Wikipedia:Requests for page protection

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Welcome—request protection of a page, file, or template here.

Before requesting, read the protection policy. Full protection is used to stop edit warring between multiple users or to prevent vandalism to high-risk templates; semi-protection and pending changes are usually used to prevent IP and new user vandalism (see the rough guide to semi-protection); and move protection is used to stop pagemove revert wars. Extended confirmed protection is used where semi-protection has proved insufficient (see the rough guide to extended confirmed protection) After a page has been protected, it is listed in the page history and logs with a short rationale, and the article is listed on Special:Protectedpages. In the case of full protection due to edit warring, admins should not revert to specific versions of the page, except to get rid of obvious vandalism. Request protection of a page, or increasing the protection level Request protection Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level Request unprotection Request a specific edit to a protected page Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here Request edit

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Current requests for protection

Place requests for new or upgrading pending changes, semi-protection, full protection, move protection, create protection, template editor protection, or upload protection at the BOTTOM of this section. Check the archive of fulfilled and denied requests or, failing that, the page history if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

Solomon Trujillo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

permanent semi-protection False and defamatory language has repeatedly been posted by an anonymous IP user at 119.11.111.17. Request permanent semi-protection.

Joseph Hooker (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

temporary semi-protection Because of the inherent juvenile attraction to the last name, this page sees lots of vandalism. Past month has seen an increase, last day or two was pretty heavy vandalism. Request semi-protection for a week or two, maybe we can discourage the current vandal movement, and I'll keep a close eye on after the protection expires. Tanthalas39 (talk) 23:03, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 23:11, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Hatnote‎ (edit | [[Talk:Wikipedia:Hatnote‎|talk]] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Full protect Edit war. Please keep it protected until consensus is reached on talk. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 22:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Toronto Maple Leafs (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, vandalism since unprotection.Johnny Au (talk) 21:47, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected Jmlk17 21:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

New Force (Italy) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Full protect Ongoing edit war. --Veritas (talk) 20:57, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

User(s) blocked.. Both editors blocked for edit warring and violation of 3RR. - auburnpilot talk 21:30, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

David Archuleta (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protection until 31 May 2008 This American Idol finalist is likely to be in the finals of the contest (in May) and his huge tween fan base keeps regular editors quite busy reverting well-meaning and vandalistic edits. Please semi-protect so we can keep the frustration to a minimum. Benjiboi 20:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Let's give a two week protection a shot. Jmlk17 21:53, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm sure we'll be back but two weeks is better than nothing! Benjiboi 21:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

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

full protection User talk of blocked user, user vandalising talk page after being blocked.Momusufan (talk) 20:17, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Tiptoety ^talk 20:17, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

The John Fisher School (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Once again requesting temporary semi-protection due to high IP vandalism.Enigma ^msg! 19:58, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. _GB^T/C 21:54, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Emancipation Proclamation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

indefinite semi-protection This page is routinely vandalized by anonymous IP editors as soon as it is unprotected. Request yesterday was refused, has been vandalized 5 times since then by two anon IP's. This one is a no brainer. Red Harvest (talk) 18:54, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. I however do not think the vandalism or protection history is significant enough to justify indefinite semi-protection at this time. If vandalism picks up again after being unprotected, re-request a longer protection time here. Camaron | Chris (talk) 20:35, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Rob_Bell (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism/reverting starting as soon as 3-month lock was removed from article Lyonscc (talk) 14:36, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Please note that multiple anon-IP reversions come from the same physical location (Liberty U) and continue to insert version from months ago with content in violation of multiple WP policies--Lyonscc (talk) 17:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. MBisanz ^talk 20:37, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Amsoil (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect: This article is controversial. Unregistered user editing page and removing cited text. Discussion has not resolved issue, and fear editing war eminent.--THE FOUNDERS INTENT ^TALK 17:51, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Tripp Isenhour (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-Protect - lots of IP vandalism following recent events surrounding the guy. Grsz 11 19:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of one week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Jmlk17 21:56, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

User talk:207.190.185.254 (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

semi-protection User talk of blocked user, school IP vandalising talk page after being blocked..Momusufan (talk) 19:40, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 11 hours, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ties in with block of the underlying IP address (roughly). _GB^T/C 19:46, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Pacific Ring of Fire (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

indefinite semi-protection Vandalism, High amounts of IP Vandalism..Redmarkviolinist ^{Drop me a line} 18:42, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. _GB^T/C 19:47, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

