Administrators can protect pages to stop them from being changed. They can also unprotect pages. There are five types of protection; full protection,...

administrators. They can block or unblock users, protect or unprotect pages, and edit fully protected pages, such as the Main Page. Special:ListUsers Special:ActiveUsers...

Under the Wikipedia:Protection policy, administrators can indefinitely protect templates, template redirects and Lua modules that are high risk to Wikipedia...

dangerous. Deletion and oversight may be used to remove the information. "Protecting children's privacy - Requests for Arbitration". English Wikipedia. 2006-12-05...

oversight may be needed. Help younger users protect themselves through our guidelines: Wikipedia:Protecting children's privacy Cyberbullying fact sheet...

only be hidden in special cases, listed here. They can protect, unprotect and change protected pages, including those in the MediaWiki namespace, and...

changing the article back and forth. If this happens, an administrator may protect the page for a few days so that no one except administrators can change...

A block is a measure used to protect Wikipedia from being used badly, or from being changed in ways that are against the rules. Once blocks are over,...

attacks and our policy against incivility, not to protect themselves from personal attacks, but to protect their edits from review. Although editors who always...

I think the article Tibet should be semi-protected because of the repeated vandalism. Any thoughts? Alexhl (talk) 05:08, 20 April 2008 (UTC) It is true...

Wikipedia together. Wikipedia:Assume good faith Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers Wikipedia:User page Wikipedia:Protecting children's privacy...

to do so for many reasons. Shortcut WP:WHYWP:WHY They can change semi-protected pages (your account must be at least four days old and have at least ten...

the Special:Log/protect feature was made available. Please do not make changes to the text below. 23:03, 13 Dec 2004 Netoholic protected Main Page (repeated...

template. Given this, would it make sense to semi-protect all tohse templates that are not protected yet? - How many anonymous users do you know that will...

still decide to protect, but it's a relatively low number of edits probably from the same person on different IPs. Makes me think protecting the page will...

can be dangerous, especially facebook. We should be more vigilant by protecting our pictures and or personal informations. We will talk that the companies...

Peterdownunder (talk) 22:58, 3 August 2026 (UTC) Right. So you decide you won't protect it? The point is, he has one. Please add page protection. -SusanLesch (talk)...

creation should be used. This is called copyright, and there are laws that protect it. For someone else to use the creation, they need to get permission from...

regards to protecting pages... How do you decide to protect a page? In what circumstance, if any, would you find it acceptable to protect a page you are...

regards to protecting pages... How do you decide to protect a page? In what circumstance, if any, would you find it acceptable to protect a page you are...

article about the District of Columbia. Substitution of frequently-used protected templates can be used to avoid damage caused by template vandalism. People...

around the world can change or make any new page. While some pages are protected from changing, most of the pages on Wikipedia are not. To learn how to...

requests, you may lose access to your talk page or your talk page may be protected from changing, which means that you may never be unblocked. To make an...

Can an admin please fully protect this page in my userspace? I don't want anyone to edit it and I have no reason to edit it again, thanks. --IWI (talk)...

contribs) End date:March 25 Because I want to use more features, such as to protect pages and to block a user from editing. I accept this request. Candidate's...

have been protected. Was a single user vandalising so didn't remotely meet the threshold to protect. And it actually had never been protected before. I...

pages to a different title and make changes to pages that have been semi-protected by administrators. The main reason for having autoconfirmed status on...

 Done Protected for one week by Vector. - Huji reply 14:33, 22 November 2007 (UTC) Is there a reason that this is full protected or even protected? the...

The outcome of this request for deletion was to  Delete.  Wikipedia:Protected page (edit · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete) EhJJTALK...

rights and as such Wikipedia cannot grant any rights to use any otherwise protected materials. Your use of any such or similar incorporeal property is at...

made. EVula // talk // ☯ // 17:14, 21 November 2009 (UTC) Resolved. Semi protected for a month There needs to be one, especially after the vandalism that...

Earth or geography, even if presented as a minority opinion. In order to protect against frivolous accusations and other potential exploitation, no user...

semi-protect. To be honest I think the undoing of his protect is the bigger deal because admins are supposed to discuss reversals of blocks/protects with...

I want to use more features, such as to block a user from editing, and protect pages. Because of all the techinical changes I make. I accept this nomination...

bureaucrat in an emergency. This is only done as a temporary measure to protect the project from serious danger. The community can then decide whether...

Administrator (also called an "admin" or "sysop") is a user who can delete and protect pages and block users. Admins can also grant the rollback, flood and patroller...

temporarily protected? IPs have been falsely adding living people to the list. Etoza (?) 16:32, 24 September 2021 (UTC) I'm not going to protect at this time...

2010 (UTC) Oppose You're definitely a great editor and working hard to protect the wiki, but I just don't think you have enough edits and have been fully...

vandals. Please protect for several months. Zaxxon0 (talk) 09:30, 10 September 2019 (UTC) I have protected it for a bit. Wouldn't normally protect for so little...

July 2010 (UTC) The page containing the link I told you about was fully protected. I couldn't do it.  Hazard-SJ Talk 07:34, 28 July 2010 (UTC) A note could...

(UTC) Obscenity is tagged as being protected but the page is not protected. A decision needs to be made whether to protect it or remove the protection template...

with on-wiki? As an admin, it's my job to delete, block and protect. I haven't protected any pages in a while, but I constantly delete pages and block...

Is there a simple way to protect all of the pages within the Krett12 userspace, or would this require an admin to protect each of the 24 32 or so pages...

ownership may not know what they are doing. Some editors may think they are protecting the article from vandalism. Others may try to share their own view, which...

cross-wiki... Nehme1499 (talk) 20:07, 3 February 2022 (UTC) For now, I've semi-protected your user talk page so IPs won't be able to edit. --Ferien (talk) 20:09...

 Delete. WP:SOFTDELETE Ternera (talk) 13:30, 9 March 2026 (UTC) Template:R protected/excon (edit · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete) · close...

semi-protected, or maybe even full protected. Anyone else in agreement? -Razorflame (contributions) Talk 17:46, 18 December 2007 (UTC) Fully-protected? Never...

may want a page in your userspace protected. As long as it's not your user talk page, your userpages can be protected on your request with no excessive...

September 2014 (UTC) I ♥ Jersey! I feel that I can revert edits and perhaps protect pages in need to prevent them from vandals. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 03:21...

of that we are a bit different about on simple is that we don't really protect pages except in the extreme situation. Think multiple ips with 10's of...

this year - in other words, he likely falls under the rule we have for protecting children. In short, it is probably safest to delete this article, no matter...

autoconfirmed. Autoconfirmed status is required to move pages and change semi-protected pages. For more information see Wikipedia:Autoconfirmed users. Administrator...

rationale.--Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 15:45, 25 January 2020 (UTC)  Delete and protect. This non-notable page will likely be created again. rollingbarrels (talk)...

pages deleted, 100 blocks and 70 pages protected, he has the skills. I'm wary of his numerous indef protects, but the good far outshines the bad, and...

semi-protecting the major templates? The Rambling Man (talk) 14:42, 15 July 2008 (UTC) Nope, I think anything in heavy use should be protected. -Djsasso...

therefore the category is indefinitely protected, creation only allowed to admins. If we continue to protect the category above, should we keep this...

been protected indefinitely from anonymous and new editors. ««« SOME GADGET GEEK »»» (talk) 19:24, 27 April 2017 (UTC) We almost never protect a page...

regards to protecting pages... How do you decide to protect a page? In what circumstance, if any, would you find it acceptable to protect a page you are...

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diff. Griffinofwales (talk) 00:25, 13 August 2009 (UTC)  Done Per the protecting administrator's comment on rev. 1642966. Best, NonvocalScream (talk) 00:26...

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. You should only write things that should be in an encyclopedia. Shortcut WP:NOTBLOCKEDWP:NOTBLOCKED Some special rules need...

