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=== [Topic name] ===
; Requested protection level
: [[WP:SEMI|Semi-protection]] / [[WP:ECP|Extended confirmed]] / [[WP:FULL|Full]] — ''choose one''
; Requested duration
: Indefinite / 1 year / 6 months / etc.
; Rationale
: Brief explanation of why these articles share a common protection need.
: Link to relevant diffs, ANI threads, ArbCom decisions, or edit-filter hits.
; Articles (From ~~~~)
: {{pagelinks|Article title 1}} — [[Special:Diff/000000000|diff]]
: {{pagelinks|Article title 2}} — [[Special:Diff/000000000|diff]]
: {{pagelinks|Article title 3}} — [[Special:Diff/000000000|diff]]
<!-- Add more articles as needed. Replace 000000000 with the actual diff ID if needed. -->
; Additional notes
: Any caveats, exceptions, or articles needing a different protection level.
~~~~

ArbCom Enforcement Template

=== Israeli–Palestinian conflict articles (example) ===
{| style="width:100%; border-left:5px solid #8b0000; background:#fff3f3; padding:6px; margin-bottom:8px;"
|-
| [[File:Scale of justice 2.svg|30px]] &nbsp; [[WP:ARBCOM|ArbCom]] Enforcement Request
|}
; Requested protection level
: [[WP:ECP|Extended confirmed protection]]
; Requested duration
: Indefinite
; Rationale
: Articles within the topic area are subject to indefinite ECP [[Wikipedia:Contentious_topics/Arab–Israeli_conflict#ECP_by_default]].
; Articles (From ~~~~)
: {{pagelinks|Gaza Strip}}
: {{pagelinks|West Bank}}
: {{pagelinks|Article Name Here}}
; Additional notes
: Not sure if [[Article Name Here]] is covered under [[WP:CT/AI]]
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Requested protection level: Extended confirmed protection

Requested duration: Indefinite

Rationale: Articles strictly within the topic area are subject to indefinite extended-confirmed protection by default.

From Sean.hoyland (talk) 14:51, 31 May 2026 (UTC):[reply]
- Template:2014 Gaza War (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 36)
- Template:Administration in the Palestine and Golan Heights regions (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 4)
- Template:Anti-Jewish attacks in Arab countries during the 1948 Palestine war and its aftermath (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 12)
- Template:Arab–Israeli diplomacy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 212)
- Template:Bik'at HaYarden Regional Council (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 22)
- Template:Campaignbox 1929 Palestine riots (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 8)
- Template:Campaignbox 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 13)
- Template:Campaignbox 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 6)
- Template:Campaignbox 1948 Palestine war (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 20)
- Template:Campaignbox 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 7)
- Template:Campaignbox Black September (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 6)
- Template:Campaignbox Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 15)
- Template:Campaignbox Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 16)
- Template:Campaignbox Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 67)
- Template:Campaignbox Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 18)
- Template:Campaignbox Sinai and Palestine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 69)
- Template:Casualties of the Gaza War (2008–2009) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 3)
- Template:Documents of Mandatory Palestine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 40)
- Template:Fatah (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 72)
- Template:Former Israeli settlements in the Sinai (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 16)
- Template:Gaza Strip under Resolution 2803 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 14)
- Template:Gaza War (2008–2009) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 38)
- Template:Gaza occupation and blockade history (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 2)
- Template:Gush Etzion Regional Council (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 24)
- Template:Hamas (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 202)
- Template:Hamas leaders (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 11)
- Template:Har Hevron Regional Council (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 21)
- Template:Hezbollah secretaries-general (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 6)
- Template:Intercommunal conflict in Mandatory Palestine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 13)
- Template:Israeli occupations navbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 21)
- Template:Israeli operations in the 1948 war (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 54)
- Template:Jewish exodus from the Muslim world (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 46)
- Template:Jewish villages depopulated during the 1929 Palestine riots (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 9)
- Template:Jewish villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 27)
- Template:Judea and Samaria Area (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 33)
- Template:Mandatory Palestine topics (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 30)
- Template:Mateh Binyamin Regional Council (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 52)
- Template:Megilot Regional Council (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 7)
- Template:Nakba (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 54)
- Template:Nakbaend (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 34)
- Template:New Historians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 27)
- Template:October 7 attacks (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 29)
- Template:Palestinian Arab villages depopulated during the 1948 Palestinian exodus (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 457)
- Template:Palestinian militancy attacks in the 1950s (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 6)
- Template:Palestinian territory development (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 3)
- Template:Palestinians (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 59)
- Template:Politics of Palestine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 61)
- Template:Pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 40)
- Template:Qatari connection affair (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 5)
- Template:Quartet on the Middle East (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 15)
- Template:Shayetet 13 boardings (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 11)
- Template:Shomron Regional Council (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 46)
- Template:West Bank sidebar (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 15)
- Template:Yasser Arafat series (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 5)
- Template:Zionism and the Land of Israel (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) (transclusion count: 17)

Additional notes

Unprotected topic area templates that qualify for ECP by default. 55 templates, all strictly within the topic area according to the talk page templates (i.e. without relatedcontent=yes or section=yes).

