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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.

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

Semi-protection, temporary Apparently everyone thinks they're a comedian. A-HAW-HAW-HYUK. Mostly minor petty vandalism by incognito users, and some minor issues with the actual naming of the character, though it has likely been resolved at this point. AllStarZ (talk) 03:06, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

• Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.   jj137 03:09, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

4chan (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect with no foreseeable expiry. Frequent target of vandalism with no end in sight. Due to the nature of this community (notice that even the article itself attests to the community's propensity for "raids" and death threats) it is, and will forever remain, a target of constant vandalism Lengthy Cat (talk) 22:55, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I will not protect because of my involvement with SIHULM (4channers are not happy with me); encourage protection just from looking at the edit history. -Jéské 23:06, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• Semi-protected by me instead. Acalamari 23:07, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

July 18 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

temporary, possibly indef semi-protection , People continuously add themselves or others who aren't notable.J-ſtan_{User page} 22:16, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• Semi-protected for a month. I don't think there's been enough disruption to warrant indefinite semi-protection, but we'll see how it goes after the month. Acalamari 23:11, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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

semi-protection Vandalism.Videmus Omnia 20:43, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -- Flyguy649 20:45, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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

semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism, at least once per day. Afluegel (talk) 19:27, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• Semi-protected by DMacks. Acalamari 23:12, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

List of best-selling music artists (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect. Continuous vandalism, IPs keep persistently replacing the names of artists by those they wish to see as best selling artists or moving their favourite artists from 100 mil. section to 200 mil. --Harout72 (talk) 19:04, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of one week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Jmlk17 01:24, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect This diambiguation page has sources, but they have been ignored by a specific user. The IP address was the same, so if blocking that user is not in anyone's best interest, protecting the articles "Pontiff" and "Holy Father" is the least I would ask. Also, I would like to mention the fact that I have notified this user on his/her talk page of the Misplaced Pages Policy against adhomimem criticism, however he/she appears to have ignored that policy. I have also responded WITHOUT personal attacks in the edit summaries for several times (look at this). I have another request for another article -- the next one -- but it has the same issue. Sorry for the long edit — it has been a little irritating. ~ Troy (talk) 19:54, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. The user has been warned, but if the issues continue, please let me know. Jmlk17 01:30, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect This diambiguation page has sources, but they have been ignored by a specific user. The IP address was the same, so if blocking that user is not in anyone's best interest, protecting the articles "Pontiff" and "Holy Father" is the least I would ask. Also, I would like to mention the fact that I have notified this user on his/her talk page of the Misplaced Pages Policy against adhomimem criticism, however, he/she appears to have ignored that policy. Edit summaries this user has put in were either blank or, more recently, insulting. For example, this user has repeated claims such as this and that. In that last link — that was were he/she seemed to have crossed the line -- he called me a heretic. For that reason, this user should not be allowed to be disruptive OR edit aggressively in these articles. Again, sorry for the long edits, this user has been too disruptive for me to explain in a single sentence. ~ Troy (talk) 19:54, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. The user has been warned, but if the issues continue, please let me know. Jmlk17 01:29, 23 December 2007 (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.

Abuse admin rights by Dbachmann (talk · contribs)

The full protect on Indo-European languages is a clear case of admin abuse to me. The protection was not requested according to the procedure to protect a page. There was no serious edit warring involved and the protection only serves the content dispute of the administrator. Please unprotect, or reverse to the version that corresponds to what has been discussed in TALK first. Rokus01 (talk) 03:16, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

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There is no freaking way this noticeboard should ever have been protected. Anon editors are frequently discussed there...how are they supposed to explain their actions or contribute to discussions if the noticeboard is protected? Videmus Omnia Unprotected -- zzuuzz 00:36, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

User:Alexfusco5 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unprotection protection no longer needed Alexfusco 19:01, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. -- zzuuzz 19:18, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

What do you mean? I don't see any user blocked here :S Snowolf 00:59, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Oops, understood now. Snowolf 01:00, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Current requests for significant 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

