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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.

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

Full Protection. One person keeps adding false and potentially libelous stuff. Probably needs temporary protection until things are sorted out. -- Denis Diderot 12:31, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

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

Semi Protection is requested to prevent anonymous users from adding a lot of irrelevant content and continually reverting (3-revert rule has been reached). Papeschr 08:07, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

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

Full Protection. This article was just recently unprotected but is now coming under attack by a new wave of vandalism by anons. -- Clevelander 23:38, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

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

Semi Protection is requested to prevent anonymous users from removing content and adding non-canonical first names which are constantly reverted. --Fbv65edel / ☑t / ☛c || 20:37, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

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

Full Protection is requested. Article is being repeatedly edited by declared members of the Free Republic forum in an attempt to remove any negative information about Free Republic. Until this can be sorted out in Talk, I think that full page protection is necessary, and that this version should be reverted to (if necessary) prior to the protection being placed on the page. BenBurch 18:48, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Catherine May Ellis (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Full protection is requested to prevent recreation of article created to try to get around numerous deletions of protected pages Kitty May Ellis and Kittie May Ellis. Katr67 18:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

A Course in Miracles (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Full protection is requested. In addition, at least one Administrator has made this request. One user is engaged in constant unilateral edit wars in both templates and content. Please restore to the latest version by Administrator Will Beback before protecting.--Who123 17:04, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

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

Full protection - this page has been the constant target of vandalism for some time now. It seems to be a single person responsible, who has used multiple unregistered and registered account. See Category:Misplaced Pages:Suspected sockpuppets of RichardKnob. All of these accounts were opened openly to vandalise this article. Semi-protection won't do as the individual has no problem opening endless numbers of accounts. Plus he has made quite a few personal attacks against myself and other Wikipedians, both through the usernames he chooses and vandalism to userpages. I suggest full protection for at least a week, hopefully he'll get bored and go somewhere else. Stu 16:04, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Farnborough Air Show (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection requested. This is an airshow which is happening this week (finishes on Sunday). An anonymous user coming from at least 3 different IP addresses (indicating some sort of dynamic IP, possibly) keeps adding the same commercial links, probably hoping to benefit financially from visitors to their website this week. Richard W.M. Jones 12:28, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Only a a couple of vandal edits per day which can very easily reverted. I have myself watchlisted the article and will be keeping a close watch for any excessive vandalism. But right now not enough to merit an sprotect therefore declined. --Srikeit 14:37, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Constant editors from all POVs feel that vandalism is a problem. It tends to come in batches, and always returns just as we come to agree the article is good. It needs protection, specially considering it is in the front page.--Cerejota 06:42, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I also support Semi-protection. Vandalism is a problem. Hello32020 02:19, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

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

Request Semi-protect

A great deal of vandalism, both overt and via weasel words, has been pouring in since the start of the Israel-Lebanon conflict. Edit warring has also been a problem and full protection might be worth considering as well. Schrodingers Mongoose 20:28, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

The page has already been Semi-protected by User:King of Hearts. teb728 08:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Can the talk page also be semi-protected for awhile? There are many talk pages being archived due to the many non-registered political comments, and the ensuing replies required to continually stop political discussion free-for-alls. Real work on the page is being slowed down due to the talk page becoming a political discussion forum instead of a normal wikipedia talk page. Many good civil editing points are being buried due to the many archived talk pages created by the political fights. --Timeshifter 10:27, 22 July 2006 (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.

Kittie May Ellis (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Request unprotection This page was in dispute. It was being recreated from scratch. This was clearly noted in the article and an admin deleted and protected. This is not called for. I was requested to rewrite it and I was. Please unprotect. Thanks. Wjhonson 16:33, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

. Its way too soon after being locked to reverse it, consider making the new version on a subpage, to demonstrate that the topic is notable and can be sourced. Normally on a Wiki, you just write the page in the mainspace, but if is has just been deleted, I'd rather have it given some oversight. Once oyu have a decent draft, submit it on WP:DRV. Voice-of-All 21:06, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Catherine May Ellis (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Request unprotection This is a simple redirect, to a page that is currently undergoing revision and was the subject of a prior dispute. There is no reason to protect it. Wjhonson 15:58, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Article is not protected. --Conti|✉ 17:14, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Kitty May Ellis (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Request unprotection This is a simple redirect, to a page that is currently undergoing revision and was the subject of a prior dispute. There is no reason to protect it. Wjhonson 15:58, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

. The page it redirected to is a deleted page. Voice-of-All 21:03, 21 July 2006 (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.

Fullfilled/denied requests

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

Full protection - This user can't stop removing/vandalizing warnings on his talk page, and after being warned with {{wr4}}, an anon popped up and made only one edit, which was to do more of the same type of vandalism to this talk page. 69.117.4.237 04:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

There is not enough recent activity to justify protection at this time. Just watchlist and revert any vandalism. Voice-of-All 06:26, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

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

Self admitted vandal blanked his own page. Full protection. Ryūlóng 01:27, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Fully protected by Gwernol. Voice-of-All 06:25, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

William H. Kennedy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Full-protection: Editor(s) seem only to be out to provoke legal action against the subject and Misplaced Pages. In the discussion they wrote, "In any case there are several of us who would love the opportunity to appear in a court of law to expose his flawed 'journalism'."

