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Shortcuts WP:RFPP WP:RFP WP:RPP 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. Skip to table of contents requests to raise protection lower protection requested edits (purge) 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 of article protection, upload protection, or create 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.

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

Temporary pending changes: BLP policy violations – Persistent libel against what appears to be user's classmates. Edits have been suppressed. Ramaksoud2000 22:41, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – There has been a constant amount of vandalism from IPs and new users, which, according to the 50 most recent contributions, feature a wide range of vandalism. ZappaOMati 22:36, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

temporary semi protection - the page has become a battleground between those championing the senator's "gun rights" support and those wishing to place her opposition to background checks as responsible for the next mass shooting. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 21:53, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Satellizer el Bridget 21:51, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Indefinite pending changes: Persistent vandalism – Page receives weekly vandalism from IPs, both obvious vandalism and not so obvious (changing Monroe's term dates). Chris Troutman (talk) 21:32, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Long term deletion of material, test edits and vandalism. At least the last ~25 edits are only vandalism and reverts. mabdul 20:29, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Pending-changes protected ‑Scottywong| communicate _ 22:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

BK Chicken Fries (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) & The Burger King (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Perm-semi or a long term Temp-semi - An IP hopping edit warrior who has been constantly adding trivia to the article is at it again after the protection ended. Multiple editors besides myself have removed this, but he keeps reposting. I've tried to discuss this on the talk page and explain why this is inappropriate for inclusion, but the IP poster is sockpuppetting via various IP addresses from AT&T wireless and Charter (all assigned in central Massachusetts and Northern Rhode Island) to make it look as multiple editors are chiming in - a clear violation of policy. Obviously, no valid conversation can be had. The contrib has shown that he has no intention of good faith, truly discussing the issue, adhering to our standards of neutrality, or following any other policy of Misplaced Pages. Further he is lobbing personal attacks at me instead of discussing the issue. This is tendentious editing at its worst, and the article really should be locked down. I have also asked for the Burger King article to also be locked because the contrib has actively shown that he will migrate to that article if this one is locked down. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 19:50, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

• Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection was recently made for this page, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days. Snotbot  t • c »  20:04, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

In response to the bot posting, yes this is a repost. I asked the admin to reconsider the denial and the post was archived before a response was made. I have expanded this to explain why the protection is needed and why the discussion is not bearing fruit due to the IP contrib's behavior. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 20:25, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection: High level of IP vandalism following his being drafted by the New York Jets and the controversy surrounding the firing of his agents. Perhaps a brief lockout will help quell the edits though I'm not hopeful. The Writer 2.0 19:49, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – High vandalism on a WP:BLP. STATic message me! 19:41, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism since November. IP, usually in 95 range, continually changing height and weight to arbitrary numbers. One IP was blocked yesterday, but another 95 is back today. InedibleHulk (talk) 19:23, May 2, 2013 (UTC)

Bath salts (drug) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Pending changes or semi-protection: This article is frequently and persistently the target of vandalism and other unconstructive edits from IPs and new users. Deli nk (talk) 19:22, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

United Kingdom local elections, 2014 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Same vandals who were attacking the 2013 article, which was protected a few minutes ago. — Richard BB 19:00, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -- zzuuzz 19:07, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP user making changes to sourced content and adding content sourced to unreliable sources. Using Op-eds such as these for historical statements of fact, And is quite obviously misrepresnting othhers such as this which does not even remotely support the content adde as it has no mention at all of a "A consensus of Russian historians". Darkness Shines (talk) 17:06, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Call of Duty: Ghosts (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection: Persistent IP vandalism. Dell9300 (talk) 16:54, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Same IP vandalism from multiple IP addresses. ChrisHodgesUK (talk) 15:52, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. JohnBlackburne_deeds 15:30, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Pending-changes protected for a period of 6 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. ‑Scottywong| communicate _ 22:12, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

List of One Life to Live characters (2010s) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection: Persistent IP vandalism of unsourced material. FrickFrack 15:16, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring – Discussions are getting nowhere. Request full page protection so I can open a dispute resolution case. Gaijin42 (talk) 14:28, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

