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This page is for requesting that a page, image or template be fully protected, semi-protected, move-protected or unprotected. Please read up on the protection policy. Full protection is used to stop edit warring between multiple users or to prevent vandalism to Wikipedia:High-risk templates; semi-protection is usually used only to prevent IP and new user vandalism (see the rough guide to semi-protection); and move protection is used to stop pagemove revert wars

After a page has been protected, the protection is listed in the page history and logs with a short description indicating why it was protected, and the article is listed on Special:Protectedpages. Further discussion should take place on the Talk page of the article. In the case of full protection due to edit warring, admins do not revert back to specific versions of the page, except to get rid of obvious vandalism.

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Instructions

If you would like to request a page to be protected or unprotected, please follow the following steps:

  1. Add a level 4 header at the TOP of either the protection or unprotection list and place one of the templates from the table below within the header.
    (for example, for an article use: ===={{la|ARTICLE}}====)
  2. If you are requesting protection, place the type of request (full protection, semi-protection, or move protection) and a brief reason for your request below your header. If you are requesting unprotection, it is almost always a good idea to ask the protecting admin first before listing a page here.
  3. Please do not add arbitrary requests for a protection expiry time to your request. If there is a reason for a page to be protected for a certain amount of time, such as protecting a usertalk page until the user is unblocked, please make this clear. If you are requesting indefinite semi-protection, be aware that it is only applied to articles with endemic vandalism problems like George W. Bush, and not to articles with half a dozen IP vandalism edits in the last fortnight.
  4. Sign your request with four tildes ~~~~ and save.
  5. Administrators: Please mark reviewed requests using {{RFPP}} so that a bot may recognize and archive those entries.
  • Note that this is not a venue for continuing an argument from elsewhere. If a request contains excessive arguing, is being used for edit-warring or content disputes, contains personal attacks or uncivil comments, or any other unrelated discussion, it will be removed from this page.
Namespace To request page protection / unprotection To request talk page protection / unprotection
Generic {{ln|NAMESPACE|PAGE NAME}} {{lnt|NAMESPACE|PAGE NAME}}
Article {{la|ARTICLE}} {{lat|ARTICLE}}
Template {{lt|TEMPLATE}} {{ltt|TEMPLATE}}
Wikipedia {{lw|PAGE}} {{lwt|PAGE}}
User {{lu|PAGE}} {{lut|PAGE}}
Category {{lc|CATEGORY}} {{lct|CATEGORY}}
Image {{li|IMAGE}} {{lit|IMAGE}}
Portal {{lp|PORTAL}} {{lpt|PORTAL}}
MediaWiki cannot be unprotected {{lmt|MESSAGE}}
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Example
===={{la|The weather in London}}====
'''semi-protect'''. High level of IP vandalism. ~~~~

Contents


Current requests for protection

Place requests for either semi-protection, full protection, or move protection at the TOP of this section. Check here if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

List of emo artists (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temp Semi-protect High Ip vandalism. --neonwhite user page talk 14:02, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Declined – There is not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection at this time. If there's significantly more disruptive activity in the future, consider relisting. Stifle (talk) 14:40, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Georges Braque (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

semi-protect Heavy vandalism today. JNW (talk) 13:44, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 days. After 2 days the page will be automatically unprotected. Stifle (talk) 14:39, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

User talk:66.168.119.24 (|user page|history|links|watch|logs)

temporary semi-protection User talk of blocked user, User is blocked for 3 months.E Wing (talk) 13:43, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Declined – There is not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection at this time. If there's significantly more disruptive activity in the future, consider relisting. Stifle (talk) 14:39, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Islam (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism, just came off a long period of semi protection, suggest an idef. semi protect Roadrunnerz45 (talk 2 me) 13:37, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected indefinitely. Stifle (talk) 14:35, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

USS Chosin (CG-65) (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

semi-protect, persistent removal of sourced material by a variety of IPs (some of which are associated with the US Navy Information Center and thus may constitute sensitive IP addresses). SHEFFIELDSTEELTALK 13:12, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month. After 1 month the page will be automatically unprotected. PhilKnight (talk) 13:20, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