User:Tiddly Tom (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

indefinite semi-protection Vandalism, To prevent vandalism from vandals as I do lots of anti-vandalism work..Tiddly-Tom 18:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 18:22, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Barack Obama (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary full protection - The article has been undergoing an edit war over how to refer to the church Obama attends for over a week and another edit war over whether or not it should be included in that article that according to the National Journal Barack Obama was the "Most Liberal" member of the Senate in 2007 for the last two days and while there have been a few comments on the talk page in regards to the matters, they are generally accompanied by a reversion back to the user's preferred wording. Hopefully a short full protection will encourage people to actually discuss the matter. --Bobblehead ^(rants) 17:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Fully protected 1 week -- Avi (talk) 17:28, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Frankenstein (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection – User repeatedly vandalizing article from rotating IPs. - Ehheh (talk) 17:00, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 4 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Stifle (talk) 17:10, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Alicia Keys (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection – There have been massive vandalism by IP users in the last two months or even more. Funk Junkie (talk) 16:42, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Stifle (talk) 17:10, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

History of the Internet (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi - There have been 11 reverts of IP vandalism in the last five days. A discussion on the Talk page indicates there has been so much vandalism and reversion that material is getting lost in the confusion. Two to four weeks of semi-protection might be long enough to address this. EdJohnston (talk) 16:20, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.   jj137 (talk) 16:34, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 March 6 (edit | [[Talk:Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 March 6|talk]] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi - very volatile subject (ED) on DRV, people are trying to introduce links. Will ^(talk) 15:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Stifle (talk) 17:08, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

List of events named massacres (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect Article being edited by dynamic IP sockpuppets of banned editor User:Rms125a@hotmail.com. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 14:24, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Stifle (talk) 17:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Current requests for unprotection

Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin at their talk page. Post below only if you receive no reply.

• To find out the username of the admin who protected the page click on "history" at the top of the page, then click on "View logs for this page" which is under the title of the page. The protecting admin is the username in blue before the words "protected", "changed protection level" or "pending changes". If there are a number of entries on the log page, you might find it easier to select "Protection log" or "Pending changes log" from the dropdown menu in the blue box.
• Requests to downgrade full protection to template protection on templates and modules can be directed straight here; you do not need to ask the protecting admin first.
• Requests for removing create protection on redlinked articles are generally assisted by having a draft version of the intended article prepared beforehand.
• If you want to make spelling corrections or add uncontroversial information to a protected page please add {{Edit fully-protected}} to the article's talk page, along with an explanation of what you want to add to the page. If the talk page is protected please use the section below.

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

Athena (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Protected for 5 months for "IP vandalism". 68.39.174.238 (talk) 22:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Jimmy_Wales (edit | article | history | links | watch | logs)

Unprotection, Hi. The editor that protected the Jimmy Wales article has also protected the Jimmy Wales and Rachel Marsden talk pages. I don't believe it should be protected. I've started a discussion with the person that protected the page here [1] [2] if it's of any help to read it. Could some of you administrators have a look at the talk page histories and see if they really need to be protected. I haven't looked in detail at the Rachel Marsden one but I have at the Jimmy Wales talk history and I don't think it does. The Protection Policy says "Article discussion pages subject to persistent disruption. Such protection should be used sparingly as it prevents anonymous and newly registered users participating in discussions." If one or two people are persistently being disruptive they should be dealt with individually, rather than the entire discussion closed off from recent and anonymous users. Also, for selfish reasons I'd like it unprotected as I can't participate in the discussion. That's not the primary reason though, I really do think anyone should be able to contribute. Thanks. AntHolnes (talk) 15:18, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

I did a quick and very simple analysis of the reverting or removal of disruptive editing in the 1 day before the protection. It's here under the "statistics" section if you want to have a look at it [3]. Thanks. AntHolnes (talk) 17:49, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Declined - protection seems to make sense right now. - Philippe | Talk 17:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Current requests for significant edits to a protected page

Ideally, requests should be made on the article talk page rather than here.

