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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.

List of pseudosciences and pseudoscientific concepts (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary full protection dispute, User:Levine2112 and User:QuackGuru are battling over verbiage. I think that QG's version is the best, and I've reverted, but I don't think this is going to end. Maybe a page protection for a cool out period to discuss would be best.

.OrangeMarlin 07:14, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Temporary full protection dispute, Edit warring over whether a reliably sourced statement should be included as a handful of editors believe the statement is false but can provide on proof. On-going discussion, but Pfahlstrom continues removing it despite no one being able to provide contradictory evidence refuting the statement..-- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 06:51, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, Probably related to the ongoing Operation Cast Lead..Nudve (talk) 06:19, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. --VS 06:36, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

User talk:72.29.83.230 (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, Protection requested due to vile attacks on an editor..—Noah 06:02, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

• This can be removed. Temporary "autoconfirmed" protection has been put on the page by an admin. (Thanks). —Noah 06:16, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Already protected. by another admin. --VS 06:29, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Temporary full protection vandalism, About half the recent edits appear to be vandalism. Recommend protection to slow the vandals down. -- btphelps 04:25, 14 January 2009 (UTC).-- btphelps 04:25, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. –Juliancolton 04:26, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Daily revisions to BLP for a period greater than the last fortnight to counter vandalism in the form of a) unsourced contributions, often accompanied by b) malicious additions . .Synchronism (talk) 03:10, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 fortnights, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Skier Dude (talk) 04:38, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Full protection. Repeatedly being hit by an edit war. The last good version of the article was back in November. AnyPerson (talk) 02:55, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. & User(s) blocked. Your major problem has been blocked for 3RR violations. --VS 06:33, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

I Love Money (Season 2) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, This page has been experiencing a spike in addition of "future information" and other vandalism by unregistered IPs. It would be great if we could get a few weeks of semi-protection until after the season premiere next month. Thanks!.Plastikspork (talk) 02:41, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 17 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. (semi-protected until after premiere) Skier Dude (talk) 04:41, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

User talk:76.227.110.46 (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection user talk of blocked user, IP keeps vandalizing page with vulgarity..CardinalDan (talk) 02:09, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Done by another admin. - Rjd0060 (talk) 03:52, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Temporary full protection vandalism, Featured article; attracting users from the '4chan' /b/ board to vandalize it. THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS.Message from XENU 01:03, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

No. BJ 01:03, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for that... Message from XENU 01:09, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Non-admin If you want to see vandalism, check out the rest of wikipedia. Please help in any way possible. AIV requests can be done w/o warning for 4chan users, and reversts per min are at over 100 per minute (8x normal). NuclearWarfare _(Talk) 01:05, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Woah, sorry for trying to help out, I'll make sure in the future not to. Message from XENU 01:06, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

It's semi protected, only one vandal edit so far. BJ 01:10, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Talk:4chan (edit | article | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protect Page has already been semi'd in advance due to the massive clusterfuck that would have occured if it had not, so now they're going after the talk page instead. HalfShadow 00:38, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Comment - protecting the talk page of today's featured article is a bit extreme. However, the talk page is being vandalized about once every 2 minutes. --Xyzzyplugh (talk) 00:48, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 day, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Oy, the headaches begin. Horologium (talk) 00:55, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Tom Watt (actor) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection constant vandalism by numerous ips over the last few days, although appears to the same user. Not listening to warnings.GunGagdin 23:16, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. caknuck _° resolves to be more caknuck-y 01:03, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Young Earth Creationism (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection. The return of a Tor-hopping IP editor (diff from Tor node, from Tor node, and diff from Tor node) who is editting disruptively despite ample consensus at Talk:Young Earth creationism/Archive 5#Unreliable sources and Talk:Young Earth creationism/Archive 5#Disruptive editing by an IP editor against these edits in the past. siℓℓy rabbit (talk) 23:11, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

I have just reported these at Misplaced Pages:WikiProject on open proxies. If you find any more, report them there. ~Amatulić (talk) 00:08, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Nagorno-Karabakh (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Full protection to judge the recent activity (with possible revert to any previous sensible version) and cool down. Repeated breach of consensus on sources was followed by severe NPOV violations. Brandспойт 22:42, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Brandспойт vandalizes the Nagorno Karabakh page despite repeated calls by mediators to stop doing so. He is a compulsive/disruptive user with very bad English who because of his linguistic and apparent intellectual limits cannot contribute anything of substance to any of the multiple articles that he is trying to modify (the word "edit" does apply here because he edits/add nothing) so that they could comply with his POVs which he never succeeded to articulate anyway. Apparently Brandспойт believes that by asking to protect the page he would gain the upper hand against good-faith editors with who he engages in edit-warring. The best solution is to protect the article from the disruptive trolling activities of one single user - Brandспойт. Capasitor (talk) 01:44, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection Large amount of recent vandalism by Turkish Besiktas / Fenerbahce football / soccer supporters. There has been speculation in Turkey that he may be moving from Newcastle United to one of these clubs, resuting in Turkish football fan edit war, but he is still a Newcastle player. Mostly IPs but one or two seem to be registered users? Request protection until end of January football tranfer window, or until a move (if any) is confirmed. Paulzon (talk) 22:17, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Already protected. by Gb caknuck _° resolves to be more caknuck-y 01:00, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection. Vandalism. Due to the current conflict it is vital to keep articles about Hamas, IDF, Israel, Palestine and Fatah under protection from potential vandals to maintain neutrality Harmpie (talk) 18:08, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Already protected. - It's already been semi'd since the 5th. VegaDark (talk) 05:34, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Persistent vandalism/POV pushing by unregistered users as the article relates to an ongoing and highly emotive conflict. It is currently being reverted quickly, however this is a very high visibility article. Semiprotect until a ceasefire is agreed and it stops being news?.Cynical (talk) 15:03, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

