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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.

    Request protection of a page, or increasing the protection level
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    Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here
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    Current requests for increase in protection level

    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.

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – I've asked for indef page protection last week, now again: there is an IP-hopping editor that insists on adding trivial information and commercial ELs for almost a year now. Mark Arsten (talk · contribs) did a block on a couple of IPs before, but to no avail. If not indef this time, please as long as possible. Soetermans. T / C 13:06, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary create protection: Repeatedly recreated. Hell In A Bucket (talk) 12:20, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined It already has semi-salt protection on. Please contact Deb (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) if youo think that should be increased, I presume they had a reason for semi. GedUK  13:04, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – The contributor made two edits well over a year ago. Both were self-biographical. In the last few days, there has been a sting operation against the Aam Aadmi Party and it seems that various anons have been targeting his user page, alleging that it involved the contributor. I have blanked the page, first as pure self-promotion (CV-only) and now due to BLP concerns + WP:TPG. Should the owner ever return, they can request unprotection - I'd leave a note on their talk page to that effect. Sitush (talk) 09:52, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected. GedUK  12:58, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protection: High levels of IP vandalism. Several people are just placing spoilers rather than an accurate summary. 50.71.34.112 (talk) 07:54, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Note: I was going to decline this, but on second thoughts I think it needs to go to AfD. To avoid becoming involved, I'll leave this request to someone else. GedUK  12:51, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protection: High level of IP vandalism. Koala15 (talk) 06:07, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined, What vandalism there was, which is debatable, seems to have stopped since your fuller sourced section. Majority of IP edits since then have been constructive or good faith. GedUK  12:54, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary full protection: edit warring with an editor who has been refusing any dispute on Talk page after all his/her references to allegedly reliable sources proved to be false. Borsoka (talk) 06:03, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Fully protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. You're going to need dispute resolution, or a third opinion. GedUK  12:38, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary pending changes: Persistent vandalism – None of IP contributions is good. George Ho (talk) 06:01, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Many of the IP changes are perfectly good faith, even if tehy've been reverted. There's not much actual vandalism. GedUK  12:26, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism by several users over the past two days. Areaseven (talk) 02:54, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    User(s) blocked. Mark Arsten (talk) 05:48, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for reduction in protection level

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    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.

    Pending changes: Protecting admin is no longer active. There are still other good IPs contributing constructively, but I guess use PC for the benefit of the doubt?. George Ho (talk) 06:35, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Pending-changes protected GedUK  13:33, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Pending changes: This article is protected long enough, and I don't think the same sockpuppet is coming back. The protecting admins. are no longer active, but should there be a level-two PC if level-one PC is too soon?. George Ho (talk) 05:58, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Pending-changes protected Well, if it's a bambifan target, I'm not so sure they're not coming back, but we'll see. GedUK  12:31, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    No proof of sockpuppetry: I did not see any proof of sockpuppetry on the article. I believe it was unfairly blocked, preventing almost everyone with good standing from editing the page. Please unblock it or at least reduce the protection. Thank you. 46.17.63.162 (talk) 21:10, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm pretty certain that IP socks of (banned abusive sockmaster) User:TheREALCableGuy have targeted that page, actually. So I'd prefer to keep it protected. Mark Arsten (talk) 22:32, 22 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    From what I heard of there was only one, one edit. That's it. 46.17.63.162 (talk) 02:32, 23 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    The M.O. of this sockmaster is such that he repeatedly returns to articles that he has edited in the past. Looking through the past 100 edits I can see several IPs that are consistent with his editing style. Mark Arsten (talk) 04:17, 23 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Not done for the bot. There have been no responses in regards to this request for over two days. Steel1943 (talk) 07:09, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
     Requesting immediate archiving... GedUK  13:43, 25 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for edits to a protected page

    Further information: Wikipedia:Edit requests
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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

    A rolling archive of the last seven days of protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Rolling archive.

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