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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.

Gregory Lauder-Frost (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Full protect as redirect possibly after deleting the current history. Check the very chequered history of this page, it shouldn't have been resurrected. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 10:48, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

semi-protect. High level single user vandalism. Avinesh Jose  T  10:06, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

Full Protection One user has been reverting since 15th April 2007 with ZERO no addition despite being warned in several arbitrations the concerned user has a history of edit warring..Plan to take to the ANI or discuss but further point in mindless reverting.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 08:51, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Fully protected until disputes have been resolved. — E 08:57, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection - Page was semi-protected for a week (29Jan - 5Feb), during which period there were about 20 edits. Since 5Feb, there have been over 100 edits, over half of which look like IP vandalism or reverts of same. No idea why this page continues as an active target. Please a longer protection this time around. EdChem (talk) 07:20, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
BTW, I don't know if this is the place to ask, but is the debate over the German name a slow-motion edit war? I count at least 10 additions and removals in this list: Hereward77 and Lacrimosus on 14Feb, 12Feb, Srnec 10Feb, Hereward77 and Srnec on 30Jan, 31Jan, 1Feb, Hereward77 22Jan, Srnec 18Jan, Hereward77 and Lacrimosus on 10Jan. EdChem (talk) 07:36, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for 2 weeks to resolve such IP vandalism. — E 08:44, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism. Yahel Guhan 05:26, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. --Oxymoron 06:07, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, There has been much recent vandalism; enough that a blanking of the 'See also' section went unnoticed. .Brusegadi (talk) 05:03, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined. There are still constructive IP edits, and vandalism is not that high. bibliomaniac15 05:04, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

semi-protect. Vandalized many, many times today. Recent, constructive edits from anon users to this article are negligible.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 04:20, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for 1000 hours. bibliomaniac15 05:14, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, High level of IP Vandalism. Apologies if this is not justified..JPilborough 03:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for 1 week to resolve IP vandalism. — E 08:43, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

indefinite full protection Vandalism, For some reason, Lee's article is attracting a unique group of nuts lately..Moni3 (talk) 03:25, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Comment Did you mean semi-protection - It appears that most of the vandalism are anon IPs. Wisdom89 _{(T / )} 04:09, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined There's only been one vandal attacking the page in the last while (next time, you can also report them to WP:AIV), who I've blocked. Semi-protection shouldn't be necessary for now. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 04:22, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism today. Enigma (talk) 02:03, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected Was protected a while ago. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 04:24, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Black Panther Party (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism. Yahel Guhan 02:00, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for 5 days. bibliomaniac15 05:15, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

move protection , restore move protection, unprotection request misunderstood, I want Alexfusco 01:53, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined, - not required nor necessarily covered under WP:PROT - Alison 01:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC) (welcome back, BTW)

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

move protection , restore move protection, unprotection request misunderstood, I want Alexfusco 01:53, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined, - not required nor necessarily covered under WP:PROT - Alison 01:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Homegain.com (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

indefinite full protection Dispute, Article is at AfD. Meanwhile, lots of edit waring and actual comment fighting within the article..- ✰ALLSTAR✰ 01:45, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined, I've blocked the editors involved for disruption. Let me know on my talk page if there is any more edit warring. Nakon 01:54, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Spore (video game) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

full protect. User:Sillygostly is forcing an edit war by continually ignoring the notes on platforms, specifically the Wii. Already reported him as a vandal in this regard. JAF1970 (talk) 01:05, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Fully protected Jmlk17 01:19, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Disappearance of Madeleine McCann (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect. Edit warring by IP using dynamic IP addresses. TerriersFan (talk) 00:30, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Jmlk17 01:18, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

full protection This is merely another name for a pyramid scheme, and I have redirected this to Pyramid scheme. But some internet "marketers" have been coming along (including creating an account) and putting an article there in place of the redirect, as somebody out there is promoting a pyramid scheme calling it the "Reverse Funnel System". There should never need to be an article here. Suggest protecting it as a redirect, in lieu of nominating it as a speedy delete with salt. Reswobslc (talk) 23:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Fully protected Jmlk17 01:21, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Anonymous IPs keep deleting content and adding references that do not state the info provided. .Pinkadelica (talk) 23:04, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for 24 hours to resolve vandalism and clearing of page content. — E 00:10, 14 February 2008 (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.

