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.

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

Protect. A user is continuing to dehyphenise references (ie 2007-04-04 to 4 April 2007) in QuickTime, while previously converting to a nonstandard hyphens not in Wikipedia reference standard. I request the QuickTime page be protected until we can solve this. ThanksKiranerys-talk 00:43, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Man Down (song) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP's constantly make changes to the chart table without providing sources, which get reverted, and then they come back and change it back, then they get reverted again. I don't know why this article in particular suffers from IP vandals. Calvin • ⁹⁹⁹ 00:37, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection:' Requesting protection of article so as to prevent vandalism based on recent announcement of franchise name.

2011 NHL Entry Draft (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Anon apparently saw something on TSN and wants it added without sources. Constant edit warring for the moment as well on a couple other related pages. . 4twenty42o (talk) 23:56, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

List of BlazBlue characters (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protect. Unauthorized edits to character names. K2NR (talk) 23:32, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

TV Parental Guidelines (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protect. Constant target for vandalism and IPs ignoring notes in the article not to add new items without references. MikeWazowski (talk) 23:18, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

San Diego Zoo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Was blanked without explaination by IP users. Coekon (talk) 22:53, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

List of Courage the Cowardly Dog episodes (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – article has little vandalism. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 22:43, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Monsters vs. Aliens (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Repeatedly changed to "Monsters vs. Aliens: Night of the Living Carrots". Including 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Ring2011 (talk) 22:42, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

I'm now seeing 7 edits. That IP has vandalized that edit. Ring2011 (talk) 22:53, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

I am now seeing 8 edits. He vandalized that edit again. Ring2011 (talk) 23:00, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Vandalism (recent death). Shark96z (talk · contribs) 21:45, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Declined Not quite yet -- some of the most recent IP edits were good. Let's just stay on it unless it gets unmanageable later. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 21:48, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. - Master Bigode (Talk) (Contribs) 20:52, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect. Too much IP vandalism is going on here in the past month. Just look at the revision history of the page and then look at the diff between Revision as of 01:08, 1 June 2011 and Latest revision as of 19:39, 24 June 2011 [1]. For the past month, the overwhelming majority of edits have been vandalism and undoing vandalism. This page needs to be semi-protected for a good long while. Thegreyanomaly (talk) 19:45, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:48, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect. Persistent vandalism. Numerous un-sourced edits on the members by various IPs, Already had been temporarily semi-protected once. Also has history of minor sockpuppetry. (Currently has edit war going on.) --AltaiThaKing (talk) 19:51, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:46, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Winnipeg NHL team (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism and premature changes. One95 (talk) 19:26, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

I was preparing to request this same action. I recommend Semi-protect until the official announcement of the teams name by an authorized/legit source W4chris (talk) 19:31, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Already protected. by Djsasso -FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:47, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Lamar S. Smith (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Vandalism by various IPs today. —Tommyjb (talk) 19:07, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Comment Raise this to indefinite protection--endless spate of vandalism from multiple accounts. 99.168.84.75 (talk) 22:30, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. causa sui (talk) 22:34, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

List of wars 1500–1799 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection Excessive sockpuppetry. ۞ Tbhotch^™ & (ↄ), My comment was grammatically incorrect? Correct it! → Click here for terms and conditions 19:06, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:45, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Regency of Algiers (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection Excessive sockpuppetry. ۞ Tbhotch^™ & (ↄ), My comment was grammatically incorrect? Correct it! → Click here for terms and conditions 19:06, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:45, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Second Barbary War (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection Excessive sockpuppetry. ۞ Tbhotch^™ & (ↄ), My comment was grammatically incorrect? Correct it! → Click here for terms and conditions 19:00, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:45, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Bombardment of Algiers (1816) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)=

Semi-protection Excessive sockpuppetry. ۞ Tbhotch^™ & (ↄ), My comment was grammatically incorrect? Correct it! → Click here for terms and conditions 18:58, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:45, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection Excessive sockpuppetry. ۞ Tbhotch^™ & (ↄ), My comment was grammatically incorrect? Correct it! → Click here for terms and conditions 18:58, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:45, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

List of wars 1800–1899 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection Excessive sockpuppetry. ۞ Tbhotch^™ & (ↄ), My comment was grammatically incorrect? Correct it! → Click here for terms and conditions 18:58, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:45, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

History of Brazil (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Excessive vandalism (Brazilian National Anthem]). ۞ Tbhotch^™ & (ↄ), My comment was grammatically incorrect? Correct it! → Click here for terms and conditions 18:48, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:40, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – This page is a vandal magnet. Temporary semi protection should deter those random IP vandals for quite some time. Lonelydarksky (暗無天日) _{contact me (聯絡)} 18:40, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:39, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

Brazilian National Anthem (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Excessive vandalism. ۞ Tbhotch^™ & (ↄ), My comment was grammatically incorrect? Correct it! → Click here for terms and conditions 18:38, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 00:38, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Edit War going on. Needs to Stop. Voices in my Head WWE 17:18, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Declined Users warned. Take this to WP:ANEW if the edit warring continues. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:14, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