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Telling people where the information and facts that are put into articles comes from is an important part of Wikipedia. You should add a citation for the...

are not encouraged (see the protect log of that page, and this list for all indef protections). Indefinitely semi-protecting pages is not against WMF guidelines...

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Remember, always try to be helpful and not harmful. Everyone is allowed to help make Wikipedia better. However, sometimes different users may have different...

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In Simple English Wikipedia, many people work together to make an encyclopedia. Sometimes, users do not agree on what is written in an article, or on a...

For a list of sources that are talked about often, see Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources. One of the problems that Wikipedia is most criticized...

For usernames in general, see Wikipedia:Username (WP:USERNAME). Wikipedia provides user pages for easier communication between people in its project to...

May I have User:MathXplore/QD log/202210 semi-protected? An IP user appeared here but I don't think any IP user would need to change this place. MathXplore...

Wikipedia does not publish original research or original thought. This includes unpublished facts, arguments, speculation, and ideas, as well as any unpublished...

You can make an account so that a username is shown beside the changes you make. A username is a way of telling who is writing something. This helps people...

templates protected elsewhere are brought over but not protected here (either protect the pages or remove the template). There are also two protected edit...

repeated recreations. So if it gets recreated again then I will fully protect based on the consensus of this RfD. I'd also hope that people creating...

This Manual of Style is to help make the encyclopedia easier to read by having rules for its format. It is a style guide. The rules on this page are not...

(talk) 16:34, 1 May 2010 (UTC) Q: What are the effects of protected a page too long, or protected too many pages? A: This sends a message to users that Wikipedia...

of the scope of vandals or a protected title becomes then notable. I think it's not actually the best practice to protect pages indefinitely. I right now...

meta:Privacy_policy This page is a soft redirect....

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Wikipedia has lots of mailing lists. You can read them on the internet or by email or by NNTP using GMANE. Mailing lists show up in Google searches. Old...

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to handle at all? When do you think pages should be protected? When should they not be protected? Answer for both semi-protection and full protection...

to be autoconfirmed. With a full protected main page, with semi or unprotected transclusion, we ought to semi protect the main page instead. Thank you...

relevant experience in several of the key areas of oversight. Firstly protecting the privacy of individuals. In part of my current job I have to deal with...

If a user seems to be misusing several accounts and/or committing sockpuppetry, you can ask a CheckUser to confirm this by adding the username on the WP:RFCU...

many unnamed editors. Should it be protected? J991 17:10, 21 September 2017 (UTC) Typical rule of thumb for protecting is many different editors vandalizing...

In Wikipedia, notability is a word that is used to explain what makes things important enough to be the subject of a Wikipedia article. The topic of an...

This page explains how to attribute articles you simplify and convert from another Wikimedia project. First, bring the article over. Admins and importers...

Template:Protected (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete) Synergy has nominated this page for deletion for the reason: We already have a template...

This page provides information about the use of open proxies to read and change pages on the Simple English Wikipedia. If you have received a message that...

refer to this person. MohamedTalk 02:41, 1 February 2018 (UTC)  Done Protected for one month, at lowest level, could be increased if necessary --Peterdownunder...

final result. Chenzw  Talk  12:33, 25 May 2020 (UTC) Please temporary semi-protect. Reason: Vandalism --Thegooduser Let's Talk! :) 🍁 21:53, 25 May 2020 (UTC)...

Can one of you protect Kangaroo because of the socks? --AmaryllisGardener talk 02:00, 30 May 2014 (UTC) @AmaryllisGardener:Had protected it the other night...

Welcome to the Simple English Schools Gateway...

salted from main English Wikipedia. I also would recommend that you create-protect this article as it has been banned on other Wiki's due to the desperate...

another page Wikipedia:Protected deleted pages/List (just a warning - the page makes no sense as of now). When the page is protected using cascading protection...

A shortcut on Wikipedia is a quick way of getting to Category:Wikimedia, guidelines and project pages. They are shown in boxes to the right of the pages...

of protecting everything that is Main Paged. As it is, DYK is run by mainly non-admins, and indeed I would struggle with doing it if it was protected ;)...

surprised this wasn't even semi-protected) All the color templates Pages that transclude to the Main Page - fully-protect etc. I'll update this. MathCool10...

situation. Secondly, if the article is going to be protected, it should be "full" protected, not semi protected. When there is an edit war (not vandalism) and...

a good solution, but I'm afraid I don't know how, and I'm sure it's a protected page, probably a special page. Thanks, Drum guy (talk) 22:38, 13 April...

this is on AN) as many admin pages are protected at the sysop level, any barnstars listed on these protected pages cannot be updated by the Delinker...

more for our project as an administrator, whether it involves blocking, protecting, or deleting. He is also an active administrator on the English Wikipedia...

Bots are automated scripts or processes which perform jobs on Wikipedia. Usually, they do jobs which would take a long time to do without the bot. Bots...

even a two revert rule, so can an administrator take care of this and protect the page? No compromise will be completed if I simply revert again, and...

Resolved. Please semi-protect Call of Duty series, as many IP socks are vandalizing it. Thanks, Goodvac (talk) 08:10, 31 October 2011 (UTC) Resolved....

12:55, 30 March 2012 (UTC) It would be prudent for an administrator to protect Wikipedia:Simple talk/header to the level of admin-only (you could say...

protected. I ask that all of my userpages be semi-protected indefinitely (except for my talk). These include: User:Mythdon, which is semi-protected until...

discussions. Template:Done/See also – a more compact presentation of the same list of templates. {{EP}} – used for servicing requests in edit-protected areas...

Excessive vandalism on Syco - please protect, if necessary. Thanks, Aranya (talk) 19:06, 28 August 2020 (UTC)  Done -Djsasso (talk) 19:09, 28 August 2020...

are permanently protected. You can therefore do all what you wrote about, without being an admin. All an admin can do is delete or protect pages; Simple...

those pages on their watchlist that the cons of protecting the page outweight the pros of protecting it. But thats just my opinion. -Djsasso (talk) 02:52...

to push such people back as their listing would remind investigators to protect such people from influencing live events. TechSportScience (talk) 11:51...

Consensus is a way of talking and working together to make decisions. On Wikipedia, it is the main way we make decisions. Consensus can also mean a decision...

what I think. - Huji reply 12:02, 17 August 2007 (UTC) Admins can delete, protect, block, unblock and revert easily, right? Can the 'crat do that, too? If...

delete the Main Page, and I know how to properly use the block, delete and protect tools. Although I don't know how this will turn out, here's hoping this...

opt-out of that policy. That is there to protect Wikimedia from potential legal action. It's mainly to protect from "HowTo:Do brain surgery, the probably...

article was on, and where to request changes (as the article seems to be protected, on enwp). I did this on the editor's talk page.--Eptalon (talk) 02:07...

matter what these movies were, I think our first priority should be that to protect the child. So, this is clearly a delete--Eptalon (talk) 11:21, 22 May 2021...

oversighted the revisions. Eptalon (talk) 08:02, 10 May 2024 (UTC) I have semi-protected the page, for 6 months. Almost all recent changes were racist (such as...

The rollback feature is a part of the MediaWiki software. It is a way to quickly undo vandalism made by the last user to change the page. It is given to...

others this right). Also, fair use only protects us, or should I say, the Wikimedia Foundation. It does not protect our readers who want to take our articles...

such article on the English Wikipedia, but it's interesting that it is protected on en from creation. -- RyanCross (talk) 01:12, 21 August 2008 (UTC) Comment...

♥ GoblinBots! Cascading is a big nono. We do not protect pages to be preventative, we only protect in reaction to. One set of vandalism in well over...

Shortcuts WP:DWP:D WP:DABWP:DAB WP:DABIGWP:DABIG Sometimes a word means more than one thing, so you might want the same title for two different pages....

official guidelines or policy pages are semi-protected. Shouldn't they be semi-protected in order to protect them from getting unwanted changes? Just a...

local editor might fall under could be where it is reasonably necessary to protect the Wikimedia Foundation, its users or the public. And possibly with permission...

