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Happy editing! Cheers, Doug Weller  talk 21:35, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

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Doug Weller talk 21:37, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Removal of protection
Hi, the correct page to request this is WP:RFPP. Black Kite (talk) 21:44, 15 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I told them to request at AE because they asked for unprotection of the article proper, not the talk page. —Jéské Couriano v^&lowbar;^v  Source assessment notes 21:47, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Jéské Couriano Yes, then they went to AE and asked for unprotected of the talk page ... oh well. Black Kite (talk) 21:55, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * For what it is worth, the talk page was protected after the article was due to a rash of sockpuppets/meatpuppets in September, and a sockpuppet was caught and 86'd on that page just last month. As to what's going on, they appear to want to bring up two sources on the talk page, so I'm thinking the initial unprot request for the article was a (very understandable) mistake. —Jéské Couriano v^&lowbar;^v  Source assessment notes 21:59, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * @Black Kite@Jéské Couriano if you haven’t noticed, this is another sock. But you probably know. Doug Weller  talk 19:48, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
 * (not matching your pings exactly, but Special:Diff/1195968802) ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:20, 19 January 2024 (UTC)