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Welcome to Requests for page protection!
Instructions
Requests for page protection is where you come at Scratchpad to request that a page, image/video, or template be protected. The following are some of the available types of protection:
- fully protected
- create-protected (i.e., “salted”)
- semi-protected
- move-protected, or
- unprotected
as the case may be.
Please read up on the protection policy. Full protection is used to stop edit warring between multiple users, or to prevent vandalism to high-risk templates. Semi-protection is usually used only to prevent IP and new user vandalism (see the rough guide to semi-protection). Finally, move protection is used to stop pagemove revert wars.
After a page has been protected, the protection is listed in the page history and logs, with a short description indicating why it was protected. The article is also listed at Special:ProtectedPages. Further discussion should take place on the article’s talk page. In the case of full protection due to edit warring, Administrators do not revert back to specific versions of the page, except to get rid of obvious vandalism.
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Note to admins: Once a request has been dealt with, please add the {{resolved|1=~~~~}} template with explanation (i.e., |1=
), if the request has not already been archived. This is to help other users know when to archive completed requests.
Requests
9/29/13[]
- Page names:
- Thomas the Tank Engine (character)/Gallery
- Percy the Small Engine/Gallery
- Toby the Tram Engine/Gallery
- Donald and Douglas the Scottish Twins/Gallery
- Oliver the Great Western Engine/Gallery
- Mavis the Quarry Diesel/Gallery
- Skarloey the Old Engine/Gallery
- Sir Handel the Wise Engine/Gallery
- Stepney the Bluebell Engine/Gallery
- Caroline (TV Series)
- George the Steamroller/Gallery
- Victor the Steamworks Engine/Gallery
- Stephen the Rocket Engine/Gallery
- Professor Ratigan/Gallery
- SpongeBob SquarePants (character)/Gallery
- Wreck-It Ralph (character)
- Gene (Wreck-it Ralph)
- Fix-it Felix Jr.
- King Candy/Turbo
- Reason for semi-protection: 24.186.148.25 has been swamping the galleries of these pages with non-photo material, casing the galleries to glitch. I'd like semi-protection on all these pages, please.
Sign here: FDMG. 8:05 A.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 12:35, September 29, 2013 (UTC)
10/04/13[]
- Page names:
- Reason for semi-protection: 69.27.252.244 has added the Dogs category to these pages, despite the fact that none of these characters even resemble dogs.
Sign here: FDMG, 3:20 P.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 19:56, October 4, 2013 (UTC)
10/05/13[]
- Page names: Candace Flynn, Donkey Kong
- Reasons for semi-protection: 71.10.245.164 has added false categories to the former, 151.44.136.57 is replacing suitable counterparts with unsuitable ones for the latter.
Sign here: FDMG, 11:35 A.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 22:15, October 5, 2013 (UTC)
VANDALISM[]
- Name of page being vandalized: Thomas and Friends - Season 17
- Nature of vandalism: Fake episodes, fake characters and a lot of other things
Sign here: — ElsbridgeStationFan1995 07:09, October 9, 2013 (UTC)
10/11/13[]
- Page name: Bass (Character)
- Reason for semi-protection: Unregistered users keep removing Devious Diesel (From Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) from the Counterparts section (as well as removing the disclaimer telling them not to delete). I think that Diesel is a legitimate counterpart for Bass, for two reasons;
- Diesel and Bass are both black.
- Diesel and Bass are both evil counterparts to the heroes (Thomas and Mega Man).
Sign here: FDMG, 4:16 P.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 20:19, October 11, 2013 (UTC)
10/12/13[]
- Page names:
- Reason for semi-protection: Unregistered users keep adding irrelevant categories to the former, photo galleries keep getting swamped with non-photo material in the rest.
Sign here: FDMG, 6:50 P.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 01:56, October 13, 2013 (UTC)
10/16/13[]
- Page name: Rugrats, Thomas/Rugrats
- Reasons for protection: For the former, Nnadi0469 has renamed the page "Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue" and replaced its content with CASTTR content instead of making it its own separate page. For the latter, 24.252.54.108 has removed every cast, save for one, from the page.
Sign here: FDMG, 1:01 P.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 22:02, October 16, 2013 (UTC)
10/19/13[]
- Page names: Thomas The Tank Engine (Character), Devious Diesel
- Reason for semi-protection: 86.42.141.35 is adding false information to the bio sections of these pages, namely adding characters from completely different franchises.
Sign here: FDMG, 7:30 A.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 11:30, October 19, 2013 (UTC)
10/20/13[]
- Page name: Candace Flynn
- Reason for full protection: Thomasthetrain9 is still adding false categories to the page.
Sign here: FDMG, 7:52 A.M. Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 11:52, October 20, 2013 (UTC)
10/21/13[]
- Page name: Daffy Duck
- Reason for semi-protection: Unregistered users keep deleting suitable categories, notably Selfish Characters and Unlucky Characters, despite the fact that Daffy is both selfish and unlucky.
