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Protection restricts the modification of pages to specific groups of users. Pages are protected when there is disruption that cannot be prevented through...

Wikipedia:WikiProjects and Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices. WikiProject on Semiprotect status Many RC patrol members spend a significant amount of time to revert...

Keemstar. IceWelder [✉] 09:06, 20 April 2021 (UTC) Redirect per nom and semiprotect redirect per nom. OhNoitsJamie Talk 15:46, 20 April 2021 (UTC) Delete:...

was redirect to Florida Championship Wrestling#Female wrestlers. and semiprotect Courcelles 20:52, 13 October 2011 (UTC) Ashley Miller (wrestler) (edit |...

this page.‎ The result was redirect to Umayyad campaigns in India. Will semiprotect the redirect as well, as suggested. Hog Farm Talk 02:16, 6 June 2021...

against claims. Clerk note: A rangeblock is simply impossible. I will semiprotect his talk page, though. Reaper Eternal (talk) 02:53, 22 October 2012 (UTC)...

result was redirect to Thomas & Friends (series 2). Will indefinitely semiprotect due to repeated recreation. The Bushranger One ping only 12:15, 5 December...

after this edit by Uncle G. Graham87 05:52, 27 November 2010 (UTC) Keep, semiprotect, and create an unprotected subpage for non-autoconfirmed users. — Train2104 (talk •...

yourself against claims. Looks like the best way to stop this is to semiprotect Boy band, which I've now done. Courcelles (talk) 20:00, 15 September...

targets only a small number of articles it could be simpler to just semiprotect the articles for a month. EdJohnston (talk) 04:15, 2 October 2010 (UTC)...

non-social-media G-hits. —teb728 t c 12:07, 28 February 2016 (UTC) I had to semiprotect the article due to repeated removal of the AfD template. Lectonar (talk)...

not worth the added complexity just to selectively semiprotect one part of an article. Just semiprotect all of it if there is too much vandalism.  Sandstein ...

aticle has sources, notability, and civil contributors. If necessary, semiprotect the page and block User:Michael Layton. Wikipedia can do without this...

further edits should be made to this page. The result was redirect and semiprotect - CrazyRussian talk/email 04:59, 23 July 2006 (UTC) Neologism. Article...

January 2010 (UTC) Y Removed again and watchlisted. If necessary, I will semiprotect the page. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 15:14, 16 January 2010 (UTC) Zamboanga...

Gene93k (talk) 18:58, 27 April 2011 (UTC) Comment would it be possible to semiprotect the article for the duration of this AfD? A couple of IPs seem intent...

contribute constructively, they can file an unblock request. Please also semiprotect Colby Paul, at least until the conclusion of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colby...

transclusions. A 2018 RfC identified rough consensus to permanently semiprotect templates with at least around 200–250 transclusions, and a 2021 RfC...

obviously getting obnoxious for you to deal with. We can indefinitely semiprotect your userpage to prevent vandalism there. You can help by reporting vandalism...

so there is less administrative overhead. We don't even preemptively semiprotect pages to avoid them being "messed with" so that certainly isn't an argument...

close, since Bbb23 has already done the necessary blocks. I'm going to semiprotect the article in dispute. EdJohnston (talk) 19:55, 22 July 2021 (UTC) @EdJohnston:...

discussion. Moved from Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals) § Indefinitely semiprotecting the refdesk  – Due to the discussion becoming rather long (200,000+...

from an article called Britannia (TV series). It may be worthwhile to semiprotect Shemot for three months. EdJohnston (talk) 18:09, 11 February 2021 (UTC)...

10 August 2010 (UTC) You'd be amazed how many new articles have {{pp-semiprotect}} on them. Is that part of the article creation template or something...

the katakana (or even know how to spell with it). That being said, the semiprotect template indicates someone who doesn't want to understand or accept that...

really affecting much other than the talk pages. I suppose we could semiprotect the talk pages for a few days, but that seems a bit much right now. I've...

these guys, deleted the userpage of Kristopher James Owen Nimbley, and semiprotect Kilmarnock for a while. For future reference, please do not reveal the...

content or easily search for native sources about it. Note: I had to semiprotect the article to quash a long-term vandalism problem--other admins feel...

