Wikipedia:Requests for page protection

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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 increase in protection level

    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.

    Judith Barsi

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Long-term WP:DE by IP users:

    This article appears to be the target of an online fan group of the subject. Over several years, this article has experiencd many similar edits as those above. At one time the article resembled a WP:MEMORIAL which included a drawing of the subject as the main infobox photo, a quotebox with words purportedly attributed to her murderer and a link to an audio file from a film appearance.

    Because these types of edits have continued for several years, requesting indefinite semi-protection so edits similar to those linked above cannot continue to be made by unregistered/non-confirmed contributors. AldezD (talk) 13:47, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Question: What dispute resolution options have been tried? Has anyone reported it to ANI? Either would seem to be more appropriate than reporting it here. Yaris678 (talk) 21:24, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Reply—WP:3O as well as other discussions have been started on the talk page about WP:NOTMEMORIAL and addition of WP:COPYVIO/YOUTUBE links and WP:V unsourced info, but those have not been addressed by unregistered users who continue to make edits similar to those earlier linked in this request. Four unique editors other than myself have provided contributions on the talk page since 8 July 2013. While the edits by unregistered users can be undone without protecting the page, this is an editing pattern that has gone one for years, and adding indefinite protection would at least hinder future edits similar to the type of editing linked above. AldezD (talk) 22:24, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Another example: While this request is ongoing, an IP user changed quoted text to differ from the exact quote contained in the linked source: Revision as of 21:10, 16 March 2016. AldezD (talk) 13:15, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Hmmm.... I can see some of these edits introduce problems, but I don't think you are responding in the right way. For example, the edit you linked to is technically incorrect, but if you remove the quotes around "she was still playing roles of 7 and 8 year olds" then arguably we have an improvement to the article.
    I recommend you try the following:
    Yaris678 (talk) 18:28, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Sounds good. Thanks for your input. AldezD (talk) 19:25, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Oath Keepers

    Semi-protection: Repeated IP and "throwaway account" vandalism following previous semiprotection's expiration. Also has indications on the talk page of organized persons from within the Oath Keepers movement working to organize the vandalism for POV pushing reasons. Requesting semiprotection be restored in order to keep the article from falling prey to organized "slow burn" attacks. Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz (talk) 15:19, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    • Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 15:23, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Studio 7 Production

    Create protection: Repeatedly recreated. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 17:14, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Hasn't been recreated since August last year. tutterMouse (talk) 14:05, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Greenwich Mean Time

    I don't know why this editor is accusing me of being a sock. His complaint is that I am "claiming that GMT has exactly the same meaning as GMT". What on earth does that mean? 77.98.244.158 (talk) 19:13, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Editor is now claiming that I am "wikistalking" him/her because I posted a reply to his/her comment above. 77.98.244.158 (talk) 20:38, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Travis Coons

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Also persistent sockpuppetry. A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 20:22, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Akita (dog)

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Also persistent sockpuppetry. Several IPs working in concert. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 20:27, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    And again. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 11:46, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    J. J. Watt

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 20:59, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Mohamed Elneny

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Qed237 (talk) 21:12, 16 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Toradora!

    Temporary semi-protection: IP hopping ongoing vandalism. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 00:39, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 19:10, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Jason Rothenberg (television producer)

    Element Animation (Philippines)

    Indefinite create protection: Repeatedly recreated. Sixth of March 01:54, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Antonin Scalia

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 02:00, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    OpTic Gaming

    Semi-protection: Page was just unprotected on the 15th, but the vandalism is still an issue. Part of it seems to be the same user on two IPs. ItsIzumi (talk) 02:17, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Valley Christian High School (San Jose, California)

    Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations. clpo13(talk) 02:23, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Or PC, perhaps. Various anonymous editors want their principal's DUI to be front-and-center in the article lead. clpo13(talk) 03:30, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Stryper

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. A guy saved by Jesus (talk) 02:52, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    • Support A meme has placed Ted Cruz as the lead vocalist of the band and it's started to be attacked. I suspect that will last for at least a few more weeks. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:03, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Semi-protected for a period of two weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Katietalk 15:06, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Mauricio Fernández Garza

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. General Ization Talk 03:15, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Georgie Henley

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Binksternet (talk) 03:46, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    User(s) blocked. Katietalk 15:07, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Khunda, Punjab