Merging and moving are two important ways articles can be changed on Wikipedia. "Merging" is when the information on two pages about the same thing (or...

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pages spread over a fairly significant time span so there is no need to protect. -DJSasso (talk) 00:49, 17 July 2014 (UTC) The article Wikipedia has had...

encyclopedia for simple people": users don't need to be protected from "filth", they need to be protected from excessive verbiage and pointless prolixity. The...

English Wikipedia because I want to delete pages requesting for deletion, protect and unprotected pages, block users or IP Addresses who violates our rules...

13:08, 15 March 2007 (UTC) Is there a protected page where non-existent pages can be transcluded so they are protected from recreation? J Di 18:51, 14 March...

semi-protected so we don't the IP vandalism on it please? Thank you! DaneGeld (talk) 20:13, 9 November 2018 (UTC) We never permanently protect articles...

written below, I think it is best to delete the article, also as a means to protect the person's childhood.--Eptalon (talk) 01:08, 25 January 2021 (UTC) Adan...

February 2008 (UTC) While I have nothing against protecting policy pages (a simple cascade protect on the template would do the job easily), I have to...

The outcome of this request for deletion was to  Delete.  Currently protected from creation. --Ferien (talk) 14:47, 29 August 2021 (UTC) Mohammed Shanooj...

Special:PrefixIndex/User:Example. Special:ProtectedPages: lists protected pages. Special:ProtectedTitles: lists titles which have been protected to prevent pages being created...

repeated recreations. So if it gets recreated again then I will fully protect based on the consensus of this RfD. I'd also hope that people creating...

there, they put an extended-protected lock to stop them from trying to make it again. Should we follow enwiki's lead and protect it in case it happens on...

MathCool10 05:46, 17 February 2009 (UTC) BTW, can someone fully-protect (or at least semi-protect) {{-}}? It is a widely used and transparent template that...

protected. Oysterguitarist 14:35, 19 August 2007 (UTC) Seems like a dynamic IP, or just lots of vandals in different houses (unlikely). Semi-protect,...

that overwhelm the article. Revert back to the last stable version and protect if necessary. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 10:24, 11 July 2022 (UTC)  Comment:...

old IP users that needed it), a couple of restores and about 30 or so protects. All of my actions were appropriate and I definitely think that I could...

such as merging. Comment - No SIGCOV.--No mention at en-wiki,if asked.--Protect title, is a good idea too. ~2025-28382-09 (talk) 19:48, 23 October 2025...

http://thirdseconds.org/russisk-familie-fratatt-sin-seks-ar-gamle-datter/ delete and protect to stop this madness --Druddigon (talk) 17:59, 25 October 2015 (UTC) Ok...

more vandalism than anyone else. Having Rollback rights would help me protect Wikipedia from vandals even faster than I do it now. I believe I have shown...

BRPever has distinguished themselves with devotion to contributing, protecting, and bettering the content of SEWP in a fashion few are able to echo....

again. I think its time we upped the protection time to a week, or, indef protect. It doesn't appear to be notable, and en.wiki doesn't have an article either...

Within Wikipedia, notability is guideline to see if an article should be included. The topic of an article should be notable, or "worthy of notice"; that...

only be protected by admins. Can admins sign out and edit as an ip to protect pages? Please see this example here [2] Is that just fake protecting by an...

protected was Biden; Creol protected the other pages. AGF is a good think to have. Nevertheless I think that certain pages should really be protected;...

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into {{semi-protected}} and {{protected}}. And since the vast majority of "protected" pages are semi-protected, I think fully protected templates are...

and {{oppose}}. Oysterguitarist 22:44, 27 February 2008 (UTC) I suggest protecting them, if they're going to be used. Resizing the images may not only need...

guard – v. to watch and protect a person, place or thing ("He guards the president."); n. a person or thing that watches or protects ("He is a prison guard...

that site administrators are held to a higher standard. For a sysop to protect a page inappropriately, block an editor incorrectly, or talk down to an...

question should be deleted. Until a consensus has been reached, I have protected the category to prevent further edit warring. · Tygrrr... 03:03, 22 December...

course, I would revert vandalism, warn the vandals who vandalised the page, protect pages, delete bad pages and block users if they're acting bad. TurboGolf...

any notability, Not sure if we do it here but I'd also support create-protecting it given the amount of times it's been created at EN. –Davey2010Talk 20:37...

it's to do with wanting to get oversight locally so our local admins can protect the project without having to run to the stewards. Why is that such a problem...

handle at all, and why? When do you think pages should be protected? When should they not be protected? Answer for both semi-protection and full protection...

need to rely on outside people for these functions. This can (in theory) protect an editor from revealing too much personal information and ensure such...

wrong information. If no one is interested in deleting it, could we semi-protect it? It's IP editors who have made the bad edits. --Auntof6 (talk) 01:19...

prison, private, prize, probably, problem, produce, promise, proper, protect, provide, public, pull, punish, pupil, push, put queen, question, quick...

If a rule stops you from improving or maintaining Wikipedia, ignore it. Wikipedia:Be bold Wikipedia:Do not make problems to prove something...

same IP range it is preferred to block the offending IP's, then to semi-protect, I have placed a 1 week range block for that series of IP's. We will see...

a species evolves features similar to another. Either one or both are protected when a third species cannot tell them apart. Often, these features are...

someone please review, and either either make a call on the edits, or else protect the page? I am happy to abide by any final decision! 188.221.10.10 (talk)...

13:21, 8 August 2009 (UTC) Are we still using the protection templates on protected pages? I am planning to transwiki the templates from EN as our current...

bad, and instead you should discuss it. Q: When should a page be semi-protected? A:Semi-protection should be used when either ips and new users have been...

(UTC)  Comment: As the Rfd temoplate was repeatedly removed I havbe semi-protected the page; you'll need to be autoconfirmed to edit it. --Eptalon (talk)...

even claim a battle took place. Instead, an ally's soldiers were moved to protect part of the Kurd region. Griff (talk) 14:58, 15 January 2025 (UTC) This...

administrative actions. It is disrespectful to the blocking, deleting, or protecting admin, and to the community. Regardless if it was a technical wheel war...

(talk) 22:21, 21 April 2016 (UTC) I'm usually hesitant to protect talk pages, but I've semi-protected this one for a week. --Auntof6 (talk) 22:29, 21 April...

(It happens to this page now and then.) It's not frequent enough to semi-protect, but maybe some of you would like to add it to your watchlist so we van...

justification for deletion though in some cases it really should be.. protect people from cruel punishment.. The one article which should point here...

is it a problem right now? Protect it. Is it a problem every couple months? well then every couple months we should protect it. If we are having issues...

February 2021 (UTC) You just have to ask an admin to semi-protect your user page and we will protect it for you. There is no need for a proposal, we already...

something that anyone can edit, and that the anonymity of signons should be protected. But of coures, anyone can get a signon without revealing a real world...

like this page protected due to constant LTA. Thanks. --Derpdart56 (talk) 03:01, 31 October 2019 (UTC) Talk pages don't get protected. -DJSasso (talk)...

THIS CREATIVE COMMONS PUBLIC LICENSE ("CCPL" OR "LICENSE"). THE WORK IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT AND/OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW. ANY USE OF THE WORK OTHER THAN...

content that violates the policy on verifiability, because that content is protected by the policy that "Wikipedia is not censored". Example: Telling another...

Disney vandal, or any other, we can always prolong/re-protect. If on the other hand we protected for a year or longer, and forget, the damage done is worse:...

ѕwirlвoy ₪ 19:12, 19 January 2009 (UTC) I know how to block, delete, and protect. TurboGolf 19:13, 19 January 2009 (UTC) But you do not know when to and...

semi-protected. Ultimately, the position of the icons can be "changed" every time. That is, semi-protected very good articles can have the semi-protected icon...

know how to do things like "block" or "protect". It will just edit as usual, but with the ability to edit protected pages. Thanks Barras for flagging the...

software by meeting the requirement. Now i am able to change the semi protected pages if i find any incorrect information . but i am not able to edit...

wars with a full explanation why their edits were harmful to Wikipedia, protecting pages where edit wars are held, doing my best to peacefully solve conflicts...