Mail on Sunday (album) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Why is it protected in the first place? 71.233.232.196 (talk) 01:58, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Declined Reason given is "Recreation of unrefrenced text". Please provide a reasoning. -Jéské 02:06, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

unprotection , I cannot find any reason why this page is protected, there is nothing in the log, and it is a large company, one of the largest painting companies in the United States. There is a bunch of information about this company, they are a couple million dollar company. Why is it protected? Brett (talk) 23:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Question: It was SALTed as a NN company or an advert. What has changed within the last 10 months to make the company notable? Jmlk17 01:22, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

So there is no discussion on the actual page about why it was deleted, I am pretty sure that was deleted too? So I pretty much have no idea why it was determined to be non-notable, but it certainly passes the litmus test for acceptable article topics. There are 93 articles on google news written about college works painting (it is a student internship program). Also, according to Lexis, they do 14.9 million in sales annually. (I am unsure of how to cite this, since I can't link you directly to the information). Furthermore, google "college works painting," there are over 4800 results. I realize, again, that google is not a great litmus test, but without a reason to respond to as to why it was deleted, I am not sure what other evidence is needed?

Brett (talk) 03:52, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

unprotection , restore to move and semi I'm back.Alexfusco 22:30, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected Jmlk17 01:25, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

unprotection , Restore to semi & move protection please.Alexfusco 22:20, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected Jmlk17 01:24, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

unprotection, Hello, you can unprotect my first Tequila article. Relevance: This brand is being distributed in 18 states and 4 countries at least. And I know more countries are coming... It is a very good brand. And it is not an advert -I will take care of the article-.

This is a very well known brand in the Tequila forums. Please check references and un-protect it. Suggestions are welcomed.

Also, you can check: This review from Tequila.net

You can see the draft article in my user page. Thanks in advance!

P.S.: I'm not getting a single reply to this request. I've been doing a quick research in order to find what could be wrong in my resquest... But everything semms to be ok. Please unlock the page, and make any suggestion you might have. Thank you. Ubzy (talk) 19:23, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected Let's give it a whirl... best of luck! Jmlk17 01:26, 14 February 2008 (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.

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

Would like to request uncontroversial edit to fully protected template to implement diff already specified on the talk page, in order to finish setting up a new task force for New Zealand. Many thanks! Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 07:16, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Fulfilled/denied requests

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

It should not be protected. I wanted to add references, not from nationalist point of view, neither from unreliable sources. I wanted to add references from Thucydides and Plutarch, tow Greek, ancient historians, with the external links, to their works. Isn`t that normal?

No original research pleaseMegistias (talk) 17:57, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

The user specified the inclusion of references. That doesn't fit with WPLNOR. Wisdom89 _{(T / )} 18:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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

Semi protect. Repeated non-conformance to WP:NOT policies and total disregard for rationalizing why such edits are inappropriate for Wiki purposes, mainly by an unregistered user who keeps chnaging IP addresses, the quality and integrity of the article is jeopardized. Please assist. Thank you Ryecatcher773 (talk) 23:21, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for three days to resolve conflicts. — E 00:12, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

Full protection - edit war between two editors over last few days. Could others look at the conduct here and decide if protection would help? ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 20:38, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, no, there aren't two editors edit-warring. There is *one* disruptive editor listed for the third time in few days at WP:AN3: see WP:AN3#User:Momento reported by User:Francis Schonken (Result: ).

Jossi has comitted not to edit the Prem Rawat article any more, and with all respect I can appreciate that is frustrating for him when the article content doesn't go his preferred way. But trying to hinder others who edit constructively, follow talk page threads where they are contributing to them constructively, and who are nowhere near 3RR, is not very constructive. --Francis Schonken (talk) 22:53, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

That was not nice, Francis. I have asked both you and Momento to try and find common ground, instead of reverting each other. But it seems that my suggestion was not heard by you or by Momento. That is why I asked an uninvolved admin to look and see if full protection would help. You and Momento may disagree with me on this, you may think that you are not edit-warring, and I understand that, so that is why I am asking an uninvolved person to take a look. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 22:58, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Singling me out as a counterpart of Momento is still mildly disruptive, to say the least. --Francis Schonken (talk) 23:45, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Contrary to Francis Schonken's assertion I haven't been mentioned for 3RR three times in a few days. The major issue (as reported on 3RR) is between me and onefinalstep. onefinalstep keeps adding a very distorted summary of Hunt to the Rawat article that is clearly a breach of BLP policy and I keep removing it as per BLP policy. Hunt says "Leaving his more ascetic life behind him, he does not personally eschews material possessions. Over time, critics have focused on what appears to be his opulent lifestyle and argue that it is supported largely by the donations of his followers." onefinalstep interprets this as "Rawat also turned away from asceticism, and no longer denounced material possessions. He began to enjoy what appeared to be a material life; a transfomation funded in part by donations from followers". Hunt doesn't say Rawat "denounced material possessions" and he doesn't say "He began to enjoy what appeared to be a material life; a transfomation funded in part by donations from followers". Hunt doesn't offer an opinion he is saying what "critics argue".onefinalstep's interpretation grossly distorts Hunt and since this is a BLP it is important that we "get it right". BLP policy is clear - Editors should remove any contentious material about living persons that is unsourced, relies upon sources that do not meet standards specified in Misplaced Pages:Verifiability, or is a conjectural interpretation of a source (see Misplaced Pages:No original research). The three-revert rule does not apply to such removals. Content may be re-inserted only if it conforms to this policy". In the end I inserted Hunt's quote verbatim to try to stop this blatant BLP violating distortion but that was soon reverted by onefinalstep. Momento (talk) 00:09, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Momento you were reported at WP:AN3,