Shalom (Hello • Peace) 04:16, 1 June 2008 (UTC) My recommendation is to semiprotect the page. miranda 02:38, 2 June 2008 (UTC) Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/207...

So, best instead to redirect to Ohio University Eastern Campus and semiprotect the redirect if the editor keeps trying to re-create. Oiyarbepsy (talk)...

new account but has already done a few strange things like trying to semiprotect his own talk page . Gordonofcartoon 23:05, 4 November 2007 (UTC) Keep...

Delete, then redirect to Metamerism (biology)#In plants and possibly semiprotect to prevent further recreation attempts by IPs. Not a very active user...

when is that a reason to delete a valid article? Can an admin protect/semiprotect the page and close this AfD please? -SpacemanSpiffCalvin‡Hobbes 19:33...

an afd about that article. I'm happy to permit an early relist and to Semiprotect that discussion if anyone wants to try for a clearer consensus Spartaz...

Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:47, 19 November 2010 (UTC) Redirect and semiprotect No significant coverage. RayTalk 03:52, 19 November 2010 (UTC) Keep Sufficient...

sockpuppet cases I have ever seen. I have blocked Sunak2310, and I shall semiprotect for a while the article which has been the focus of their attention....

to the same place in Texas, because duh). The remedy is probably to semiprotect EMD GP38-2. Forgive me but I do not understand ranges of IPs very well...

indefinitely blocked. I'm ot sure how to deal with the IPs, or perhaps to semiprotect the magnet article. YechielMan 20:00, 24 June 2007 (UTC) Since opening...

wars, or promotion of an agenda, I think the appropriate response is to semiprotect and/or warn and possibly (in extreme cases) ban offending users. I think...

wrong, and is also forgetting to log in sometimes. What I have done is semiprotect both articles for what should be the duration of the AFD. If disruption...

he appears. This is a procedural nom...closer may want to long-term semiprotect if closed as redirect. DMacks (talk) 12:14, 22 March 2012 (UTC) Also...

bias as well :-) TomStar81 (Talk) 04:54, 18 May 2008 (UTC) Next time semiprotect anything that appears on the main page. There have been made some useful...

1:00 on June 21. Twelve hours later, IP vandalism arrived. I suggest semiprotecting the article for another month. All the IP addresses that edited this...

WP:G5 given the Andrew5 SPI here. The closing admin instead chose to semiprotect the page and is still allowing the sock to edit Wikipedia, however. United...

22:20, 10 December 2006 (UTC) Redirect to List of bisexual people and semiprotect if necessary. I'd be cool with delete too. POV fork. Another problem...

pretty drastic and probably not warranted in this case. Why not just semiprotect the article? —David Eppstein (talk) 07:40, 1 August 2015 (UTC) Seams...

that I don't think is related, but nothing else of interest. I'm semiprotecting that article for a while. Courcelles (talk) 15:12, 16 May 2023 (UTC)...

edited in the last 20 hours so blocking it is probably not necessary. Semiprotecting the page might be a good idea. Shalom Hello 17:46, 11 July 2007 (UTC)...

(Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DXFP) in June. Redirect all five. Consider semiprotecting so that IPs don't do this again—this is somewhat common for Philippines...

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should...

page contributions, usual IP range. It might possibly be an idea to semiprotect indefinitely Talk:Race (classification of humans). Mathsci (talk) 19:29...

October 2007 (UTC) I think the best way to handle this situation is to semiprotect User talk:SchuminWeb for a week or two until the troll behind all this...

other work as available. DMacks (talk) 16:49, 7 October 2015 (UTC) KEEP, SEMIPROTECT, ENFORCE BLP POLICY to make article satisfactory. — Preceding unsigned...

result was delete‎. Note I will be restoring the prior redirect and semiprotecting the article afterwards. The Bushranger One ping only 23:46, 10 September...

not hard to spot Ha! (talk) 18:55, 14 May 2008 (UTC) I'm thinking of semiprotecting Gallery of sovereign-state flags and Gallery of country coats of arms...

which limits editing of pages softly - without having to protect or semiprotect them. Some people feel the most important part of this restriction is...

accordingly. In the meantime, I've semiprotected User:Lepeu1999. I'm not semiprotecting Saving Private Ryan because the vandalism is currently too intermittent...

established articles hiding all their history and possible evidence. You can semiprotect but you don't get to fully protect articles locking them into your preferred...