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vandalise pages, especially Reality, with "___ is a commodity". I fully protected Reality to stop the immediate onslaught we had after the show aired, but...

somebody protect NBC, it's has a lot of vandalism edit. — 🌙 Raayaan9911 Ramadan Kareem! 04:44, 8 March 2025 (UTC) @Raayaan9911: Semi-protected for a month...

the last day involve changing icons on articles from {{pp-semi-protected}} to {{protected}}. See edits like this. I do not think we ever decided to change...

event, I suggest protecting the article to avoid further BLP violations. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 09:38, 8 December 2024 (UTC) protected, for two weeks....

February 2016 (UTC) When do you think pages should be protected? When should they not be protected? Answer for both semi-protection and full protection...

agree on a proposed action to take. Once this is done the currently fully protected templates will be unprotected for the change to be implemented. Thats...

publication. This article was recently deleted from wikipedia, admin should protect this article from recreating to avoid further abuse. Here are the paid...

vandalized a lot and is now indefinitely semi-protected, but no vandalism has occurred since it was semi-protected six months ago. 2601:644:907E:A70:6102:D339:5958:92DB...

especially one that has been sysopped and available for anybody to delete, protect, etc. pages with, has serious implications and should not be done. Password...

underneath the lock in the semi-protected icon s there? I'm finding it a tad bright and think it should be like the fully protected icon bottom. Cheers fr33kman...

here also! I didn't offer an opinion of your arguments, in fact I just protected the page due to your reverts and your personal attacks. I was in communication...

or subpages into the main page. The benefits are, the main page can be protected while editing some (or all) of the transcluded pages are allowed. This...

have indefinitely semi-protected your user page. I semi-protected your talk page for a week, because we don't indefinitely protect talk pages. @Znuddel:...

tab); the other is that the page isn't semi-protected - the page logs show that it is actually fully-protected. The message about semi-protection is in...

Tumblr that draws attention to that page, an administrator should probably protect the page before more vandalism happens. Mr. Gerbear (talk) 04:31, 14 January...

don't see a move tab on an article that I want to move, and on a semi-protected page I see the warning that I can't edit it. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:53...

one person. Should it be semi-protected?Animusv3 (talk) 14:26, 27 December 2011 (UTC) Yup, I have gone ahead to protect it for a month. Thanks! Chenzw  Talk ...

news right now, I would like to propose that his article here be semi-protected temporarily for a period of a few days as both a preventative measure...

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non-admins historically. We've also never had reason to cascade protect - it was only fully protected a couple of years ago, I remember when it was semi-! Goblin...

with a big red "X". Most of the templates which still have the "X" are protected. can someone please replace them with Image:Commons-logo.svg? --LBMixPro<talk|to|me>...

page cascade addition. I'm having a hard time gleaning how my decision to protect the main page shows I'm not suitable for checkuser. What decisions, which...

sounds like fun. Lauryn (u • t • c) 06:03, 29 March 2010 (UTC) Resolved. Protected for two weeks Bluegoblin7 ∞ 23:13, 1 April 2010 (UTC) Jew (change · talk...

Deleting these pages is also do protect the privacy of the vandals as well. They're still human and it's the WMF's job to protect its users no matter what they've...

deprecated JavaScript parameters. Many are user pages. See Category:Wikipedia protected edit requests to see if any of them are yours. If anyone understands this...

issue. --Auntof6 (talk) 01:52, 31 January 2015 (UTC) Can someone please protect my archives? I don't want vandals desecrating or defacing my archive pages...

creation protected). Giggy (talk) 23:57, 30 September 2008 (UTC) I've redirected the Tinky-Winky one. I'm not sure if they should be fully protected redirects...

line. Which caused all of this problems. Though I thought modules were protected against anon users from creating them or modifying them and only allowed...

say about things. You are polite and civil to people. You are active in protecting the project and seem to have a pretty good grasp of guideline and policy...

I am sorry to say so: I prefer to delete the article on our wiki, to protect the person, rather than keeping it. That's what I did. SALTing is only...

important that, at the Wikimedia Foundation, we protect our trademark rights so that we can protect our users from fraudulent impersonators. Because...

correct the double redirect. In this case its not so easy. {{Tp}} is protected above my level hense I need an admin to wander over and repoint that thing...

think the delete outweighs the keep here. I'm deleting and keeping it protected to be created only by autoconfirmed users in light of recent vandalism...

PLEASE! Make this stop... unblock him per community (most say unblock) or protect his user talk please? This is going on and on with no decision. Lets for...

process has been started. Once the process starts, the name is totally protected on all wiki's. This means Bureaucrats cannot rename your old account to...

universalizes protection templates. It would be, for example: {{protected|semi}} or {{protected|full}}, etc. More ideas/suggestions? obentomusubi 21:09, 13...

would look nice for very articles ( for good articles), and for semi-protected pages. I personally think a glossier button look is more chic. Ideas?...

Just use the protection tool, and if an IP wants to edit while it's protected, they can post a request on the talk page of the article. Either way (talk)...

Huggle) to use it here. I can add you to the checkpage if you would like (protected). Nifky^ 05:05, 20 March 2010 (UTC) Yes, please. :) SS✞(Kay) 05:30, 20...

I posted a source for the article on the talk page but the article is protected. Could an admin put the source in the article for me?--BirdsArmy Talk...

paracetamol! Archer7 - talk 15:28, 13 April 2008 (UTC) Just FYI, i've protected his talk page do to disruption. Oysterguitarist 16:15, 13 April 2008 (UTC)...

some IP creations today and yesterday, I was wondering... why don't we protect the new page creation from IP's, like the English Wikipedia?. For sure...

(talk) 20:19, 27 November 2015 (UTC) Which page, Simple talk? We can't protect it becsuse that would prevent unregistered users from communicating. I...

able to create a page nominating themselves for adminship) to be create protected so that only auto-confirmed users can create it. There is no way or reason...

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edit the wiki. In fact, one (even IPs) can edit almost every page, with protected pages as exceptions. However there are benefits to register. Meta-Wiki...

reply 20:26, 20 October 2007 (UTC) Can an administrator/bureaucrat semi-protect my userpage please? Thanks. Panda Bear | Talk | Changes 00:07, 21 October...

enable checkusers on here to be able to do that so that they can better protect the Simple English Wikipedia from copycats and mimics (people who see a...

the person from contributing. It is similar to protection- we usually protect when there has been damage in the past, and there is likely to be damage...

him to carry out the responsibilities of the job, deleting, blocking, protecting etc and that is all I need, or expect. Normandy 10:39, 30 January 2012...

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userspace page, and marking it with the __NOINDEX__ magic word. Semi-protect it, and move-protect it (sysop only). Then, if someone registered wants to work on...

This is not the place to request oversight. Please send an e-mail to oversight-wp-simplelists.wikimedia.org or contact one of the oversighters privately...

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former may be fixed by protecting every page with the tag "Sexuality", but there is no way to fix the latter without protecting the whole encyclopaedia...

https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=10835470. Also the page is fully protected { Catcus DeMeowwy (talk) | User_talk:Catcus DeMeowwy 02:42, 27 April 2026...

20:03, 14 October 2008 (UTC) Anyone can, but normally the archives are protected. It appears I was wrong. Microchip • talk 20:05, 14 October 2008 (UTC)...

And protecting pages just because they are lists goes against that key pillar. If it was getting hammered by vandalism of course I would protect it. But...

enable checkusers on here to be able to do that so that they can better protect the Simple English Wikipedia from copycats and mimics (people who see a...

meals for their kids. Both the driving ban and the curfew are their to protect innocent society. They are not intended to punish, nor is prison actually...

not all registered users are good. I don't think it will do anything to protect vandalism, just like with IPs all you have to do is sign up for an account...

