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 increase in protection level

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.

Bad Girls Club (season 13)

• Bad Girls Club (season 13) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – See edit history. Multiple IPs trying to add bold names in a table counter to MOS. . EvergreenFir (talk) Please {{re}} 04:15, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. MelanieN (talk) 01:29, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Bulgarian A Football Group

• Bulgarian A Football Group (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Disruption from a blocked sockmaster suspected of editing through proxy servers. Qed237 (talk) 15:30, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. MelanieN (talk) 01:32, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2005

• List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2005 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Various users (some confirmed to be sockpuppets of User:Stumpwentz, see WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Stumpwentz/Archive) have been changing info in this article, falsifying what song was #1 from various weeks, in particular saying one song or another by the group Green Day was on top. These changes go against what Billboard says was #1 on their Mainstream Top 40 chart for those weeks. MPFitz1968 (talk) 17:21, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. only (talk) 23:20, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Puerto Rico Highway 66

• Puerto Rico Highway 66 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent page blanking by sockpuppeteer. –Fredddie™ 22:20, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. only (talk) 23:15, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Cameo appearance

• Cameo appearance (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: IP-hopping editor keeps adding unreferenced and inaccurate material. Mezigue (talk) 23:47, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of one month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. MelanieN (talk) 01:37, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Avon Grove High School

• Avon Grove High School (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. John from Idegon (talk) 00:17, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. MelanieN (talk) 01:40, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Prison Break

• Prison Break (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Oftend vandalism – likely will be more frequent due to upcoming mini-series. --Obsuser (talk) 00:22, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Yo

• Yo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – I don't think PC is going to help considering this is a highly popular page about a slang term (just like LOL). <<< SOME GADGET GEEK >>> (talk) 01:04, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

2011 World Football Challenge

• 2011 World Football Challenge (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Sir Sputnik (talk) 01:56, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Current requests for reduction in protection level

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.

Template:Js

• Template:Js (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unprotection: Barely used template full protected in 2006 ... protecting admin inactive since 2009. NE Ent 16:46, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Note: This is a substitution template used to install scripts in user js files. If it were unprotected and it were fiddled with, users could be tricked into installing hijack code. Recommend this request be declined. BethNaught (talk) 16:52, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Perhaps it could be knocked down to 'Template editor' protected?... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 17:24, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

I agree that this is a rare example which is best kept admin protected. For an individual user, the potential harm from a malicious change is significant. An unnoticed malicious change could enable theft of login credentials, or cause an innocent user to perform automated random vandalism, as just a couple of examples of the potential for harm. The immediate impact would not be as severe as a malicious change to MediaWiki:Common.js, but the impact for an individual user unlucky enough to catch a bad revision of it has the potential to be just as bad. Going by the talk page, there's not a high demand for changes to it, so I fail to see a justification for increased risk. --Murph9000 (talk) 17:36, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

Fair enough, request withdrawn. NE Ent 02:05, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Deseret Ghana Foundation

• Deseret Ghana Foundation (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite create protection: Repeatedly recreated – Created and deleted many times. JMHamo (talk) 01:19, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

• Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 01:56, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Doug Pederson

• Doug Pederson (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Multiple good faith but incorrect edits changing his position to head coach in infobox before it's taken effect. NE Ent 02:07, 18 January 2016 (UTC)

Current requests for edits to a protected page

Further information: Wikipedia:Edit requests

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.

Handled requests

A rolling archive of the last seven days of protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Rolling archive.