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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Sdrqaz (talk | contribs) at 02:59, 18 May 2024 (Unprotected one, commented on one, converted eleven, shortened one). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level

Draft:Lifespan Integration

Reason: Full creation protection seems unjustified. The corresponding mainspace page is unprotected and no one has recreated it. I personally do not intend to create an article on this topic but in case an autoconfirmed editor does, it would be reasonable to drop the SALT level to semi to match mainspace. Protecting admin has been desysoped so I brought it here directly. Nickps (talk) 11:54, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nickps: The SALT does seem justifiable, given three speedy deletions. I do agree with you that full-protection is unnecessary for it, however. Semi-protection would seem to me to be too low; maybe XCP? —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 15:44, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Even that sounds wrong to me to be honest. Protecting the draft but not the mainspace article is a weird thing to do. It's essentially directing any spam to mainspace. Since there has been no such spam all this time, I'd argue that the protection has outlived its purpose. But, lowering the protection would still be a positive in any case so I won't get too hung up on the level. Do XCP if you think it's right. Nickps (talk) 16:15, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't look like there's been any attempt to re-create the mainspace page after the AfD (which, I should note, post-dates the most recent draft deletion). —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 16:33, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Meh This is one of those cases who pop up from time to time where I am always on the fence. Yes, the page shouldn't be protected anymore (or only at lower level); on the other hand there is no expressed need to create a page under said draft. Lectonar (talk) 07:17, 16 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Unprotected. Given that there is no consensus that continued protection is necessary and we have a request in front of us to unprotect, it seems unduly bureaucratic to wait for someone to take interest in the topic. Sdrqaz (talk) 02:58, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

january 20

The article is simultaneously semi-protected as well as pending protected, both with indefinite deadlines. I thought there should be only one type of edit-protection, if not one indefinite and the other time-based like the page kate Ryan.102.159.242.79 (talk) 20:43, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 20:43, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Regarding Kate Ryan, I have removed the semi-protection as that was what was intended.
    @Deb: Would you be open to removing the semi-protection here and seeing how it fares under pending-changes? It has been five-and-a-half years since your protection. Sdrqaz (talk) 02:58, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

All Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards ceremonies articles between 2005 and 2018

Reason: Those pages have been protected by a user who is no longer active for the past 3 years. My question is, is the indefinite protection still necessary for the time being? I can already see that 2007 and 2012 editions have had their protection settings revoked. Furthermore, I checked the page logs of later ceremonial events and realized that they were protected at least once, except for the current year's page which is presently a redirect.102.159.242.79 (talk) 21:30, 17 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pending-changes protected for a period of 1 year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Removed the semi-protection as a trial (except from the 2018 edition, which was already unprotected but had indefinite pending-changes). Edits like Special:Diff/1214855715 and Special:Diff/1222933930 on similar pages make me think that the chance of a return to disruption is pretty possible, but not enough to keep it under semi-protection indefinitely. This seems like the most painless way forward: the pending-changes will expire on their own if there are no issues; if there are issues, it can be done indefinitely. Sdrqaz (talk) 02:58, 18 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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