Sputnik, I have blocked indef Ydrep (talk · contribs) as a sock, and am semiprotecting Kumaon Kingdom and Chand Kings. It appears that...

were some senior editors involved), where you questioned an admin for semiprotecting an article. As far as I could tell, he did nothing wrong at the time...

range now. If the individual jumps somewhere else, I'll just as soon semiprotect the discussion (with apologies to 120.23.xx). And if anybody wants to...

the target. Jalen Folf (talk) 18:21, 31 July 2020 (UTC) Redirect and semiprotect the page per above. Sv72 (talk) 09:42, 4 August 2020 (UTC) — Sv72 (talk...

in cases where users conflict for one reason or another. I will also semiprotect pages if requested by others in the discussion due to vandalism but only...

notable piece of software. If necessary, stubbing it and temporarily semiprotecting (to prevent editing by the ton of meatpuppets who have appeared on the...

edits to Julien Dubuque Bridge A B POV edits to University of Dubuque A semiprotect notice on Wikipedia:Protected page. --Tony Sidaway 03:33, 28 April 2006...

vandalism in realtime. It may or may not block said vandal, and it will semiprotect the affected template to prevent future abuse until an admin reviews...

It is funny, though. Echternacht 00:49, 6 May 2007 (UTC) Delete and semiprotect. I am only an occasional editor of Wikipedia, and fan of Irregular Webcomic...

copyright returns, please drop a note on my talk page, and I'll look into semiprotecting the article. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 03:05, 31 December 2014 (UTC)...

(UTC) Delete to destroy the history, recreate as a redirect to Jedi, and semiprotect to prevent further changes. --ais523 12:06, 29 June 2006 (UTC) Comment...

quacking. Given his history and my current contract, I should not. I may semiprotect the article, though, if this continues. :/ (Note: I am not informing...

different IP-addresses: Marcosantezana block log IP-one, blocked IP-two, semiprotect NatSel page. Some quotes to show his attitude: In response to 3RR warning...

compare the last reported IP ([6], [7]) with this one ([8], [9]). Please semiprotect this time. Ivanvector's squirrel (trees/nuts) 14:21, 10 June 2021 (UTC)...

protect it. — Gavia immer (talk) 22:31, 21 May 2009 (UTC) Retarget and semiprotect per above.--Cicely of Sicily (talk) 20:20, 22 May 2009 (UTC)--Cicely...

edit again. In response, the page was semi protected. Shortly after the semiprotect, the Yamamomo kakijiroo became active again (absence was around 4 months)...

there's one specific thing I really want to do: I'd like to be able to semiprotect certain sports biographies during free agency periods and trade deadline...

Deleting a sandbox Search Query Direction New Parser Function Edit a semiprotect article Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2008 July 8 !vote? Missing Something...

Admin: please block PhoopleDooble Sponge66 and Big hollow, and please semiprotect Big Hollow School District 38 for 2 weeks. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:29...

Therefore, I'd like to toss out a proposal for discussion: how about we semiprotect the entire template namespace? There are two ways in which we could implement...

problem with it being re-added, contact an admin about banning users, semiprotecting the page, etc. WP:Deletion is pretty clear that deletion of the page...

taken. --BDD (talk) 16:47, 24 January 2019 (UTC) Wikipedia:WikiProject Semiprotect → Wikipedia:Protection policy#Semi-protection  (talk · links · history ·...

See Defending yourself against claims. Various admins have needed to semiprotect Logic programming a few times over the past three years due to IPs that...

my opinion that if most of the edits are vandalism, we should simply semiprotect them indefinitely, as editors are spread to thin to watch every single...

