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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 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. If you are requesting unprotection, it is almost always a good idea to ask the protecting admin first before listing a page here.
  2. Add a level 3 header (i.e. ==== {{la|Example}} ====) at the TOP of either the protection or unprotection list and place one of the templates from the table below within the header. Please make sure you have spelled the name of the article properly; a common error stems from mistaken requests for the protection of redirects, particularly capitalised ones.
  3. 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.
  4. Please do not add arbitrary requests for a protection expiry time to your request, or request indefinite protection arbitrarily.
    • 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 and endless vandalism problems which multiple increasing periods of temporary semi-protection have failed to stop.
    • Note that different expiry times can now be set for edit and move-protections, so an article can, for example, be semi-edit-protected for a week and full-move-protected indefinitely.
  5. Sign your request with four tildes ~~~~ and save.
  • 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
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Article {{la|ARTICLE}} {{lat|ARTICLE}}
Template {{lt|TEMPLATE}} {{ltt|TEMPLATE}}
Wikipedia {{lw|PAGE}} {{lwt|PAGE}}
User {{lu|USER}} {{lut|USER}}
Category {{lc|CATEGORY}} {{lct|CATEGORY}}
File {{lf|FILE}} {{lft|FILE}}
Portal {{lp|PORTAL}} {{lpt|PORTAL}}
MediaWiki cannot be unprotected {{lmt|MESSAGE}}
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Contents

Administrator instructions


[edit] Current requests for protection

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

Generally speaking, Wikipedia's Main Page featured article will not be fully or semi-protected. Protection will only be considered in the event of extremely high levels of vandalism - more than is usually observed for Today's Featured Article.

[edit] Douglas Costa (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protection Lots of unsourced, speculative IP additions about this footballer who may or may not be transferring from Gremio to Manchester Utd. Dancarney (talk) 10:44, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Prem Rawat (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite full protection dispute, Article is currently under mediation. This has happened before at a mediation last year, and worked well. I, the mediator, will ask an administrator to make changes to the article, or drop the protection back to semi, once changes have been discussed, and have consensus. This seems the best option for the time being. Once the mediation is over, I will ask for the protection to be lifted, but this could take some time, so I'd suggest no expiry be set. Steve Crossin The clock is ticking.... 08:54, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Fully protected without expiry. I trust you to request unprotection as soon as mediation has ended. Regards SoWhy 12:56, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] GTANet (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary full protection dispute, Anons and new editors keep on adding unverified speculation that the website shut down with no hopes of relaunching, although the site's official Twitter profile states that the "network should be back online within the next couple of days". Blake Gripling (talk) 06:28, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week. After 1 week the page will be automatically unprotected. Personal speculation and blatant crystal balling is not a dispute, it's disruption. Regards SoWhy 07:21, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontein (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Recent vandalism target... /Blaxthos ( t / c ) 04:59, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Already protected by Smashville (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · moves · rights). SoWhy 07:17, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Dan Henderson (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection Vandalism. Was declined some 30+ hours ago, see below. --aktsu (t / c) 04:42, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of one week. After one week the page will be automatically unprotected. Enigmamsg 06:49, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Owl City (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protect, repeated insertion of copyright-violating material by anon IP. Chubbles (talk) 22:43, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Declined, I tagged the image for speedy on commons. It should be taken care of soon, thus removing the problem. If not, please re-request. Regards SoWhy 07:15, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Invaders Must Die (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi protection. This album is being vandalized by an IP that avoided the WP:3RR rule. This vandalism is against WP:Albums and WP:NPOV standards. The edits are similar to a four time banned user known as Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TreePaper/Archive TreePaper. Please help! Andrzejbanas (talk) 19:47, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Declined, can be handled by blocks at the moment, but it seems to have stopped anyway. SoWhy 07:03, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Silvio Berlusconi (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi protection. A controversial major political figure whose page is frequently vandalized by anonymous IPs. ☯  Zenwhat (talk) 18:36, 13 July 2009 (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. SoWhy 07:02, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Galatasaray S.K. (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protect A lot of adding/removing of squad members to this Turkish football club, regardless of accuracy. Typical transfer window nonsense. Dancarney (talk) 14:34, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week. After 1 week the page will be automatically unprotected. SoWhy 06:59, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Pocket God (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi protection. Some of the sections in Pocket God have become under fire from repeated edit wars and inapporiate comments (and I don't want to point the finger at a specific person but some of these are coming from IP's) so please Semi-Protect Pocket God Secret Saturdays (talk) 21:01, 13 July 2009 (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. SoWhy 06:57, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] 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 to ask the protecting admin first before making a request here.

