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    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.

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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.

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

    indefinite full protection Dispute, Since the original researched and unsourced article have been binned following discussion on WP:CAR and rewritten to a more verified piece due to an argument over what is and what isn't a supercar, a number of users (particularly IP ones) have been reverting over and over again. This has occurred since the beginning of the year when the changes of the article have been done and has been a sunject of edit warring. Willirennen (talk) 21:22, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Indestructible (Disturbed album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    temporary semi-protection , See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Indestructible_%28Disturbed_album%29#Semi-protection.3F.21655 τalk/ ʃign 21:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    File:Rowena Memorial School.jpg (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    C-upload: I could put a giant penis on the front page now if I wanted. Naughty naughty. 65.213.184.1 (talk) 21:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Already protected. —  scetoaux (T/C) 21:24, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Semi-protect. for a couple weeks, too many edits and vandalism. please look into it. Dwilso 19:44, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. GBT/C 19:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    semi-protect. Wikipedia member not wishing to resolve a dispute but editing anyway. Ledboots (talk) 19:34, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    List of songs in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock‎ (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism. TRTX T / C 18:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 5 days. Tiptoety talk 19:14, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Lisa Graham Keegan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism. WildGooseWest (talk) 17:37, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    Salem High School (New Jersey) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    semi-protection Vandalism.Staffwaterboy Talk♂ 17:36, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. 75.147.98.41 (talk · contribs) has been blocked. Rudget. 17:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Treaty of Versailles (1919) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    temporary semi protection multiple IP hopping vandals over the last week, seems to be coordinated. Bazzargh (talk) 17:24, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 15 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Rudget. 17:45, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Heavy vandalism from the last few days. Marlith (Talk)  16:51, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. due to similar vandalism from multiple IPs. NawlinWiki (talk) 17:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    temporary full protection , Blizzard Entertainment often does strange things for April fools, including false press releases that will probably spawn a ton of false edits to this article. Full protection for two days (April fools and the day after) would help a lot..User:Krator (t c) 16:03, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Question: We can always wait to see what happens. Protection isn't really used pre–emptively. Rudget. 16:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Somehow I think that protection requests on the first of April will be rather flooded and slow, doing it now saves time. It's only two days anyway. User:Krator (t c) 16:43, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not like we'll understaffed tomorrow because all the admins will be away on April Fools Holiday. ;) Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :) 17:35, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Semi-protect - under heavy spamlink attack from various anonymous IPs. ♣♦ SmartGuy ♥♠ (talk) 15:27, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected indefinitely. Not technically indefinite, but protected for an indefinite period of time. Rudget. 16:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    semi-protect - gets a surprisng amount of vandalism considering what it's about. WLU (talk)

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Rudget. 16:12, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    semi-protection. Continuous deletion of reliable references and info by several IPs, reverting to an older version. Squash Racket (talk) 15:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Rudget. 16:14, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    semi-protect. Continued nonsense edits made over several days by multiple IP addresses (it's always the same edit, possibly same user). SpikeJones (talk) 15:02, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Rudget. 16:16, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    indefinite semi-protection Vandalism, The subject of this article has won a libel action, confirmed by an appeals court, against an opponent of his political views. Frequent vandalism by one-off new accounts repeatedly denies this, and repeats the original libels. Indefinite semi-protection will help prevent this defamatory BLP abuse, while allowing established editors to work on the article. .RolandR (talk) 08:25, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 12:51, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    I very strongly disagree with this decision. Over the past month, there have been thirteen apparently libellous edits by confirmed or suspected sockpuppets of Borisyy, as well as several by sockpuppets of Runtshit. They all violate WP:BLP, and many of them repeat statements already found by two courts to be libellous, with the result that the subject of the article has been awarded damages. It is irresponsible to leave this article open to such abuse. RolandR (talk) 16:19, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    temporary semi-protection Vandalism Continued use of sockpuppets by the same previously banned user. Unable to edit article he continues to leave comments on the discussion page.Avsafety (talk) 23:17, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Rudget. 16:21, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for unprotection

    Shortcuts

    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.