I'm torn on this one. On one hand, there is some IP vandalism going on. There are, however, a number of positive and otherwise good faith contrubutions from IPs. I'm leaning towards semi-protecting for a week -- not "until a ceasefire is agreed" per the requester, because there's no way to tell when that will happen. Because it is a high-traffic article right now, however, I want another admin's eyes on this before I apply the protection. caknuck _° resolves to be more caknuck-y 00:51, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

I wouldn't. There's not an IP edit in the last 50 diffs. Your mileage may vary, however. Tan | 39 00:55, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

You're probably right. When I looked through the last day or so of edits, there were about 15-20 edits from registered accounts to every IP edit. Semi-protection likely won't have much of an effect, so the request is Declined caknuck _° resolves to be more caknuck-y 01:45, 14 January 2009 (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.
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Misplaced Pages:Huggle/Feedback (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Protection policy requires "heavy and persistent vandalism", this does not have it. It also states that semi-protection should not be used specifically to prevent anonymous users from editing, which the "no reason to edit this" argument used in the summary implies -- Gurch (talk) 02:07, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

While I agree with your assessment and would unprotect it, I recommend you try contacting J.delanoy (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) first. Tiptoety 02:40, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

I have just notified him of this. ·Add§hore· /_Cont 18:31, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Unprotected Sorry, overreaction :S J.delanoy_adds 18:32, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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

This used has been blocked indefinitely because of spam and because of promoting a vague theory that he is The Beatles' real Doctor Robert. He did exactly the same on nl:Misplaced Pages and is about to be blocked there, too. On this protected user page, however, are still quite some external links that need to be removed as they were only placed there by this user for promotion. Especially the one in his signature (to his own company) needs to go. Could someone please remove all external links and in-text URLs? Thanks! Erik1980 (talk) 20:00, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Update: I just clicked one of the myspace-links and found out this guy actually has a band or project named "Doctor Robert". Obviously he's using Misplaced Pages for promotion and to gain extra visits to all those websites. Please remove a.s.a.p. Thanks! Erik1980 (talk) 22:36, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Done SoWhy 09:20, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

User:Chaser/monobook.js (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I need access to my admin account. Please rollback the last edit.--chaser (away) - talk 05:19, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Done SoWhy 09:16, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Fulfilled/denied requests

Aragon High School (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection. Persistent IP vandalism.  Blanchardb -- timed 19:24, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. caknuck _° resolves to be more caknuck-y 23:27, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

The Randazzo Sherman Theory (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Create Protection. Repeatedly created page about someone's "theory".  Blanchardb -- timed 17:23, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Already protected. by Fvw. caknuck _° resolves to be more caknuck-y 00:02, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection Anon IP's constantly obstructed development.PRODUCER 18:13, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

OK. Its just doomed otherwise William M. Connolley (talk) 20:47, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

This guy requests this every day. I've warned him for edit warring. Tan | 39 22:50, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Fully protected for one week. Tan | 39 22:52, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection Considerable recent vandalism. --ThaddeusB (talk) 21:43, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Xymmax _{So let it be done} 21:57, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College (edit | article | history | links | watch | logs)

full protection vandalism, Silly additions, constituting vandalism, to the famous alumnus list (please see my last corrections and note on talk page).Astral Highway (talk) 19:52, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. You're the only one to edit the article in the last 3 weeks. I'm assuming that you mean the article, not the talk page. Xymmax _{So let it be done} 21:15, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

User:Chmee2 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Fun from Czech republic... I don't check this page all time so it is very easy to attack my profile here. Please restore. --Chmee2 (talk) 20:20, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 21:12, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, High level of IP vandalism on BLP since last indef semi-prot was lifted..Atmoz (talk) 18:55, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of six months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Xymmax _{So let it be done} 20:22, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Persistent insertion of BLP violations in the last 24 hours by a multiple-IP editor.Road Wizard (talk) 18:20, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Xymmax _{So let it be done} 20:29, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, repeated WP:POINTy deletions by IP editors from a single ISP.— ] (] · ]) 16:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Declined Content dispute, while not encyclopediac, the NYT article in the Melyssa Ford article that is the genesis of this issue does say more or less what the IP indicates. Sorry. Xymmax _{So let it be done} 21:07, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, repeated WP:POINTy deletions by IP editors from a single ISP.— ] (] · ]) 16:46, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Declined Content dispute, while not encyclopediac, the NYT article does say more or less what the IP indicates. Sorry. Xymmax _{So let it be done} 20:51, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection. Random IP personal attacks. Postoak (talk) 20:04, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected DMacks (talk) 20:09, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

The Clique series (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Random IPs getting happy with the vandalism this week. Could use some protection for a spell..-- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 19:56, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Xymmax _{So let it be done} 20:07, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

The Walt Disney Company (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary semi-protection. Vandalism by various IP addresses. Msw1002 (talk) 18:15, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Does not appear to be substantial vandalism, conversely, anons are making what appear to be useful edits. DMacks (talk) 20:00, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

AceDiablo16 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Indefinite create-protection, repeatedly re-created utter foolishness.Beeblebrox (talk) 17:33, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Creation protected ·Add§hore· /_Cont 18:35, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect Same rationale as Bruce. Same vandalism as last year, same pattern as James Bay. JNW (talk) 15:58, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. 216.26.192.0/19 blocked for 72 hours. J.delanoy_adds 18:27, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect Long-term vandalism from one user, same rationale as Akimiski Island, Chav, and James Bay; see below.

User(s) blocked. 216.26.192.0/19 blocked for 72 hours. J.delanoy_adds 18:27, 13 January 2009 (UTC)