Sign here: FDMG, 12:26 P.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 16:26, October 21, 2013 (UTC)
10/24/13[]
- Page name: Oliver the Great Western Engine
- Reason for semi-protection: 86.44.0.64 is adding false information to the bio section of this article, namely adding characters from completely different franchises.
Sign here: FDMG, 7:34 A.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 11:34, October 24, 2013 (UTC)
10/25/13[]
- Page name: Emily (Thomas the Tank Engine)
- Reason for semi-protection: 86.44.14.78 is adding false information to the bio section, namely characters who are not from Thomas the Tank Engine.
Sign here: FDMG, 10:42 A.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 14:42, October 25, 2013 (UTC)
11/09/13[]
- Page name: Railway engines (Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends)
- Reason for semi-protection: 24.177.138.249 is replacing true information with false information, namely replacing Emily's information with Candace Flynn's, despite the fact that Candace Flynn is not a Thomas the Tank Engine character, she is a Phineas and Ferb character, and that Emily is in fact, a Thomas the Tank Engine character.
Sign here: FDMG, 4:04 P.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 21:05, November 9, 2013 (UTC)
Template:FFF notice[]
- Page name: Template:FFF notice and Template:FFF notice/doc
- Reason for protection: Template page
Sign here: — ElsbridgeStationFan1995 00:51, November 13, 2013 (UTC)
2013-11-17[]
- Page name: Candace Flynn
- Reason for protection: User:Thomasthetrain9 is still adding false categories to the Candace Flynn page. I think a good idea would be to fully protect the page.
Sign here: – FDMG, 7:21 A.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 12:21, November 17, 2013 (UTC)
Template:Budgie + Template:Budgie/doc[]
- Page name: Template:Budgie/doc and Template:Budgie
- Reason for protection: Template page
Sign here: — ElsbridgeStationFan1995 00:52, November 25, 2013 (UTC)
1/07/14[]
- Page name: Shadow the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog (Character), Silver the Hedgehog
- Reason for protection: Unregistered users keep adding false information and/or irrelevant categories to these pages, notably adding the Sleepy Characters category, despite the fact that none of these characters are sleepy. All three of them are in fact, very active. In addition, they also remove suitable counterparts from the counterparts sections and replace them with unsuitable ones, where neither their gender nor personality suits them. The most notable of which, include Rosie from Thomas the Tank Engine and Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony to Shadow's page. Rosie and Pinkie Pie are both female and sweet and nice, whereas Shadow is male and dark and sinister.
Sign here: FDMG, 7:43 A.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 12:43, January 7, 2014 (UTC)
1/11/14[]
- Page name: Rosie (Thomas the Tank Engine), Pinkie Pie (My Little Pony)
- Reason for protection: Unregistered users keep removing suitable counterparts and adding unsuitable ones. For instance, Shadow the Hedgehog from Sonic does not suit either Pinkie Pie or Rosie because Shadow is dark and sinister and Pinkie Pie and Rosie are both sweet and nice. In addition, Tails and Charmy Bee both suit Pinkie Pie, because the former suits the deuteragonist role, and the latter is silly like Pinkie Pie. Tails and Sonic also suit Rosie because they are not dark and sinister like Shadow is.
Sign here: FDMG, 7:41 A.M. EST Approx. FlyingDuckManGenesis (talk) 12:41, January 11, 2014 (UTC)
Theodore Tugboat/Thomas[]
- Page name: Theodore Tugboat/Thomas
- Reason for protection: An unregistered user keeps editing my cast even though it says to not edit, add or delete.
Sign here: BiggestThomasFan (talk) 15:29, January 20, 2014 (UTC)
Hurricane Jack 2011[]
- Page name: hUrricane Jack 2011
- Reason for protection:12
Sign here: —The preceding unsigned comment was made by Hurricane news (talk • contribs) 16:21, August 30, 2014 Hurricane news (UTC).
2016-12-03: w:c:ideas[]
- Name of page being vandalized:
- Nature of vandalism: w:c:ideas:User:Adam cs undoes revision despite I want to delete MY OWN MADE pages.
Sign here: Thomasedsfan (talk) 15:33, December 3, 2016 (UTC) Daniel.
- Hi Daniel! A couple of comments for you:
- Your message on Adam cs’s message wall over at the Ideas Wiki seems to have succeeded: Since your message to him, he has not interfered with your request for deletion. That’s the best possible approach and result: Use message walls, talk pages, and/or article comments to explain your actions when there is any concern or confusion.
- Sadly, since this occurred over at the Ideas Wiki, there was very little that anyone over here at Scratchpad could do to help you. Except, of course, we can always provide a friendly ear and sage advice to help you through such matters!