January 2014 (UTC) The only way to get a page semi-protected is by requesting an admin to protect it. But there is a bot out there that will atleast keep...

permission. Prime Contributer (talk) 10:13, 28 June 2008 (UTC) It is not protected. Did you attempt to change Mediawiki:Recentchangestext instead? Chenzw  Talk ...

reverted to version before all the colour changes were made, and left full-protected for the time being, until we settle this problem. Chenzw  Talk  13:42...

Katyn execution orders on March 5 1940 at 9:50pm. The page was fully protected for a few moments after I removed it and it was reverted by the user that...

further edits should be made to this discussion. Already quick deleted and protected several times. There has also been an RfD already. See Wikipedia:Requests...

QD'd Operator873 connect 00:20, 26 October 2021 (UTC) Quick delete and protect from recreation. This was deleted on RfD, but the result was quick delete...

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beginning of 2009 Julian has been a sysop here and has been active in protecting the wiki from those who wish it harm. He has performed 604 deletions,...

Mediawiki places looks like a lot of work and time, since they're usually protected and contain complex wikicode that I'll have to do loopholes through. :|...

Shortcut WP:MUSICWP:MUSIC This page shows how notability is used for music, including artists and bands, albums, and songs. Notability is different from...

ad source. We can keep but cut it down to a sentence or two. That would protect us from copyvio, which is my main concern. Macdonald-ross (talk) 10:50...

This probably isn't that big of a deal, as administrators can easily protect the page to prevent them from abusing the unblock tool, but I think that...

than MonoBook, as well as users with CSS disabled aren't protected, and no one is protected against inappropriate ASCII art. :^) We use a weaker variation...

The Simple Stub Project is essentially a project to determine when a new stub type should be created. Initially, only very few stub types should be created...

"autoconfirmed". In addition, certain pages (like the Front page) are totally protected against moving. Similar rights can be given for editing certain pages...

with Majorly about some of my recent edits but his talk page is being protected so i can't communicate with him properly. 71.254.108.39 (talk) 23:22,...

options that are not just "keep" or "delete", such as merging. Redirect and protect if deemed necessary. The last time this was created (with similar content)...

tests below it. I will propose to retire this page as a sandbox, fully protect it and link to Wikipedia:Sandbox instead. Thoughts? Naleksuh (talk) 05:17...

deletion reasons are at MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown; page is fully protected, though. Can we nevertheless get an effort to get a version of BLP that...

undisclosed paid editing. I am keen to keep it at this version and semi protect it indefinitely to prevent more Single Purpose Accounts to edit it. Any...

Thanks, Hazard-SJ! Only (talk) 01:35, 15 April 2017 (UTC) Then can we protect the template? --Auntof6 (talk) 01:45, 15 April 2017 (UTC) done. Only (talk)...

Thanks. I'll bring this up on the Admin board because that template is protected. --Auntof6 (talk) 06:38, 24 March 2012 (UTC) That change may cause some...

06:48, 13 August 2011 (UTC) Template:Toolbar should probably be fully protected in general. –Mûĸĸâĸûĸâĸû (blah?) 06:55, 13 August 2011 (UTC)  Done on...

StevenJ81 (talk) 14:52, 9 August 2015 (UTC) It's already move-protected. We can't permanently protect it any more than thst, because doing so would prevent IP...

is right there under your nose but since you are an admin you too will protect other admins. No where does it state a minimum number of articles so that...

following modules and make some screenshots to Commons? Twinkle batch protect Twinkle batch delete Twinke batch undelete Twinkle QD module for sysops...

promotional references. Also, Juned King and Juned king are currently protected from creation which explains the name of this article, the creator attempted...

about 10% of my edits are admin-related (delete, restore , block, unblock, protect,unprotect). Last month (June) I had 849 edits. About 70 of those were spent...

Shortcut WP:NLTWP:NLT When something happens on Wikipedia that makes a person unhappy, they should try to solve it by talking to the other people. Making...

such a slipshod workflow. I did not revert this update, but have full-protected T:DYK for now. This protection will expire automatically after 2 weeks...

believes they have the judgment to keep the 'pedia working well (block/delete/protect) etc, and their general good judgment. Administrators I'm sure would use...

writing the encyclopedia, so I can't see why he shouldn't be able to help protect it too. I'm fairly busy right now IRL so a third CU is a great idea. Two...

but it is my understanding that pages being created by students are protected for the duration of the project. Thank you, Castilibrary2 (talk) 13:25...

 Done - usually autoconfirmed users can edit the main page, it just got protected a few days back my Majorly, because of vandalism. I just put it back as...

static word lists, but get these periodically from onwiki pages (fully protected). Rely on editfilter tags? Yes, whether the case abnove is vandalism can...

"delete", such as merging. Delete as not notable. Perhaps it should also be protected as this is the third time it's been created since August 8th --Druddigon...

Could even claim G12 as someone has had to have said that in a copyright protected work.. --Creol(talk) 16:44, 4 April 2013 (UTC) This request is due to...

There are many articles in Simple English Wikipedia. Some of them are better than others. To mark those articles that can be an example for how articles...

specify how to complain to the ISP. As the admin team we are committed to protecting this Wikipedia, we are not interested in the health issues certain users...

discuss things privately (mostly dead, in the last times) The ability to protect or delete pages The ability to block users In exchange for this, the community...

just their name? None. Because they are a bit-part actor. Delete this, protect it from recreation because of the past history here with other names and...

September 2023 (UTC) GRP target, please protect. #prodraxis connect 16:06, 10 September 2023 (UTC) I've avoided protecting the talk pages in the past. I don't...

Thanks! EhJJTALK 14:54, 5 June 2010 (UTC) I imported Template:Infobox protected area of Australia but there is a slight problem with it, see Snowy River...

logged in. This is definitley something we would apply a block for to protect the encyclopedia if they refuse to stop or do not communicate. --IWI (talk)...

knowledge, though. --Eptalon (talk) 16:02, 24 October 2009 (UTC) is it being protected from vandalism or something because i wanted to talk to... Seabanks (talk)...

trademark policy. The current trademark policy was introduced in 2009 to protect the Wikimedia marks. We are now updating this policy to better balance...

EnWp) When private reporting options are used, how should the duty to protect the privacy and sense of safety of reporters be balanced with the need...

does get old after a while. That was one of the reasons that Netoholic protected the Main page (wisely, I think), but this vandal was a bit more persistent...

permitting WMF staff to edit them. It has been put to use in only one case: to protect the deployment of the Media Viewer software on German Wikipedia, in defiance...

(UTC) Just as a note: All pages that form part of RecentChanges will be protected indefinitely due to vulnerability issues. We won't be downgrading any...

acknowledged the warning, but if it gets disruptive the talk page can be protected. Malinaccier (talk) (review) 01:13, 5 April 2009 (UTC) I think that's...

March 2008 (UTC) Multiple accounts have been blocked and their talk pages protected today. These accounts were created by Simple11 from multiple IPs (all...

edits as with one that has zero. The 4 days part of autoconfirmed is what protects us for the most part. -DJSasso (talk) 21:56, 10 July 2010 (UTC) Sure, increase...

the instances where there isn't an administrator or bureaucrat who can protect a page themselves. It would be sort of used when none of the active...

to maintain control of your students as Wikipedia administrators must protect the encyclopedia. Just add {{delete|Useless page - school user}} to the...

(depending on DHCP settings at ISP)). Requiring editors to use usernames protects their interests and' our interests. I'm a believer on anonymous editing...

free or public domain images have been located for this artwork. It is protected by copyright. Can you understand that this is the reason that why no image...

It can be edited by anyone, you are on the wrong wiki if you think its protected form editing here. Assuming you are talking about English wikipedia, IP...

discussion of the move really was not needed. As the template is not protected, I could have gone ahead and made the change myself but thought it better...

nomination statement. While I had chosen to not disclose it in order to protect privacy and leave the past behind me, I do not believe that it was appropriate...

problem (as this long thread is a strong indication of), then one can protect this project from all edits (or some edits) of any particular users.--If...

understand that sysops have no 'special authority', but are allowed to protect vandalised pages and block vandals when necessary. I would only use these...

