Wikipedia:Requests for page protection

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Requests for page protection

This page is for requesting that a page, image or template be fully protected, create protected (salted), 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: If you are requesting unprotection, it is almost always a good idea to ask the protecting admin first before listing a page here. Add a level 4 header (i.e. ==== {{lx|Example}} ====, where "x" stands for the namespace) at the TOP of either the protection or unprotection list and place one of the templates from the table below within the header. Please make sure you have spelled the name of the article properly; a common error stems from mistaken requests for the protection of redirects, particularly capitalised ones. If you are requesting protection, place the type of request (full protection, semi-protection, move protection) and a brief reason for your request below your header. 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: 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 protection / unprotection To request protection / unprotection of talk page 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|USER}} {{lut|USER}} Category {{lc|CATEGORY}} {{lct|CATEGORY}} File {{lf|FILE}} {{lft|FILE}} Portal {{lp|PORTAL}} {{lpt|PORTAL}} Help {{lh|HELP}} {{lht|HELP}} MediaWiki Protected by MediaWiki cannot be unprotected {{lmt|MESSAGE}} Should not be protected Book {{lb|BOOK}} {{lbt|BOOK}} Examples ===={{la|Example Article Name}}==== '''Semi-protection:''' High level of IP vandalism. ~~~~ ===={{lt|Example Template Name}}==== '''Temporary semi-protection:''' High level of IP vandalism. ~~~~ You can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format.

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Current requests for protection

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

Serama (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: IP is back adding more OR. CMD (talk) 21:46, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Royal Rumble (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – For some reason, the bot keeps undoing the page protection...which leads to a floodgate of anonymous vandalisms. Can we please do something to ensure the page protection stays? This page is getting out of control. BarryTheUnicorn (talk) 21:05, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Demi Moore (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP vandalism for past fortnight, Temporary Semi Protection for 48 hours or so may help with the option to extend if it continues. Stuart.Jamieson (talk) 19:51, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Dissociative identity disorder (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary full-protection: Edit-warring, discussions have broken down, article in constant editing wars. Juice Leskinen (talk) 19:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Bharat Ratna (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Continued addition of non-free images lacking use rationales despite in-code notes and previous protections. Hekerui (talk) 19:41, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Portal:Society (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Request permanent semi prot. Highly visible page, linked from Main Page. — Cirt (talk) 18:20, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected. Courcelles 19:49, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Thank you! — Cirt (talk) 20:57, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

History of Romania (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism. Codrin.B (talk) 16:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Casanovva (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: High level of IP vandalism, content removal and fan fights.
Anish Viswa 14:07, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

The English International School of Padua (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – The IP has got last warning for his constant play with this page. The IP was even telling "LET'S PLAY ON THIS PAGE!!!!" but I hope it is stopped. Ankit Maity ^{Talk | contribs} 12:08, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

New York City Subway rolling stock (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Over the last six months there have been mostly unsourced additions from IPs and unconfirmed new editors. There is no reason this page should no longer be unprotected. The ease of adding unsourced information attracts these editors to vandalize this page. Acps110 ^{(talk • contribs)} 02:40, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Yggdrasil (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – A blocked IP (on Deutsche Telekom) persisting in editwarring on several articles, promoting a website, probably selfmade. Has never used a talk page or edit summaries. Saddhiyama (talk) 20:42, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Tirumala Venkateswara Temple (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism and removal of sourced information. Users are also contributing sensitive/challenged information without references. 117.193.147.76 (talk) 00:16, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Tiger versus lion (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: Requesting for protection, for an article which is constantly having high-traffic edits by Ip Users, and Wikipedia Users which are not established. New and recent edits are mostly poorly sourced, and lack credibility. And a lot of reverting and edit-wars happening based on the history of the page, the article has just recently been removed from semi-protection, thus i am requesting for a longer duration of the semi-protection of the page. Thank you. User:Brazilian Tiger | Talk 02:26, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

User:Dipankan001 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: User requests – User request in own user space. Dipankan ^{In the woods?} 14:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected indefinitely. Materialscientist (talk) 14:53, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Edinson Cavani (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: High level of IP vandalism. Mattythewhite (talk) 14:42, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week. After 1 week the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 14:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Current requests for unprotection

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 want an existing page 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.

Habbo Hotel (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Unprotection: I don't think this is a high priority to lock anymore, but if it is, can someone please add Category:Unprintworthy redirects and Category:Redirects from alternative names? Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 19:05, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

I don't know why this redirect was protected, so I'll not action your request; I have, however, added the two categories you mention. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 11:48, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

The title Doctor page should be unprotected. It is not currently a true representation of doctoring professions, and it is criminal to censor other doctoring professions from adding their name to the list. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.176.201.50 (talk) 19:39, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Current requests for 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 {{Editprotected}}, {{Editsemiprotected}} or {{Request edit}} to the article's talk page if you would like to make a change rather than requesting it here.
• If the discussion page and the article are both locked, this project page is the right place to request an edit. If you can, please use the {{la|article name}} template to describe the article you wish changed at the start of your request.

Fulfilled/denied requests

Otto Julius Zobel (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary move protection: Highly visible page – Upcoming TFA. Ankit Maity ^{Talk | contribs} 12:15, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Move protected indefinitely. - no need to move that page in the future. Materialscientist (talk) 14:13, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Transmetals (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: An editor is using two IPs to continually edit the article to impose original research into the article despite being told of WP:BRD and informed to take it to talk. Request semi-protection to encourage them to use the talk page discussion i opened for them and notified them of. Mabuska ^(talk) 11:20, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 days. After 2 days the page will be automatically unprotected. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 11:50, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Give Me All Your Luvin' (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Another case, unsourced additions, vandalism, fancruft logging started as soon as last protection expired. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 05:24, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of a month. After a month the page will be automatically unprotected. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 11:52, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

54th Grammy Awards (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: High level of IP vandalism. please put a protection on this page. we're all tired of seeing people adding Lady Gaga and other artists to the performers while the official website hasn't confirmed it. Reza ^(Let'sTalk) 18:45, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week. After 1 week the page will be automatically unprotected. GedUK  12:41, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Cher (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: Twitter trending topic "RIP Cher". IP editors are already editing in her death. Jokestress (talk) 08:08, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 days. After 2 days the page will be automatically unprotected. -Philippe (talk) 08:30, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection Persistent addition from many unregistered IP's of description and/or link to a YouTube clip claiming to be evidence of a sequel. Blake Burba (talk) 06:44, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 days. After 2 days the page will be automatically unprotected. -Philippe (talk) 08:26, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

List of Paramount Pictures films (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection. Persistent vandalism. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2: Bottom's Up Most Wanted keeps being added. nothing found on google. Jim1138 (talk) 06:02, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 days. After 2 days the page will be automatically unprotected. -Philippe (talk) 08:24, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Marry the Night (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Continuous addition of unconfirmed singles in chronology, addition of unsourced content and changing chart peaks, thus undermining the validity of this featured content. — Legolas ^(talk2me) 05:21, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. -Philippe (talk) 08:31, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Health (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – There has been vandalism at least once a day. I have not seen one constructive edits the last few weeks. -- Luke (Talk) 03:42, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 5 months. After 5 months the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 04:04, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

There have been plenty of constructive edits over the past few weeks and none of them have been vandalism. Your list is biased, censored, and an untrue representation of doctoring professions. If you want biased propaganda then keep the list the way it is. If you would like for this encyclopedia to be an accurate representation then it needs to be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.176.201.50 (talk) 19:46, 27 January 2012 (UTC)