This statement - combined with the fact the editor(s) only made repeated changes to this entry - suggests the editor(s) are not concerned with encyclopedic value but only with inciting legal action. This constitutes a need for full protection with only administrators allowing edits as a last resort to protect Misplaced Pages from unfounded legal actions. --User: 617USA

Fully protected due to revert warring. Voice-of-All 06:25, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

D (New York City Subway service) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection: Anonymous editor keeps adding unsourced information about future event. I investigated and found absolutely no source for edit. Not a particularly serious problem, just annoying that people such as myself must repeatedly revert. --Larry V (talk | contribs) 22:21, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

There is not enough recent activity to justify protection at this time. Just watchlist and revert any vandalism. Voice-of-All 06:23, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

R68 (New York City Subway car) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection: Same problem as above (D (New York City Subway service)). --Larry V (talk | contribs) 22:21, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

There is not enough recent activity to justify protection at this time. Just watchlist and revert any vandalism. Voice-of-All 06:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

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

Semi protect: An anonymous user (apparently one) has been edit-warring in violation of 3RR, using several IP addresses. Reporting 3RR wouldn't help: he would just go on to another IP address. --teb728 20:43, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Semi-protected. Voice-of-All 06:15, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

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

Semi-protect - undergoing a spam attack from IPs. Has been reverted five times in the last half hour. MER-C 04:42, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I'll just let the bot handle it for now. Note: I've cleanup the history.Voice-of-All 06:10, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Category:Limited-access roads (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

William Allen Simpson is trying to confuse the purpose of the category, and I am trying to make it clear. No response from him on talk; this is a symptom of a larger problem. --SPUI (T - C) 21:09, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes, you're both disagreeing and refusing to work it out. So you've resorted to warring against one another for the second day in a row. JohnnyBGood t c VIVA! 22:33, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

User talk:65.138.69.252 (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

IP editor claimed that he was the Louisville vandal. Ryūlóng 05:08, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

The page has already been Semi-protected by User:Grandmasterka. Cowman109 05:25, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

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

Pokémon Full protection -- edits and revisions are occuring multiple times daily. Some sort of consenus needs to be arrived at. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banaticus (talk • contribs)

• Appears to be a lot of vandalism reverts and some minor edit warring at a section being discussed on the talk page (did not request protection, just making an observation). Ryūlóng 05:12, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Ecuadorian-Peruvian war (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Please full protect, there is an ongoing dispute between several IP users and Andres C..

• Andres C. was placed on probation regarding his controvertial editions concerning Ecuadorian Peruvian articles.
• I have avoided so far from intervene in the conflict due to a ban that was imposed to my person .
• A rv to an early undisputed version of the page would be more appropiate.
• Messhermit 00:09, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

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

Protect from re-creation. Article has been deleted once because it was merely an image, and the post on the talk page by the creator shows that it could technically be a {{db-band}} candidate. When it is speedied for the second time, please protect it from being recreated. Ryūlóng 23:56, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

It is currently on its third recreation. It was first a page for the verb, but now it is just a picture of the "rising metal band's" logo. Ryūlóng 23:59, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

The page has been Full-protected by User:Ohnoitsjamie. Cowman109 05:27, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

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

Request unprotection Its been semi-protected for some time now, since May 24 2006. Perhaps its time for unprotection? An editor expressed this opinion in the form of removing {{sprotect}}. I'm guessing the sprotection was for vandalism, since it can be a hot button topic, but things look pretty peaceful it seems. Kevin_b_er 08:21, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Un-protected. Its been protected for long enough. Hopefully things have calmed down since then. Voice-of-All 20:58, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Greater and Lesser Tunbs (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Request unprotection The current version of the article is a POV version conducted by a single user. Discussion on the talk shows that the issue is political. The admin who protected the article has not made any recent comments about the problems. Since it is stalemate and impossible to resolve (since the issue is about nationalistic issue of Arabian Gulf and other POV claims) I request unprotection since these issues have been worked out a million times on other articles and always the policy of WP:NPOV shows that such nationalistic claims are not appropriate. Khorshid 04:39, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

The reasonable issues that started the revert war do not yet seem to have been resolved. It is also too soon to assume that the editors have lost enough interest. Consider adding {{Editprotected}} to the page's talk page to request small modifications, or making a significant edit request on this page for large edits that are agreed upon. If you really can't agree on anything, create an article or user conduct RfC. Voice-of-All 20:30, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

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

Request unprotection. Both users recently in an edit war have agreed to informal mediation. I've printed out and compared two versions of the page, and think I can help resolve this. Anthony Krupp 20:09, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Un-protected by Aaron Brenneman. Voice-of-All 20:28, 21 July 2006 (UTC)