Admin tools on my Wikia since September. I think I'm ready to serve and Protect Wikipedia.--  † ChristianMan16  22:02, 9 March 2008 (UTC) Candidate's acceptance:...

17:37, 25 June 2019 (UTC) I can move it, you couldn't because it was move protected until there was a consensus. But once there was consensus for the article...

problem. Several list articles of television programming had to be semi-protected due to these IPs insisting that their version of the article was correct...

the rfd tag keep getting removed, can the page be protected? Tsugaru Let's Talk! :) 🍁 02:43, 9 September 2021 (UTC) @つがる If the page is at risk of deletion...

Fehufangą said, has not been updated since 5 Nov 2021. The main page is protected from edits, but the subpage is not. This would allow some ambitious soul...

SHB2000, Macdonald-ross, MrMeAndMrMe, and Haoreima, with Ferien as the protecting administrator. Griff (talk) 12:57, 22 February 2022 (UTC) The people who...

ask that one of our administrators go ahead and add it, since it is a protected page. (I do realize that having the button won't completely stop people...

press-clipping/passing mention or full articles. Given our duty to to protect minors, however, I would feel better deleting this article than keeping...

administrator handle this request, as the {{stub}} template is fully protected. With that, I propose that we create categories to track stubs, as described...

If this stays it will require constant checking and likely semi-protected or protected status. This catnip for white supremacists. --Gotanda (talk) 01:09...

(UTC)  Comment: Folowing several removalso f the RfD tag, I have semi-protected the page, for a week.--Eptalon (talk) 21:27, 26 December 2020 (UTC) Wouldn't...

If there were to be recreations in the future, an administrator could protect this page from being recreated. Justjourney (talk) 01:02, 25 April 2025...

20 April 2024 (UTC) Please protect the following pages as an editor keeps removing the redirects (one was already protected) and now they are doing the...

wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Dagar_Tudu, recently protected. The article says she got award but no explanation about her discography/filmography...

this page for deletion for the reason: Appears to be paid editing ( it's protected from creation on enwiki). Zaxxon0 (talk) 20:49, 24 September 2019 (UTC)...

after being deleted at a Request for Deletion discussion, and it is now protected from creation there: [1]. Voceditenore (talk) 06:24, 27 June 2020 (UTC)...

page for deletion for the reason: Appears non-notable. Was also creation protected on enwiki after being repeatedly recreated. Rubbish computer Ping me or...

runs two bots. So, to summarise, he has need for the delete tool, the protect tool and the block tool. I have absolutely no doubt that he will be a great...

Harassment is a pattern of repeated rude or nasty behavior that seems to a normal observer to deliberately target one or more people. Usually (but not...

editing? Ben.(Talk).(Changes) 10:26, 2 January 2008 (UTC) The page was semi-protected (only registered users with accounts at least a few days old can edit...

that's needed. Specifically, making sure that appropriate edit requests to protected pages are taken care of in a timely manner and quick deleting material...

full protection section given your comment here. The page is currently protected Edit-registered user, Move- admin. -- Creol(talk) 01:13, 5 December 2007...

accounts. RANGE BLOCK the ip addresses that have been used. We need to SALT/protect the title and the variations that are often used (D-Ploy Records, J-Pimp...

(UTC) I ♥ Juliancolton! I see no need to protect it at all. Since there's no related log, it must have been protected a long time ago. Liangent (talk) 16:57...

Any administrator who has been inactive for at least one year will have the tools removed. They may ask for it back in a request for adminship. An inactive...

concept. I asked some questions here about how he would decide whether to protect a page, and didn't get an answer. I don't know if he didn't understand...

May 2023 (UTC) I also recommend the closing admin give the page create protect due to it having already been deleted once. Bobherry Talk My Changes 12:23...

deleted more than 300 pages, patrolled more than 500 revisions, and protected more than 30 pages. These figures state that he has the experience with...

page advises you how best to submit them Wikipedia:Contact us Wikipedia:Protecting children's privacy Wikipedia:Guidance for younger editors An article on...

All of the sources are PR pieces or interviews. His Turkish page was protected from creation (now re-created under a new name) because of repeated creation...

Could an admin fully protect my userpage as I have retired. Thanks! Crazymonkey1123 (talk) 20:03, 13 July 2011 (UTC) I semi-protected the apge you have given;...

first place (likely because the user account is too new to edit semi-protected pages. Snow it and lets move on. --Creol(talk) 10:20, 1 May 2012 (UTC)...

en:Brandon Taylorian page from the enwiki has been deleted multiple times and protected from creation. Zaxxon0 (talk) 10:54, 3 June 2019 (UTC)  Delete. Similarly...

org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/DreamDoll. This subject is indefinitely protected at ENWP. MathXplore (talk) 12:28, 30 January 2022 (UTC) Please discuss...

January 2022 (UTC) See "01:12, 22 November 2021 Auntof6 talk changes protected Si Thu Moe Min [Create=Allow only administrators] (expires 01:12, 22 May...

(talk) 12:00, 10 October 2021 (UTC) I would also suggest that this page be protected from creation since it has been recreated multiple times. SkeletalDome$...

Independent media was found on MediaWiki - Wikia, Which an Administrator has protected because of highly vandalised information. 2602:306:CFBE:D540:F010:99BE:8FAE:EA03...

bad pages. I would also like to be able to be an admin so that I could protect pages because, again, sometimes an admin is not on so the vandal keeps...

time, he has blocked more than 200 users, deleted more than 1,200 pages, protected nearly 80 pages, and has been present in nearly all of the community discussions...

form needed to be protected. Your offer of not to protect pages without another admin's concurrence is helpful, but page protecting is a basic task. Deep-rooted...

The goal of Wikipedia is to create an internet encyclopedia where all information is referenced with reliable published sources in a neutral point of view...

--NadirAli (talk) 17:25, 7 May 2024 (UTC) References "Be an OceanHero and protect the ocean every time you search the internet". scubadivermag.com. 27 October...

for REVDEL. When a page is being vandalised many times, it does not get protected fast enough What I don't intended to do The IRC channels, because it's...

03:27, 27 January 2020 (UTC)  Comment:: Article is currently fully create protected on enwiki due to it being repeatedly created. rollingbarrels (talk) speedy...

options other than "keep" or "delete", such as merging. Note: I have semi-protected the article because different unregistered users have been removing the...

delete--Eptalon (talk) 08:54, 19 May 2019 (UTC) Delete, and probably salt (semi-protect). (If an autoconfirmed user wants to try to establish notability at some...

"Oldest people" page and the "Sex" column. Also, if it is possible to protect the page to prevent further vandalism because the back troll keeps putting...

policies, conventions, etc, which are far more important than block, delete, protect. Sorry, but I can't yet support. Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 09:51, 27 October...

mentions the purpose of NFOOTBALL and other sub-notability guidelines is to protect clearly notable people who it might be harder to adequately source fast...

also do not see any pattern of errors in discussions regarding blocking, protecting, or the QD's. I have confidence that the tools will not be abused here...

footer? Thank you. --Auntof6 (talk) 02:11, 22 May 2013 (UTC) Please create-protect the above page. It has been repeatedly re-created. curtaintoad | chat me...

August 2010 (UTC) Resolved. not protected, no vandalism since last revert. I'd like to request that Communism be semi-protected to do high amounts of vandalism...

reason: The function of this template is now better fulfilled by {{pp-semi-protected}} and its variants, and from what I can see, this template has not been...

redirect is always removed. If the consensus is to redirect, it may be semi-protected on the redirect. Naleksuh (talk) 20:38, 24 July 2020 (UTC) This request...

com/viewarticle/563174_1, at the bottom it says "all material on this website is protected by copyright". But not all of it is taken from that site. It reads like...

relevant experience in several of the key areas of oversight. Firstly protecting the privacy of individuals. In part of my current job I have to deal with...

