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Slow motion vandalism by various IP editors[edit]

I'm noticing a significant uptick in the amount of vandalism committed to this article by IP editors, which I suspect to be either one person or a handful of editors with the same motive. These edits happen gradually, are carried out over a protracted period of time, and hastily re-implemented the moment the vandalism is removed. These edits amount to fan-fiction, since it consists of random events these editors think would be 'edgy' or funny - one of the most recent edits I had to revert entailed the bodies of crash victims being kidnapped by teenagers and thrown into a lake! This is starting to get ridiculous. BrayLockBoy (talk) 14:13, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

As of February 2023, it seems the same IP editors are coming out of the woodwork once again - the latest one actually reinserted the same hoax I mentioned above. Protecting the article managed to keep them out for awhile, but it seems that they’ve returned to resume their vandalism.--BrayLockBoy (talk) 14:01, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is the plot section even verifiable?[edit]

Ignoring for the moment the excessive level of detail in the 'plot' section, I have to ask how exactly any of this is supposed to be verifiable? The programme was broadcast twenty years ago, and as far as I can determine appears not now to be viewable via any legitimate source. AndyTheGrump (talk) 21:45, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@AndyTheGrump: I watched the program last night to see if the plot is correct, and it is correct and esentially well-written at present. But it is very long. The show is rather dense with information.—Alalch E. 10:59, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Regarding length, MOS:PLOT recommends 400-700 words for feature films, probably a good target for this too. It currently stands at 816 words, which would look less excessive in my opinion if there was more to the remainder of the article. In particular, the reception section could do with expanding. I'll see if I can find anything. AndyTheGrump (talk) 11:20, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

As a frequent editor of this page, I can see that it’s been protected for a year to get rid of the IP editors (who may well in fact just one person who’s hopping IPs, given the broadly similar editing patterns - add excessive, unmentioned detail about public transport, add unfunny remarks about dead bodies being thrown in lakes, claim people were arrested/jailed/fell in love, etc etc yada yada yada) that seem to be chronically infesting the plot section with vast fabricated additions, so that’s a good thing. Still, I have a hunch that when the protection expires, the same editor(s) will come out of the woodwork again and immediately start the editing pattern again.--BrayLockBoy (talk) 22:06, 25 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 18 April 2024[edit]

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Change Five Live to BBC Radio 5 Live please. 109.157.219.87 (talk) 20:57, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Links to redirects don't need to be changes. See WP:NOTBROKEN RudolfRed (talk) 00:15, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 29 April 2024 (2)[edit]

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Can you please unprotect The Day Britain Stopped because I like to edit that page. Bigboss19923 (talk) 16:11, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: requests for decreases to the page protection level should be directed to the protecting admin or to Wikipedia:Requests for page protection if the protecting admin is not active or has declined the request. Jamedeus (talk) 17:24, 29 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]