Juhachi was yesterday. However, should it restart I'm probably going to semiprotect the page and see if I can get some of the other editors there to discuss...

keep an eye on the article, if it continues I'll place a temp block or semiprotect the article. Bjelleklang - talk Bug Me 22:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC) Well...

there would be quite a bit of collateral, so whacking and potentially semiprotecting is the way to go. WilliamH (talk) 17:28, 2 August 2012 (UTC) Blocked...

for the time being, they seem to have access to a bunch of IPs. I'll semiprotect the talk page if they continue. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 18:15, 24...

Schmidt, MICHAEL Q. 05:51, 7 June 2012 (UTC) I appreciate your offer to semiprotect it. (I forgot you were an admin.) And I do respect your views on notability...

the regular talk page. There are legitimate reasons for protecting or semiprotecting a talk page, though, even if the bar should be somewhat higher than...

favour of semiprotecting every template, and a lot of the remaining half were, while opposing the blanket approach, were in favour of semiprotecting those...

in signature does not work Deleted Articles Unadministration member semiprotecting(?) Deleted Edits Le random communes Pan Cyber Accidentally log myself...

[19] Comments: I think the only solution to this edit warring is to semiprotect all climate change articles, at least all those about films. — Arthur...

perfectly straightforward to semiprotect a page when you run into nationalist issues, and then the IPs start appearing. Semiprotecting gives me no leverage in...

Talk:Strabane#An attempt at peacemaking), but to no avail. Time to protect or semiprotect this page? Demiurge 11:20, 31 January 2006 (UTC) Make a request at WP:RFPP...

blocks work well on dynamic IPs like these ones. Maybe it's better to semiprotect the articles that are the favorite target of TUB socking in order to...

work I used to log in, but I can promise the occasional vandal fight, semiprotect or sockpuppet block. A few clarifications: I did not exclusively use...

Bush. See the page history for a full report. Also, the page needs a semiprotect for the next few hours, as this vandalism is ongoing and still happening...

editor doesn't defend themself very well in the above response. I'm semiprotecting Soybean as well. EdJohnston (talk) 19:44, 20 March 2021 (UTC) Page:...

WP:SENSE. The problem Serendipodous brings up can easily be mitigated by semiprotecting the article. --XDanielx 05:25, 1 August 2007 (UTC) Delete It's exhausting...

already, and semiprotect Timeline of Philippine history for one month. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 12:33, 30 September 2016 (UTC) Please also semiprotect my user...

Sorry, I know he's a pain, but that's the best we can do. I will re-semiprotect the John Wayne article if he continues adding his pet (unsourced, unverified...

where there are many edit conflicts? WP:SEMI is pretty clear in that semiprotect should not be used for edit conflicts, but to prevent vandalism only...

patrol. Philip Trueman (talk) 16:57, 17 October 2008 (UTC) No reason to semiprotect the talk page, but yes, this is one sensible idea, I think. Categories...

is actually one of the many socks of banned User:Giovanni Giove and semiprotect First Battle of El Alamein, thanks, --noclador (talk) 20:46, 27 June...

(talk) 00:39, 30 November 2009 (UTC) Retarget to Engineering college and semiprotect - while the target is imperfect (I have just added a {{globalize}} tag...

catch those other accounts if possible. It might also be a good idea to semiprotect the Sylver article since we can be pretty sure that more usernames and...

another bunch of anonymous IPs doing the same: [38] I think it is time to semiprotect the articles in question, then the use of rollback will not be an issue...

in relation to this case. As I said, I *am* monitoring this, and will semiprotect if it's needed - three IP edits does not require protection. Cazique:...

Jala are forbidden by the general prohibition in WP:ARBPIA3. i'm also semiprotecting Irish Army, Army Reserve (Ireland), Template:Active Irish Air Corps...

heart's content. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 08:54, 15 February 2009 (UTC) Semiprotect the affected pages and WP:RBI the IPs with tight rangeblocks. Sooner...

(UTC) Semiprotect done; however, if there's anyone with a longer-term solution they could share, I'd appreciate hearing it - having to semiprotect every...

this complaint. Certainly an admin would give some consideration to semiprotecting the article, given that so few of the recent IP edits have been helpful...

is going off on a tangent, but there certainly are valid reasons for semiprotecting one's talk page. Mine used to be hit by a AOL-using vandal who kept...