English Wikipedia was deleted quite a few times and has since been SALTed (protected from creation). (See the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Deanne_Panday...

page, so you are using the tools often. Also some of your decisions for protecting pages are good. I did notice is that you have not made any user right...

sure when/where it would be used. Part of the text doesn't make sense -- protecting Wikipedia from too much information? Auntof6 (talk) 06:32, 21 March 2015...

QD request got declined by Eptalon (talk • changes • email • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights • renames) However, I think  Delete as fails...

Because page disappearing/RfD breaking issues, the page is currently move-protected...--Eptalon (talk) 04:41, 24 January 2021 (UTC)  Delete Not famous enough...

Drive have been deleted many times before, so I think they should also be protected from creation. Nike5453 (talk) 01:03, 7 July 2022 (UTC)  Delete Per my...

be options other than "keep" or "delete", such as merging. Thanks for protecting the article that i created, but can i know why it's now marked for deletion...

saying their usarname to protect their privacy, but this very young editor (younger than 13, not saying exact age to protect them) disclosed their birthdate...

DeMeowwy 00:24, 3 May 2025 (UTC) Further comment: if it was a protected or semi-protected cat, then it could be made, populated (even though population...

 Comment: As the RfD template was removed from the page, I have semi-protected it for a week. Note that this doesn't influence the result. it just means...

For a more detailed description of what importing is, see Help:Import. The local import tool is at Special:Import. This tool brings - or "imports" - a...

Administrator (also called an "admin" or "sysop") is a user who can delete and protect pages and block users. Admins can also grant the rollback, flood and patroller...

revealing information. Please do not be upset, as this will be done to protect you. You should feel free to talk to the editor who removed the information...

things myself... The important thing is that the power to delete, block and protect not be misused in a content dispute, but only for blatant vandalism or...

(talk) 21:33, 24 January 2011 (UTC)  Done - Not an admin, but it's a semi-protected template, {{Totw}}. May see if I have time to tweak my bot for the slightly...

Anti-Vandalism Barnstar) may be awarded to those who show great contributions to protecting and reverting attacks of vandalism on Wikipedia. For more information...

these are in other modules imported from English Wikipedia and have been protected (and thus an administrator is needed to modify them), however also in...

urban (talk) 01:13, 5 November 2023 (UTC)  Delete Created, deleted and protected from recreation at Rohtash Khileri, will probably need the same here....

from creation by subject or related account. Also deleted many times and protected on en wiki.Aurafish (talk) This request is due to close on 22:39, 21 June...

substantial editing from a promotional sock farm, to the point it is now protected from being created. The creator here was created in 2023 originally on...

Shortcut WP:MOVIEWP:MOVIE All articles in Simple English Wikipedia must be about notable subjects. This page shows how notability is used for movies. Notability...

eligible. --IWI (talk) 14:37, 26 December 2020 (UTC)  Comment: I have protected (only autoconfirnmed) the page for a week, the RfD template kept disappearing...

articles perfectly without the tools. If you need an article deleted, protected, etc. there are almost always administrators available. This will more...

Alison 05:36, 19 July 2007 (UTC) Can the entry for 'George Pendle' be semi-protected for a bit, as it keeps suffering constant malicious insertions by unknown...

other wikipedians. An administrator has the ability to block people and protect pages which is not a minor thing and I haven't seen enough edits to know...

edits being made by unregistered users on Jimmy Carter's article. Perhaps protecting the article until the end of his funeral/mourning period on January 9th...

parameter. Default is 50. batchProtectMinCutOff Defines how many current pages should be left in the process of being protected before a new batch is allowed...

all. All told, you have shown no need for the ability to block users or protect pages and the only possible need for deleting pages would be to delete...

otherwise, counsel with them outside the scope of Wikipedia, but always protect your identity: "Beyond this point, there be demons". Many difficult users...

FatalFit | ✉ | ✓  04:37, 1 August 2023 (UTC) It's semi-protected, and Template:Did you know is semi-protected. Kk.urban (talk) 04:51, 1 August 2023 (UTC) But...

sense. --Eptalon (talk) 11:16, 19 August 2018 (UTC) Comment - I have semi-protected the page, after an IP removed the RfD template(on two occasions); I have...

be protected. Author keeps recreating the page. zephyr2k 11:23, 17 October 2006 (UTC) Reprotect.-- Tdxiang @ 10:37, 18 October 2006 (UTC) Protected. ....

this title on enwiki was repeatedly deleted under G5 and is now creation-protected because of repeated recreations by blocked users, although that is not...

changes are from Xi -> 11.. The content is self is directly stolen from a protected source. The page should be deleted and the creator admonished for a flagrant...

Tristyn Bailey. Other than that, here in Europe there are special laws that protect junvenile delinquents (amongst others: giving them a new name, when they...

 Comment:: This page has been deleted four times over on enwiki and is now protected against re-creation. Desertborn (talk) 13:37, 30 October 2019 (UTC) The...

simple wikt here and not en wikt? But I also noticed on en wikt that they protected that page (June 24) to prevent the same IPs from putting the same edits...

Always helpful.Hikitsurisan 10:21, 22 September 2007 (UTC) -- Let him protect this wiki. aflm (talk) 13:13, 22 September 2007 (UTC) Strong support extremely...

seems to be a term for Ulster Scots. This is a group whose language is protected by the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages --Bärliner...

past. en:Briefsism has been deleted nine times in the past and is now a protected deleted page. See also this AfD, which lists other AfDs for articles relating...

checkuser (log)) Should be part of the sock farm. His user talk has been protected. Chenzw  Talk  09:11, 22 April 2008 (UTC)  Done Is part of the farm. --Eptalon...

have access to the tools they need to complete the work they do and help protect the wiki. Enfcer (talk) 16:48, 16 April 2014 (UTC) Doesn't particularly...

Rukh Khan keeps getting vandalized. Please protect it. X58075398 (talk) 13:59, 11 November 2023 (UTC) Protected for 2 weeks.. Eptalon (talk) 23:27, 11 November...

mentor would not be online 24/7 and it's better to speak with the blocking/protecting/deleting admin who knows why he/she did something instead of someone who...

other than "keep" or "delete", such as merging. Note: page has been semi-protected because IPs keep removing the rfd tag. --Auntof6 (talk) 20:05, 27 December...

doesn't works for the IPs. He hasn't been blocked with the talk page protected. --Diego Grez let's talk 17:56, 1 July 2010 (UTC) Yeah. The talk-block...

sort of original research or synthesis conclusion that a preserve is protecting items of cultural significance, therefore, it's a museum. The list only...

than "keep" or "delete", such as merging.  Comment: I just deleted (and protected) the page on Cristina Garcia-Lasuen, who seems to be associated with this...

were updated by User:DiBabelYurikBot, In 2022 Module:TNT was indef-admin-protected which thereafter resulted in this template being moot. Certainly useful...

Delete -- This is slightly different from Akash Nanda which I recently protected after multiple recreations after RFD at Wikipedia:Requests for...

MathXplore has nominated this page for deletion for the reason: Fully protected rd at ENWP per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_d...

en:Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Willywill3x.) Maybe this article name should be protected from creation, at least from new accounts. --Closeapple (talk) 15:08,...

copyright in other jurisdictions, and is also tagged as likely being protected as a trademark. Indeed, the trademark symbol (circle around letter "R")...

Problems at English wiki: "09:09, 23 August 2016 David Gerard talk contribs protected Kyla Rae Kowalewski [Create=Require administrator access] (indefinite)...

universities takes effort and time, because they have a reputation to protect themselves, standards, and when their students screw up, they either take...

Some changes to Wikipedia pages may be against the law, or may say things that are not true and hurt people. When that happens, the people hurt might send...

Vandals and vandalism should be corrected by blocking and reverting or protecting. It is important not to be more harsh than is needed. For example, after...

This list is based on Charles Kay Ogden's BASIC English ordered word list. come • get • give • go • keep • let • make • put • seem • take • be • do • have...

