Given that she is not an active politician nor is she even involved in the conflict, I think the fact that she has made political commentary on the conflict should not qualify her page as having the label for the Arab-Israel conflict. It is too broadly applied and should be kept only for those directly involved in foreign affairs, press within the countries in the conflict, and government actors. This affiliation is too blanket. If she gets the protection, then every journalist who writes about the conflict should also have the protection. [[User:Abs145|Abs145]] ([[User talk:Abs145|talk]]) 19:07, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
Given that she is not an active politician nor is she even involved in the conflict, I think the fact that she has made political commentary on the conflict should not qualify her page as having the label for the Arab-Israel conflict. It is too broadly applied and should be kept only for those directly involved in foreign affairs, press within the countries in the conflict, and government actors. This affiliation is too blanket. If she gets the protection, then every journalist who writes about the conflict should also have the protection. [[User:Abs145|Abs145]] ([[User talk:Abs145|talk]]) 19:07, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
:[[File:Pictogram voting oppose.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] ”’Declined”'<!– Template:RFPP#deny –> First off, you’re supposed to communicate with the protecting admin before making this request, and you have not done so. Secondly, we do not undo arbitration enforcement protections here, and Bari Weiss has inserted herself into the I-P debate sufficiently that I do not believe it was added erroneously. Loomer, Owens, and others have no bearing on Weiss. – [[User:Muboshgu|Muboshgu]] ([[User talk:Muboshgu#top|talk]]) 19:13, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
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Unprotection: I don’t there’s a need for full protection. Maybe ECP or semi would be more appropriate. —Matrix ping mewhen u reply (t? – c) 18:45, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Floquenbeam: – I’m confused why it’s full-protected too. Wouldn’t it be enough to semiprotect to prevent socks from editing the page? ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 19:04, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- It’s sort of explained in the note at the bottom of the talk. I think the intent was to avoid any type of goading of Hidden Tempo while their talk page/UTRS ban was in place. Given the many years that have passed since the talk page protection, it’s probably fine to lower it. As Floq is currently only dipping their toe into the Wikipedia pool from time to time these days, a quick response may not be forthcoming. — Ponyobons mots 20:04, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- @Anachronist:, feel free to do whatever you want. I doubt protection is needed, although I also doubt there’s any benefit to worrying about the protection of a long-dead talk page of a long-banned editor who has not had talk page access for 8 years. I’d venture a guess that, even now, anyone who actually wants to post to that talk page is probably up to no good… but whatever. Floquenbeam (talk) 18:49, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected, then. Thank you Ponyo and Floquenbeam for the replies. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 18:58, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Temporary unprotection to fix lint errors on the page. Pointed here from WP:RFPP/E. Tenshi! (Talk page) 19:54, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- Extended confirmed protected. That protection didn’t exist back then. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 19:00, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Temporary unprotection to fix lint errors on the page. Pointed here from WP:RFPP/E. Tenshi! (Talk page) 19:54, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- See instructions above. Please ask the owner of that archive, who is an administrator and can determine the need for protecting it. He has been recently active (but not for a month). Leave a message on the talk page, or contact by email, and wait. There are no deadlines here. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 19:05, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
Reason: I would like to add more things in which I think were amazing about her, so I would ask to be able to edit it. SasquatchV3 (talk) 15:35, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
Not done There is no such article. Ponyobons mots 16:05, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- The user might mean Jane Goodall, who indeed was amazing, and is currently in the news (because she just died). But I don’t think this is a good time to unprotect that article, especially not in order for brand new users to edit it. Bishonen | tålk 18:15, 3 October 2025 (UTC).
Reason: She is protected given (1) Arab-israel conflict and (2) BLP. But there are a number of pages that do not have protection, who meet both of these categories and have well-documented histories of vandalism including Laura Loomer, Candace Owens, Ryan Grim, Zehava Galon, etc.
Given that she is not an active politician nor is she even involved in the conflict, I think the fact that she has made political commentary on the conflict should not qualify her page as having the label for the Arab-Israel conflict. It is too broadly applied and should be kept only for those directly involved in foreign affairs, press within the countries in the conflict, and government actors. This affiliation is too blanket. If she gets the protection, then every journalist who writes about the conflict should also have the protection. Abs145 (talk) 19:07, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
Declined First off, you’re supposed to communicate with the protecting admin before making this request, and you have not done so. Secondly, we do not undo arbitration enforcement protections here, and Bari Weiss has inserted herself into the I-P debate sufficiently that I do not believe it was added erroneously. Loomer, Owens, and others have no bearing on Weiss. – Muboshgu (talk) 19:13, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
