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.

Westminster Christian Academy (Missouri) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection High levels of vandalism from multiple people. Tavix (talk) 16:54, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Charlotte High School (Punta Gorda, Florida) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, influx of vandalism from new-account sockpuppets.Zedla (talk) 16:13, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for one week. - Philippe | Talk 16:15, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Vandalism from IP's..Earthbendingmaster 16:02, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for one week. Malinaccier (talk) 16:05, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

full protection , +2 days I'm on a Wikibreak for 2 days, fully protect the page until then..Solumeiras (talk) 15:42, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Already done. by Malinaccier. - Rjd0060 (talk) 15:53, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, IP's continue to vandalise this article.Pollytyred (talk) 15:32, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for one month. If vandalism returns even then, an indef protect should be placed on the page. Malinaccier (talk) 15:48, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

full protection, 1 month Content dispute. I am an administrator acting as an informal mediator on this article. My original protection of this article expired today. As I am involved, I don't feel it is appropriate for me to extend protection. -- Flyguy649 ^talk 15:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Fully protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Rjd0060 (talk) 15:51, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

temporary full protection Dispute, Pair of editors appear to need a nudge towards the talk page. Both have past 3rr, but hadn't been warned. Seem to be concerned with accusations of vandalism and calls for banning instead of discussing the edits..Onorem♠Dil 14:56, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Chinese New Year (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection Very high anon IP and new user vandalism StephenBuxton (talk) 14:37, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Malinaccier (talk) 14:43, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

semi-protection Vandalism.Cirt (talk) 14:26, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Kusma (talk) 14:49, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

United States presidential election, 2008 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

full protection severe edit warring between registered users. Article is already semi-protected, and was fully protected for edit-warring yesterday. Horologium (talk) 14:09, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Note: The users seems to have stopped edit warring immediately after the 3RR warning have been issued to both of them. Snowolf ^{How can I help?} 14:21, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

List of Lonelygirl15 Episodes (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

full protection Vandalism, Sleeper accounts (possibly User:Artaxiad) vandalising the page.Solumeiras (talk) 13:17, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined - block the sleepers instead. Kusma (talk) 13:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

temporary semi-protection Spambot target, +48 hours Frequent target of spambots..Solumeiras (talk) 13:12, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Are we talking about the same article? This one hasn't been edited for a couple of days. Kusma (talk) 13:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

• OK, I see... silly idea of mine. --Solumeiras (talk) 13:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, 1 week Vandalism on this article.Solumeiras (talk) 13:02, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. Kusma (talk) 13:20, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

semi-protection High volume of vandalism from annon users. Jessica The Antivandalism Cheerleader (talk) 17:16, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined--Jayron32.talk.contribs 17:19, 1 February 2008 (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.

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

unprotection , Semi-protected since July 2007, no evidence that it still needs to be..h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 16:20, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected - Philippe | Talk 16:31, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

unprotection , Protected too long.Solumeiras (talk) 13:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined - expires soon, and there is obviously a reason for this severe level of prot. -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 14:13, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

unprotection , No vandalism recently - should be safe to unprotect..Solumeiras (talk) 13:04, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected

Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Page was protected due to two-party editing dispute over warning templates. Two third opinions have been solicited, and consensus has been established that page needs to be reworked and warning templates should be put back in place. Groupthink (talk) 04:48, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

There is no consensus as Groupthink describes. Page needs to stay protected for now.Dreadstar † 05:09, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Consensus does not mean and does not need to rise to the level of "no lone dissenting opinions" such as Dreadstar's. Groupthink (talk) 05:13, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

One of your two editors didn't comment on the tags at all, the other only mentioned the one tag..but said it was nothing to go back and forth about. Why don't you help improve the article as suggested by all parties. Dreadstar † 05:17, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

The article can't be improved until it's unprotected, can it? And since you admit that it needs improvement, it should be tagged, now, shouldn't it? Groupthink (talk) 05:21, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Or should I just keep on requesting third opinions until you conceded that you're a voice in the wilderness on this? Groupthink (talk) 05:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I've created a sandbox for doing just that. And no, the fact that it needs improvement doesn't mean it didn't survive the AfD and establish notability with sufficient referenes. You'll note I left the "article needs rewrite" tag in place. Dreadstar † 05:25, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

And for the millionth time, the "rewrite" tag isn't sufficient. This article needs more third-party sources per WP:V, and notability needs to be established per WP:N. Until such time as that happens, the tags need to be reinstated, and the article needs to be unprotected for that to happen. Plus, there is now a merger proposal on the table for which tags cannot be placed. Insisting on the continued protection of this article in its current form stands in the way of consensus, WP policy, and is merely making a point. Groupthink (talk) 05:30, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Current requests for significant 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.

