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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.

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

Semi-protection - Vandalism by one or more persons since at least two weeks. Several sock-puppets (see ) but also several anon IPs. At least the latter should be locked out for the near future. Wouldn't mind a full protection, if it helps. --Say Headcheese!-hexaChord 20:25, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Types of volcanic eruptions (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-protection - Persistent vandalism. —Mythdon (talk • contribs) 19:02, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. The Helpful One 19:47, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

User talk:62.30.249.131 (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, short term protection to avoid ongoing IP vandalism. Problematic IP address used by many thousands of innocent editors as well as some vandals.DuncanHill (talk) 18:36, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined I only see one vandalism, they can be undone, there are too many users using that page to protect for one vandal, please re-request if vandalism gets high or more often. The Helpful One 19:46, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

I am amazed that you can see only one instance of vandalism - there have been several, including posting purported details of minors. Still, as you are going to watchlist it and take over dealing with the vandalism on it, fine. DuncanHill (talk) 19:49, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

I have reverted two instances of vandalism since your decline. DuncanHill (talk) 20:00, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

And yet more, now it is being spammed. DuncanHill (talk) 20:07, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

And again. DuncanHill (talk) 20:14, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Yet another (another editor managed to revert it before I got to it this time). DuncanHill (talk) 20:45, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

• And yet again. DuncanHill (talk) 20:47, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

  And another. DuncanHill (talk) 20:48, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

  Now the vandal is using misleading edit summaries to pretend that he is reverting vandalism. DuncanHill (talk) 20:51, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Many vandal edits from many different IPs today..—Noah 17:17, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. SoWhy 17:52, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection , Certain IPs have been edit warring with established editors over the status of Simonetti's lawsuit. They keep reverting referenced statements with unreferenced. Thank you.ukexpat (talk) 16:12, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined, semi-protection is not a way to keep IPs from editing. In this case there is almost no activity and the IP doing so can be warned and/or blocked. SoWhy 17:44, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, repeated ongoing changing of height in opposition to consensus agreed on talk page.--Ged UK (talk) 15:44, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Already protected. –Juliancolton 15:51, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Existence of God (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-Protect- anonymous IP user persistently reverting section with a fringe theory, giving it undue weight, and refusing to reach concensus. See also Misplaced Pages:WQA#74.4.222.208_on_Existence_of_God, posted by User:Ilkali--Jeffro77 (talk) 15:44, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined, it's always the same IP, get it blocked for edit warring at WP:ANEW instead. SoWhy 17:36, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Blocked for 48 hours. Ruslik (talk) 17:48, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Battle of Trenton (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Semi-Protect-Everyday there is vandalisim from ip users. Sometimes it sneaks by me and the other users who watch the page, and therefore inaccurate information about the battle is added.-Kieran4 (talk) 14:34, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. SoWhy 14:36, 6 December 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.

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

Unprotection , Protected since the end of August, but Olympics are over.Andrewlp1991 (talk) 04:37, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected Tiptoety 04:46, 6 December 2008 (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.
• 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)

Requested edit as per talk page, to change a task force icon. Many thanks! Girolamo Savonarola (talk) 18:03, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Done - auburnpilot talk 03:41, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Fulfilled/denied requests

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

semi-protect. For some reason, this article gets IP vandalised extremely frequently. Protect for at least a few months; the last vandalism was there for over two weeks. --84.186.183.164 (talk) 06:42, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Caulde 12:29, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Fly For Fun (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

semi-protect. Frequent IP vandalism. Argel1200 (talk) 06:25, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined I am not convinced it needs protection; its currently undergoing an AfD where changes could be made by IPs, not forgetting that most of the constructive edits over the past month have come from anonymous users. Caulde 12:32, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, shared-IP vandalism by persistent user vandalizing multiple articles (see next and Anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf education,Eurythmy, etc.; last 4 have been protected already) hgilbert (talk) 19:57, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined I see hardly any IP activity, last 100 contributions stretch over three months. Caulde 12:33, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, shared-IP vandalism by persistent user vandalizing multiple articles (see next and Anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf education,Eurythmy, etc.; last 4 have been protected already) hgilbert (talk) 19:57, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined See comment above. Caulde 12:36, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Temporary semi-protection vandalism, shared-IP vandalism by persistent user vandalizing multiple articles (see next and Anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner, Waldorf education; last 3 have been protected already) hgilbert (talk) 19:57, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined See comment above. Caulde 12:37, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Semi-protection. High level of IP vandalism; in at least the last 50 edits, no constructive changes have been made. Andrea (talk) 02:21, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Caulde 12:27, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Linda Darling-Hammond (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Full-protection: This page has suffered from some edit warring over the past two years, that is escalating as speculation mounts about Darling-Hammond's possible appointment as Secretary of Education. Protection is useful until an appointment has been announced. Barbaramckenna (talk) 23:33, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Caulde 12:28, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Full-protection: An edit war is building over this Good Article regarding NPOV concerns. Full protection for a cooling off period may help avoid a full-fledged edit war. -- Yaf (talk) 23:16, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Fully protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Please, discuss NPOV issue on the Talk page. Ruslik (talk) 12:57, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Military use of children (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Temporary full protection dispute, An anonymous editor is selectively removing content that is embarrassing to one side of a political conflict. A discussion has been initiated on the talk page, but the article should be temporarily locked until consensus is reached to avoid an edit war..Teddks (talk) 01:48, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined I do not see any need for the full protection. Please, continue talk page discussion. Ruslik (talk) 10:17, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection - This article has been unprotected for just over 12 hours and it's already been vandalised three times. Unprotection should not be considered for a while yet. – PeeJay 00:51, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Ruslik (talk) 10:03, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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

This is a unprotection request for the page Adam Dixon to be unprotected. I had planned on making an artical about Adam Dixon the paralympian, but the page was protected due to previous articals being hate articals. I have asked the protecting admin to unprotect but he is no longer an admin so he refered me here.

Thanks,

Hobomont (talk) 01:10, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

I would be more inclined to unprotect the article if you had created a copy of it within your userspace. I recommend that you make a subpage, create the article there, then come back here and request the article be unprotected citing your subpage then simply copy over the information from your subpage. Tiptoety

I have done that in my user space if you would like to take a look at it. Hobomont (talk) 03:51, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Unprotected Tiptoety 04:47, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Full protection edit war is still going on. Lord Sesshomaru (talk • edits) 02:23, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. - seeing as an attempt at discussion failed, blocking those who continue to edit war is the best way to resolve this dispute. As such, protection should not be needed. Tiptoety 03:41, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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

semi-protection Much school-kid type vandalism from multiple IP's for at least 2 months. The page is not being watched enough and intermediate vandalism prevents old vandalism from being undone. -- Another Stickler (talk) 01:00, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.¤~Persian Poet Gal 03:45, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

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

Indefinite semi-protection vandalism, Requesting semi-protection. User is abusing multiple accounts (example) to disrupt/vandalize the article. See also prior protection history log of the article. Would appreciate it if another administrator looked into this. Thank you, .Cirt (talk) 00:46, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. MBisanz 02:12, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. Cirt (talk) 02:18, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Newport (South Wales) railway station (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Move protection Slow moving edit war over name. Simply south (talk) 00:29, 6 December 2008 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Tiptoety 01:50, 6 December 2008 (UTC)