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

[edit] Timewave zero (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

There has been what I saw as a relatively minor dispute with Systemizer (talk · contribs)'s attempts to make major changes to the article (please look at editor's deleted contributions and AfDs to get a flavor for the sort of edits he/she writes). This appears to have been against consensus and after I reverted his last major change user:Rootology protected the article for a month. I asked Rootology why on his talk page and by email and have had no reply. As Systemizer had had warnings for edit warring on the article, including a 48 hour block by Nishkid64, I felt that dealing with the editor was more appropriate than protecting the article (right version so far as I'm concerned). Although Rootology has been posting regularly he's blanked his talk page with a Wikibreak notice (after being asked to remove an earlier one because he didn't seem to be on a break). I'm not going to unprotect the article obviously, although I don't think anyone should protect an article while on a Wikibreak. Dougweller (talk) 09:02, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Unprotected Xymmax So let it be written So let it be done 14:14, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Current requests for edits to a protected page

Shortcut:
WP:RFED
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}}, {{Editsemiprotected}} or {{Request edit}} 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:

[edit] Fulfilled/denied requests

[edit] User talk:Willking1979 (edit|user page|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, User-requested due to recent vandalism. Willking1979 (talk) 02:22, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of three days. After three days the page will be automatically unprotected. Also, latest vandalizing IP is now blocked Enigmamsg 03:43, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Early life and career of Barack Obama (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

A recent article in WorldNetDaily documents an ongoing edit war with accounts involved with Early life and career of Barack Obama, which have now moved on to Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children and The Queen's Medical Center with the same claims. Recommend semi-protection of all three articles. Previous request for semi appears to have gone unfulfilled. Viriditas (talk) 01:28, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Already protected--RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 01:43, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

See above. Viriditas (talk) 01:27, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks. After 2 weeks the page will be automatically unprotected.--RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 01:44, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] The Queen's Medical Center (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

See above. Viriditas (talk) 01:27, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks. After 2 weeks the page will be automatically unprotected.--RegentsPark (sticks and stones) 01:45, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Grays Athletic F.C. (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protect, due to high amounts of IP user vandalism. --Jimbo[online] 22:25, 13 July 2009 (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. Enigmamsg 03:46, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Israel Defense Forces (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Semi-protect. Anons w/ dynamic IPs (most likely sockpuppets of Goldfinger 93 (talk · contribs); see spi case) are edit-warring to introduce original research. Rami R 22:07, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of one month. After one month the page will be automatically unprotected. Enigmamsg 03:56, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Fabian Delph (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Excessive vandalism by several IP users regarding speculation about his future. I suggest a page lock for either two weeeks or a month will prevent future vandalism. RM-Taylor (talk) 21:44, 13 July 2009 (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. Enigmamsg 03:57, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


[edit] User talk:12.147.221.126 (edit|user page|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection user talk of blocked user, Removal of {{sharedip}} template and general misuse of talk page while blocked. Apparition11 Complaints/Mistakes 00:56, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

User(s) re-blocked with talk page editing disallowed -- this should be a better option than protecting the talk page. Mikaey, Devil's advocate 01:05, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


[edit] How to add company on wikipedia (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite create-protection Megaman en m (talk) 23:04, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Protected to prevent recreation. Test page/implausible article title. Jamie☆S93 23:40, 13 July 2009 (UTC)


[edit] User:Arbiteroftruth (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite move-protection, Protecting the userpage of my former username, which is now simply a redirect page to my current userpage. Kiteinthewind Leave a message! 21:41, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Move protected. Jamie☆S93 22:07, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Daniel Radcliffe (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Excessive vandalism by IP users. — Σxplicit 21:34, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Lauren London (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Excessive vandalism to a biography of a living person. — Σxplicit 21:15, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week. After 1 week the page will be automatically unprotected. –Juliancolton | Talk 21:18, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Julie Benz (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Temporary semi protection. Repeatedly vandalized by an IP (now a new account) determined to substitute a highly subjective/promotional text (including much cut-and-pasting from copyrighted sources) for the consensus article. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 19:59, 13 July 2009 (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.. It appears to be one disruptive user who sometimes edits as an anon IP. If you could issue warnings, we can issue blocks if necessary. I have the page on my watchlist. Plastikspork (talk) 22:29, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Edgar Davids (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

full protection vandalism. jjmihai 18:09, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

  • Yes please! Thanks jjmihai, you just beat me to it. Drmies (talk) 18:28, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks. After 2 weeks the page will be automatically unprotected. Icestorm815 • Talk 20:48, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Llamazemas (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Indefinite create-protection, Total WP:BALLS page, created and speedied three times Beeblebrox (talk) 18:09, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Protected to prevent recreation Icestorm815 • Talk 20:44, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
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