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    Welcome—request protection of a page, file, or template here.
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    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.

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    Current requests for protection

    Place requests for new or upgrading pending changes, semi-protection, full protection, move protection, create protection, template editor protection, or upload 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.

    Temporary semi protection There's a single anonymous user who keeps changing Cramer's birth year to 1945. Said person changes IP every time he edits, making blocks non-useful. User does not even discuss the changes, but has most recently changed it without comment. I have proven that the correct birth year is 1955. In the interests of WP:BLP, I am requesting the page to be semi-protected. hbdragon88 (talk) 01:01, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection, Until June 1st. Every time the page's protection runs out, there are a multitude of edits against consensus, against the MoS of Wikipedia and a whole lot of other things. Protecting this for one week will do absolutely nothing. . –Turian (talk) 00:59, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism, The temporary experiment with unprotection seemed to fail. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 22:52, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Indefinite full protection, The source code to this bot should not be changeable by any user!!!!. R12056 (talk) 22:22, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm pretty sure the bot does not have the admin flag (there's no need for it), so if we fully protect it, then the bot cannot automatically update the source code. Connormah (talk | contribs) 23:46, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Indefinite move protect Highly visible, no reason to ever be moved, as per WP:GREENLOCK, should be preemptively protected. AP1787 (talk) 22:08, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Move protected. JamieS93❤ 01:14, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism. Connormah (talk | contribs) 21:51, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. JamieS93❤ 01:06, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection, Since the census is a current event, I'm requesting temp semi-protection. For the moth of March. R12056 (talk) 21:51, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism, Need a couple of days semi-protection against an attack by multiple vandals. Thanks. . Student7 (talk) 21:20, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary full protection vandalism, heavy vandalism recently from various IP's. Alan - talk 20:55, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    I am requesting indefinite semi-protection for the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill article to prevent IP vandalism that occurs daily; semi-protecting once for a week and blocking the IPs has not stopped this issue. Kmsom (talk) 20:52, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism, TONS of vandalism. RF23 (talk) 20:26, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism, frequent reverts of IP vandalism required. Notable living person. Lexein (talk) 20:20, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. "D'ye fancy Billie Piper, sir?" SarekOfVulcan (talk) 20:25, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    What frequency (vandalism per week) qualifies? And what's the quote from? Lexein (talk) 01:50, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection, Multiple IPs are adding lists that at least two confirmed users believe to be contrary to WP:INDISCRIMINATE, overly long and unhelpful. No reasonable attempt has been made to constructively engage by the IPs. Several have since been blocked. New IPs are frequently targeting the page, and have either few or no other edits besides the ones to the article.  Mephistophelian (talk ● contributions) 19:54, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Indefinite full protection vandalism, continuous juvenile vandalism. Gabriel Kielland (talk) 18:32, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. JamieS93❤ 01:03, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary full protection vandalism, Continual vandalism. Mokele (talk) 18:14, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection. moderate-high level of vandalism in recent history. The Taerkasten (talk) 17:27, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism, 3 or more IPs vandalising at this moment. Minimac's Clone (Vandalise here) 17:18, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection - sockpuppet attempting to force content, and bragging "if you manage to "ban" me, you will find that I am just like the Phoenix: I will rise again from the ashes!" [1] - same user has created a userpage claiming to have admin-like authority on Wikipedia (see User:Wikiimedia Central}, and is clearly a sock of User:Wikapedia Central. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 17:10, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 day, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Hopefully an easy case that just needs a rangeblock – trying to contact a checkuser at the moment. JamieS93❤ 17:34, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    And unprotected. Should be good now. JamieS93❤ 20:54, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism, IP vandalism. Steam Iron 16:53, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    From what I've observed, this user has given no warnings to any other user, or made any effort to discuss whatever issue he has with the article whatsoever. It seems the only thing he's done is make a single unexplained undo. Think it's a bit over reactive to request a page protect for this? Sourside21 (talk) 01:53, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi protection. Ongoing BLP vandalism from unregistered editors. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:46, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protection vandalism Vandalism by unidentified IP's mainly centred around mucking with the Turkish Prime Minister's wealth. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 15:58, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary full protection, There's been a lot of disruptive editing by IP editors. They've added a lot of un-encyclopedic material and removed the maintenance tags. I think temporary semi-protection is necessary to deter those IP editors from continuing to disrupt Wikipedia, and also because we don't have the time and patience to keep reverting their edits and warning them. _LDS (talk) 15:50, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    full protection After a week of trimming the article down, with much discussion on talk, both named and anon editors are starting to come in and make sweeping reverts to the 200K prior version of the article, without discussion or edit summaries. Could someone neutral keep an eye on things and protect for a while if the discussionless reverting gets out of hand? Thanks. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:05, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    High level of ip (& newly created accounts) vandalism (removal of source of government organization). Current article is wp:blp. Similar articles of Albania related persons (like Pyrros Dimas) felt also victim of disruptive activity by ips lately.Alexikoua (talk) 14:33, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Though it's not BLP anymore, as he's not living. GedUK  15:02, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Sure, my fault, he isn't blp ca. 2 months now. Thank you.Alexikoua (talk) 17:59, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary full protection dispute, Edit warring by 2 users who seem to refuse to come to an agreement. Jeni (talk) 14:03, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Fully protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. GedUK  14:41, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protect. Excessive amount of vandalism. Crazyant2 (talk) 12:21, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. - Only three IPs have edited the article in the past five days. — Kralizec! (talk) 13:25, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection Vandalism by multiple IPs. Philip Trueman (talk) 11:56, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Already protected. by Edgar181 for three days. — Kralizec! (talk) 13:23, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for unprotection

    Shortcuts

    Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin at 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.

