case (talk) 21:03, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Crunchyroll, LLC

    Reason: Request one year or indefinite semi-protection due to vandalism. Winners120 (talk) 18:21, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Robert Delaunay

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Multiple IP's, likely European schoolkids, attacking this page. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 18:55, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Semi-protected indefinitely. Daniel Case (talk) 20:50, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Diddy Kong Racing

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 18:57, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Semi-protected indefinitely. Daniel Case (talk) 20:53, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Killing of Brian Thompson

    Semi-protection: IP Vandalism. Brian Thompson (businessman) has already received semi-protection status. Firecat93 (talk) 19:04, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Just the usual heavy back-and-forth on a breaking news event. Daniel Case (talk) 21:00, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Draft talk:List of Luigi video games

    Indefinite create protection: Recently deleted BLP – Doesn't exist. Sergiogriffiths (talk) 19:28, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Declined – It was deleted in 2020, and it was never a BLP. Favonian (talk) 19:34, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    2024 Homs offensive

    Reason: Temporary ECP protection, WP:GS/SCW&ISIL arbitration enforcement like its main article: Northwestern Syria offensive (2024) And forks: Battle of Aleppo (2024), 2024 Hama offensive, Operation Dawn of Freedom. Ecrusized (talk) 20:41, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 20:49, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Killing of Brian Thompson

    Reason: Vandalism, similarly to the biography page related to the same individual Brian Thompson (businessman) Maximilian775 (talk) 21:12, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 21:22, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Draft:Sky Portugal

    Indefinite create protection: Repeatedly recreated – Doesn't exist. Sergiogriffiths (talk) 21:32, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Sergiogriffiths   Not done: it's only been created once. --Ahecht (TALK
    PAGE    )     21:34, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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    COVID-19

    Reason: COVID 19 isn’t a huge topic anymore, I think the protection can be reduced to semi. Heyaaaaalol (talk) 23:13, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @HJ Mitchell: you did the most recent protection. I think the reason for the current EC protection is likely no longer a concern. There are a couple of old but reasonable edit requests on the talk page too. Is it OK with you to reduce to semi? ~Anachronist (talk) 01:27, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    HJ did a visibility change to a vandal's edit. @El C did the most recent protection level change. Zinnober9 (talk) 02:19, 1 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Matt Lambros

    Reason: It's been 13 years. The vandal who kept saying the article subject was dead is surely long gone by now. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 03:26, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Pinging @Brandon, who protected the page in 2011. --Ahecht (TALK
    PAGE    )     18:24, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    1968–1969 Pakistani protests

    Reason: The protection is no longer necessary because ....... . 206.84.170.38 (talk) 20:02, 5 December 2024 (UTC) The page is already vandalized becuase they bushra bibi and gandapur fled the protest it is not true so please remove the protection[reply]

      Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Please read WP:PROTECTION and be sure you understand our protection policy before making another request. OhNoitsJamie Talk 20:14, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    United Kingdom

