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.

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

semi-protect. Continuous almost daily vandalism for several months. kollision (talk) 09:18, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. SoWhy 09:26, 15 December 2008 (UTC) & Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 09:27, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

The Circus Starring: Britney Spears (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect Vandalism by anon IP users, POV/Non-neutral edits. Multiple page moves. Alkclark (talk) 07:25, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Although I have to say that the page move was probably correct imho if reliable sources use that title. SoWhy 08:59, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection. Near daily additions of poorly sourced, poorly spelled and unsourced content by new (redlinked) users and IPs. Pinkadelica ^{Say it...} 05:54, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 06:06, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Troy Davis case (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect. High level of POV-motivated vandalism from sockpuppet who calls himself HonourOfficerMcPhaill (and tomorrow may go by another name he creates solely for the purpose of vandalizing this article). Despite warnings to identify himself properly and suggest changes in the proper way pursuant to WP policy, he continues to hide behind sockpuppets. Request protection from sockpuppets and other newly-created accounts. User:SelfEvidentTruths ^{(talk - contribs)} 04:47, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined, no attempt has been made to block the edit-warring user(s). There is no indication that this article needs protection with only two major editors. SoWhy 09:03, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection IPs keep adding unsourced information about him possibly switching teams and making it seem like a daily sports news place. – BlueRed – 03:55, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. SoWhy 09:07, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Spike Video Game Awards (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Currently describes an ongoing event that is taking place live, and the article is subject to heavy vandalism wars by IP users. At the least, the information being added is unsourced until an official press release is released. Request semi-protection for 12 hours, until the event is over and an official release has been made..Matt T. (talk) 03:54, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Already protected. by Ryulong. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 04:40, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection Edit warring by IPs. siℓℓy rabbit (talk) 03:47, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

I came here to request it as well. Seems that Silly Rabbit beet me to the punch. But it goes more than a simple 3rr edit war, it's a slow attrition war. The IP(s) edits against consensus, and refuses to engage in productive discussions, time and time again over the course of many months. See [1] [2] and [3], etc... Headbomb {^ταλκ_{κοντριβς} – WP Physics} 03:57, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined Not enough recent activity. Given the really slow rate of the edit war, nothing but long-term protection would do anything, and that isn't justified at this point. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 04:56, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temporary full-protection Heavy vandalism. JNW (talk) 03:18, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Already protected. by Jayvdb. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 04:42, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Indefinite create protection To prevent recreation under CSD G4 per AFD discussion. The protection was expired five hours ago. ApprenticeFan (talk) 03:05, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined That was long ago - I don't think protection is necessary. We'll see though. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 06:16, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, Constant vandalism from multiple anonymous users.–  LATICS  talk  02:45, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 30 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Hopefully this will get us through the vacation season, and we'll see how it goes. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 03:15, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Any level of protection whatever keeps the vandals away. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 01:56, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. SoWhy 09:14, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, Too much vandalism from IP addressed users.Mark Chung (talk) 01:44, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. SoWhy 09:10, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi protect. new editor using socks to avoid discussing borderline vandalistic edits. This would force him to use discussion. -Thibbs (talk) 01:00, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Question: Can you explain (for one not familiar with the subject) why his edits are "borderline vandalism"? You may wish to consider putting a case together for the edit-warring noticeboard if this is a good faith content dispute. CIreland (talk) 02:28, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

His edits are all deletions and most have no edit summary. The few times he has made citations they have not supported his thesis. The edit summaries he does leave tend to be along the lines of "Please use WP:BRD", however by re-reverting rater than discussing he violates BRD, making his edit summaries appear to be either mockery by a vandal or the misguided explanations of a new editor. By semi-protecting the article, it would force him to stop relying on his two IP socks and we could begin to discuss his concern in talk. Thanks for the advice about AN3. I hope it doesn't have to come to that -Thibbs (talk) 05:04, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

In order to describe these edits and vandalism, you would need to demonstrate that they are made in bad faith i.e that they are inappropriate (e.g. factually incorrect) and plausibly known by the editor making them to be so. Because this has not been demonstrated, I think we should treat this as a content dispute and so I have Declined this report for now. Feel free to make another request if you would like the opinion of another admin. CIreland (talk) 05:13, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:Tracklist (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Requesting semi-protection, due to usage in 2000+ articles. Opting for semi only right now, as there have been no prior cases of vandalism and none of the maintainers wield sysops. – Cyrus XIII ^(talk) 00:53, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected, as I assume that this template will be used in even more articles in the future. SoWhy 09:17, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temporary full-protection: Edit war. A few days off might help. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 23:35, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Fully protected. No expiry set, request unprotection once it's dealt with. Regards SoWhy 09:22, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection - Adding too many examples and vandalism of computer pranks, making article adding more "example spam". KingScreamer (talk) 04:09, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined Not enough recent activity to boot. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 06:17, 15 December 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.

User talk:194.72.9.25 (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

I requested this page to be unprotected earlier. Perhaps I did not explain the reasons for this properly. This talk page was protected, because another user had blanked the page. When an administrator found this, they took this to be a disruptive edit, or an attempt to remove previous warnings and barred the page. This means that anonymous editors cannot communicate with administrators using the IP-address given (which as you may be aware is being shared).

