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African Women Academics

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I think this list is important but I also feel that it doesn't belong to the mainspace. Where should we move this without a redirect? MathXplore (talk) 22:11, 27 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

In addition, I think SheSaid 2024 Event: African Women Academics also needs a page move without a redirect. MathXplore (talk) 08:00, 28 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
 Y DoneJustin (koavf)TCM 09:25, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Special:Contribs/Hydrocity Zone Act 2

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Vandalism. Pinging @Lemonaka: Hide on Rosé (talk) 09:17, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

 Y DoneJustin (koavf)TCM 09:25, 29 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

تهاني_الهاشمي must be renamed in English

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But should we leave a redirect or not? Do we accept non-Romanized redirects? MathXplore (talk) 11:28, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

If this page were to stay, yes it should be renamed - but I have just nominated it for proposed deletion because this person does not appear to meet notability standards. ~ UDScott (talk) 14:45, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply
For what it's worth, I moved it to Thawrat Hawamida. It still seems delete-able to me. —Justin (koavf)TCM 14:51, 30 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Protection and block request

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I am requesting that the Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) be temporarily protected because it has been subject to strange edits such as this. I also would like to suggest a ban for the IP behind these edits in question; it was last blocked for a week for similar edits on the exact same page. 03isrflo62410 (talk) 01:13, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

The diff you linked is in principle either making a quotation accurate or adding inaccurate information and new information to a quotation. I don't have a copy of this film in front of me, so I'll assume good faith here that the diff is making an inaccurate quotation. That is a problem. Your edit summaries are inappropriate. You have pursued this at Wikiquote:Vandalism in progress where I asked you to provide diffs that actually constitute vandalism rather than just edits that you disagree with. This is maybe a little odd or needlessly detailed, but it is not like the other diff that is (ostensibly) making an inaccurate quotation. As I already wrote at Vandalism in progress, it's best to try to resolve this on the talk page. There has been one post to Talk:Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) and it was 14 years ago.
I appreciate that you want the page to be as good as it can be, but I'm not convinced that you're going about it the best way possible. I will defer to any other admin who wants to protect the page and that's a perfectly fine approach, but if it's just protected for x weeks, what do you think will be different later? Do you think this IP editor will change his mind? Just give up and stop editing? It would be best if you can collaborate to make the page better. —Justin (koavf)TCM 01:58, 2 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

This page is made as a subpage but there is no parent page. This page should be moved to A WISH TOO FAR! (NBC Original Airing, 04/09/2001) (subpage directory removed) without a redirect. MathXplore (talk) 07:25, 6 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

 Y Done deleted as a copyvio and if it's not a collection of quotations. —Justin (koavf)TCM 07:42, 7 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

User talk:2600:1700:5AED:1000:B8EE:9E2:B269:4F0A

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Hello, an IP editor seems to be protesting the block. Please have a look at their message. If this is not the acceptable way to use talk pages, then I think talk page access should be removed. MathXplore (talk) 05:25, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Lemonaka: as blocking admin. —Justin (koavf)TCM 05:33, 9 October 2024 (UTC)Reply
@KoavfReplied. -Lemonaka 03:19, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protection for Wikiquote:SheSaid

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I think adding semi-protection to prevent accidental edits, vandalism, etc. would be needed here since it is a highly visible project page. What do our admins think about this? MathXplore (talk) 13:48, 10 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Old Rockin' Chair Tom

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I am requesting temporary protection be applied to this page because it has subject to edits such as this. 03isrflo62410 (talk) 14:52, 11 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

 Y Done - reverted change and added temporary protection to the page. ~ UDScott (talk) 14:57, 11 October 2024 (UTC)Reply

Multiple pages deleted, user blocked short term

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I want to call others' attention to this post on my talk: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/User_talk:Koavf#c-Your_Friendly_Neighborhood_Sociologist-20241011223000-Koavf-20241011181200

In short, someone using en.wq as a mouthpiece for lo-level bigotry and attack pages. I'm posting for visibility and if anyone wants to review my judgement, I am happy to provide undeleted pages. —Justin (koavf)TCM 02:19, 12 October 2024 (UTC)Reply