User:Silly Dan (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

semi-protect, gets vandalized by trolls every few weeks see history. —Silly Dan (talk) 11:38, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected -- zzuuzz (talk) 12:06, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Paul O'Grady (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

temporary semi-protection , Anonymous / new users keep changing the "celebrity" template to "actor" template, despite them being reverted by myself and other editors..~~ [Jam][talk] 09:41, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Fully protected for a period of 4 days. After 4 days the page will be automatically unprotected. That's edit warring, not vandalism, so semi-protection (which would "lock out" just one side of the edit war) isn't appropriate. Stifle (talk) 10:37, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

User:TTN (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite semi-protection non-stop vandalism coming from various ips. Perhaps a long-time protection could do if I am asking for too much. Lord Sesshomaru (talkedits) 02:23, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Declined – There is not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection at this time. If there's significantly more disruptive activity in the future, consider relisting. However, the user himself may request indefinite semi-protection if he wishes. Stifle (talk) 10:45, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Catherine Deneuve (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection - An edit war seems to be on the verge of brewing again with this article, and thus, I think it should be semi-protected (for maybe a month like last time) before it really starts getting out of hand. I've pleaded that proper discussions take place before any full-scale edits are made, but one particular person seems to be ignoring this and also engaging in possible sockpuppetry using various anonymous IPs. I will be filing a sockpuppetry report on this person. In the meantime, though, I ask that semi-protection please be given before this situation gets out of hand again. Thank you. -- Luke4545 (talk) 02:08, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Declined Both users warned about violating 3RR. PeterSymonds (talk) 07:10, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
APPEAL - As I said previously, I urged the person behind the IP to engage fully in discussions BEFORE going through with any full-scale edits; however, the user continuously made those unconstructive/unnecessary full-scale edits without waiting until any conclusions/compromises were laid out. I think this is extremely important to understand as to the reasoning behind why I made those reversions. There was a similar situation that occurred a couple of months ago between me and another user in the same article, and the administrators that handled that situation seemed to factor in that concept; thus, 3RR-based blocks were not issued following cases that were filed. I'm not saying that every single administrator should act the same way, but I think this is significant to note. Once semi-protection was granted in the previous situation, that other user finally engaged in full discussions, and a constructive resolution was soon reached. That's what I was hoping for in this situation as well. I hope you'll now understand where I'm coming from. Thanks. -- Luke4545 (talk) 11:40, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Declined - semi-protection is not used against edit wars. Stifle (talk) 14:40, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Current requests for unprotection

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If you simply want to make spelling corrections or add information to a protected page that is not disputed, and you are not involved in any disputes there, consider simply adding {{Editprotected}} to the article's talk page, along with an explanation of what you want to add to the page. See the list of current {{Editprotected}} requests.

If you do want a page that exists unprotected, please try and ask the protecting admin first before making a request here. This is also not the place to dispute a protection.

Check here if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

2008 Major League Soccer season (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

All templates are protected due to dispute and edit warring, but said dispute has been settled. --Otav347 (talk) 14:47, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Elagabalus (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Today's featured article is not normally supposed to be protected all day. 62.145.19.66 (talk) 09:29, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected Stifle (talk) 10:39, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Poseur (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Protected redlink, should probably redirect to either wannabe or poser, the English equivalents of the French -- Kendrick7talk 07:18, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Current requests for significant edits to a protected page

When making requests here, either:
  • Provide a good reason for a substantial edit to a protected page. These are only done in exceptional circumstances, or when there is very clear consensus for an edit and continued protection. Please link to the talk page where consensus was reached.
  • Demonstrate that there is a clear dispute over a protected page, and that a specific dispute tag would be appropriate to add. Please link to the talk page where the dispute exists.

