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    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.

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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.

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

    Temporary semi-protection. I'm surprised this hasn't been done since he's a relatively big-time NBA star, but recently the IP edits have gotten out of hand. There have been a few nonsense edits, but most are speculation about where he may end up. I suggest a temporary semi-protection, until at the very least he signs somewhere and the speculation ends. Triggafinga (talk) 18:37, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    List of Pakistani musicians (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Temporary semi-protection, Because somebody has to, I generally try to keep List of Pakistani musicians free of random non-notables, which it attracts a couple of times a week. Last night an IP added a huge number of non-notable unexplained redlinks. I've reverted twice with appropriate comments, been undone twice without any remark by changing IPs (obviously the same person), and have just used my 3rd revert. Requesting a week or two of semi-protection to help keep this article clean.  Glenfarclas  (talk) 18:00, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Avatar: The Last Airbender (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Show has received significant media attention after both the premier of a movie based on the series and the announcement of a spin-off mini-series. — Parent5446 ☯ (msg email) 17:34, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Semi-protect. Several brand new accounts are edit warring here, likely socks of the article subject. AniMate 17:19, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    User(s) blocked. Several of them, actually. If disruption persists, please let me know. TNXMan 18:22, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Wizards of Waverly Place (season 3) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Semi-Protection Most of the edits that I do this page is reverts. Reverting of blatant unsourced info. Requesting semi protection for at least a month or 2. QuasyBoy 16:46, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Amar'e Stoudemire (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Semi-protection Lots of IP's adding that he is Jewish (or some variation thereof), when really the truth is he has some Jewish heritage, but calling him Jewish is at best premature.--Muboshgu (talk) 16:29, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Semi-protection High level of IP edit warring; previous semi-protection expired - IP resumed about a week later and hasn't stopped since. —RobinHood70 (talk • contribs) 16:21, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. --Orlady (talk) 18:04, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    SummerSlam (2010) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Semi Protection VERY HIGH IP Vandalism and users giving away Spoilers to the point it's not funny anymore every 5-10 minutes for the last 20 days. Pending Changes isn't working the way we wanted. We request Semi Protection from July 30, 2010 till August 16, 2010.--Nascarking (talk) 16:17, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined Deeply flawed request. "Every 5-10 minutes for the last 20 days" is a gross exaggeration, and Wikipedia allows spoilers. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:54, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Semi protection Alot of IP vandalism. Red Flag on the Right Side 16:11, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

    long term semi protection or "pending revisions" - the BLP of a controversial person attracting fans and flamers - article history has included allegations of rape which are supported by reliable sources and allegations of being subject of international manhunt which have been WP:SYNthesized from primary sources; amongst other issues. Active Banana (talk) 15:42, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Pending-changes protected HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:46, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Indefinite semi-protection. Extream vandalism going on by IP hoppers.--Kkm010 | Talk with me 15:37, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined, that vandalism is really quite tame and it's all being filtered out by the pending changes protection HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:44, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

    semi-protection vandalism. —  Cargoking  talk  15:07, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. TNXMan 15:11, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Temporary semi-protection, See: The Catalyst (song), A Thousand Suns. ⒺⓋⒾⓁⒼⓄⒽⒶⓃ② talk 14:13, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Fully protected until the day after the album is released. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:58, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Pending changes protection, lots of vandalism and garbage edits from IPs in last couple of days but also some constructive ones. —KuyaBriBriTalk 13:57, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Pending-changes protected HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:54, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Excess vandalism still occurring. It's been protected about three times within this past season and when it's not sometimes I'll just pop up on the page every now and then and do huge reverts just to get rid of it all. The vandalism to this article just doesn't seem like it will ever end. . GunMetal Angel 13:31, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:52, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Talk:Raymond Lam (edit | article | history | links | watch | logs)

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Sockpuppetry and vandalism. The vandal has been targeting the talk page after the article is semi-protected. 暗無天日 contact me (聯絡) 13:02, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:50, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for unprotection

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

    Unprotect. High level of vandalism—Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.254.137.96 (talk • contribs)

    Declined No valid basis given for the request. --Orlady (talk) 18:13, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Russell T. Davies (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Unprotect. Protected in contravention of the protection policy and the administrators' policy. Sceptre (talk) 14:44, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Please discuss this with the protecting admin, Deb (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA), or at WP:ANI. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:48, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I guess you are objecting to the move and then the protect by Deb (there doesn't seem to be a move war in progress so I'm not sure why he/she protected it). Your best course of action is to discuss this with Deb (which you seem to have done) before taking the matter further. Regards.--RegentsPark (talk) 14:56, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Except, y'know, we shouldn't enforce incorrect administrative decisions. There was no move warring in the article's history, and protection should not be used to "enforce naming conventions" unless there's a history of edit warring, of which there isn't. Sceptre (talk) 15:00, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't disagree. But, it is polite to give the protecting admin the chance to reconsider his/her decision or state a reason first. Like I said above, I don't see a move war in progress so perhaps the admin will reconsider anyway. --RegentsPark (talk) 15:33, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    The last move on this article was a year ago, and we seem to have a reliable source in the talk archives stating that he added the T to his name without it standing for anything, so this would appear to be a case of protection to enforce a content opinion, unless there's history I'm missing. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:08, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for edits to a protected page

    Shortcut

    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.