- When you have problems on any wiki, you can always contact a local Administrator at the wiki for help. I do see that you are an Administrator over there at the Ideas Wiki. I assume, though, that you did not want to simply use your Administrator tools in this matter because you were yourself involved in the issue. That is a very good policy indeed! That’s very commendable of you Daniel. In such situations, if the other party has not responded as well as Adam did to your message wall post, and had persisted in reverting your deletion request, asking an uninvolved Administrator to mediate the issue is the best solution.
- Finally, although that issue was occurring over at a different wiki, and not here at Scratchpad, we are all one big community here at Wikia. In that spirit, always feel free to bring any Wikia issue you might be having anywhere at a Wikia to this Noticeboard, if you feel the need.
- Thanks! — SpikeToronto 18:32, December 5, 2016 (UTC)
VANDALISM[]
- Name of page being vandalized: anna
- Nature of vandalism: horses
Sign here: Annna Harvey
VANDALISM[]
- Name of page being vandalized:
- Nature of vandalism:
Sign here: Brianramos97 (talk) 23:22, May 3, 2018 (UTC) Brian Ramos
2018 in home video[]
- Page name:
- Reason for protection:
Sign here: Brianramos97 (talk) 23:22, May 3, 2018 (UTC) Brian Ramos
Problem Child (1990)/Hocus Pocus (1993)[]
- Page name:
- Reason for protection:
Cast Junior Healy as Max Dennison Ben Healy as Dave Dennison Sign here: Admin 7636293 (talk) 21:43, June 14, 2018 (UTC)
Total Drama/Scooby Doo[]
- Page name: Total Drama/Scooby Doo
- Reason for protection: Squirreland hedgehog has replaced Tyler as Scrappy Doo with Gwen as Scrappy Doo three times. He does so monthly.
Sign here: Thomasedfan (talk) 00:42, June 15, 2018 (UTC)
VANDALISM[]
- Name of page being vandalized:
- Nature of vandalism:
Sign here: JHBDfan100 (talk) 20:43, July 8, 2018 (UTC)
VANDALISM[]
- Name of page being vandalized:
- Nature of vandalism:
Sign here: Jrpierre123 (talk) 23:22, August 26, 2018 (UTC) Jrpierre123 MarioBros1998
WordWorld[]
- Page name: WordWorld
- Reason for protection: We already did this page.
Sign here: Karl Pilkington (talk) 01:53, August 29, 2018 (UTC)
VANDALISM[]
- Name of page being vandalized:
- Nature of vandalism:
Sign here: Kristewright1 (talk) 23:38, September 7, 2018 (UTC)
Tiny Toon Adventures 2 Trouble in Wackyland[]
- Name of page being vandalized:
- Nature of vandalism:
Sign here: Usernameranger123 (talk) 02:16, September 15, 2018 (UTC) Bold text
Problem Child 2 (1991)/Hocus Pocus (1993)[]
- Page name:
- Reason for protection:
Sign here: UsernameRanger1 (talk) 19:01, January 3, 2019 (UTC)Cast Junior Healy as Lawanda Dumore as
VANDALISM[]
- Name of page being vandalized:
- Nature of vandalism:
Sign here: 12Snowpeach (talk) 09:00, February 2, 2019 (UTC) Thomas/SpongeBob (DO NOT EDIT OR DELETE)
Block 815jacobmills[]
- Page name:
- Reason for protection:
Sign here: Hamursh (talk) 14:40, August 11, 2019 (UTC)Harry Shoemaker
VANDALISM[]
- Name of page being vandalized:Tinga Tinga Tales/SpongeBob Squarepants
- Nature of vandalism:Tinga Tinga Tales
Sign here: Rafikiflatking11 (talk) 11:58, December 3, 2019 (UTC) Tinga Tinga Tales/SpongeBob Squarepants (DO NOT EDIT OR DELETE)
Rolento[]
- Page name: Rolento
- Reason for protection: Please do not edit the page
Sign here: Thesecretspies!2020 17:46, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
VANDALISM[]
- Name of page being vandalized:
- Nature of vandalism:
Sign here: Emiwar57876 (talk) 17:56, 24 January 2021 (UTC)
VANDALISM[]
- Name of page being vandalized:
- Nature of vandalism:
Sign here: Brandon T. Lai (talk) 22:14, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
Brandon T. Lai
SpongeBob SquarePants (character)[]
- Page name: SpongeBob SquarePants (character)
- Reason for protection: unprotection
Sign here: KTMcDonough (talk) 05:53, 3 June 2022 (UTC)
- Name of page being vandalized: Characters who remarried
- Nature of vandalism:
Sign here: Harvey27 (talk) 18:50, 8 October 2023 (UTC)
VANDALISM[]
- Name of page being vandalized:
- Nature of vandalism:
Sign here: Cunha8