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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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    Reason: Persistent addition of unsourced content. Waxworker (talk) 14:57, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – BLP vandalism related to https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indonesia-fufufafa-social-media-gibran-rakabuming-raka-prabowo-subianto-4615471 . Skywatcher68 (talk) 15:19, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. And CTOPS notice left on talk. Daniel Case (talk) 20:58, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Resumed dynamic IP same disruption. Geraldo Perez (talk) 15:39, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:01, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Immediate resumption after last protect expired. Geraldo Perez (talk) 15:54, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:04, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Reason: I requested this page protection request August 30th 19:59 US Eastern on the subject's talk page and was told that they do not protect pages unless there is a high level of vandalism or disruptive activity. I've been carefully following this page's edits for the past twenty days and there has been a high level of disruptive editing. I strongly advise Wikipedia moderators and admins to discuss protecting this page. Butterscotch5 (talk) 17:08, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I think you mean September 11 attacks, because the redirect you listed has only been edited 3 times. Babysharkboss2!! (No Life 'Til Leather) 17:59, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Seems obvious. Request changed accordingly. Favonian (talk) 18:09, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Green tickY Babysharkboss2!! (No Life 'Til Leather) 18:18, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Declined – No changes to the current protection level are required at this point in time. Article already semi-protected, and the troublesome editor appears to have stopped. Favonian (talk) 18:13, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If disruption continues, the page will need to be indefinitely extended protected 2600:100C:B03C:515:3C46:EFEF:33F9:22BA (talk) 21:18, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – large edits happening, which is not easy to verify. Aadirulez8 (talk) 19:38, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. You could just revert them first. It's not your responsibility to find sources for others' edits, although it is certainly very kind of you to do it. Daniel Case (talk) 21:06, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Reason: Persistant ongoing WP:BLP violations directly in the lede; the lede is repeatedly modified to not say what the sources actually say. -- Very Polite Person (talk) 19:43, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations. AntiDionysius (talk) 21:05, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of three days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:10, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Persistent unreferenced changing of the name of the composer and lyricist. I googled the name and it had no results linked to Hillsong. Atlantic306 (talk) 21:08, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of three days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:11, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Reason: Long-term IP and SPA vandalism. Skitash (talk) 21:10, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Some of those involved, especially recently, are autoconfirmed. Do you want extended-confirmed protection? Daniel Case (talk) 21:14, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    That would be great, but it appears that an administrator has already implemented full protection. Skitash (talk) 21:18, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – A target for constant vandalism. Tinton5 (talk) 21:15, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    The past 12 edits were from IPs 2600:100C:B03C:515:3C46:EFEF:33F9:22BA (talk) 21:23, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There were a lot of deletions and protections. Just look at the log 2600:100C:B03C:515:3C46:EFEF:33F9:22BA (talk) 21:50, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Reason: Very important article to biology, specifically taxonomy. It may have vandalism. Interested inTaxonomy (talk) 21:36, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Page is already protected three months ago and will expire on December 23. This page should have been semi-protected indefinitely, not temporarily 2600:100C:B03C:515:3C46:EFEF:33F9:22BA (talk) 21:38, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Reason: Consistent editing by an IP user to change table averages to use mid-range values despite most users using arithmetic mean, and talk page discussion to build consensus around this. This occurs several times a day (15 in the previous 24 hours).

    There has also been some recent vandalism. 103.8.18.128 (talk) 21:39, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Please enforce WP:CT/AP. IanDBeacon (talk) 21:39, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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    Reason: I hope it can be pointed out on the discussion page that the explosive devices were not limited to Gold Apollo; devices from the well-known Japanese company Icom Incorporated also exploded. 58.152.168.150 (talk) 16:40, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Source? —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 18:42, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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    Change the "mainly Hezbollah members" note on the casualties to "mainly civilians" as a large swath of Hezbollah casualties were apart of their political wing and considered civilians under international law, as well as ensuring the hundreds of medical staff who use pagers and were injured are not ignored. By simply stating that the majority of casualties were apart of Hezbollah, is suggests that the majority of casualties were non-civilian, which is inherently incorrect as stated above. It is imperative that this fact be clarified to prevent misinformation and further demonization of Lebanon.

    Furthermore, it must be stated clearly and constantly that not only were the vast majority of the victims civilians, but that such an attack is, by definition and intent, a terror attack on Lebanon by israel (as israel has now confirmed they were behind it and had been planning it for an unspecified length of time). The severity of the attack in the context of international law must also be stated clearly as this is a clear violation of the Geneva Convention and general international law that protects civilians from attack and prohibits the use of terrorism a a legitimate manner of warfare.

