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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.

Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary full protection: Article name was changed without notification. Article has been on several "Did You Know..." for a number of years, especially this year on February 10, 2012 ... While it was passed as a GAN article with the current name "Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher". Been on the english Wikipedia for around seven years with no change of name. Loss of GAN Review Release points 866 down to 606 points from 1428 points. In the process of re-assessment to get GAN points back and GAN for Review Release. Adamdaley (talk) 02:37, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Template:Uw-sandbox4 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: Highly visible template. Abhijay (☎ Talk) (✐ Deeds) 02:22, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Template:Uw-sandbox1 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: Highly visible template. Abhijay (☎ Talk) (✐ Deeds) 02:21, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Template:Uw-sandbox2 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: Highly visible template. Abhijay (☎ Talk) (✐ Deeds) 02:21, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Template:Uw-sandbox3 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: Highly visible template. Abhijay (☎ Talk) (✐ Deeds) 02:21, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Project X (2012 film) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Ceradon ^talk_contribs 02:01, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks. After 2 weeks the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 02:11, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

1994 FIFA World Cup (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Anon from Lima is back changing the results. The IP changes frequently and earlier IP was blocked today. Can we block all of Lima from English Wikipedia? I guess not. Walter Görlitz (talk) 01:37, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 600 days. After 600 days the page will be automatically unprotected. Courcelles 01:51, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Madonna's ninth concert tour (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP vandalism, to the EXTREME. — Status {^talk_contribs 01:13, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Class M planet (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: IP editors constantly adding fan theories from unreliable sources. MikeWazowski (talk) 22:33, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Fully protected for a period of a day. After a day the page will be automatically unprotected. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 22:38, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

FYI: The user is actually not an IP - the zero has been replaced with an oh. I have requested that he change his username. Reaper Eternal (talk) 22:40, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Metta World Peace (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism from random IPs. In fact, the majority of IP edits on this page are vandalism. —Bagumba (talk) 22:23, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three days. After three days the page will be automatically unprotected. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 22:42, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Kyle Korver (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection Lots of vandalism. One user was blocked, but he's not the only one causing problems. Zagalejo^^^ 22:20, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three days. After three days the page will be automatically unprotected. Salvio ^{Let's talk about it!} 22:45, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Kim Jong-un (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection: rumored assassination, possibly high profile death [[1]]. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 20:47, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

• Might need a few hours of full protection page is already indefinitely semi-protected. Already had one attempt to add the rumor to the page and probably more. Two to four hours of full protection might be a good idea if people persist. Safiel (talk) 21:17, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

• Never mind it has been pretty quiet, does not need any additional protection. Safiel (talk) 22:00, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

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

• Semi-protection - persistent IP vandalism. RockMagnetist (talk) 20:44, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Note: - article has very little vandalism, the last was two days ago, all from one IP - warnings leading to a block if necessary would be more appropriate if they come back --Saalstin (talk) 21:36, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Mark Antony (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

• Indefinite semi-protection - persistent IP vandalism. --He to Hecuba (talk) 18:54, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Note: - minimal recent vandalism evident in the last few days - 1 drive by, 1 not-obvious vandal --Saalstin (talk) 21:39, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

There's been IP vandalism virtually every day now since 30 January, and no useful IP edits in that time. --He to Hecuba (talk) 23:21, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

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

Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring – There is a lot of to-ing and fro-ing going on. I have asked everyone to take it to the article talk page, which appears to be practically the only talk page where the content dispute has not been discussed. I will try to mediate things, although if procedures had been correctly followed then the main protagonists would already be blocked for 3RR violation. Sitush (talk) 18:29, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Note: Sitush appears to be acting as a party to the edit warring more than a mediator. That said, I don't see where there's enough edit warring to warrant protection, though I'll wait for a concurring opinion. —C.Fred (talk) 19:59, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

• Sorry Sitush, but I agree with C.Fred. This is an editing dispute, without IP vandalism or socks, and it's not a BLP. The talk page is the place. Drmies (talk) 22:57, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

PVR Cinemas (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Part of the page is repeatedly emptied or replaced by copied duplicate texts by anon IPs. Amartyabag ^TALK2ME 17:00, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

• Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Disruptive edits were from six days ago. If this happens again, revert and warn for vandalism, if that's indeed what it is. Drmies (talk) 22:50, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: IP-hopping editor continually adding massive amounts of unreferenced trivia and original research. MikeWazowski (talk) 16:24, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

• Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. It's only one IP hop, for a few edits. You've warned them for vandalism; next time that will be a final warning, on the same or a different IP address. Drmies (talk) 23:20, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

FL Studio (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent addition of uncited information and information with false citations from numerous anonymous IP editors for the purpose of advertising/promoting musical artists. The page was protected before and as soon as it was unprotected, the ever-changing anonymous IPs started again and have continued ever since. There is an edit notice as well as huge comments in the source about adding verifiable information as well as information on the talk page, so there is little reason to assume most of these IP edits are in good faith, and they are disruptive regardless. —danhash (talk) 14:33, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