n.b. @Sean.hoyland: a couple of these were already evaluated here. Staraction (talk · contribs) 15:18, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I see. Thanks. I was not aware that declining ECP for pages strictly within the topic area was an option. Perhaps I should reread the rules. Sean.hoyland (talk) 15:32, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Staraction, "All articles whose topic is strictly within the Arab-Israeli conflict topic area shall be extended confirmed protected by default, without requiring prior disruption on the article." - Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel_articles_5#Final_decision. I see the article vs template constraint now. If template protection depends on recent disruption levels, I think it might be more cost effective to crowdsource requests for protection on a case-by-case basis when needed rather than ask an admin to look through them all. Maybe it's better to remove the request. What do you think? Sean.hoyland (talk) 15:55, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
That sounds reasonable to me. As our content grows it might be a good idea to check in once in a while on these templates. Best, Staraction (talk · contribs) 15:58, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not going to overrule another admin, but I don't see why templates shouldn't be preemptively protected following the same logic as articles. * Pppery * _{in solidarity} 16:01, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Pinging @Toadspike here as well since we're discussing one of your actions. I'm fine with the templates either being protected or not, since I can see the reasoning on both ends. Best, Staraction (talk · contribs) 16:10, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Neither do I. It seems better to let the machines prevent ECR violations rather than rely on humans to handle them. And our ECR violation reverting department has had some staff reductions in recent years. But I guess including templates would be scope creep strictly speaking without an amendment to the rule. Sean.hoyland (talk) 16:20, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the ping. Per the quote Sean provided above, the ArbCom-mandated preemptive EC protection appears to apply to articles only. I evaluated the previous requests following the default logic for protecting of templates, while considering ECR violations the same way I would consider other disruptive edits. Templates, unlike other pages, can be protected preemptively if they are transcluded a lot (WP:HRT). I don't claim that my approach was entirely scientific or correct, but I didn't want to overstep my purview as an admin or perform protections I couldn't justify and didn't feel were necessary. Another admin (e.g. @Pppery) is welcome to protect any templates I declined to protect or increase the protection level on any templates I protected if they can justify those actions (presumably using point C of WP:ARBECR); I would not consider that wheel-warring. Toadspike [Talk] 17:58, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
My justification for the action is explained at Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection/Archive/2026/04#c-Pppery-20260430211500-Rsjaffe-20260430211300 (TLDR: I feel a topic-wide ECR by itself authorizes preemptive protection). Although I used the word "article" there I don't see templates as any different. * Pppery * _{in solidarity} 18:11, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I've been denying preemptive ECP on templates due to the wording of the decision. However, when I look back at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Palestine-Israel articles 5/Proposed decision#ECP by default, the considerations behind that decision seem applicable to templates as well, so it almost looks like the scope of the decision was not as intended. However, I'm very hesitant to unilaterally reinterpret the rule. This might be one to send back to arbcom for a review and possible rewording. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 17:56, 31 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I've filed a clarification request at ARCA. Best, Staraction (talk · contribs) 18:52, 2 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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From Staraction (talk · contribs) 12:05, 1 June 2026 (UTC) - done by * Pppery * _{in solidarity} 05:03, 4 June 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Israeli occupation of Southern Lebanon (2026) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Shir LaShalom (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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