Note: Unless the talk page itself is protected, you may instead add {{Editprotected}} to the article's talk page if you would like an inconsequential change rather than requesting it here, though most of these should simply wait for unprotection. See also: Category:Wikipedia protected edit requests

User talk:82.201.199.172 (|user page|history|links|watch|logs) and User talk:Ghoneim (|user page|history|links|watch|logs)

Please courtesy blank the above two pages, both of which are fully protected, per OTRS #2008051310027978. Thank you. Paul Yeratz (talk) 10:19, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Done Thanks, PeterSymonds (talk) 22:39, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

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

Requested edit to add template code support for Japanese cinema task force. See talk page for exact diff requested. Thanks! Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 08:22, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Done by CapitalR (talk contribs blocks protects deletions moves rights). CIreland (talk) 03:49, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Mazandarani language (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

All of the discussions done in that talk page, and my talk page, Also Read here for my definations about why i consider it as vandal, Please revert the current version which is not correct and this IP used sources not relating to the issue. Thank you. this IP gots enough amount of vandals, many of them deleted by himself --Parthava (talk) 13:53, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Declined Request was declined on the article's talk page. PeterSymonds | talk 09:01, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

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Please add the {{rfd}} template since I nominated this redirect for deletion here. -- Prince Kassad (talk) 09:48, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

Done Thanks for notifying. Rudget (Help?) 10:00, 11 May 2008 (UTC)


Fulfilled/denied requests

Libra Dohko (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Long-time semi protect way too much vandalism these past couple of weeks. Lord Sesshomaru (talkedits) 02:05, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks. After 2 weeks the page will be automatically unprotected. PeterSymonds (talk) 07:50, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


Boston Legal (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

unprotection , protected since August 2007; no vandalism for a long time.Andrewlp1991 (talk) 02:50, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected PeterSymonds (talk) 07:53, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


13 May 2008 Jaipur bombings (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

semi-protect. On Wikipedia's front page news. High level of IP vandalism. --AI009 (talk) 06:08, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Declined The main page articles get a higher level of vandalism because of their visibility. The vandalism looks slow at the moment and is being quickly reverted. I see no need to protect at this time. PeterSymonds (talk) 06:50, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

McCarthyism (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism. RedSpruce (talk) 03:51, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Declined – There is not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection at this time. If there's significantly more disruptive activity in the future, consider relisting. PeterSymonds (talk) 06:50, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Nevada (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary Semi-Protection - The page was protected before but needs re-protection, it is being vandalized day after day. Buddha24 (talk) 03:32, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks. After 2 weeks the page will be automatically unprotected. PeterSymonds (talk) 06:52, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Flavor of Love 3 (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary Semi-Protection - The page is being vandalized day after day. It would be good to protect it until the show ends on Monday, because until then, there will be a lot of vandalizing. --Yankeesrj12 (talk) 03:07, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Declined I only spotted a few instances of vandalism. The most active IPs and new users are editing in good faith, not vandalism. PeterSymonds (talk) 06:56, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

User talk:69.64.213.146 (|user page|history|links|watch|logs)

indefinite semi-protection User talk of blocked user, User is blocked indefinitely.E Wing (talk) 02:57, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected indefinitely PeterSymonds (talk) 06:59, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Laetitia Casta (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Repetitive, previously-blocked editor has returned after expiration of previous article protection..Dudesleeper / Talk 02:42, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Pages are not protected pre-emptively. PeterSymonds (talk) 07:02, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


Laser (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Protect this article for 24 hours. It is indirectly linked to from Google; click on today's Google logo and it is the second result (for me).Gary King (talk) 02:58, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected bibliomaniac15 03:22, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Elagabalus (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

temporary semi-protection, continued page-blanking vandalism --Porqin (talk) 01:47, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Already protected bibliomaniac15 03:25, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

User talk:69.112.45.53 (|user page|history|links|watch|logs)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Still has one more day before block expires.E Wing (talk) 00:48, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected bibliomaniac15 03:27, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

User:JeremyMcCracken (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protect Long story short, I caught an IP messing up an article then AfDing it, article was kept, IP user is cheesed off and keeps posting on my user page. It happened on 3 May, I just caught it yesterday and they put it back a few minutes ago. JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 00:16, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected - Rjd0060 (talk) 03:33, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


List of living supercentenarians (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

  • Strong semi-protect. Just about every un-registered edit in the past few weeks has been vandalism. Georgia guy (talk) 00:13, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
Semi-protected for one week. Malinaccier (talk) 00:21, 16 May 2008 (UTC)


Pizza Mia (