The reason I'm asking for the page to be unprotected, is that, I've previously had my own anonymous edits to my own talk page reverted (with a warning) from an admin., so I'm surprised that making edits on 'someone else's' talk page (when logged in) would now appear to be allowed. I hope you can make a decision. (Kreb (talk) 22:03, 14 December 2008 (UTC))

• I also referred to the Giano dispute, because in that case, due to one person's actions, an entire IP range was blocked, which presumably included access to talk pages. (Kreb (talk) 22:08, 14 December 2008 (UTC))

Declined, with no prejudice towards another admin's review or actions. I was involved in this hoopla (and was the initial blocking admin for this IP address). Perusing the talk page history, you can see that it is full of unblock requests (all declined), vandalism, "grandstanding", protests, and nonsense. All the information that a user needs is in the banners and associated links. There is very little, if any, constructive or helpful edits that an IP can now make to this page. Tan | 39 22:36, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

• Granted. Does this, however, mean that the bar could be lifted in the future, once the current incident has ended?? It would be disappointing for this ban to remain indefinitely. (Kreb (talk) 22:45, 14 December 2008 (UTC))

I would say that that depends on if various ISPs maintain the block on the contested image. I don't fully understand how the technical aspects of this works, but it is my understanding that thousands of users were "funnelled" into this particular IP address due to IWP and the associated IP blocks. As ISPs lift the blocks now that IWP has backed down, I think the problem should quietly go away. Perhaps I can change the current protection to, say, two months? That might be long enough for the problems to dissipate. Tan | 39 22:49, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

OK. I guess that's the most feasible outcome we can hope for at the moment. (Kreb (talk) 22:51, 14 December 2008 (UTC))

Protection length changed from indefinite to two months. Tan | 39 22:53, 14 December 2008 (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 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.

File:Ambox_content.png (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

File:Ambox button.png Would it be possible for Image:Ambox_content.png to be replaced with Image:Ambox_button.png? The second image is redone from scratch following the original design points. Although the original image is on Wikimedia Commons, the reason I think this image would be better is because it would provide a less-goofy feel to the bunch of Wikipedia pages tagged with templates holding the old image. Mikco (talk) 02:34, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined (for now). I don't really see that big of a difference; if anything, I can't really see how the first one is goofy. Anyway, I'd suggest discussing this on the ambox talkpage before making an editprotected request. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP! :D} 06:19, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Fulfilled/denied requests

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Considerable vandalism has been going on for the past few days, especially within the past one. .BlueAg09 (Talk) 01:54, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. CIreland (talk) 02:32, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Nickname often being changed.Sdkochman (talk) 00:31, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. CIreland (talk) 02:23, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

User talk:70.176.12.26 (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi protect. Blocked user repeatedly posting nonsense on their Talk page. Little Red Riding Hoodtalk 00:05, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Done by User:Jac16888. - Rjd0060 (talk) 00:35, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temp semi-protection: repeated addition of youtube links failing WP:EL by anon. Kaini (talk) 23:59, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 5 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. The Helpful One 00:03, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

The American Standards (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temp Semi protection:Persistent vandalism from IP address 137.30.109.75 and othersToddHowell (talk)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. The Helpful One 23:59, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temp Semi protection:Persistent vandalism from IP address 137.30.109.75 and othersToddHowell (talk)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. You need to warn the IP before it can be blocked. The Helpful One 23:59, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

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

long-term semi-protection Almost all contributions are vandalism by students, going back for months. JNW (talk) 22:24, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 22:50, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Read in the Bathtub Day (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Indefinite create-protection, re-created spam of non-notable made up holiday.Beeblebrox (talk) 21:06, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Creation protected _Gb^T/c 21:10, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, AV bot, so attracts vandalism from time to time. I'm the owner of the bot..Pseudomonas_(talk) 20:57, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected indefinitely. The Helpful One 21:00, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Calvin Johnson (American football) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect. Recent silly vandalism. Attempts to rectify said vandalism by multiple users have not been fruitful. Ian Glenn (talk) 20:17, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Cirt (talk) 21:01, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Note: Grr! Protect conflict! I've reverted back to your time, Cirt. The Helpful One 21:04, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Ah okay, no worries either way is okay by me. Cirt (talk) 21:26, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Lynch9000s (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary full protection user talk of blocked user, User is vandalising page instead of making unblock request..JS (chat) 19:57, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Fully protected for a period of 31 hours, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. _Gb^T/c 20:05, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect: Commonly comes under vandalism by the Current Events board on GameFAQs. ShadowUltra (talk) 19:25, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. --fvw* 19:37, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Diana Vickers (singer) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Indefinite full protection, Article creater keeps removing redirect and "recreating" non notable article despite requests not to on his talk page..JS (chat) 17:48, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Fully protected for three months. Tan | 39 17:50, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Full protection: Persistent removal of well-sourced and notable content (lengthy investigative article by a notable journalist at a major newspaper) without discussion. Attempts to engage other editors unsuccessful. Possible sock puppets (new accounts that only edit out this content). --ThirdSide (talk) 17:41, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for one week. Semi-protection should be sufficient. Tan | 39 17:44, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temp Semi protection:Persistent vandalism, BLP violations, edit warring over the singers name (even though it's sourced *shrug*), most probable sock puppetry and general addition of unsourced information. — Realist² 17:15, 14 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. The Helpful One 17:43, 14 December 2008 (UTC)