DR opened Misplaced Pages:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard#Gun_Control Gaijin42 (talk) 15:46, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Fully protected Change back to semi-protection once dispute resolution concludes. ‑Scottywong| gossip _ 22:03, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

29th Golden Raspberry Awards (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Request temporary semi-protection due to disruption of WP:FL page by likely sock of Onelifefreak2007 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Thank you for your time. — Cirt (talk) 13:57, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Also, the user is already autoconfirmed, so semiprotection would not be effective. What about SPI? Lectonar (talk) 17:17, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent and frequent vandalism and addition of unsourced material by IP-users and non-autoconfirmed user accounts. Thomas.W (talk) 10:16, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. ‑Scottywong| confabulate _ 21:46, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

• Automated comment: Page has not been protected. Snotbot  t • c »  22:03, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Acnaren (talk) 09:12, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution. Lectonar (talk) 17:18, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Māori protest movement (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP-based language modifications. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:27, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Pending-changes protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. ‑Scottywong| chat _ 21:56, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Tolly4bolly 06:59, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Declined I see many IP edits, but far from all of them are vandalism. Lectonar (talk) 17:12, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Full protection: Too many edit wars. I'd like to see this page protected until consensus is reached on the talk page (as various editors keep removing sourced content without waiting for the discussion to finish). MrMoustacheMM (talk) 04:55, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Will warn the user on his talk page. ‑Scottywong| express _ 21:51, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection - steady IP and new account vandalism for several months. Some guy (talk) 02:02, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. GedUK  17:08, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Nearly all of the edits to the page for the last two months have been vandalism and reversion of vandalism; that's pretty high over the 5% average mentioned in the semiprotection guideline. Some guy (talk) 17:45, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring. McKhan (talk) 01:38, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. Also somewhat stale. Lectonar (talk) 17:08, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Avril Lavigne discography (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Repeated IP edits that are not constructive. (request on behalf of User Watquaza). ~ ~ : ~ 00:19, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Declined "Not constructive" is not vandalism; use the articles talkpage to find a solution for this problem. Lectonar (talk) 17:07, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Kosovo–Pakistan relations (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Foreign relations of the Republic of Kosovo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Template:Foreign relations of Kosovo‎ (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:Foreign relations of Pakistan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Semi-protection: Persistant sock-puppetry by User:Koov. See Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Koov. TDL (talk) 21:31, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. Lectonar (talk) 17:04, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Sorry, but did you look at the history? The first article, for instance, has been edited by 5 socks of the user in the past month. Yes the current sock has been blocked, but that only delays the problem for a couple of days until he has a fresh one. He's been socking for 5 years, so it's unlikely he's just going to give up... TDL (talk) 17:38, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

No, I never look at the article histories before making a decision.....that is what makes being an admin so easy......ok, let's get serious: the frequency of the "unconstructive" edits (which are not necessarily vandalism) is not very high, so that would not be a cause for semiprotection, the prospect of having more socking would not be a case for semiprotection because we do not protect preemptively. I see no other way forward but to keep reporting the socks and reverting.....if another admin wants to protect these, they may feel free, of course. Lectonar (talk) 18:07, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Yes, protection is not used preemptively, but I don't think that's the case here. There's a clear track record of disruption that is almost certain to continue unless the article is protected. And right on schedule, another sock has just appeared to continue the disruption. Surely there's a more efficient way to deal with persistent sockpuppetry from ips and newly registered accounts then having to repeatedly revert and file SPI reports (which often languish for more than a week before being dealt with)? I was under the impression that {{pp-semi-sock}} was designed for just such cases. TDL (talk) 20:42, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection: Significant amounts of IP vandalism.Rwenonah (talk) 19:58, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Pending-changes protected for a period of 6 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. ‑Scottywong| comment _ 21:43, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

Current requests for unprotection

• WP:RFUP
• WP:RFPU

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

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• WP:RFED

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Fulfilled/denied requests

A rolling archive of the last seven days of protection requests can be found at Misplaced Pages:Requests for page protection/Rolling archive.