    For evidence to the above claims, see https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/9/18/israels-war-on-gaza-live-thousands-injured-in-lebanon-pager-explosions in which multiple quotes from israel, Hezbollah, the Lebanese Health Ministry, the UN, and various other third-parties with weight on the issue can be found and used to validate the above claims. Against the Empire (talk) 05:04, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    • "Mainly Hezbollah members" should be changed to "mainly civilians"
    I am not aware of a single reliable source that has confirmed that most of the casualties were civilian. This is also something that I doubt will come to light very quickly, since Hezbollah generally does not like publishing lists of their soldiers, so discerning who is and isn't a soldier is extremely difficult. Hezbollah themselves claiming that "most casualties were civilian" is not evidence, as Hezbollah is not a reliable source on this matter, since they are known to regularly lie for propaganda purposes.
    And suppose that we did have a reliable source claim that most casualties were civilian. This would still not change the fact that most reliable source primarily describe the casualties as "mainly Hezbollah members" and only talk about civilians second. The article must reflect the style of reliable formats, so it cannot assign more importance to their civilian status than their Hezbollah membership unless reliable sources also do so.
    • Medical staff should not be ignored
    They are not ignored. Such information is mentioned under the "Casualties" section. Admittedly, this section could be expanded, and it probably will be with time.
    • Calling casualties mainly Hezbollah members suggests they are not civilians
    No it doesn't. The interested reader is free to visit the Hezbollah article and read about their organization. It is not Wikipedia's job to correct every single possible misunderstanding that a reader might have at every possible moment.
    • This demonizes Lebanon
    No it doesn't. There is no reason that the article's failure to clarify the exact makeup of the casualties should lead readers to conclude that Hezbollah is evil. And even if it does, this won't lead to the demonization of Lebanon, but that of Hezbollah.
    And besides, it's not Wikipedia's job to prevent demonization. And even if it were, the change you suggest would lead to much more demonization of Israel than it would prevent demonization of Hezbollah, so the net change would be more demonization in the world.
    • It must be stated clearly and constantly...
    No it shouldn't. That would be annoying to read.
    • Israel has now confirmed they were behind it
    Where did you read this? It's news to me. You should really cite a source here, it would make a great addition to the article.
    Dieknon (talk) 14:45, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    (I did not put the talk page by mistake in the page title field, that was intentional)

    Add topic about the sentence "It is not clear if only Hezbollah members were carrying the pagers" in the third paragraph of the article, with the next paragraph as the body of the topic:

    The sentence "It is not clear if only Hezbollah members were carrying the pagers" appears to contradict other pieces of information in the article, specifically that two children died from the explosions. Hezbollah doesn't seem to have a history of using child soldiers in any capacity. The reported ages of the children who died seem to be around the range of 8-11, so I think it's safe to assume that the children who died were not members of Hezbollah. The size of the explosions wouldn't of been enough to kill someone without being in close proximity to it (its not like the pagers had a blast radius of several hundred meters), which implies that the children were either holding the pager or in close proximity to the pagers. Therefore, it can be assumed that non-Hezbollah members were carrying pagers. Granted, I doubt these children were carrying around a pager wherever they went, but they must've been relatively close to it in order to be killed by the pager (as in, holding or carrying the pager).

    The reason why I'm saying to add a topic to the talk page instead of just "remove this sentence from the article" is because it's debatable if it actually does contradict, and I'd prefer to get some consensus about it beforehand. I can't request an edit of the article on the talk page due to it being protected, so I can't just use the edit request to gauge consensus on this issue. This could also very well be considered WP:OR, I'm of the opinion that "the explosive that requires one to be close to it to hurt them implies that people who were hurt by it were close to it" would fall under WP:CALC, but I could see consensus going either way on this. AlexChillOut (talk) 09:43, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Source? —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 15:14, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Here is a source used two sentences later in the same article for the claim about the children who died: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7xnelvpepo
    Also, here is a source to show the range of the explosives, it can be seen in the video that they have a rather short range: https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/lebanon-pagers-attack-hezbollah/index.html
    That video is already uploaded to Wikipedia, and can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CCTV_video_of_pager_explosion_in_a_Beirut_market.webm
    The rest is mainly these two pieces of information put together, a pager killing a child implies the child was close enough to it to be injured; based on the range shown in the video, they were likely holding it. The source that is cited for the sentence I believe should be removed adds that it was not *immediately* clear, not that it's unclear now (https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/dozens-wounded-after-pagers-detonate-lebanon-officials-point-113754464) AlexChillOut (talk) 16:20, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I suggest the "death" part be changed to assassination Fredd the boy (talk) 21:37, 19 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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