    Reason: Period of stock evading has now concluded. 2A02:C7C:75BE:B300:21BD:F63F:12D4:8126 (talk) 21:26, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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    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[2] 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 can confirm that both statements are broadly true. IMO, the best resource for this discussion (in the contemporary context) is probably Steinberg: Versammlungsfreiheit nach dem 7. Oktober - NVwZ 2024, 302. Direct citation: “Die Subsumtion unter diesen Tatbestand bereitet aber auch sonst Probleme. Die Stadt Frankfurt a. M. hatte dem Anmelder einer Versammlung „Frieden in Nahost" am 2.12.2023 untersagt, während der Versammlung zur Vernichtung Israels aufzurufen, dem Staat Israel das Existenzrecht abzusprechen, sowie die Aussagen „Israel Kindermörder", „Juden Kindermörder", „Israel bringt Kinder um" sowie „From the river to the sea" zu tätigen. Diese Beschränkungen hob das VG Frankfurt vollständig auf. Auf die Beschwerde der Stadt differenzierte der VGH Kassel Aufrufe zur Vernichtung Israels verstießen - wie gesagt - gegen § 111 StGB und die Aussage „Juden Kindermörder" erfülle den Tatbestand der Volksverhetzung (§ 130 StGB). Demgegenüber wurden andere Außerungen wie „Kindermörder Israel" oder die Bezeichnung der israelischen Militäroperationen in Gaza als „Genozid" nicht beanstandet und die Entscheidung des VG insoweit aufrechterhalten. Es sei davon auszugehen, dass bei den militärischen Verteidigungshandlungen Israels auch Kinder zu Schaden kämen. Eine solche laienhafte Zuspitzung sei im Rahmen der Meinungsfreiheit hinzunehmen. Anders hatte der VGH Mannheim am 21.10.2023 ein Verbot der Parole „Israel Kindermörder" und „Israel bringt Kinder um" durch die Versammlungsbehörde trotz bestehender Zweifel über deren Strafbarkeit aufrechterhalten; im Verfahren des vorläufigen Rechtsschutzes sei nur eine summarische Prüfung möglich; eine einmal getätigte Äußerung könne nicht rückgängig gemacht werden. Die Unterscheidung zwischen antisemitisch und antiisraelisch stellt sicherlich eine Gratwanderung dar, die hier im Einzelnen nicht beschrieben werden kann“autotranslated: “However, the subsumption under this offense also causes other problems. On December 2, 2023, the city of Frankfurt am Main had prohibited the person registering a meeting "Peace in the Middle East" from calling for the destruction of Israel during the meeting, from denying the State of Israel the right to exist, and from making the statements "Israel, child murderer," "Jews, child murderer," "Israel kills children" and "From the river to the sea." The Administrative Court of Frankfurt completely lifted these restrictions. In response to the city's complaint, the Administrative Court of Kassel differentiated that calls for the destruction of Israel violated - as mentioned - Section 111 of the Criminal Code and that the statement "Jews, child murderer" constituted incitement to hatred (Section 130 of the Criminal Code). In contrast, other statements such as "Israel, child murderer" or the description of Israeli military operations in Gaza as "genocide" were not objected to and the Administrative Court's decision was upheld in this respect. It can be assumed that children would also be harmed in Israel's military defense actions. Such a lay exaggeration must be accepted within the framework of freedom of expression. On October 21, 2023, the Mannheim Higher Administrative Court upheld a ban on the slogans "Israel, child murderer" and "Israel kills children" by the assembly authority despite existing doubts about their criminal liability; in the interim legal protection procedure, only a summary examination is possible; a statement once made cannot be reversed. The distinction between anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli is certainly a balancing act that cannot be described in detail here.” There is no broad ban on pro-Palestinian protests either, and they were even allowed to happen on Oct. 7 of this year (in some cases). While there are legal disputes on specifics for both, I’m pretty confident that no reasonable person would disagree with “broadly permitted” regarding both claims. FortunateSons (talk) 16:54, 21 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Bonus: there can be cases where something isn’t criminal, but can be restricted in other ways, for example due to different burdens of proof or social pressures. FortunateSons (talk) 17:11, 21 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.[3][4][5].VR (Please ping on reply) 14:55, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. Maybe the following article gives a bit more clarity.[[6]] Gilbert04 (talk) 18:10, 16 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Unfortunately that source seems incomplete. Germany has indeed suppressed peaceful criticism of Israel.[7] 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."[8] 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.[[9]][[10]] Gilbert04 (talk) 20:44, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Makes sense. Can an admin please check this out!!! Avishai11 (talk) 19:05, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    This appears to have been dealt with? Selfstudier (talk) 16:13, 23 November 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[11][12] and a form of Holocaust erasure[13], but others argue antisemitism shouldn't be exploited to shield Israel from such allegations.[14][15][16][17]".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]
    @Vice regent: Would you please make this change, so we can close this request? ~Anachronist (talk) 21:28, 24 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The text I originally wanted modified was changed to "Israel's supporters say that accusing Israel of genocide is antisemitic, but others argue antisemitism should not be exploited to shield Israel from such allegations" after other discussions on the talk page. I almost like it better, but by saying "Israel's supporters" it relieves some of the responsibility from the Israeli government in the accusations that was, to an extent, duly credited in the original modification. Maybe now, it should just say "The Israeli government and their supporters say that accusing the state for genocide antisemitic..." or something similar. Ecco2kstan (talk) 17:39, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    This one, too? Selfstudier (talk) 16:15, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Two-state solution

    I would like to request the addition of the following paragraph on Singapore’s support for a two-state solution under the section "International Positions on the Two-State Solution" in the Two-state solution article:

    International Positions on the Two-State Solution

    Singapore: Singapore supports a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, advocating for a negotiated outcome aligned with relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions. According to Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore believes this approach allows Israelis and Palestinians to coexist peacefully and securely, considering it the only viable path toward a comprehensive, just, and lasting resolution. Singapore also consistently upholds the Palestinian right to a homeland. The PLO, which constitutes the key pillar of the current Palestinian Authority, accepts Israel's right to exist and has renounced terrorism.[1]

    EsenL (talk) 02:07, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I support this. It makes sense, has quotations and everything. If only an admin would answer... @Avishai11 Avishai11 (talk) 19:02, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    References

    1. ^ "Reply to Parliamentary Question on Palestine". Retrieved 2024-11-12.
    Source? Providing a source to back up your edit drastically improves the chance it'll be done. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 02:18, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    have added! thanks! EsenL (talk) 02:33, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Gaza genocide - the 186,000 indirect deaths estimate

    In the "Indirect" section, the following sentence should be added after "186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza":

    Three days after the publication, one of the writers, Professor Martin McKee, clarified that the 186,000 figure was “purely illustrative”[1] and stated that “our piece has been greatly misquoted and misinterpreted.”[2]

    References

    1. ^ "Concerns regarding Gaza mortality estimates". The Lancet. November 4, 2024.
    2. ^ "'186,000 Gazans dead': Lancet magazine publishes new blood libel". The Jerusalem Post. July 9, 2024.

