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Requests for page protection
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This page is for requesting that a page, image or template be fully protected, semi-protected, move-protected or unprotected. Please read up on the protection policy. Full protection is used to stop edit warring between multiple users or to prevent vandalism to high-risk templates; semi-protection is usually used only to prevent IP and new user vandalism (see the rough guide to semi-protection); and move protection is used to stop pagemove revert wars.

After a page has been protected, the protection is listed in the page history and logs with a short description indicating why it was protected, and the article is listed on Special:Protectedpages. Further discussion should take place on the Talk page of the article. In the case of full protection due to edit warring, admins do not revert back to specific versions of the page, except to get rid of obvious vandalism.

Instructions

If you would like to request a page to be protected or unprotected, please follow the following steps:

  1. Add a level 4 header at the TOP of either the protection or unprotection list and place one of the templates from the table below within the header.
    (for example, for an article use: ===={{la|ARTICLE}}====)
  2. If you are requesting protection, place the type of request (full protection, semi-protection, or move protection) and a brief reason for your request below your header. If you are requesting unprotection, it is almost always a good idea to ask the protecting admin first before listing a page here.
  3. Please do not add arbitrary requests for a protection expiry time to your request, or request indefinite protection arbitrarily.
    • If there is a reason for a page to be protected for a certain amount of time, such as protecting a usertalk page until the user is unblocked, please make this clear.
    • If you are requesting indefinite semi-protection, be aware that it is only applied to articles with endemic and endless vandalism problems which multiple increasing periods of temporary semi-protection have failed to stop.
    • Note that different expiry times can now be set for edit and move-protections, so an article can, for example, be semi-edit-protected for a week and full-move-protected indefinitely.
  4. Sign your request with four tildes ~~~~ and save.
  • Note that this is not a venue for continuing an argument from elsewhere. If a request contains excessive arguing, is being used for edit-warring or content disputes, contains personal attacks or uncivil comments, or any other unrelated discussion, it will be removed from this page.
Namespace To request page protection / unprotection To request talk page protection / unprotection
Generic {{ln|NAMESPACE|PAGE NAME}} {{lnt|NAMESPACE|PAGE NAME}}
Article {{la|ARTICLE}} {{lat|ARTICLE}}
Template {{lt|TEMPLATE}} {{ltt|TEMPLATE}}
Wikipedia {{lw|PAGE}} {{lwt|PAGE}}
User {{lu|PAGE}} {{lut|PAGE}}
Category {{lc|CATEGORY}} {{lct|CATEGORY}}
Image {{li|IMAGE}} {{lit|IMAGE}}
Portal {{lp|PORTAL}} {{lpt|PORTAL}}
MediaWiki cannot be unprotected {{lmt|MESSAGE}}
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Example
===={{la|Intentionally permanent red link}}====
'''semi-protect'''. High level of IP vandalism. ~~~~

Contents

Administrator instructions


Current requests for protection

Place requests for either semi-protection, full protection, move protection, or create protection at the TOP of this section. Check here if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

Domestic sheep (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

semi protection, preferably long term. FA-class article with no substantial work being done on it and a regular flow of IP vandalism in the recent past. Steven Walling (talk) 02:39, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Jesse McCartney (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Excessive and often malicious vandalism..Synchronism (talk) 02:26, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Football365 (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

temporary semi-protection , Suggest 1 week. Spamming f365nws.com - should perhaps investigate those accounts and/or blacklisting as well.. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 00:32, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Bakugan Battle Brawlers (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protect. An earlier request was denied because no one was reverting the vandalism on the article. However, since I've been keeping an eye on the article for the last couple of days, it has received a high amount of vandalism from IP accounts. --Farix (Talk) 00:14, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks. After 2 weeks the page will be automatically unprotected.AKRadeckiSpeaketh 00:23, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Rectal prolapse (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, This page is being continually vandalized .TheUnfortunate (talk) 21:39, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Declined – There is not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection at this time. If there's significantly more disruptive activity in the future, consider relisting. SoWhy 21:50, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Cssiitcic/Archive 1 (|user page|history|links|watch|logs)

indefinite full protection , Nobody should edit my archives. They are archives. if they want to talk to me, tey can do so on my regular talk page..Cssiitcic (talk) 20:57, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Declined, userpages are only protected if they are subject to vandalism, see WP:SEMI. Regards SoWhy 21:46, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Cssiitcic (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

indefinite semi-protection , I want to protect my userpage from unregistered vandals..Cssiitcic (talk) 20:54, 21 November 2008