    User talk:Sceptre/Archive 59 (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

    Done Courcelles (talk) 18:00, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Fulfilled/denied requests

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

    Semi protection Continuous vandalism and edit war. --Extra 999 (Contact me + contribs) 12:14, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined Nobody's edited it since the 19th. Hardly continuous. Is this the article you meant? GedUK  12:29, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Central London Railway (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Temporary full protection, It is today's featured article. Gobbleswoggler (talk) 11:35, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined That has never been a reason for protecting an article. Please read our protection policy. -- tariqabjotu 11:38, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    V-League 7th Season 2nd Conference (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Semi-protect. IPs turning it into a stats dump.. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 11:30, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined Have you tried communicating with them? It's only two IPs, a quick message would be a better first step, especically on such a new article. GedUK  12:26, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Appeal. I tried communicating, but s/he sill reverted. –HTD (ITN: Where no updates but is stickied happens.) 14:12, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    User talk:Smudecounselor (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

    Please revoke this user's talk page access as he is spamming it after being blocked indefinitely. Thanks. MER-C 10:13, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    User(s) re-blocked with talk page editing disallowed. -- zzuuzz (talk) 10:43, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Carlton Football Club (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    requesting semi-protection owing to persistent unconstructive edits from multiple directions. - Richard Cavell (talk) 10:08, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. GedUK  12:14, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Dance in the Dark (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Semi-protection — IP attack by adding continuously unsourced content about music video and chart performance. — Legolas (talk2me) 06:36, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined No IPs edited that page this month, and the rest isn't near a protection level. GedUK  12:12, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Anti-Zionism (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Temporary full protection vandalism, Flooding of page with WP:RD2-sanctionable revisions. --Andrensath (talk | contribs) 03:43, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined No edits in two days, am I missing something? GedUK  11:56, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    See the deletion log for this month. --Andrensath (talk | contribs) 12:05, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, but that shows when they were deleted, not when they were made (for example, the most recent deletion was for an edit made in March 2010). There's only been one since pending changes was added, on the 28th. I've watchlisted, but I can see there's at least one other admin who seems to be covering. If it picks up, I'll protect. GedUK  12:21, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah, okay. I (foolishly) assumed because I couldn't see the deleted revisions in a casual glance at the page history that it was a software thing hiding them from immediate view, not an age one. --Andrensath (talk | contribs) 12:38, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    User:IZAK (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) and User talk:IZAK (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

    Semi protection — multiple vandalism to both User:IZAK [1] User talk:IZAK [2] for more than a month is now a constant stream of attack by multiple anonymous IPs that is highly disruptive and distracting to admins who constantly have to patrol and revert vandalism. IZAK (talk) 09:18, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected Taelus (Talk) 09:41, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    The Fame Monster (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Semi protection — IPs and new users continuously adding information about unconfirmed fourth single and adding a not-allowable procession in the infobox. — Legolas (talk2me) 06:36, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of a week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Stifle (talk) 08:48, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    List of Greek mythological figures (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Semi-protect - There have been almost 20 vandalism edits in the past ten days, plus many more I didn't bother counting, and all but one of them were from IPs. Practically every pair of edits is the same reversion cycle. Enough. —烏Γ (kaw at me), 05:36, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of six months. Tiptoety talk 07:31, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Indefinite semiprotect: This redirect spends 99.9% of the time peacefully existing. Every once in a while, the people that feel that poor Bulbasaur is getting a raw deal log out and undo the redirect so they can deny responsibility for the edit war that invariably breaks out until the redirect gets restored. It's getting old.—Kww(talk) 04:34, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    I was going to come here and support Kww, but I've never heard of this people logging out and undoing the redirect. Usually it's just me, and a couple of other hard core inclusionists from the old (and I mean old, like 2008 old) WP:FICT discussion. So, if it really is people logging out and then being nefarious, that's fine. But I don't think it is. Or maybe my non-admin tools are keeping me in the dark. Not sure. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 04:46, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    AFAICT, the last edit to the page by an IP was back in March this year, so I don't really think semi-prot will do anything. --Andrensath (talk | contribs) 04:53, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    You are looking at the edit history of the wrong article or something. Today's flurry of reversions was sparked by this anonymous edit. On the 27th of March, it was this anonymous edit that sparked the flurry. That was preceded on March 9th by this anonymous edit, which sparked yet another edit war. The pattern is clear: someone that thinks the redirect should be undone logs out, undoes the redirect, and then an edit war ensues.—Kww(talk) 05:42, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not sure. Those IPs come from different geographic areas.[3][4][5] The edit summaries do seem to indicate some knowledge of WP, but I'm not sure a case can be made that they weren't just IP edits in good faith, who disagree with the redirect. It is kind of a famous article, being Pokemon number 1 or whatever. - Peregrine Fisher (talk) 05:57, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Stifle (talk) 09:09, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Washington Huskies football (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism. Anon users repeatedly blanking referenced NPOV content. Abdoozy (talk) 04:22, 30 July 2010 (UTC) --Abdoozy (talk) 04:22, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Jmlk17 06:27, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Temporary create-protection, Repeatedly recreated autobiography. VQuakr (talk) 04:02, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Creation protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.. NativeForeigner Talk/Contribs 05:58, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    May 19 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Temporary semiprotection vandalism, Obnoxious vandalism originating from /b/. . — Gavia immer (talk) 02:41, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    User(s) blocked. Jmlk17 06:29, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Rise in vandalism and generally nonconstructive edits by IP editors. I'm too involved with the article myself to consider protecting it. — ξxplicit 02:26, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 10 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Jmlk17 06:31, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Monty Hall problem (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

    Unprotect. Article has been fully protected since July 4th. I see no point in doing so as the disputes can and have been resolved on the talk page and many improvements could be made to the article. -download ׀ sign! 04:13, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Have you taken this up with Tariqabjotu (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)? HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:12, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I have not, as he/she hasn't made any content edits to the article or the discussion. It does, however, look like most of the dispute is resolved. -download ׀ sign! 21:36, 28 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    What HJ is saying is that it would be a good idea to bring up the issue with the protecting admin. Airplaneman ✈ 04:02, 29 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Unprotected -- zzuuzz (talk) 10:39, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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