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.

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

Temporary full-protect. Edit warring. Request 72 hours for involved parties to cool down. Preferably to "stable" version prior to disruption. Lionel (talk) 23:03, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

If you stop re-adding disputed content there wouldn't be an issue. In the section where others are trying to resolve this sources have been cited and there is no consensus to re-add a lengthy pedophile section. You are the one who is doing the warring here. Cat clean (talk) 23:14, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Cat clean:this is not a venue for continuing an argument from elsewhere. Please stop. Lionel (talk) 23:23, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

You're avoiding the repeated requests for solid sourcing and re-adding disputed content with no consensus and accusing me of disruption. Instead you should demonstrate that the version you favor is supported by reliable sources and consensus. Cat clean (talk) 23:38, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Christopher A. Coons (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism. Tdiddy8101 (talk) 22:28, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Cinco de Mayo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Permanent Semi-protect. This article has been constantly vandalised for months; oftentimes several times a day and by widely different IP addresses. With other "duties" at Wikipedia, I can't always get around to checking its status and undo vandalism quickly enough. Months ago it was protected but expired after sometime, and the vandals returned and I was back to the same routine of reverting almost vandalism. Thanks, Mercy11 (talk) 21:44, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:56, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Heritage High School (Frisco, Texas) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, It's been getting vandalized a lot. I'm thinking an indefinite expiration would be best, just so IPs won't come along and vandalize. Endofskull (talk) 21:41, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. -- Gogo Dodo (talk) 21:43, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Indefinite full protection vandalism, Constant vandalism on the userpage. Diego Grez (talk) 20:05, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Not semi? If it was full protected even the owner couldnt edit it. I think that they will likely want to do so, as they do seem to be still editing. —Soap— 20:57, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection, I'm assuming good faith and calling this a dispute rather than vandalism, as the IP seems to assert that the references support the change; however, the inline citation does not, and the reference list contains 11 sources. "GNAA" is being expanded to "Gay Nigger Association of America". GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 19:38, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

• Note that multiple IP addresses have been implementing this change. After warning one of them for vandalism with a level 2 warning (before the change was "explained"), I was left a rather uncivil message to assume good faith, so I'm doing so. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 19:40, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

• Comment: It's real: see User:Murdox/GNAA. I think however this article will likely need protection anyway just because it's a target for offsite attention, so I will leave this protection request up. Im not sure it's necessary to spell out GNAA either, so I won't, but again, it's technically correct to call them that. —Soap— 20:59, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

• Comment: MOS:ABBR states that the full name should always be the first reference in an article, and thereafter acronyms are acceptable, as long as the acronym is given as an explicit alternative early (usually in parentheses). I have added a reliable secondary source and edited the acronym to state the full name of the organisation. riffic (talk) 21:52, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

• It's been properly referenced now, so no further issues on that front. That may have resolved the dispute, so protection may no longer be necessary. GiftigerWunsch [TALK] 21:33, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

• Declined per above. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:53, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Persistent vandalism by anon IPs, especially over the last week. Protection for a similar period would hopefully drive it away. JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 19:05, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:10, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect the talk page. High level of IP abuse in Tamil language. --CarTick 18:21, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection; constantly reverted editing, particularly from unregistered IPs, since last block expired back in June. Bay Area Native (talk) 18:08, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Dabomb87 (talk) 21:52, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection, constantly reverted editing since last block expired 13 months ago. Bay Area Native (talk) 17:53, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. That'll at least get us through the election without BLP nonsense. Courcelles 17:56, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

The Sun Comes Out World Tour (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, repeated addition of unsourced information by IP users. -- Lil_℧niquℇ №1 | talk2me 17:43, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. (Protection will end around the time the tour is over.) ~Amatulić (talk) 17:55, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, Persistent ongoing daily vandalism, never lets up. And with season now getting underway issues will just get worse. I don't like to ask for indefinite but in this instance I think it's needed. Shearonink (talk) 16:53, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:57, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection, My own user page. HeyMid (contributions) 16:52, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Done HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:55, 16 September 2010 (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.

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

No history of vandalism. The high-risk template policy applied by its own description to templates with transclusions in the thousands. This one has only 250-300 transclusions. Recent decision to protect was overzealous. Current TfD may bring attention to making changes. --Bsherr (talk) 04:45, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Have you asked Cirt (talk · contribs) to review this? GedUK  07:12, 16 September 2010 (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.

Fulfilled/denied requests

Wikipedia:CheckUser (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, No reason for IPs to edit this page. Minimac (talk) 16:06, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for now. Courcelles 16:15, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Redirect (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, No reason to be edited by anons, history has vandalism clogging up the tubes. Allmightyduck  What did I do wrong? 15:40, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected indefinitely. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:49, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Category:Saffron Terrorism (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary full protection vandalism, User:Wasifwasif has been repeatedly removing the CFD template despite several times being told not to do so. . Shovon (talk) 15:20, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

That editor has been blocked for disruption. Syrthiss (talk) 15:32, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:46, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Sara Diamond (academic) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection, Anon and new users continue to make changes, but fail to cite the proper sources and fail to use the talk page. Me-123567-Me (talk) 15:08, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:44, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection, WP:BLP is at the centre of a current controversy. High risk of edit waring. Triwbe (talk) 14:24, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection., Declined – Pages are not protected preemptively. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:43, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Indefinite full protection vandalism, history of anon-ip vandalism. RadioFan (talk) 13:04, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:06, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Tottenham Hotspur F.C. (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protect. Long-standing target of IP vandalism, now no longer protected by pending changes. Cordless Larry (talk) 12:42, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected indefinitely. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 13:00, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, IP vandalism. Muhandes (talk) 12:08, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Please note that vandalism has not been particularly heavy, but the lack of productive IP edits in the history suggests that protection will indeed be useful. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 13:04, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

St Kevins C.B.S (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Lots of vandalism from IP editors in the last 3 days. Qwyrxian (talk) 12:07, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of one week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. A rangeblock might have worked here as well Fvasconcellos (t·c) 13:06, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Persistent, daily & multiple vandal-edits by anon. IPs. Shearonink (talk) 11:38, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Courcelles 11:40, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Sockpuppetry, spamming. -Regancy42 (talk) 10:27, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. That article needs some eyes, so I'll watchlist. Not sure it's even a notable product. GedUK  11:28, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

North London derby (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection vandalism Page is a common target and has a long standing history of vandalism and content disputes. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 10:09, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Declined There's a lot of good, and certainly good faith edits to that page recently, only one possible vandalism today. Relist if it picks up (probably around derby time, whenever that is this season). GedUK  11:20, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Which is actually next Wednesday! So I do indeed predict it'll be back soon. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 11:53, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary full protection vandalism, Heavy vandalism over last 24 hrs. Jevansen (talk) 09:48, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. If this BLP garbage continues, we'll go to full. Courcelles 09:57, 16 September 2010 (UTC)