Declined, userpages are only protected if they are subject to vandalism, see WP:SEMI. Regards SoWhy 21:46, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Smallville (season 8) (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protect - IP address have been editing the page continually since last night, adding unsourced airdates to future episodes. Some are citing a trailer for the upcoming episode (which only aired on select broadcasts), but, given that the episode won't air to sometime in 2009, and that the studio has not released any real official statement regarding when the next episode will air, I have tried to explain that citing a trailer is not reliable.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 19:48, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks. After 2 weeks the page will be automatically unprotected. AKRadeckiSpeaketh 00:25, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Julie Bindel (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

semi-protect. IP address edits repeatedly removing information - may be the subject of the item itself trying to suppress information. Zoeoconnell (talk) 19:45, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Declined – There is not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection at this time. If there's significantly more disruptive activity in the future, consider relisting. SoWhy 21:41, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Just for future reference, do you have any guidelines on how much and how recent disruptive edits have to be to warrant semi-protection? (Don't want to relist here if it occurs again and it hasn't gotten bad enough yet) Thanks. Zoe O'Connell ⚢⚧ (talk) 21:56, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Usually it needs a.) a long-term disruption for weeks and months or b.) a short-term surge of disruption, in both cases more vandalism/disruption than in this case (see this article's history for an example where semi-protection was necessary). I suggest you review the protection policy and consider warning and/or requesting a block for those users who disrupt the article. Regards SoWhy 22:20, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Current requests for unprotection

Shortcuts:
WP:RFUP
WP:RFPU
WP:RUP

If you simply want to make spelling corrections or add information to a protected page that is not disputed, and you are not involved in any disputes there, consider simply adding {{Editprotected}} to the article's talk page, along with an explanation of what you want to add to the page. See the list of current {{Editprotected}} requests.

If you do want a page that exists unprotected, please try to ask the protecting admin first before making a request here.

Check here if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

Hockerill Anglo-European College (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

unprotection , It appears that the arguement that caused this article to be protected has ended and thus protection is no longer needed. If it is decided to remove protection i will watch over the article as i have a personal interest in that i actualy went to this school .Kirachinmoku (talk) 18:20, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Declined, protection is quite recent and as it was protected for vandalism, of course it ended, that's why it was protected for. I suggest you ask the protecting admin, Shell Kinney (talk · contribs), to elaborate on why they chose to infinitely protect it and/or request unprotection. Regards SoWhy 21:35, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Fritzl case (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Unprotect. No sign that article is unstable and/or is receiving any vandalism. No vandalism over the past 5 months almost. Piebald Avarice (talk) 18:00, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected. Well, yeah, of course. That's because it was protected ;-) But let's see if it cooled down by now. SoWhy 21:29, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Current requests for edits to a protected page

When making requests here, either:

Note: Unless the talk page itself is protected, you may instead add {{Editprotected}}, {{Editsemiprotected}} or {{Request edit}} to the article's talk page if you would like an inconsequential change rather than requesting it here, though most of these should simply wait for unprotection.

See also:

Template:Upgrading needed (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Categorization needs to be moved to inside the noinclude tags. Thanks! Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 18:46, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Done, by Nehrams2020. لennavecia 19:52, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Template:Film (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

As per talk page, to add support for a new task force. Thanks! Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 18:21, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Done لennavecia 20:06, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Fulfilled/denied requests

Parkview Baptist High School (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, multiple anon IP edits over the past 8 weeks including one that was not noticed (had "pedobear" as the mascot").VoxLuna (talk) 18:49, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Declined – There is not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection at this time. If there's significantly more disruptive activity in the future, consider relisting. seicer | talk | contribs 19:31, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

GU Comics (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

semi-protect. IP vandalism beginning in August. 70.55.180.162 (talk) 18:20, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks. After 2 weeks the page will be automatically unprotected. seicer | talk | contribs 19:29, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


Battle of Marion (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

temporary semi protection Vandalism, Annoying IP vandalism..edMarkViolinistDrop me a line 17:13, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

