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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 remove obvious vandalism.


    Request addition of protection to a page, or increasing the current protection level

    Request removal of protection from a page, or reducing the current protection level

    Request a specific edit be made to a protected page
    Please add an edit request to the talk page of the protected page before adding an edit request here

    Current requests for protection

    Place requests for protection increases at the BOTTOM of this section. If you cannot find your request, check the archive of requests or the page history. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – This page is constantly used by some unregistered users for advertising purposes. They use it to advertise their shops, religious interests or coaching classes etc. I have removed their information from this article many times but they again put it back. Please protect it immediately to stop it from vandalism. Garvit (talk) 18:05, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Regular IP vandalism, virtually no helpful IP edits (have assumed good faith on some which may actually have been vandalism). Semi-protect for at least a month please. — Michaelmas1957 (talk) 17:05, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Please protect for 1 week, many unhelpful IP vandal edits that are BLP issues. JMHamo (talk) 16:39, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Seeing vandalism by IPs 86.99.2xx.xxx and User:Solara, among others. BollyJeff | talk 16:31, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary full protection: A high-profile article about a high-profile film, which has seen a lot of unexplained and unhelpful edits in just the past two days; protection is necessary in order to establish some stability and balance. The Old JacobiteThe '45 16:27, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Repeated reinstatement of poorly presented and unsourced content by IPs and newly-registered accounts. This has been going on pretty much since the last semi in October 2012. Sitush (talk) 15:09, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent IP vandalism (Preferably at least a month please). ARTPOPist (talk) 23:55, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. And not all of the IP edits are vandalism. Lectonar (talk) 12:38, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for unprotection

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    Before posting a request for unprotection, please discuss it with the protecting administrator first. You can create a request below only if you receive no response from them.

    To find out which administrator protected the page, go to the page's edit history and click on the "View logs for this page" link (located underneath the page's title). The protecting administrator is listed in the protection log entry, next to the words "protected", "changed protection level", or "configured pending changes". If there are a large number of log entries on the page, use the drop-down menu near the top of the page and select "Protection log" or "Pending changes log" to filter the logs accordingly.

    DO NOT request a reduction in protection if...

    • ...you are being prevented from editing the page. A desire to change content is not a valid reason for unprotection. Instead:
      • If you can edit the article's talk page, use the WP:Edit Request Wizard to propose a change on the article's talk page. Include an explanation of the exact content that you want to change, and what the content will be afterward.
      • If the article's talk page is protected, you may propose a change at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Edit.
    • ...your reasoning for reducing protection is that the article has not been vandalized. That simply means the protection is working as intended.
    • ...your reasoning for reducing protection is basically "a long time has passed" without supporting details.
    • ...you haven't contacted the protecting administrator.

    You may request a protection reduction below if...

    • ...you want to change the protection level of a template or module from full protection to template protection. You may add the request to this page without having to discuss it with the protecting administrator first.
    • ...you need to remove creation protection from a location where no page exists (redlinked pages) after a draft version of the intended article is prepared beforehand and ready to be published.
    • ...you are proposing a trial reduction in protection for a page that has been protected for several years, provided the proposal is supported by evidence such as talk page activity, page views, page traffic, number of watchers, frequency of edit requests, and prior history of vandalism.
    • ...the protecting administrator is inactive or has not responded to you in several days.

    If you cannot locate your request, make sure to check the request archives to see if it's been moved there. Only requests that have been recently answered will still be listed here.

    Unprotection: this article is both semi and PC protected, could one of them be lifted please? I've informed both protecting admins. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 03:49, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    {{RFPP|u}} Removed PC protection as it was to expire first anyway. —Darkwind (talk) 04:24, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    Still Semi-protected (procedural, for bot) Lectonar (talk) 10:02, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for edits to a protected page

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    Requests for specific edits should be made on the talk page of the protected article. You can create an edit request below only if the talk page is also protected, preventing you from adding a request there.

    Otherwise, this is the correct place to use in order to add an edit request if you are unable to add one to the article's talk page. Please see the top of this page for instructions on how to properly add a request.

    Fulfilled/denied requests

    Please see Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Rolling archive for a rolling archive of the last 7 days of protection requests.

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