NCAA Division I-A national football championship (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

In the first paragraph of the "Rankings Overview" section there are several errors. It states "The NCAA guide[1] lists 340 national championship selections in 137 seasons, an average of between two and three selections every year ever. On that list, Notre Dame is credited with 21 championships, Oklahoma and USC with 17, Alabama and Michigan with 16, Ohio State with 13, Nebraska and Pittsburgh with 11--an amount exceeding claims by almost any university."

Referencing the actual ncaa site for Past Division 1 Football National Champions (http://www.ncaa.org/champadmin/ia_football_past_champs.html) one can verify for themselves that Notre Dame is credited with 21, Alabama with 17, USC with 17, Oklahoma with 16, Michigan with 15, Ohio State with 14, Nebraska with 12 and Pittsburgh with 11.

In addition, the "Rankings Overview" section cites the College Football Data Warehouse (CFDW)(http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/national_championships/index.php) as a reference for determining "the most acceptable selectors" and determining the national champions. However, it goes on to list the Dickinson System, International News Service, Football Writers Association of America and the Harris Interactive Poll as acceptable selectors. The CFDW does not recognize these selectors in determining their national champions. In addition, this section also lists the National Championship Foundation as acceptable selectors from 1924-1953, the College Football Researchers Association as acceptable selectors from 1924-1953 and the Helms Athletic Foundation as acceptable selectors from 1883-1982. The CFDW on the other hand only lists the National Championship Foundation as acceptable selectors from 1869-1892, the College Football Researchers Association as acceptable selectors from 1919-1935 and the Helms Athletic Foundation as acceptable selectors from 1883-1935. Thus the CFDW does not recognize Notre Dame as champions in 1938, Alabama as champions in 1945, USC as champions in 1939 and Oklahoma as champions in 1953 and 1978.

So according to the CFDW, in the "Most national championship" section, Notre Dame should have 12 recognized titles, Alabama should have 11 recognized titles (the CFDW includes 1934), USC should have 10 recognized titles and Oklahoma should have 7 recognized titles. This would further change the "Most Poll Era National Championships" sections by giving Notre Dame - 9, Oklahoma - 7, USC - 7, and Alabama - 7. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cson37 (talk • contribs)

Unprotected - go forth and make the edits your own way. :-) east.718 at 08:12, February 1, 2008

British National Party (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

The Entry for the 'British National Party' section 1.6 entitled '2007 split' is outdated. The group refered to as 'RealBNP' has become an internal democratic pressure group called 'Voice of Change'. This drive for democratic change to the party's constitution has growing support among the BNPs grassroots membership, and I would like to add this update plus a link to the Voice of Change pressure group into the British National Party's entry section 1.6.

Web Refs: http://www.voiceofchange.org.uk/index.php http://enoughisenoughnick.blogspot.com/

{[User:ChrisLhill]} chris@chrishill.freeserve.co.uk —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.113.27.44 (talk) 21:34, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Declined This type of edit would require independent reliable sources. You might want to mention it on the article's talk page to gather consensus. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 12:52, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

Per request here. Many thanks! Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 01:09, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Already done. -MBK₀₀₄ 22:27, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

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

Final reversion by Lawrence Cohen on 22 January was minutes before page was protected during edit war. Eschoir returned from 24 hour block for edit warring that morning and straightaway started edit war again. This time he recruited Lawrence Cohen from WP:RFAR. As shown on talk page final revert by Lawrence Cohen is not supported by consensus or by Wikipedia policy. Please restore previous version by Samurai Commuter. Shibumi2 (talk) 22:18, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Declined - see this for more information why. east.718 at 22:20, January 25, 2008

Al-Qaeda (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

In the article on al-Qaeda: I'd like to request that a separate level-2 heading be created to discuss the essential issue of al-Qaeda's numbers. Nowhere in the article, as currently protected, is there a systematic discussion of the number of operatives in the organization. From the text of the article as it currently stands, al-Qaeda could include tens of millions of operatives, or less than fifty. This needless, dangerous ambiguity to the article ought to be addressed and corrected forthwith. --TallulahBelle (talk) 19:57, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Declined It needs to be addressed by editors on the talk page then. After consensus has been achieved, then you request an edit. -Royalguard11(T·R!) 20:52, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

User talk:Rodimus The F22 (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

I'd like to request that someone remove the M1 Abrams message at the top, WP:DENY. JetLover (talk) (Report a mistake) 04:25, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Declined It doesn't have anything to do with DENY from what I can see. -Royalguard11(T·R!) 20:54, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/IRC/Proposed decision (edit | [[Talk:Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/IRC/Proposed decision|talk]] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