• 6 February 2008 (which led to semi-protection of the Prem Rawat article);
• 9 February 2008 (blocked for 24 H)
• 13 February 2008 (blocked 24 H)

Note that the semi-protection of the Prem Rawat article has expired a few hours ago. By me that's fine. --Francis Schonken (talk) 08:39, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

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

move-protectionAlexfusco 22:21, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

• Sorry, confused: Are you asking that the current semi-protection for editing and moving be changed to semi-protection for moving and no protection for editing? CIreland (talk) 22:26, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Move protected Regardless, I have move-protected against all non-admins, it was already semi-move protected, so I upped that, and left the level of editing protection. It is now limited to editing by autoconfirmed users, and limited to moving by admins. Justin_(u) 22:36, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Second Amendment to the United States Constitution (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

temporary semi-protection Vandalism, Generic vandalism from various IP addresses.Mønobi 21:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

• Semi-protected for two weeks. Acalamari 22:00, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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

Semi protect. Vandalized several times a day; subject taught in US secondary schools and is routinely vandalized. Had to be semi-protected for a lengthy period this time last year. Kablammo (talk) 21:44, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for one fortnight. bibliomaniac15 21:49, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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

move protection, name dispute. Will 18:24, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Move protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Camaron | Chris (talk) 21:18, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Sephiroth (Final Fantasy) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi protect under heavy ip attack. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 20:52, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

• Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 21:14, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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

Semi protect under heavy ip attack. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 20:50, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

• • Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 21:14, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect. High level of IP vandalism. —G716 <·_C> 20:47, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected; one week ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 21:10, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

User talk:86.83.155.44 (edit | ] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I'll hope my request to be talk-page unprotected is herewith again 'well done' too. Awaiting your decission, I remain yours truly:.. D.A. Borgdorff, who has contacted User:Dmcdevit about this lately, on wiki here as well as meta, from: 86.83.155.44 (talk) 17:28, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected but if any more personal information pops up, the page will be reprotected. -Jéské 18:42, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much, dear Jéské Couriano; the climate has changed ... Regards: Borgdorff 86.83.155.44 (talk) 21:09, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

User:WAVY 10 Fan (edit | ] | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protect, page has been vandalized on several occasions within the last ten minutes by User:86.46.78.159, whom I requested a block for, as the user has done nothing but insert racially insensitive remarks in several pages as the history demonstrates. WAVY 10 Fan (talk) 19:04, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Comment - If it were multiple users then I believe it'd be appropriate. The requested block seems adequate. Wisdom89 _{(T / )} 19:11, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected indefinitely. Per WP:USER, user pages can be protected on request. IP has already been blocked. Hut 8.5 19:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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

semi-protect Has undergone quite a lot of vandalism over the last couple of days and seems to be quite heavily vandalised overall. Was last protected about a week ago and vandalism restarted almost immediarely after the protection was reverted. HalfShadow (talk) 17:23, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

• Semi-protected Acalamari 17:30, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

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

semi-protection - persistent multiple vandalism by anon IPs, so much that good-meaning editors have had trouble finding a clean version. Stumps (talk) 16:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Alexf 17:33, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

unprotect. Protected by administrator (User:Andrwsc) involved in dispute. ☆ CieloEstrellado 21:27, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

I am not involved in the dispute between CieloEstrellado and User:Eliko. My edits to that article were unrelated to their ongoing dispute, as the diffs will show. My first edits to that article were to clean up flag template usage and other MOS issues, when I discovered that these other two editors have mostly been blind reverting each other over the past few weeks. After a warning was placed on both users talk pages, they both subsequently made blind revert edits. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 21:32, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

You still made edits to the page before protecting it. This makes you an active party in the dispute and therefore disqualifies you. ☆ CieloEstrellado 21:36, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected per agreement between the two editors on my talk page. — Andrwsc (talk · contribs) 23:33, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

1. Hunt, 2003; Price, The Divine Light Mission as a Social Organization. pp.279-96