User talk:Callanecc

History of Vietnam again

As I warned you above, this article is classified as an important article and it is also sensitive so it is very vulnerable to vandalism (history has proven). This article has recently continued to be heavily vandalized by not only a sockpuppet account of Phạm Văn Rạng (talk · contribs) but also a sockpuppet account of Sotavino (talk · contribs) (another banned account). I understand Wikipedia's policy is to prioritize ease and openness in editing, however ease and openness with this article only brings negativity and chaos to it rather than contribution. We need to be tough to defend this article. Currently the article is protected at 30/500 until 25 May 2026, however I think we should increase the protection to permanent like the article History of India. 2401:D800:DA1:59EE:2816:2286:31C0:E383 (talk) 00:42, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

Hi, we tend to be hesitant to idenfinitely protect articles at levels higher than semiprotection due to the number of people it effectively prevents from being able to edit it. History of India, for example, is only indefinitely semiprotected. This is especially the case when it's primarily due to sockpuppetry rather than being random but continuous vandalism. It's got a year of ECP on it so let's see what happens after that especially since it isn't technically possible to indefinitely semiprotect it now as that would remove the higher level of protection. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 01:20, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

I see. Sorry, I was wrong about the protection level for the article History of India! In my opinion, when the protection term for the article History of Vietnam expires (although there is still nearly a year left), this article needs to be semi-protected indefinitely. Thanks for getting back to me! 2401:D800:7E06:A62:9C1E:D84:55D:8983 (talk) 13:05, 29 May 2025 (UTC)

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Hi

hi I was try to get access to ACC but it keep displaying "Form token is not valid, please reload and try again" I was wondering if you could help. Destinyokhiria 💬 17:26, 6 July 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Destinyokhiria: You're best asking that question at WT:ACC. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 08:18, 10 July 2025 (UTC)

Thanks Destinyokhiria 💬 21:15, 11 July 2025 (UTC)

TBAN appeal

Kind regards. I wanted to notify that I started an appeal on my current TBAN: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Latin American politics TBAN appeal. I don't want to ping editors inappropriately, but I can imagine is courtesy to notify the closing admin and I also linked directly one of your comments last year:[1] Please let me know if you believe that there should be other notifications or if I can make any improvements about the appeal. Best wishes, NoonIcarus (talk) 21:37, 12 July 2025 (UTC)

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