April 2008 (UTC)  Keep - all templates needed to state why a page is protected.--  † ChristianMan16  19:15, 12 April 2008 (UTC) Delete all but the sockpuppet...

(talk) 08:20, 7 July 2008 (UTC) Result: Moved to Wikipedia:Red link and protect Red link --Werdan7T @ 01:33, 9 July 2008 (UTC) Me and My Family (change...

notability, known to be promotionally recreated and deleted on EN and is now protected against recreation Naleksuh (talk) 00:59, 24 June 2020 (UTC) Please discuss...

news say that he is not in Taiwan, that's it. Chan Tong Kai's privacy is protected. Yilangderen (talk) 23:31, 15 July 2025 (UTC) This request is due to close...

· list user · blocklog ·contribs · deleted This RfA is currently semi-protected. If you are unable to edit it, direct your comments to the talk page....

Simple English Wikipedia. Protecting pages is not needed unless it is a frequent vandal target and even then, shouldn't be protected unless the mass amount...

Shortcut WP:VAEWP:VAE This page is a list of important subjects for which Wikipedia should have a corresponding high-quality article, and ideally a featured...

badly, why not? Go ahead. Click the Change button on any page, except for protected pages and this page. You may get caught by a computer. If you do, change...

run every Thursday" mean it would only update once a week? Pages can be protected and then unprotected both in less than a week. Computer Fizz (talk) 03:25...

exists, and the date of birth is accurate, we also need to think about protecting children (which would probably result in delelting the article).--Eptalon...

this article and I see that this article is a good article and should be protected from vandalism.  Keep this article must be maintained because it contains...

was no cascading protection and pages had to be salted by deleting then protecting page, now that there is cascading protection there is no use for this...

copy the sources from en article, cut out the unsourced fluff and semi-protect it until the mess with this self-promotional spammer is done. Otherwise...

deletion as there are clear sock connection. I would like to request to protect the page again. DIVINE 10:09, 27 April 2024 (UTC) DIVINE, which QD criterion...

can also search on google as a atul kumar author. Please improve it, and protect from deletion. —This unsigned comment was added by 2405:204:121d:c74b:a9ba:90b3:c1e:a447...

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This page can now be done with being protected. Because it's been protected for years but now it's done. 174.27.21.219 (talk) 02:50, 8 March 2023 (UTC)...

they had more) and being CEO of a "company" whose En:wp page is deleted/protected because the company/website had been recreated after deletion so often...

:Vandalism|Vandalism]] block-summary:Notification: Blocked delete:true protect:true protection-reason:Excessive [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] assisted-summaries:...

This is a list of Basic English "international" words in alphabetical order. These words are similar in many Western languages, are used in diplomacy or...

prevent it. I don't want the tools just to have them; I want them to help protect this Wikipedia from vandals, to help block disruptive users, and to overall...

Can a sysop protect there article Trump? There's lots of vandalism and sockpuppetry. I see 14 different accounts vandalizing in the first 50 edits......

user's page and I think he/she deserves admin tools to be able to better protect this beloved project! --M7 00:32, 17 December 2007 (UTC) Comment: Does...

Other titles he has used on Simple in the past to circumvent creation protected titles are: Jose Cordero (delete twice, salted for non-admins) José Cordero...

(UTC)  Delete per nom, also the cute trick with the name to avoid the protected page shows it's just a promotional spammer. Multiple elements are fake...

WP:TWPREFS). Lots of new admin stuff. Admins can now: rest easy when protecting using the PP tool - it has been redesigned, and you have full control...

(UTC) Small side note, since there was a content dispute, I have edit-protected the page (autoconfirmed status needed) for a week, and reverted to the...

Wikipedia, the article has been spammed so much that it has been salted (protected against recreation by non-administrators). See w:Ayan Nayak, w:Wikipedia:Articles...

The following is the guideline of how users who are members of global groups should use those groups on the Simple English Wikipedia. Users with global...

September 2015 (UTC) When do you think pages should be protected? When should they not be protected? Answer for both semi-protection and full protection...

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Please semi-protect it for up to a year. Thanks. Codename Noreste 🤔 talk 18:50, 3 March 2024 (UTC) It is rarely necessary to semi-protect talk pages,...

to handle at all? When do you think pages should be protected? When should they not be protected? Answer for both semi-protection and full protection...

6 November 2008 (UTC) Blockinblox (talk • changes • email • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights • renames) This is for removal of bureaucrat...

(talk) 22:45, 3 February 2025 (UTC) Would an admin mind looking into semi-protecting the article? It seems to be collecting more than a few trolls today and...

ONaNcle 15:07, 15 November 2007 (UTC) Hello ONaNcle. As pointed out above, protecting Simple (That is what Admins do) is a team effort. You will see that for...

there is no known way to replace this - but it can be improved, regrown, protected, for example by conservation. Earth is a planet. It is the planet on which...

Interface administrators are users who are able to: Edit any user's custom CSS, JavaScript, and JSON pages Edit the site-wide CSS, JavaScript, and JSON...

HarryinLondon socks failed to edit on 2025 Indo pak page because it is protected. Zubarkokar (talk) 07:05, 24 January 2026 (UTC) No I am not lying not...

on, the article should be protected to carry the discussion forward. I would only use the administrative tools to protect the page (as any other admin...

out of Djibouti in 2018, Ethiopia established a Republican Guard for protecting senior officials; the Republican Guard is a military unit accountable...

would be good to get the IPs to block a reange that this stops. After I protected the article about Jimbo, they were a bit more creative and went to other...

thing at enwiki. Antandrus (talk) 18:28, 4 January 2024 (UTC) Hi, I've protected it for one week as it's got some vandalism here but not a lot. The talk...

This is a picture version of the 200 Picturable words part of the Basic English ordered wordlist. angle ant apple arch arm army baby bag ball band basin...

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because there probably are sources out there. It's whole purpose is to protect articles that have no sources where the subject is clearly notable. -DJSasso...

reading the French WP it also says "The main building is on the list of protected cantonal monuments." which I assume is pretty important, I'll see what...

user group to the bot? It cannot edit Template:Did you know as it is protected. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 09:06, 1 September 2023 (UTC)  Done --Ferien...

these accounts with the intent of formulating a targeted rangeblock to protect this project from further disruption, and formulation of a complaint to...

be the same GRP LTA, a CU will be helpful. Also any sysop can consider protecting the talkpage again, although it's still manageable right now. Camouflaged...

the discretion of an administrator. Still I think Jake Paul should b protected. HurricaneMichael99 (talk) 20:55, 24 April 2018 (UTC) Why should Jake...

places for the information about the check. 6 is sketchy looking at "protecting the property of the WMF (the pages themselves)" and dealing with possible...

Update - I blanked the article. Sue me. It is better to break the rules to protect the integrity of Wikipedia, then it is to follow the rules and let the...

26 July 2025 (UTC) @Harbhajan Piyale: Our rule of thumb for protecting pages is to protect if the level of vandalism is high enough that it's hard to keep...

07:12, 12 October 2008 (UTC) Blocks tweaked and talk page of NYC43 is protected. No sign of activity on NewWorld98's page so protection is postponed for...

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different from how I see it now. Author are really amazing..they are trying to protect the page😁😁 (Easternbandits (talk) 08:14, 1 April 2021 (UTC)) Note that...

letting me know about them. Every time the requests have been valid. Protecting people's privacy is an important task, especially when we have such a...

Requesting immediate deletion, has been deleted multiple times. Also was protected for a while. 💠Ely - Talk💠 09:38, 22 September 2021 (UTC)  Comment: I...

that makes people bad sorry I could not put deletion template as its protected Garrett39494949 (talk) 16:15, 26 August 2015 (UTC) Please discuss this...

contribs · count) (assign permissions) I suddenly joined this wikipedia for protecting this enviroment from vandialism. I might done before but I want to get...

re-create Christopher Wells which has been deleted three times and is now protected from creation. Ditto Christopher Wells the explorer. Ditto the same page...