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

unprotect. user is creating articles that are being prodded, and there is no way of notifying him/her. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 19:30, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Unprotected -- zzuuzz 20:04, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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

semi-protect. An IP user will not stop with the war editing. In fact if you can ban the user please do because now he/she is vandalizing my user page. Thanks, HoosierState 18:21, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. 3RR blocks are now in place. -- zzuuzz 18:56, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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

indefinite move-protection , We had a small incident of move vandalisim. This is to ensure that this doesn't happen again. .Marlith /C 17:54, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

• Move protected Acalamari 17:56, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

  This is the first incident since March, I don't think an indefinite move protection is needed, especially since I indef blocked the vandal. -- ReyBrujo (talk) 17:59, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

  • I didn't set the time for the protection; that was already in place. However, looking at how long the page has been protected (nearly a year), I've set an expiry. Acalamari 18:02, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, User of dynamic IPs continually inserting inappropriate external link..... discospinster _talk 16:00, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected and in the future try to be able to do it yourself. ;-) Maxim_(talk) 17:16, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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

semi-protect - edit warring by unlogged-in users around latest news story. Church of the Sub-Genie (talk) 15:18, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Declined as I only see one revert, so no editwarring. Please discuss with the anons first. Thanks, --Maxim_(talk) 17:19, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

WWE No Way Out (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Full-protect until 1st February - constant content dispute on talkpage that shows no signs of dying down. Davnel03 15:08, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Fully protected Maxim_(talk) 17:02, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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

- Semi-protect - persistent IP vandalism. Parsecboy (talk) 15:05, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected Maxim_(talk) 17:03, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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

semi-protect - persistent IP vandalism that even a range block of the IP address can't stop. Otto4711 (talk) 14:36, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected and User(s) blocked. (simply a bigger range}. Maxim_(talk) 17:07, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

M1 Abrams (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection. Idiotic IP vandalism. Chris Cunningham (talk) 14:30, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected --Maxim_(talk) 17:01, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect. Constant IP-vandalism. Disruptive edits by several of this lot over the past few days. :-( --Fromgermany (talk) 14:14, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. --Maxim_(talk) 17:08, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi protect Vandalism by multiple anon IPs. --Strothra (talk) 01:01, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. --Maxim_(talk) 16:58, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Tools/Navigation shortcuts (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

unprotect. This is just the documentation for the script. Thanks. Rocket000 (talk) 05:06, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Declined reasons for protecting were "javascript page outside user space". Page is of widespread usage and wrong code may lead to serious problems for many users. Better safe than sorry. PeaceNT (talk) 07:55, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

No the reason for protection is incorrect. This was protected by mistake. As I said in my request, this is not a userscript. It's just the documentation. This is getting old. Rocket000 (talk) 13:23, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

I mean the template itself is not even locked up... Oops, I guess you're gonna lock that up too. Rocket000 (talk) 13:30, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

All the same, it contains the userscript that is supposed to be used by copy&paste. If you feel there was a mistake, please contact the protecting admin for clarification. PeaceNT (talk) 16:50, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Daniel (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Remove full move protection. It is in the wrong place, should be number 2. The admin reversed my move as "nonsensical", and claimed it broke hundreds of links, which it didn't. The only sensible thing is having RFA 2 with a 2 on the end. The only thing I can think of it he's trying to hide the fact he failed, by having his first RFA in a subpage. RFAs are never done like that, so please unprotect and let me fix this. Redrocketboy 16:27, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Declined Your move is nonsensical, this is borderline trolling. --Maxim_(talk) 16:57, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Daniel/August 2006 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

See above. Redrocketboy 16:27, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Declined Your move is nonsensical, this is borderline trolling. --Maxim_(talk) 16:57, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protect. Vandalism by more than one IP. Lurker (said · done) 11:36, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

Already protected. --Oxymoron 15:12, 22 December 2007 (UTC)