I know we (Wikipedia) aren't much for bureaucracy, but the "correct" way to request an article be protected is to make an entry at WP:Requests for page protection. It usually gets a faster response than editing the talk page.
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Please do not add or change content, as you did at Dimitri Payet, without citing a reliable source. Please review the guidelines at Wikipedia:Citing sources and take this opportunity to add references to the article. Thank you. Egghead06 (talk) 08:04, 16 February 2020 (UTC)