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The protection page has been declined but the vandalism still occurs. The user hasn't left a comment on edit summary. If he had already added a reliable source for justification, I would like to ignore him. If you're a patroller, can you please oversee the two articles: Meles Zenawi and Hailemariam Desalegn? The Supermind ( talk)
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Hey Goodnightmush, hope you are well. Would it be possible to revoke talk page access for 79.253.118.20 ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · filter log · WHOIS · RDNS · RBLs · http · block user · block log)? Looks like they are abusing their access privileges. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:30, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
The protection page has been declined but the vandalism still occurs. The user hasn't left a comment on edit summary. If he had already added a reliable source for justification, I would like to ignore him. If you're a patroller, can you please oversee the two articles: Meles Zenawi and Hailemariam Desalegn? The Supermind ( talk)
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I semi-protected Quentin Crisp for three months at the same time as you were declining the protection request. I will reverse my actions if you wish, or alternatively the protection can be lifted later if the talk page discussion is fruitful. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 16:01, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
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