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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.

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Instructions

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

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}}====)
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.
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.
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. ~~~~

1 Current requests for protection
2 Current requests for unprotection
- 2.1 Fraser Forster (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
- 2.2 British Isles (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
3 Current requests for edits to a protected page
4 Fulfilled/denied requests

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.

Iceland `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Move protection page has recently been moved by vandal, unlikely that it would ever need to be moved. —Snigbrook 23:03, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Move protected —αἰτίας •discussion• 23:08, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Alexis Texas `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Move protection page move vandalism, for the fourth time this year. —Snigbrook 23:03, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Move protected —αἰτίας •discussion• 23:10, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Appointment `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Move protection page has recently been moved by vandal, no need for it to be moved without discussion. —Snigbrook 23:03, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Joint (cannabis) `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Move protection page has recently been moved by vandal, no need for it to be moved without discussion. —Snigbrook 23:03, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Saparmurat Niyazov `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Move protection page move vandalism. —Snigbrook 23:03, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Eazy-E `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

temporary semi protection Vandalism, IP vandalism .Beeblebrox (talk) 22:56, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days. After 3 days the page will be automatically unprotected. —αἰτίας •discussion• 23:05, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Siachen conflict `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Semi-protection Anon reverting to version that is barely readable. JuJube (talk) 22:15, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

User(s) blocked I've blocked the 58.xxx editor for violating the three-revert rule for a duration of 12 hours. If other IPs are involved on the issue afterwards, the article will be locked. --JForget 22:54, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Hockeyrocks.sampasite.com `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

indefinite create-protection , repeatedly re-created and speedy deleted.Beeblebrox (talk) 22:02, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Done The earth has been salted. -Jéské ^{(v^_^v Kacheek!)} 22:09, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Apollo Moon Landing hoax conspiracy theories `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Ridiculous amounts of vandalism, mostly by simply removing the content. — Orion11M87 (talk) 21:59, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

User(s) blocked User was blocked for 24 hours before RFPP request, otherwise no/few other editors have vandalized the article lately. --JForget 22:56, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Slayer `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Semi-protection. Vandalism. Canniba loki 21:26, 11 October 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. Steven Walling (talk) 21:37, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Bound for Glory IV `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

semi-protect. High level of activity. Multiple unsourced items added and event takes place tomorrow. Requesting for two+ day protection.--WillC 21:23, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 48 hours. After 48 hours the page will be automatically unprotected. Steven Walling (talk) 21:35, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Big TV `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Semi-protection Series of anonymous users seem dead set on moving this redirect to Reliance BIG TV, a semi-notable Indian network. JuJube (talk) 21:09, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Hat `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

semi-protection Lots of IP vandalism persistently, day after day, with vandal edits running over 30% of total.—Kan8eDie (talk) 20:39, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month. After 1 month the page will be automatically unprotected. Steven Walling (talk) 21:33, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Starship_Troopers_3:_Marauder `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

semi-protection An anonymous user from IPs starting with 83. repeatedly cut-and-pastes reviews from several websites, and does so in ways that provide a non-NPOV, by quoting only positive aspects, and by deleting existing evidence of mixed reception to the film. Moreover, after multiple editors have attempted to place cleanup and sourcing tags, the same anonymous editor appears to come back and revert the pages to the slanted viewpoint version, as well as deleting the cleanup and citation tags. Hope one of you can help on this, thanks in advance. JasonDUIUC (talk) 19:51, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week. After 1 week the page will be automatically unprotected. Steven Walling (talk) 21:31, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

When in Rome (band) `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Full-protection; edit-war over a not-so-external external link (page linked to was salted by me after three G11 deletions). -Jéské ^{(v^_^v Kacheek!)} 19:40, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Declined, not needed in this case. Warn the user to stop adding the link and report them to WP:AIV if they don't. So Why 19:49, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Blocked him as a spam-only account; he's probably (judging by other edits) using socks. -Jéské ^{(v^_^v Kacheek!)} 20:18, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Shia Islam `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

temporary semi-protection As below, continuing edit warring, including removal of protection template. JNW (talk) 19:04, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Declined, not needed, IPs have been blocked. Re-report if blocking vandals is not working anymore. So Why 19:46, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

temporary semi-protection Continuing magnet for edit warring, deletion of sourced content. JNW (talk) 19:02, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Already protected by PhilKnight (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights). So Why 19:43, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Twilight (novel) `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

temporary semi-protection Recent spike in vandalism. JNW (talk) 18:42, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for one week. Tan | 39 18:49, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Canadian federal election, 2008 `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

semi-protect. High level of vandalism, both IP and newbie, in light of the election on Tuesday. JQF • Talk • Contribs 18:17, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Declined, mostly a content dispute between two editors, consider dispute resolution. Also Boondocks37 (talk · contribs) violated WP:3RR, warn them about it and/or report to WP:AN3. So Why 18:23, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Chris_Iwelumo `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