• Semi-protected 3 months. Drmies (talk) 23:03, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Miss Universe 2011 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Once again, IPs are adding unsourced info. GrayFullbuster (talk) 14:13, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

UFC 146 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent IP vandalism – rampant activity; removing sources and adding multiple unsourced entries.Ppt1973 (talk) 14:02, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Khojaly Massacre (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary full protection: 9 revisions in the past three days, and today 6 have happened, I request full protection for a week to halt users from revision warring until they can come to consensus on the talk page. Nocturnal781 (talk) 07:22, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

• Semi-protected I'm hesitant to apply full protection. Drmies (talk) 23:27, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Adrenaline Mob (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Multiple "new users" and IP addresses edit warring to remove a reliably sourced wording, ignoring talk page discussion. - SudoGhost 05:32, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

• Semi-protected But reluctantly. An edit war over the term "supergroup"? It's a ridiculous word anyway; I wish it didn't exist. Drmies (talk) 23:23, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

List of Little Einsteins episodes (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Possible disruptive editing – I found lots of disruptive text, possibly in some of the episode descriptions; too hard to define as vandalism. Can somebody look into this please? Thank you. StormContent (talk) 03:15, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Hamed Haddadi (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection A user with multiple IP addresses insists on spelling "center" as "centre", even though that makes no sense within the context of this article. The user has probably received about eight talk page messages across multiple IP talk pages. He's also ignored a series of hidden comments within the article itself. This has been going on for weeks. I highly doubt he is editing in good faith, and I'd like to see the page semi-protected for a while so that he loses interest. Zagalejo^^^ 02:42, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent POV issues from both pro-Wahhab and anti-Wahhab sides. As shown in article history and as commented on on talk page, this has been going on for several years. ClaretAsh 00:22, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

I somewhat concur with User:ClaretAsh, and in the hope of achieving neutrality, I would like to remind him of WP:NPOVT and especially WP:NOTYOURS. -Qadri fan (talk) 19:38, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Khojaly Massacre (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: Adding disputed information without discuss on the talk pag. Divot (talk) 21:43, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

• Semi-protected Drmies (talk) 23:28, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

John Fleming (U.S. politician) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring. SMS ^Talk 20:42, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

• Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Sorry, but even when this was reported there wasn't enough disruption to warrant protection. Since then, it's calm and Youreallycan is on it. Drmies (talk) 22:53, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Results_of_the_2012_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-Protection: Persistent vandalism and unverified changes. Katydidit (talk) 15:56, 9 February 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.

User:Maunus/Userpage/About me (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Please unprotect my userpage?·ʍaunus·snunɐw· 16:05, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Unprotected Reaper Eternal (talk) 15:01, 9 February 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

Captive breeding (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Calabe1992 15:47, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 10 days. After 10 days the page will be automatically unprotected. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 16:09, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Contant Vandalism. GouramiWatcher ^(Gulp) 13:45, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 16:00, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Race and intelligence (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection Too much blanking of content by dynamic IPs. Mathsci (talk) 08:33, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three days. After three days the page will be automatically unprotected. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 16:01, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Chemtrail conspiracy theory (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Permanent Semi-Protection IP and new-user edits are nearly 99% reverted for WP:FRINGE edits. Temp semi-protection previously attempted. Buffs (talk) 06:22, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of five months. After five months the page will be automatically unprotected. Articles are very rarely semiprotected indefinitely, especially with as short of a protection history as this article. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 16:04, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Tit (bird) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection: Almost all anonymous edits are vandalism. →Στc. 04:23, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. While you're correct activity is minimal enough that I can't justify protecting it. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 15:56, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent IP vandalism over a long period of time. . Lynch7 18:00, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

• Semi-protected for a month. Acalamari 18:02, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Big Butte Creek (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – TFA's name seems to be far too attractive for vandals, page is only move protected.  ⊃°HotCrocodile...... + 17:47, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 day. After 1 day the page will be automatically unprotected. Reaper Eternal (talk) 17:53, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

Demba Ba (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism and crude comments.--Egghead06 (talk) 16:31, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

• Semi-protected for a month. Acalamari 18:04, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

W. E. B. Du Bois (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary Semi-protection: - Continual, long term vandalism, not especially frequent, but wearying. Also, article may be on main page 23 Feb, see WP:TFAR. --Noleander (talk) 16:27, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

• Semi-protected Acalamari 16:29, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Multiple IPs edit warring against talk page consensus . Yobol (talk) 15:24, 10 February 2012 (UTC)

• Semi-protected for three weeks. Acalamari 15:29, 10 February 2012 (UTC)