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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.

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism. Connormah (talk | contribs) 01:50, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Prime Minister of Canada (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, recent anonymous vandalism. Restricting to editors with accounts. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:34, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Declined for now - both IPs who were doing the recent stuff were blocked, and the article has been pretty quiet other than that. Re-list if situation worsens. AlexiusHoratius 01:31, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

H-1B visa (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection requested. Fairly aggressive WP:POV and WP:OR pushing by a number of IP editors in the last few days. Nsk92 (talk) 23:43, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 5 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:57, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Attack Attack! (album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, TONS of very recent IP vandalism, as well as several in the past. I've removed as much of the vandalism as I can. qö₮$@37 (talk) 23:07, 19 May 2010 (UTC).

Declined Vandalism has calmed down over the last 24-36 hours and please read the instructions at the top of this page when requesting indefinite semi protection. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:54, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Actually, it hasn't. There have been several vandalism posts by IP addresses within the past 12 hours. This, this, this, and this. Recent enough? qö₮$@37 (talk) 23:58, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

User:HEIL-MEIN-FUEHRER-JUDEN-MUESSEN-STERBEN (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite create-protection, The name of this page translates to "Hail my Fuehrer (which means Adolf Hitler) Jews Must Die" We need to prevent this page from ever being created. Kiteinthewind 22:02, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Creation protected Willking1979 (talk) 22:17, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection, BLP vios, introducing unsourced edits changing Sharif's nationality, by IPs. nableezy - 21:36, 19 May 2010 (UTC) 21:36, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Willking1979 (talk) 22:20, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Amy's Choice (Doctor Who) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Too much wildly speculative bollocks being added. ╟─TreasuryTag►stannary parliament─╢ 20:52, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 5 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. That should take us past the next episode, so hopefully the heat will have died down by then. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 21:35, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

2010–2011 United States network television schedule (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection, I.P.'s inserting unsourced and incorrect information. Marcus Aurelius (talk) 20:10, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:18, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect Page is getting useful edits by random IPs, but just as many are vandalism HalfShadow 20:02, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 48 hours, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection Excessive vandalism. Tbhotch 19:17, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:37, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Excessive amounts of vandalism very quickly by a number of IPs and new members. Spitfire19 (Talk) 19:05, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 48 hours, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:35, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Mexican Drug War (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection Excessive vandalism. Tbhotch 17:40, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:31, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Achaea (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), Principality of Achaea (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views), Reus (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection Excessive spamming of self-promoting links by a number of IPs (see also Royal house request below). Prior block did not have any results. Constantine ✍ 18:12, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Already protected. All Tbhotch 18:24, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection, Many attempts of self-promo, spam links etc. Anon uses proxy, ban is useless (IP „81.39.200.5 was blocked today, but without effect). Thank you in advance. Yopie (talk) 17:30, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 18:19, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection due to repeated IP vandalizm since page was unprotected on 7 May. Perhaps a permanent semi-protect would be in order? --Skywatcher68 (talk) 15:55, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:01, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection Some vandalism. Tbhotch 15:43, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:48, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

User talk:Tommy2010/Vandalize (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

full protection, user req within own user space//redirect. Tommy2010 14:55, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Fully protected HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:07, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Single editor, unblockable because using a range of IPs, posting spam over a long period. Old Moonraker (talk) 14:43, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:16, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Rainbow in the Dark (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection Excessive vandalism. Tbhotch 14:37, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

User(s) blocked.- blatant vandal account already blocked. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 15:12, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Current requests for unprotection

• WP:RFUP
• WP:RFPU

Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin on 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.

Current requests for edits to a protected page

• WP:RFED

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 Misplaced Pages:Suggestions for COI compliance), the {{Edit COI}} template should be used.
• Requests to move move-protected pages should be made at Misplaced Pages: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.

Fulfilled/denied requests

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

Temporary full protection dispute, Myself and another user find ourselves in an edit war/content dispute. The article has been protected for the same reason between the same users on the same content. I cannot for the life of me get the user (who uses a dynamic IP to avoid blocks) to discuss the issues on the talk pages.

