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.

Dre Rich Kidd

• Dre Rich Kidd (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

semi-protection: We Dont want anyone editing this page but the celebrity official representatives, which is us. please lock

Declined Learn a bit about Wikipedia before making demands, hmmm? WP:OWN for starters perhaps? Lectonar (talk) 18:25, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations

• Bill Cosby sexual assault allegations (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Obviously a high profile case concerning a living person. There are problems with IP vandalism. As this case gets closer to coming to court (havn't really been following it) I think it would be prudent to restrict the page to registered users, like we already have for the main page on Cosby Bellerophon5685 (talk) 20:26, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Doesn't look that out of hand right now — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:43, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Abu Haleema

• Abu Haleema (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Constant attempts to depart from what the sources say by IP. Philafrenzy (talk) 20:35, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. Disruption is quite infrequent — MusikAnimal ^talk 20:43, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Timeline of Facebook

• Timeline of Facebook (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Continued addition of poorly sourced content and test edits by IP's and anonymous editors. livelikemusic talk! 22:11, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Nakon 00:35, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

The Bold and the Beautiful characters (2013)

• The Bold and the Beautiful characters (2013) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Continued high-level of test editing and disruptive edits by IPs and anonymous editors. livelikemusic talk! 22:18, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Nakon 00:36, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

User talk:Funcrunch

• User talk:Funcrunch (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection of my talk page, if possible. Anonymous personal attacks have continued unabated with block evasion, starting from this incident report. Funcrunch (talk) 22:30, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected., IP-hopping vandalism. Nakon 00:37, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Conor McGregor

• Conor McGregor (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism in the past 3 or 4 days. Borikén (talk · ctb) 22:47, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Nakon 00:39, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Tim Lincecum

• Tim Lincecum (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Pending transaction is still not announced. According to sources, "an announcement may still be two or three days away". – Muboshgu (talk) 00:30, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 day, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Nakon 00:40, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Symphony for Organ No. 5 (Widor)

• Symphony for Organ No. 5 (Widor) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Repeated unexplained deletion of content and/or addition of his own WP:LINKSPAM and WP:PROMOTION apparently from British teenager J.V.Clegg, using at least 9 single-purpose WP:SOCK accounts over 4 years with missing or false edit summaries. See these diffs from H114532, Sr4498302, SusanaB2008, Nigelorgans, Caseyrosshampton7, MusicProff1963, London Organist, PipesUK, and now (twice today) OrganMasterFrance and OrganMasterFrance. —Patrug (talk) 00:33, 20 May 2016 (UTC)

Declined Please request the spam URLs be blacklisted at WP:SBL. Thanks, Nakon 00:42, 20 May 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.

Iron Pipeline

• Iron Pipeline (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unprotection: This page was batch semi protected with several interstate articles. Now, an edit filter was made, so it can have a different protection level. It has never needed protection because it has no vandalism and very few edits.

Haji Springer

• Haji Springer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unprotection: To merge Haji Springer (rapper) with this. Musa Talk  21:20, 19 May 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. 20:01, 19 May 2016 (UTC)