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Teen Titans Go! (TV series)

Requesting protection of Teen Titans Go! (TV series) due to persistent blanking and vandalism from temporary accounts. ⬅️ Left page (discuss) 19:20, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

I protected it to allow only autoconfirmed users for one month. Is that adequate? IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 22:39, 16 November 2025 (UTC)

user:JayAndrewBoy edit warring at The Amazing Digital Circus

This user has repeatedly been adding unnecessary content to this page (1). The first edit, changing the description to be more informative, is reasonable; but the second edit is just adding pointless non-quote details to the dialogue that are not necessary to understand what is going on; and the third is a new quote that consists of some of the least interesting lines imaginable accompanied by mountains of plot summary. A quote should be interesting, insightful or funny with minimal context; describing a nearly dialogue-free scene in excruciating detail is the opposite of that. Dronebogus (talk) 14:16, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

I see your concerns about JayAndrewBoy's edits, but you should also be aware that you have been involved in edit warring. Repeatedly adding, removing, or reverting content back and forth is disruptive and goes against Wikiquote guidelines. If you have disagreements, use the talk page to discuss changes and reach consensus instead of undoing each other’s work. Continued back-and-forth editing may result in blocks for all involved. Saroj (talk) 14:44, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

They were here just a couple months ago for the exact same reason. User:Koavf also blocked them because of it. I think they just need to be blocked from this page since they insist on making these edits that clearly are not improvements, unless they’ve been disruptive elsewhere. Dronebogus (talk) 15:16, 24 November 2025 (UTC)

@Saroj: do you support a block? I don't want to intervene without consultation since you've already been in this thread. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:05, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Since you handled this before, I'm fine leaving the decision about a block to you. Saroj (talk) 14:16, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

Talk:The_Amazing_Digital_Circus#Edit_warring —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 14:58, 25 November 2025 (UTC)