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

    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

    Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level

    Request a specific edit to a protected page
    Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here



    Current requests for increase in protection level

    Request protection of a page, or increasing the protection level

    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: Persistent vandalism and LTA; heavily vandalized with unsourced edits by a user named Exclamation3 Ex-Clamation within the last hour, these edits are similar to those made by recent Jeremiah Caquias sockpuppets. 2603:6081:893D:13AC:8832:E50D:A260:4C12 (talk) 05:15, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Someone please do something about this, the user is also vandalizing the semi-protected pages TeenNick and List of programs broadcast by TeenNick, I request ECP on these pages. 2603:6081:893D:13AC:8832:E50D:A260:4C12 (talk) 06:30, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    User(s) blocked: Exclamation3 Ex-Clamation (talk · contribs) blocked by Dreamy Jazz. Globally locked for added good measure. Favonian (talk) 11:34, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Repeated recent (last week or so) disruptive editing by new, likely COI accounts looking to remove sourced content that is "negative" towards the subject. Request re-establishment of semi-protection for at least six months to hopefully deal with the issue. Rambling Rambler (talk) 07:39, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – The matter is now being discussed at WP:ANI#Revolutionary Communist International, NOTHERE by likely COI accounts. Furthermore, your adversary is auto-confirmed, making semi-protection pointless. Favonian (talk) 11:28, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. WiiUf ——The dragon travels through the stars 09:04, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User(s) blocked: 103.135.144.0/24 (talk · contribs). Favonian (talk) 11:42, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Reason: Persistent IP vandalism Kimen8 (talk) 12:41, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Less Unless (talk) 14:00, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Annh07 (talk) 12:51, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Less Unless (talk) 14:04, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Usual drive-by vandalism to the ib/lead by IPs for a newly released film. A mid-term semi should be fine. Gotitbro (talk) 13:09, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Less Unless (talk) 14:09, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Reason: One user with an IP Address is making unnecessary changes, please check the article history for more details. I have checked it thoroughly & tried to discuss it with the user, however, it is useless. VKG1985 (Talk | E-Mail | Contrib) 13:10, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Reason: Persistent edit by sock, most likely WP:LOUTSOCK. Since behavioral evidence clearly shows that the main contributors to this article are just the sockpuppet and his socks. There’s no way a new IP editor would know about this draft and choose to make their first edit here. Ckfasdf (talk) 13:45, 21 September 2024 (UTC) }}[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP changing the tournament year from 2010 to 2011. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 13:49, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – No changes to the current protection level are required at this point in time. Less Unless (talk) 14:19, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Persistent disruptive editing – article has a recent history of disruption, appears to be the case again, article belongs in WP:GS/CASTE. Sir Calculus (talk) 13:56, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IPs been changing years. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 14:00, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Less Unless (talk) 14:22, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · contribs · email) 14:04, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for reduction in protection level

    Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level

    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.

    Unprotection: Can we reduce the level of edit protections on this subtemplate to match the parent of the template? I'm currently the primary editor/maintainer of this template, and don't have interest in becoming a template editor (beyond editing this family of templates). Mason (talk) 12:25, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for edits to a protected page

    Request a specific edit to a protected page
    Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here

    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.


    Change the image caption from 2007 to 2024, I believe that is vandalism 2601:282:4700:272:4984:153:4B8F:F879 (talk) 13:50, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    That picture there is indeed from 2007, it is not vandalism. win8x (talking | spying) 13:52, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Handled requests

    A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.