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VPN IP Block Exemption Request

Hello, I'm SoyokoAnis!

I'm requesting if I could be IP Block exempt for the Simple English Wikipedia. The location I'm at does not allow access to the Wi-Fi unless logged in or bypassed through a VPN for some reason. I believe I make edits that are in trust and do not intend to abuse.

(sent from iPhone, not quite sure where to spend it) SoyokoAnis - talk 15:39, 27 January 2026 (UTC)

@SoyokoAnis Done for 3 months. Please let me know if you require it further than that. I will extend it then. BRP ^ever 15:42, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Thank you so much! SoyokoAnis - talk 16:04, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Request for page protection

• Daisy Ridley (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Excessive vandalism Saroj (talk) 04:44, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

 Done for one month. Ternera (talk) 14:23, 28 January 2026 (UTC)

A protect request: Nigger

Hello! I request a protect to the article nigger. That article has many vandalism changes. Thank you! Julius 12345 (talk) 18:01, 29 January 2026 (UTC)

 Not done for now. We only protect articles if it is the only option left. There is quite a lot of vandalism on the page, but not to the stage we can't keep up with it yet. --Ferien (talk | join TBA!) 10:50, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

I count a total of 18 edits this year. And yes, given the subject matter it is clear that the page will attract some vandalism. Some time back I left a comment on the talk page about the quality and size of our article compared to enwp. I don't think much has been done. Eptalon (talk) 11:36, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Thanks. That is good comment. Julius 12345 (talk) 16:40, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for info. Julius 12345 (talk) 16:39, 30 January 2026 (UTC)

Page move request - Yashodharman%E2%80%8C

The page at Yashodharman‌ has some url-encoded characters at the end that shouldn't be there. Unfortunately, there's a page at Yashodharman - no encoded characters, created after and redirects to the bad page name. Need an admin to get this sorted out. Given the page at the "correct" name is a redirect with minimal history that's not relevant here, perhaps deleting that and just moving the page is all that's needed. Thanks. Ravensfire (talk) 16:20, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Indian Caste POV pushing

With the ECP restrictions at en wiki on editing Indian caste related articles being enforced pretty consistently and the demands there for actually NPOV and good historical sources, there's been some caste POV happening here of late. Would someone mind semi-protecting the pages Lunar dynasty and Rana (clan)? Both match what's on en wiki right now but the Rajput pushing has been fairly steady on them for over a month and it needs to stop. There's maybe a /24 range on the Rana clan article that could use a look, but honestly I think starting with semi-protection is enough for now. More eyes here would be helpful as well. Ravensfire (talk) 16:24, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Editor has now started with personal attacks in the talk page - . Some admin attention would be helpful here. Ravensfire (talk) 18:17, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

I've been following this at a distance because it comes up a lot in new changes. The edit war is rather out of control, and admin intervention is certainly needed. A broader discussion is needed about who is correct in the content dispute. Garsh (talk) 22:58, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

It does need to be had, and honestly probably over on en wiki more than here for the larger audience. The problem there, of course, is since the entire caste topic is so toxic that everything is now ECP by default and IP editors are allowed anymore in the topic area because of the caste-pushing nonsense like this. Raj-era sources? At least they didn't bring out w:James Tod. Ravensfire (talk) 14:21, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Can you point to where there is a consensus here that necessitates this redirecting? I'm not seeing any discussion that has occurred, just a declaration that we should match the English decision. I am going to fully protect this and encourage discussion to follow at the talk page. All users are warned that continued change wars will result in blocks. I have blocked a couple of the temporary accounts who were also vandalizing elsewhere on the project. CountryANDWestern (talk) 14:01, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

Unfortunately, the discussion from the pro-Rajput user on the Rana clan has been minimal at best and that's only in the past day or so. And to be exceptionally frank, as long as they keep lobbing personal attacks, there isn't anything to discuss. This is not a simple topic and is quite contentious with minimal participation from others. My response to use the EN decision is that it does have more active involvement from editors with a more substantial background in the topic than we have here. Ravensfire (talk) 14:14, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

A revision deletion is requested

Hello! I request that someone can delete this revision. This is inappropriate and not needed here. Thank you! Julius 12345 (talk) 14:44, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Page has deleted. Thanks. Julius 12345 (talk) 15:34, 3 February 2026 (UTC)

Minor change request in template

I am requesting a minor change in an admin-edit only template, the purpose of this is to make the template a bit better and grammatically correct. See this. Thanks. MisterDude2000 (talk) 01:56, 7 February 2026 (UTC)

 Done --Ferien (talk | join TBA!) 22:13, 7 February 2026 (UTC)