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

    Unprotection. I would like to correct errors and add missing information about the Illinois Senator. Kiddanger (talk) 03:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined Far too many issues when unprotected. Jmlk17 04:46, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Unprotect - this article has had six months of semi-protection and has been much improved; the majority of the article, including all controversial claims, are reliably sourced. There has not been any recent significant vandalism or IP edits to the talkpage. In this environment, I do not see any justification for protection to continue. Skomorokh 18:49, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for significant edits to a protected page

    Shortcut

    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

    Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    semi-protection It's a shame that the semi-protection of this page expired the day before Mr. Mayweather appeared on WWE again. Heavy amount of IP vandalism today. Darkspots (talk) 04:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected 2 weeks. - Philippe 04:43, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    It's not protected. Why are IP addresses still able to edit it??? D.M.N. (talk) 14:27, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    This article was not semi-protected. Philippe put a 2-week tag on the article, but did not protect the page. Darkspots (talk) 14:36, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Note: Guessing its just a mistake, left a note with Philippe. Tiptoety talk 14:38, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm sure that's all it was. I just find that comments on this page are usually overlooked once a tag is on the listing--see D.M.N.'s comment. So I relisted it. Darkspots (talk) 14:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. - auburnpilot talk 14:51, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    indefinite semi-protection Vandalism, Because of the nature of the subject matter, this page is extremely prone to vandalism. This is mostly petty vandalism but comes from a wide variety of users; as world+dog seems to think it would be amusing to insert the name of their best friend/worst enemy into the article. Short term protection isn't useful, as it may put off today's vandals but not tomorrow's. Because of this, I'd like to propose the page is indefinitely semi-protected..Marwood (talk) 13:08, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    • Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. - Nabla (talk) 15:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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

    Semi-protection Heavy IP activity, a lot of unhelpful edits, some vandalism. -- Scorpion0422 13:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. by Rudget. Master of Puppets Call me MoP! :) 14:12, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    Smile Foundation of Bali (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Someone on 4chan is telling people to vandalise this page right now and it is getting vandalised..h i s s p a c e r e s e a r c h 11:00, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Already protected. by Longhair. Rudget. 11:10, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Rogers Yahoo! Hi-Speed Internet (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Indefinite semi-protection Vandalism, This page is being vandalised, a lot, most edits in the history are vandalistic edits or reverts of those same edits. Doctor Will Thompson (talk) 09:30, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. There wasn't enough to justify indefinite protection, but it could be used in the future, in its third protection perhaps. Rudget. 10:18, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    Golden Gate Bridge (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    indefinite semi-protection Vandalism, This page seems to be a magnet for IP vandals. It is vandalised on a daily basis, sometimes more than once..TimTay (talk) 07:07, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 5 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. We rarely do indefinite, especially for an article that hasn't ever been protected. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk ♦ contribs) 07:13, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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

    Unprotection So this user can appeal to their block. Period Exclamation mark! 124.180.107.248 (talk) 04:19, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined User was indefinitely blocked, and became a nuisance on their page afterwards. Jmlk17 04:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    Well the block on this user is not fair. Please change the block's length. And the protection reason is very mean. 124.180.107.248 (talk) 04:54, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    The user was also very mean. Sorry, but an edit summary consisting of the Captain's Log generally indicates that the user is being disruptive. -Jéské (v^_^v Detarder) 05:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    temporary full protection an apparent edit war is beginning/occurring between multiple users and anon IPs Rubico (talk) 01:45, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    I get the feeling that I'm going to regret this, but Fully protected for 48 hours. - Philippe 04:45, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    International reaction to the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    temporary full protection Dispute, There appears to be multiple edit wars occurring at the same time on this article alone.—  scetoaux (T/C) 00:13, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Fully protected for 3 days. And we're off... - Philippe 04:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Ksuwildcats10 (edit | [[Talk:User:Ksuwildcats10|talk]] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    temporary semi-protection Vandalism and harassment. User:Ksuwildcats10 —Preceding comment was added at 22:52, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for 24 hours. - Philippe 04:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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

    Unprotection I'd like unprotection. I think the article has stabilized now. Gary King (talk) 02:26, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Unprotected; let's give it a go. - Philippe 04:49, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


    User talk:64.53.176.235 (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

    full protection User talk of blocked user.Deadly∀ssassin(talk) 03:27, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 6 hours, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. - Rjd0060 (talk) 03:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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

    indefinite full protection Vandalism, Permanent creation protection due to repeated recreation of spam page..Redfarmer (talk) 23:45, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined, a block would be more effective. Nakon 23:46, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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

    indefinite semi-protection Constant IP vandalism. AKleinberg (talk) 23:33, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined Nakon 23:38, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    List of Naruto characters (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    temporary semi-protection Vandalism and lots of anon edits.Tintor2 (talk) 22:24, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Black Kite 00:09, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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