    Zlmark (talk) 16:26, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Springfield pet-eating hoax

    I would like to request that a change be made for accuracy under the subhead Origin and spread: Other events. There is a reference to a photo of a man carrying two dead geese, but it is actually only one goose. Footnotes 54, 58, and 59 all state that there is one goose in the photo. Footnote 60 says two geese, but this is evidently a mistake on TMZ's part as the photo itself clearly shows only one goose.

    I suggest that the wording "man carrying two dead Canada geese" be changed to "man carrying a dead Canada goose".

    In the next sentence I suggest that the wording "The geese were roadkill" either be changed to "The goose was roadkill" or that this part of the sentence be eliminated since the only source for the goose being roadkill is the TMZ article which may be unreliable and perhaps should be removed as a reference? It's possible the official quoted by TMZ was referring to a different incident altogether involving two roadkill geese and TMZ mistakenly linked this to the Columbus photo.

    Then I suggest in the following sentence the wording "stealing geese" be changed to "stealing a goose".

    Also, I would like to suggest that the semi-protected status be lifted from the Talk page of this article. 2600:100A:B10A:4AA1:0:21:7E13:E301 (talk) 23:18, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    The talk-page protection cannot be reversed here; either contact El C or appeal at WP:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement to get it lifted. (I will note, however, that the semi-protection is set to lift 16 December.) —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 07:44, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    2024 US presidential election

    In the state results table, I would like to request that the columns labeled Margin and Margin swing be filled in, for those rows/states in which the relevant data has already been entered. Obviously not every state has data, but most do.

    This should be trivial, at least for Margin, but the inability to sort by margin has been annoying me for a week now. LoganStokols (talk) 19:23, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Israel–Hamas war

    Hello,

    In this article, the following section is problematic.

    "On 9 or 10 October, Hamas offered to release all civilian hostages held in Gaza if Israel would call off its planned invasion of the Gaza Strip, but the Israeli government rejected the offer.[242]"

    It needs to be taken out completely.

    The original article is based on an interview in Times of Israel newspaper. In the interview, the interviewee mentions this as a side comment:

    “We later found out that Hamas had offered on October 9 or 10 to release all the civilian hostages in exchange for the IDF not entering the Strip, but the government rejected the offer.”

    There is no mention of how they found out, and this is pretty much the only "evidence" given in support of any offer from Hamas to release all civilian hostages. It is less than hearsay.

    Thank you for listening.

    Ioana IoanaBlandiana (talk) 16:49, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    January 6 United States Capitol attack

    Add US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to Parties list Add US Marshal Service to Parties list Add Arlington County Police to Parties list Add US Park Police to Parties List 

    Nhryan122 (talk) 05:32, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    2024 United States presidential election

    Change 'Trump achieved a decisive victory in the electoral college' to 'Trump won the electoral college.'

    I know reliable sources are using the word "decisive," but it feels a little too editorializing for the tone of Wikipedia. 2600:1700:46B0:D50:3074:103:DAF0:F89F (talk) 16:31, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    2024 United States presidential election

    I want it to be added somewhere that Kamala Harris, despite her loss, received about 74.5 million votes, surpassing Trump's vote count in 2020. She also received almost 10 million more votes than Hillary Clinton did in 2016, and received the 3rd highest vote count of any nominee in history, and the most for any woman in American political history. Nate12346 (talk) 21:18, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Could you provide source(s) please? Lectonar (talk) 08:17, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Gaza genocide

    The article references a Brookings poll[1] in its body under: Academic and legal discourse->Middle Eastern studies. The lead appears to misrepresent the information presented in the body.

    In the lead, please change:

    −
    A majority of mostly US-based Middle East scholars believe Israel's actions in Gaza were intended to make it uninhabitable for Palestinians, and 75% of them say Israel's actions in Gaza constitute either genocide or "major war crimes akin to genocide".
    		+
    According to a recent Middle East Scholar Barometer poll of 758 mostly US-based Middle East scholars, a majority of those respondents believe Israel's actions in Gaza were intended to make it uninhabitable for Palestinians, and 75% of them say Israel's actions in Gaza constitute either genocide or "major war crimes akin to genocide".

    The wording found in the article body: "A Brookings 23 May to 6 June 2024 survey asked 758 Middle East scholars and experts who study the issue, most in the United States: "How would you define Israel's current military actions in Gaza?" The responses were: "major war crimes akin to genocide", 41%; "genocide", 34%; "major war crimes but not akin to genocide", 16%; "unjustified actions but not major war crimes", 4%; "justified actions under the right to self-defense", 4%; and "I don't know", 2%."

    One single poll is almost certainly undue for the lead of any article, but if it will stand, it should accurately reflect the source. Mikewem (talk) 21:27, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    References

    1. ^ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/gloom-about-the-day-after-the-gaza-war-pervasive-among-mideast-scholars/

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