The dispute restarted today with the anonymous editor reverting to a previous version, and in doing so they employed a false edit summary to hide the reversion: http://en.wikipedia.org/search/?title=New_Testament&diff=363009576&oldid=363005791 This practice is continuing. Ari (talk) 14:20, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. - Both editors blocked – for a period of 1 week. I warned when I protected last time that attempts to edit war again would be looked upon unfavorably, and so it is. Tim Song (talk) 14:31, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection Excessive vandalism. Tbhotch 14:06, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:19, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Geography of Niger (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary full protection vandalism, A continous stream of vandalism from multiple IPs. Fieldday-sunday (talk) 13:58, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Is that what you meant to ask for? Also, if it continues after the protection expires, you might want to see if you can get a more capable admin to do a rangeblock. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 14:03, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection, Seems to be a magnet for vandalism and unsourced info. NeilN 13:49, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 5 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 13:58, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Criticism of Facebook (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protect. News concerning a block of Facebook in Pakistan due to hosting images of Muhammed has drawn a number of new accounts to edit war at this article, including at least one sock of a recently blocked editor (see Misplaced Pages:Sockpuppet investigations/Rochesterbridge02). Ibn (talk) 13:09, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Already protected. 24 hours by User:Bubba hotep. AlexiusHoratius 13:20, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Daily anonymous IP vandalism for weeks on end, creating BLP issues galore. Requesting extended semi-protection. Uncle Dick (talk) 13:06, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of six months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. AlexiusHoratius 13:17, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Unprotection, very limited vandalism - indefinite semi-protection seems excessive. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:13, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

I think YM may need a reminder of the protection policy, the number of indefinite protections on his protection log is mind-bogglingly high. Connormah (talk | contribs) 23:18, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

That has already been done - I'm just challenging some of his further recent protections that look dubious. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 23:30, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Note: This one, I suggest you discuss with YM first. Although indefinite is probably not justified, I do see evidence of vandalism in the history, so I;d like to hear his thoughts. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 23:43, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

FWIW see this -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 23:54, 15 May 2010 (UTC)

Even if a protection was justified, a first protection shouldn't even be an indef one, IMO. Connormah (talk | contribs) 00:04, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

It shouldn't according the RPP instructions an the protection policy, but I'm not a huge fan of unilaterally reversing another admin's actions, even though I;m not remotely territorial about my own, so I;d like to hear YM's thoughts. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 00:11, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I agree, that's probably the best idea. Connormah (talk | contribs) 01:12, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

I haven't forgotten about this, but YM hasn't edited since the 14th so I'm inclined to leave it a little longer. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:18, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm certainly more than happy to give it until the end of the week - you've already personally unprotected, or significantly reduced the duration of, 4 out of YM's last 13 protections so its the right thing for you to give him a good chance to respond on this one. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 22:34, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

OK, I've reduced the expiry to 3 weeks from today. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:36, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

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

Protection term reduction Its a considerable improvement in protection levels, but 6 months still seems excessive for the first time. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 07:41, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Declined might be worth leaving it for a few weeks and then reducing it- hopefully vandals will be put off by 6 months in the meantime. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:32, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Principality of Achaea (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, Many attacks by one user, who uses proxy. Article is semiprotected on fr wiki too. Yopie (talk) 10:56, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. by Redvers (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) let me know if that doesn't solve the problem. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:09, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

User:DASHBot/F5 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite semi-protection, This shutoff page has been used (likely in good faith) multiple times by new users. If an admin could semi-protect this page, and all other of the shutoff pages listed here here, it would be greatly appreciated. Tim1357 10:51, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

All Done. Now get your own damn mop so you can do it yourself ;) HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 11:07, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

To Each His Own Cinema (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Dynamic IP from India (Hyderabad/Secunderabad) continually removing content without explanation. -- Boing! said Zebedee 10:08, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Actually, the last edit summary said "pic not correct" - but gave no clue why, and it looks fine to me judging by a search of other sites -- Boing! said Zebedee 10:11, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 48 hours, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Try to get them into discussion if possible, but that should give you a break. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 10:29, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Thanks - I'll try talking if they come back again, but it's usually a different IP each time -- Boing! said Zebedee 10:32, 19 May 2010 (UTC)