I meant to semi-protect. Take a look at the 17 and 18 of November. edMarkViolinistDrop me a line 17:19, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Declined. The 138 IP has been blocked, and aside from that, the most recent vandalism was several days ago. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 17:26, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


Bella Swan (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

semi-protection: constant IP (or un-autoconfirmed) vandalism. Andrea (talk) 16:45, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of two weeks. After two weeks the page will be automatically unprotected. لennavecia 17:06, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Michael Jackson (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Full protection needed quite urgently: Huge edit war developing on this featured article. There is currently a court case going on and The Sun tabloid has spread a rumour that Jackson has converted to Islam (this is all linked to the court case). The rest of the media are reporting the Sun's story and editors are changing the whole article to say that Jackson is now Muslim. The article needs protecting until this latest rubbish dies down. — Realist2 16:37, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Declined Warned user. Claim not confirmed in reliable sources, only reporting the claim. لennavecia 16:58, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Unpopular Opinion/Archive5 (|user page|history|links|watch|logs)

indefinite full protection , Archive should not be edited by anyone..--Unpopular Opinion (talk · contribs) 15:50, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Fully protected for a period of forever. After forever the page will be automatically unprotected. Ioeth (talk contribs friendly) 16:16, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Cheetah (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

semi-protect. High level of vandalism within the past week or so. Ashbey (talk) 15:35, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of one month. After one month the page will be automatically unprotected. لennavecia 17:02, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


User talk:Curps (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Unprotection. I couldn't figure out why this page is protected, and I just want to leave the guy a message. --Zvika (talk) 06:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Declined. Umm...why? The user left the project more than 2 1/2 years ago and has not edited since. I am quite sure there was a good reason for protection and I do not see why you want to leave a message to someone who will surely never read it. SoWhy 09:12, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Probably had to do with the article deletion notifications that were posted today. لennavecia 14:55, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
Check your calendar, Jennavecia. ;-) - auburnpilot talk 15:16, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
O, look at that... it's November. >_> لennavecia 17:08, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


September 11 attacks (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

indefinite full protection Vandalism, Semi-protection only stops un-registered users from vandalising this page. As this page has a high risk of vandalism i would recommend that it be fully protected..Kirachinmoku (talk) 14:16, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Declined There is not enough recent activity to justify protection at this time. - auburnpilot talk 14:35, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Barbie (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: various time-wasting IP edits. --♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 14:00, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month. After 1 month the page will be automatically unprotected. - auburnpilot talk 14:37, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


Tyra Banks (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: Various unconstructive edits have been made to the article again as of late. -- Luke4545 (talk) 12:38, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Declined – There is not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection at this time. If there's significantly more disruptive activity in the future, consider relisting. SoWhy 13:48, 21 November 2008 (UTC)


Newton's laws of motion (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection. This page has been vandalized at such a high rate that there have been 16 vandalism reverts in the past 3 days. Anytime this page is not protected, vandalism persists at about this same rate. MarcusMaximus (talk) 05:40, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 months. After 3 months the page will be automatically unprotected. SoWhy 09:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Post-credits scene in movies (|article|history|links|watch|logs)

Creation protection. Article in question doesn't exist. Its talk page is being used by 71.190.26.165 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) to store a list of films with post-credits scenes since he cannot create the actual article and countless previous attempts to put the list in the main article have failed. I've already speedied it so it should be deleted soon, but this is the third or fourth time he's recreated it. — Trust not the Penguin (T | C) 05:39, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected SoWhy 09:03, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Beano (|user page|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection Page is often a target of random IPs. Page isn't being vandalised constantly, but is being vandalised often. HalfShadow 05:18, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days. After 3 days the page will be automatically unprotected. User may request longer or indef protection himself. SoWhy 09:08, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection due to Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University being repeatedly and inappropriately cut-and-pasted to this redirect page by User:Wonton2ton and a range of similar IPs, presumably belonging to the user. --Paul_012 (talk) 04:47, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Declined – There is not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection at this time. If there's significantly more disruptive activity in the future, consider relisting. Not really often. You can rather warn the IP(s) and report them to WP:ANI for a range-block if they continue. SoWhy 09:07, 21 November 2008 (UTC)