semi protection Significant attention from media on the player as a missed goal opportunity is resulting in vandalism from multiple sources. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7661857.stm at 16:24 for the source of the attention. Semi-protection would help to ensure that new edits are more reasoned. Time period is naturally administrator discretion, though I shouldn't think it would need to be permanent. Tartan Nutter (talk) 16:37, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days. After 3 days the page will be automatically unprotected. So Why 16:50, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Template:Uw-ublock `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

indefinite move-protection , Since this is a highly-used template, I'm requesting this to be indefinitely move-protected to prevent vandalism. It is still semi-protected, though.SchfiftyThree ^(talk!) 15:47, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Declined, there is no reason to suspect move-vandalism. Pages are not protected preemptively. So Why 16:47, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Naruto: The Broken Bond `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Lots of problems with IP users adding unconfirmed and false data multiple times per day.-- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 15:39, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week. After 1 week the page will be automatically unprotected.. I advise to be more careful on your part, you will be breaking WP:3RR when you are reverting things that do not qualify as vandalism. So Why 16:55, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Tom Daley (diver) `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

semi-protect - Recent upsurge of IP vandalism by fans etc. Highfields (talk, contribs, review) 14:22, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week. After 1 week the page will be automatically unprotected. So Why 16:36, 11 October 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 and 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.

Fraser Forster `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Semi-Protection: This article had been deleted three times due to Forster having never played a league game. He played today for Stockport though and hence an article can now be created according to the sportperson minimum guidelines. User:Doberman Pharaoh 20:08, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Declined Please come up with a draft article in a subpage of your userspace first (such as User:Doberman Pharaoh/Forster or something similar). Once you've done so, return here or contact me and I'll lift the prot. -Jéské ^{(v^_^v Kacheek!)} 19:29, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

British Isles `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Semi-Protection: This article has been swamped with IP accounts, all remarkably similar. The page is actually fully protected right now, but I think making it semi-protected might solve most of the trouble. ðarkuncoll 00:10, 10 October 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.. For the record, this report is misplaced (note it is under requests for unprotection). Tan | 39 15:27, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Note: Since it's currently fully protected, I would hope that administrators have not been vandalizing it! I think the request is for the article to be "unprotected" down to semi-protected status. — Satori Son 00:01, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

My mistake. Page protection reduced to indefinite semi. Tan | 39 18:51, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Current requests for edits to a protected page

When making requests here, either:

Provide a good reason for a substantial edit to a protected page. These are only done in exceptional circumstances, or when there is very clear consensus for an edit and continued protection. Please link to the talk page where consensus was reached.
Demonstrate that there is a clear dispute over a protected page, and that a specific dispute tag would be appropriate to add. Please link to the talk page where the dispute exists.

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:

Fulfilled/denied requests

Gilad Shalit `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Semi-protection - Anon. IP trying to impose undue weight without discussion. There's room to also note him about WP:3RR. Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 10:32, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Declined, consider dispute resolution. So Why 10:44, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

I figured this would be simple since it's an editor with less than 50 edits, edit-warring without discussion. How am I supposed to use dispute resolution if he won't use the talk page? Jaakobou^{Chalk Talk} 10:50, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

You are both at the brink of a WP:3RR violation, I suggest reporting there, if they revert again. Report user to WP:AIV if they continue after being warned to discuss changes. Protecting this article would not comply with the protection policy regarding semi protection. So Why 11:00, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Survivor Philippines `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Semi-protection Input of misinformation by several IP anon editors, especially on the contestants' row. - 上村七美 (Nanami-chan) | talkback | contribs 09:33, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

ICarly `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Full protection Edit-warring. --Walmwutter (talk) 09:22, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Declined, No edit-warring but vandalism. So Why 10:40, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks. After 2 weeks the page will be automatically unprotected. So Why 10:40, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Obligatorisk Tortyr `(|`talk`|`history`|`links`|`watch`|`logs`)`

Indefinite create protection Nothing recent, but not notable, and deleted 3 times. Can be taken to DRV if they do become notable.

Wikipedia:Requests for page protection.html

Contents

Current requests for protection

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

Alexis Texas (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

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

Joint (cannabis) (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Saparmurat Niyazov (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Eazy-E (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Siachen conflict (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Hockeyrocks.sampasite.com (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Apollo Moon Landing hoax conspiracy theories (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

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

Bound for Glory IV (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Big TV (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

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

Starship_Troopers_3:_Marauder (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

When in Rome (band) (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Shia Islam (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Twilight (novel) (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Canadian federal election, 2008 (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

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

Template:Uw-ublock (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Naruto: The Broken Bond (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Tom Daley (diver) (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)