A rather unorthodox request. An arbitrator has protected this page, but left a conditional in her edit summary. For details, see here. The current "pp-dispute" tag at the top of the talk page tells people to come here to request unprotection. What I would like is for an uninvolved administrator to change that link (you may need to substitute the template) to point to User talk:FloNight#Agreement regarding Wikipedia talk:Requests for_arbitration/IRC/Proposed_decision instead. This will allow any uninvolved editors passing by, and unaware of the situation, to go to the right place to ask for page unprotection. Carcharoth (talk) 06:00, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Done ~ Riana ⁂ 08:43, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

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

Not sure if this is the right place for this request, but nowhere else seems as appropriate. I'd like to request that Medicine Show be (re?)created as a redirect to Medicine show, but not (necessarily) unprotected. Note also the existence of Medicine Show (album). I found the SALT tag when looking for the Big Audio Dynamite single, incidentally. Tevildo (talk) 21:39, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

Done Mr.Z-man 08:13, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

Fulfilled/denied requests

User:Nicke L (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, IP user 192.165.98.64 has been harassing this user constantly by vandalizing his/her userpage as such it should be protected. . Terra  Talk  10:35, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. Jmlk17 11:09, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

semi-protect at least - very high use potential. Corresponding template; {{administrator}}, is full protected. dihydrogen monoxide (H₂0) 08:44, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined - we don't usually protect pre-emptively, see how much it is used before we protect. Vandalism on {{administrator}} was very little and rather good-natured, so the full protection seems overkill to me anyway. Kusma (talk) 09:10, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Beitar Jerusalem F.C. (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism. Constantly adding names of "alleged" new signings who turn out to be kids who are registered on Facebook. They have messed up the whole article and we need editors to go back in now and fix it up. The whole squad has been vadalised as well as the team templates with hoax names. NYC2TLV (talk) 06:57, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined - not enough recent disruptive activity, just watchlist and revert as necessary. east.718 at 07:18, February 1, 2008

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

The band has released an EP for iTunes now, which seems to be credible for an article IMO, and they are recording for their upcoming debut album. They are also a Myspace sensation. John (talk) 04:23, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected -- Anonymous Dissident^Talk 07:21, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

semi-protect This article is being maliciously edited by some anonymous users. They would always delete the issues part. frustratedwriter (talk) 06:19, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection.
Gonzo fan2007 ^{talk ♦ contribs} 06:36, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

World Heavyweight Championship (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect. Massive Edit Warring. Accounts less than 3 days old and IPs are involved. -- bulletproof ^3:16 05:39, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined. The editors in question have been given a final warning. east.718 at 05:56, February 1, 2008

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

Semi-protect This article gets frequently vandalized by several anonymous users. Lovelac7 05:33, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Jmlk17 05:42, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

University of Michigan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism. Enigmaman (talk) 05:07, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of one month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Jmlk17 05:14, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Create a wikipedia page (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Full protect Bad title that is only used for test pages or vandalism. Has been deleted enough times. VivioFateFan ^{(Talk, Sandbox)} 03:38, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Creation protected. east.718 at 03:39, February 1, 2008

I redirected it to Wikipedia:Your first article to make the page more friendly towards newcomers. Hopefully that helps. --Hdt83 ^Chat 03:42, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect High amounts of vandalism by anonymous users. Was previously protected for 1 week. SchfiftyThree 03:27, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 72 hours, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. east.718 at 03:35, February 1, 2008

Cars (video game) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Long term semi protect high levels of ongoing vandalism. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 03:11, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. east.718 at 03:24, February 1, 2008

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

Full protect. On going edit war with little discussion on talk page. --Veritas (talk) 01:45, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Fully protected for one week.   jj137 (talk) 02:00, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

United States presidential election, 2008 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protection edit warring; named editor has been blocked for 72 hours, but now we are seeing related but different vandalism from an IP address. Horologium (talk) 00:28, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected due to edit warring. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 00:48, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

indefinite semi-protection Vandalism, Constant vandalism; most of the history is taken up by reverts. Temporary at the least, prefferably indefinate as vandalism is unlikly to stop, and will only get worse closer to release dates for new albums.≈ The Haunted Angel 00:03, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. --Hdt83 ^Chat 00:36, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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

The article has been protected long enough and there is new probation policy. See relevant discussion here. --> Talk:Quackwatch#Notice Quack Guru 20:10, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected Let's give peace a chance. Keilana|^{Parlez ici} 00:51, 1 February 2008 (UTC)