• Unless the talk page itself is protected, you may instead add the appropriate template among {{Edit protected}}, {{Edit template-protected}}, {{Edit extended-protected}}, or {{Edit semi-protected}} to the article's talk page if you would like to make a change rather than requesting it here. Doing so will automatically place the page in the appropriate category for the request to be reviewed.
• Where requests are made due to the editor having a conflict of interest (COI; see Wikipedia:Suggestions for COI compliance), the {{Edit COI}} template should be used.
• Requests to move move-protected pages should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves, not here.
• If the discussion page and the article are both protected preventing you from making an edit request, this page is the right place to make that request. Please see the top of this page for instructions on how to post requests.
• This page is not for continuing or starting discussions regarding content should both an article and its discussion page be protected. Please make a request only if you have a specific edit you wish to make.

Fulfilled/denied requests

Stupid (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Given the title of the article, this has started attracting some vandalism as of late. Temp semi protection to ward it off might be effective.Wisdom89 _{(T / ^C)} 15:20, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Alexf⁴² 15:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Anemone chinensis (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism.E Wing (talk) 14:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Tiptoety ^talk 15:18, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Cliff Josephy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protect small group of anon or new-account vandals keep inserting nonsense. ♣♦ SmartGuy ♥♠ (talk) 14:27, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Declined There is not enough recent activity to justify protection at this time. Just watchlist and revert any vandalism. alphachimp 15:48, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Enlargement of the European Union (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, This page is continuously being vandalised by anonymous IPs .Cradel 13:54, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. There are almost as many good edits as bad and not an overwhelming number of either. —Wknight94 (talk) 14:21, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Mahendra Singh Dhoni (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Standard vandalism from IPs; one (now blocked) user earlier but vandalism has persisted since block was put in place..AllynJ (talk | contribs) 13:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. —Wknight94 (talk) 14:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Talk:4chan (edit | article | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-Protect - Plenty of ip vandalism; lately someone's been using a proxy to spam the page to 700,000+ bytes in size with comments such as "this is gay" then signing their comments with someone elses tag. Perhaps an indefinate semi-protect is appropriate here? Howa0082 (talk) 12:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. Two IP vandals were blocked. Let's see how this pans out. Alexf⁴² 13:00, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Hal Turner (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Indef semi-protect - 4chan target. Will ^(talk) 09:42, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Jmlk17 09:49, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Lil' Kim (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism. 99.240.243.25 (talk) 06:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Dreadstar † 08:16, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Super Smash Bros. Brawl (edit | article | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protect, repeated vandalism and sometimes blanking of both talk page and article by anonymous users of multiple IP addresses, which can be viewed here, here, and here. Due to the release date of this particular game on March 9, 2008, which is only 3 days away, this article is prone to vandalism even more. --haha169 (talk) 02:09, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Dreadstar † 08:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Chiropractic (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I request unprotection. There has been way too many discussions at the talk page. I made a 3RR report and not a request to protect the article. Instead of blocking the editor who made 6 reverts the article was protected. I should not waste my time making a 3RR report again. The article is under probation. The probation has failed. Let's try unprotection and see if it works this time. QuackGuru (talk) 03:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Declined Was just recently protected. No way that the issues have resolved themselves that quickly it seems. Jmlk17 08:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Masashi Kishimoto (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi protect heavy ip vandalism. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 08:03, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.. Dreadstar † 08:08, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Neo-Nazism (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Full protect. Edit warring by IPs and registered users. --Veritas (talk) 05:13, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Fully protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.. Dreadstar † 08:14, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Churches of Christ (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect. High level of IP POV edits. Ichabod (talk) 03:50, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. _GB^T/C 07:14, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

List of Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl episodes (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protect. Ongoing edit war between two users that has lasted for several weeks, if not months now. MelicansMatkin (talk) 02:14, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. - see how that goes, longer protection may be granted following the prolongation of the problem. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 05:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

List of Zoids: Chaotic Century characters (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Full protection edit war. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 03:10, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Seems to have stopped, no edits in a couple hours. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 05:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

I protected. Just because it has stopped, probably temporarily, for a matter of a few *hours*, doesn't mean the problem is solved. Fully protected for a period of 2 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.. Work it out on talk page. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 05:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Okeydokey. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 05:30, 7 March 2008 (UTC)