    Temporary semi-protection: For the same reason shown by me in this request (october 2015), that was accepted. This page is a mini stub vandalized by anons from early 2011, mainly in the section about the personalities, with nonsenses as this or this other (just to link last vandalisms of 2015). In my periodic inspection tour I found this, very similar to the other examples linked before. The IPs are very similar (115.186.138.5 -oct 2015-, 115.186.185.62 -mar 2016-) and, IMHO, another semi-pro should be useful. Due to the fact that anon contribs to this page were, until now, only vandalisms, I would suggest a very long protection (5 years or more). Regards. --Dэя-Бøяg 04:12, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. There's been exactly one IP edit to the page since protection expired in October 2015, and two edits in total. No way this article should be protected for five days, much less five years or more. Katietalk 14:54, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Easter Island

    Semi-protection: Materialscientist had the good sense to apply one month of semi-protection to this article back in January of this year, but not long after it expired there was another spat of sometimes accidental edits by IP users including one on March 7 which blanked the entire article and had the summary "sorry first time :( plz fix Im so sorry it do=int mean to do this". I don't get the sense that these edits are vandalism per se, only that they are being made by inexperienced users who should probably be prevented from getting their feet wet by editing/ damaging this popular article (which gets 3,000-5,000 views a day, nearly 10,000 some days). I also don't think that this kind of accidental/ experimental editing is going to die down in a week or a month— the topic will always be one of interest. In that light, I'd like to suggest indefinite semi-protection or pending changes, since any temporary protection only seems likely to lead to more requests for temporary semi-protection as soon as it expires. Thanks. KDS4444Talk 07:54, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Malaysian Armed Forces

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Continuous vandalism by IP users. Molecule Extraction (talk) 10:31, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Wagga Wagga

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism by multiple IP addresses; request 1 week semi. Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 10:47, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    List of people from Wagga Wagga

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism by multiple IP addresses; request 1 week semi. Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 10:50, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    One-Punch Man

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Opencooper (talk) 12:47, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Pending-changes protected for a period of one month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Katietalk 15:15, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    List of countries by suicide rate‎

    Semi-protection for an extended period: High level of IP vandalism by 31.178.93.173 since January 24.―― Phoenix7777 (talk) 13:16, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Battle for Hill 3234

    Semi-protection: Persistent Removal of content by IP. MBlaze Lightning (talk) 14:11, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution. Katietalk 15:12, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    List of proxy wars

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – This article persistently has unsourced countries added to the various conflicts. I've worked on cleaning up the article multiple times, and am currently working on a draft to fix the issues. I shouldn't have to edit war with IPs and newer users over the incorrect addition of material. For example, someone (or multiple people) have added just about every conflict that took place during the Cold War as a Soviet Union vs. United States proxy war, even changing one entry where I had sourced both of these countries supporting the same side. You can compare my draft to the current version of the article for comparison. -©2016 Compassionate727(Talk)(Contributions) 15:17, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    BBC Southern Counties Radio

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – IP hopping user is continually adding a non-notable name. JumpiMaus (talk) 15:21, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Chennai International Airport

    Semi-protection: This article has a very long history of IP vandalism. Blocks in the past have led to numerous block evasions and/or IP hopping. Numerous sock IP's that may also be LTA IP vandals. 198.236.17.79 (talk) 15:49, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Libby Schaaf

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Page has been repeated target for obvious block evasion sockpuppetry. Nat Gertler (talk) 16:38, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 17:24, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Semi-protected by Bishonen for 1 month. tutterMouse (talk) 17:41, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    WP:Administrator intervention against vandalism

    Temporary semi-protection An IP user with either a proxy server or a dynamic IP has repeatedly vandalized this page today by redirecting it to random articles or replacing all the reports with nonsense. Obviously retaliation for being reported. Mmyers1976 (talk) 17:54, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    John P Galea

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistently recreated article (more persistent than anything I've ever come across) on subject which has already been deleted: WP:Articles for deletion/John Galea. Persistent sockpuppetry to recreate. Persistent use of sockpuppets to remove deletion tags. Boleyn (talk) 17:54, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Daredevil (season 2)

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – IPs (that are part of a current sock investigation) have been adding spam/illegal links to the article. Hoping a short semi protection will help in the interim until the users working on the sock investigation complete it. Favre1fan93 (talk) 17:58, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Simon Helberg

    Semi-protection: Pending changes are useless; unsourced (and irrelevant) additions keep coming back to this BLP. Snuggums (talk / edits) 18:10, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for reduction in protection level

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    • 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.
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    Saint Patrick's Day

    Only semi-protection: We currently have both Pending Changes Level 1 protection and semi-protection. The semi-protection is rendering the Pending Changes useless. --Peter Sam Fan | chat? 15:35, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    • Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 17:54, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Template:User page

    Indefinite template protection: Highly visible template – To allow template editors. Mlpearc (open channel) 16:15, 17 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for edits to a protected page

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