    User talk:S-man (edit | user page | history | links | watch | logs)

    Unprotection, I was blocked in 2006, but have since been unblocked. Specifically, I would like the vandalism mayhem on the page to be archived, since it apparently can not be deleted. --S-man (talk) 01:43, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Unprotection, semiprotected in December 2008, though there was no notable vandalism at the time. Discussions with the protecting admin haven't gone anywhere. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 00:09, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Unprotection, indefinite semi-protection seems excessive, there are a lot of good IP edits to this article. Discussions with the protecting admin haven't gone anywhere. -- Eraserhead1 <talk> 00:09, 18 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Unprotection, semiprotected since August. Let's unprotect it and see how it works out. Burpelson AFB (talk) 02:34, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Note: I will leave this to another admin to act on, but in general I feel that high-profile BLPs are generally better off to leave semi-protected due to the danger of BLP-related problems. No prejudice to any other admin unprotecting, just giving my opinion. Jayron32 05:42, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Unprotection, Reduce to semi-protection, as the main Article Wizard page is only semi-protected. -- IRP ☎ 15:58, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Unprotection, Protection level should be reduced to semi, as the main Article Wizard page is only semi-protected. -- IRP ☎ 15:53, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for edits to a protected page

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    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 Wikipedia:Suggestions for COI compliance), the {{Edit COI}} template should be used.
    • Requests to move move-protected pages should be made at Wikipedia: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

    Temporary semi-protection IP has a dispute with the creators of the source text for the article, and is carrying it onto Wikipedia. Has made legal threats and repeatedly blanked the article. Has used a combination of new user names and IP addresses to continue disputes and legal threats. I would semiprotect it myself, but I have reverted him once or twice, so am seeking an uninvolved admin to pull the trigger to stop the article blanking. Given the person's willingness to jump to new usernames or logout to avoid other methods of stoping, a semiprotection seems the best course of action. --Jayron32 04:19, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -- Cirt (talk) 06:21, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]


    Semi protect. Recurring anonymous IP vandalism and subsequent reversion. TheCuriousGnome (talk) 05:25, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection.. I see 5 edits by IP addresses in the past 6-7 weeks. I would hardly call that a "recurrent" problem. If this becomes unmanagable, please feel free to renominate for protection. --Jayron32 05:38, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism, IP edits came along as soon as I placed this up at an FAC to change the plot based on faulty info. It is the general consensus by those helping with this article, and the related articles that the changes made are not what happens given the context of the plot. Only IP editors continue to change the plot here, and on the associated character page and I find that the same edit by different IP address that I reverted that was re-added hard to justify they are acting in good faith when I gave a clear reason in my explanation why it was reverted, it has happened before and the timing of these edits; nor have they come to the talk page or FAC page to discuss this. 陣内Jinnai 04:16, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. I see 2 IP edits in the past two months. I don't see a recurring problem that needs protection to stop. If this becomes more of a problem in the future, please feel free to renominate for protection. Jayron32 04:38, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Besides, this page is on my watch list and it seems it only got one vandalism edit this month, and it may be good-faith. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 05:40, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]


    semi-protection vandalism, Constant target for vandalism. –Turian (talk) 05:06, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.--Jayron32 05:11, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Indefinite full protection vandalism, A lot of vandalism and insults toward this canal also false information. . Hugo Felix - Messages Here 04:27, 17 March 2010 (UTC) : Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. As with the one below, I'm not sure I understand the nature of the vandalism, additionally I don't see where the level of vandalism can't be dealt with by reverting once in a while. Could you explain a bit more? Jayron32 04:36, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. per additional discussion on my talk page. --Jayron32 05:08, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Indefinite full protection vandalism, A lot of vandalism and insults toward this canal also false information. . Hugo Felix - Messages Here 04:26, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    : Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. As with the one above, I'm not sure I understand the nature of the vandalism, additionally I don't see where the level of vandalism can't be dealt with by reverting once in a while. Could you explain a bit more? Jayron32 04:37, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. per additional discussion on my talk page. --Jayron32 05:09, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism, continued vandalism after last protection. Connormah (talk | contribs) 03:28, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. --Jayron32 04:40, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]


    Semi protect recurring anon IP vandalism and subsequent reversion; ongoing since October 2009 virtually to the exclusion of legitimate editing. -- Brianhe (talk) 03:00, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. AlexiusHoratius 03:15, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]


    Temporary semi-protection Excessive vandalism. TbhotchTalk C. 01:59, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of one month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. AlexiusHoratius 02:11, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]


    Semi-protect. (Help!) High level of IP vandalism, vandalism reverted more than 18 times in last 24 hours. Funandtrvl (talk) 00:24, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -- Cirt (talk) 00:32, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for the help! --Funandtrvl (talk) 00:39, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection vandalism. NERDYSCIENCEDUDE (✉ msg • changes) 00:21, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -- Cirt (talk) 00:32, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection Vandalism. –Scarce ✉ 00:20, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -- Cirt (talk) 00:32, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Indefinite semi-protection vandalism Pepper∙piggle 23:15, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -- Cirt (talk) 00:31, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Indefinite Semi-protection – High level of recent IP vandalism. Pepper∙piggle 23:14, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -- Cirt (talk) 00:28, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary full protection vandalism, Persistant Vandalism; uses of sexual refs like "Jizz" or related. Phearson (talk) 23:10, 16 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. -- Cirt (talk) 00:27, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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