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.

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

Long-term semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – possibly corporation-led systematic deletion of the criticism section. This one is very important as Arabtec is the main building company in Dubai and there is evidence that the company is enslaving its construction workers.

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Recently, several IP addresses have tried to change the sales certifications of some albums, contrary to what the cited sources indicate. . L1A1 FAL (talk) 18:03, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Ongoing vandalism from several IPs and new users. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 17:46, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Jennifer Winget (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) & Karan Singh Grover (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Long-term semi-protection. About a year ago, there was a flurry of tabloid reports predicting that these two Bollywood actors were about to marry. Despite a complete absence of reliable sources reporting the marriage actually occurred, a long string of IPs have been adding the claim to these articles. Both articles were protected last year due to thius problem, but it's been a recurring problem after that protection expired. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 17:12, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection: I collected all the information need to make this page what it looks like today, as initially the page was a stub with very little inofrmation. But over and over again the page is modified with false information. So please allow this page to be Semi-protected so that it truly serves the purpose for which it was created. 117.222.211.50 (talk) 14:27, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:49, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Attack (political party) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: unregistered user with changing IPs persistently tries to remove verifiably sourced content without explanation. --RJFF (talk) 14:28, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:47, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

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

Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring – Persistent edit warring. One editor in violation of 3RR. Requesting temproary full to force them to the talk page to form consensus. Fbifriday (talk) 05:59, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

UFC on Fuel TV: Silva vs. Stann (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – High profile and currently ongoing MMA event, IPs are vandalizing the results and it creates many edit conflicts. LlamaAl (talk) 03:40, 3 March 2013 (UTC)

Declined, I see lots of IP edits, but not much vandalism. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:31, 3 March 2013 (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.

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

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