List of grindcore bands (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: I am surprised that this article hasn't been protected already. It has an extremely long and continuous history of endemic vandalism and persistent unhelpful edits going back to at least early 2010.--3family6 (talk) 17:04, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:10, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Article Rescue Squadron (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary full protection: Edit warring is occuring over Rescue Tag instructions. -- Avanu (talk) 16:44, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

That doesn't really seem to be edit warring. And we are discussing that change now on the talk page [2] with four others beside Warden supporting it, with only two opposed so far. And your reverts seems to be WP:pointy, you upset that you couldn't add something in since everyone/almost everyone was against it. Different situation here. Dream Focus 16:50, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:10, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Temporary full protection: Edit warring is occuring over Rescue Tag instructions. -- Avanu (talk) 16:44, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

No one edited it in 19 days. It was protected from editing do to an edit war you were doing against four other editors on that page. It is now as it was before you made any chances, other than the word flagged to tagged. We need this unprotected to change it after the talk page consensus for change is done. [3] Dream Focus 16:58, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Declined Declining this one as there is no actual edit war going on there. Taelus (talk) 17:02, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Also, at this point, may I recommend dispute resolution before we actually do have to lock down the project pages? All editors involved should know better, and several are dancing closely to 3RR. If you don't believe the current discussions will resolve this, seek dispute resolution rather than edit warring over it. --Taelus (talk) 17:07, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Template:Rescue/doc (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary full protection: Edit warring is occuring over Rescue Tag instructions. -- Avanu (talk) 16:44, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

No active edits going on here for 5 days now. Not since I and others reverted your change [4]. Protection would interfere with a change done after the talk page consensus is clearly established for one. Dream Focus 16:55, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:09, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection. Repeated violations of WP:BLP. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 14:35, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:09, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Money in the Bank (2011) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Constant vandalism: people adding unsourced matches, messing with ref links, etc. BarryTheUnicorn (talk) 14:24, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:08, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism or addition of unsourced stuff by either IP or newly registered users. Denniss (talk) 13:59, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:08, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Transfer speculation represented as fact. doomgaze (talk) 13:58, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:07, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Club Atlético River Plate (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protect. The team is about to play a descisive match this sunday, which will set whenever River stays at the main tournament of the Argentine League, or gets demoted to a lower one. There is vandalism in the article as a result, and it is likely that it would continue for some days after this sunday's match. Cambalachero (talk) 12:56, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:07, 24 June 2011 (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.
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Check the archives if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

Wikipedia:Article titles (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Protected because of edit-warring pursuant to this section of talk, and the subsections immediately following. The conversation has been vitriolic, but indecisive; more importantly, it has been quiet for two weeks. Please unprotect, and let's see what happens. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:30, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Declined Inquire at protecting admin's talk page -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:15, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Current requests for edits to a protected page

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• 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.
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Fulfilled/denied requests

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

Indefinite full protection: Persistent vandalism. Although , I had previousely placed the same request yesterday, i'm placing a fresh request today, again, as there was multiple vandalism from new users and anonymous IPs, within the past few hours. Please check it. It is so evident. These users remove references often, and contribute controversial information without providing any source. In one rare case, when such a user had provided a source, it was not a "neutral party source"(for a sensitive data), and the remaining info' was clearly unsourced. The page was recently put under "full protection for two weeks". Soon after the protection expired, it again is experiencing high levels of vandalism, till today. I've been fully explaining to new users about the reverts every time, but most of them pay no heed to it. Suspecting sockpuppetry of new user ids and user IPs who make the vandalising edits. Requesting full protection. Hari7478 (talk) 09:16, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Comment : Did you mean semi-protection? Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:41, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:06, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – persistent vandalism to article by an IP editor. L1A1 FAL (talk) 07:26, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Declined This is a single IP, thus protection would be over the top. The user was given a final warning three hours ago and nothing has happened since. If the IP does it again, revert and report to WP:AIV. Thanks, Taelus (talk) 14:57, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Long-term vandalism. Jasper Deng (talk) 05:57, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:05, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

America's Next Top Model, Cycle 17 (All-Stars) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection: IP addresses have been adding false information and results of a program that has not even aired yet repeatedly. Semi-protection is needed until the show airs on september. — My December ^(talk) 05:38, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:05, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

List of The Amazing World of Gumball episodes (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protect: Persistent vandalism. It was previously semi-protected for a week, but vandalism resumed as soon as it expired. --HuntsmanTZ (talk) 03:55, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:04, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Full protection, edit war. 71.131.5.51 (talk) 03:39, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:04, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Tony Tan Keng Yam (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary Full Protection: Content disputes. Edit warring started after the person in the article announced his intent to run for Singaporean President. Suspect to be attempts to use the article for promotional/publicity purposes. Please grant the article full protection until after 1 September 2011, when the Singaporean presidential election is over. - Samantha (talk) 03:33, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Fully protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 18:03, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect: Persistent vandalism. Per administrative suggestion, requesting protection for second time in 24 hours. 99.168.84.75 (talk) 02:52, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 06:08, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Requesting again, per Wikipedia guidelines--all edits in the last month are vandalism coming from the same IP range. That constitutes long term vandalism of an article. 99.168.84.75 (talk) 11:25, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Already protected. by Materialscientist (talk · contribs). Reaper Eternal (talk) 14:43, 24 June 2011 (UTC)