Thanks, RyRy (talk) 02:02, 21 July 2008 (UTC) I've posted a proposal to semiprotect the Template: namespace at the Village pump. Please comment there. —Ilmari...

they make a change that doesn't have prior consensus on Talk. I'm also semiprotecting the article for two months. This can be lifted if consensus is reached...

page, but maybe AGF on the account I guess. I'd be inclined to support semiprotecting Gator1's userpages until this blows over a bit. · Katefan0(scribble)/poll...

CA · CheckUser(log) · investigate · cuwiki · SI), now blocked. Also semiprotecting Golden Temple. –EdJohnston (talk) 15:05, 17 March 2021 (UTC) One of...

them). Guess there's little to do but whack-a-mole, or near-permanent semiprotect. Raymond Arritt 01:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC) Added INVAP to the list. --Dirk...

(talk) 15:31, 7 April 2018 (UTC) Blocked. Ping me if the article needs semiprotecting. Guy (Help!) 21:48, 7 April 2018 (UTC) Page: Meg Donnelly (edit | talk...

October 2010 (UTC) Suggest blocking the other IP as well, and consider semiprotecting each article that was edited three or more times by Andranikpasha for...

same interest in Pete K's pet articles as those that did. I suggest semiprotecting all articles under ArbCom restriction (probably something that should...

appears to have stabilised but in reality that is in part driven by semiprotecting the page and various other methods taken to deter candidates with fewer...

other admins please look this over? I'm >< that far from reverting and semiprotecting the article, and blocking the IPs involved for legal threats, but I'd...

effect. Watchlisting article / blocking IPs might work, perhaps even semiprotect. Thanks. Kosebamse 16:45, 22 February 2007 (UTC) User:Hackersteve has...

feasible? --Latinus 17:24, 26 March 2006 (UTC) This is Irismeister ! Yes semiprotect. Do whatever is necessary!. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn 20:59, 26...

get more vandalism than others. Why not instead of semiprotecting all the dates, just semiprotect well known dates. Such as July 4, December 25, February...

- Taxman Talk 15:18, 2 December 2005 (UTC) This looks like a job for SEMIPROTECT MAN!(r) Am I correct? -Mysekurity 06:16, 2 December 2005 (UTC) Indeed...

Wikimedia commons talk page also. [5] [6] [7] Sir I request you to please semiprotect by talk pages on both wikipedia and Wikimedia commons. As it's crossing...

protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views). Can an admin block and/or semiprotect please? Thanks! Demiurge 20:48, 6 December 2006 (UTC) It's been a few...

02:33, 25 December 2006 (UTC) Oh, geez. Are we really going to have to semiprotect Panaca, Nevada?! The only interesting question here is whether this user...

Colberterrorism is starting up there—if it continues someone may want to semiprotect it. The ikiroid (talk·desk·Advise me) 04:04, 8 February 2007 (UTC) WP:RFPP...

vandalized several times a day. Put it on a watch list and revert, or semiprotect, or block the vandal account. Edison 21:52, 14 March 2007 (UTC) Keep...

This comment was answer to whether I could think of any scenario when semiprotect should possibly be avoided. I do want to clarify that I do not see this...

semi-protected for over a month now. I think it would be appropriate to un-semiprotect it.--Isotope23 20:54, 10 January 2007 (UTC) FYI, you can make this request...

random string. -- Karada 02:53, 7 February 2006 (UTC) Could somebody semiprotect this, or something? The fark-flood are vandalising it. :( aa v ^ 02:45...

208.0/20. Semiprotecting Water fuel cell might have been adequate, but he still probably would have vandalized the talk page. Semiprotecting my talk page...

I will block the registered accounts except User:CantStandYa. I will semiprotect articles on which these IPs are seen to edit in the future. -Will Beback...

(ᛏ) 17:53, 3 March 2006 (UTC) I'm inclined to think that it's time to semiprotect the article. We can't block each and every IP of this range each time...

noticed that the very recent newbiews and the ones who could easily edit semiprotect pages have about the same percent (73-78) chance of having edited anything...

2007 (UTC) Blocked, look out for reappearances with other IPs. I'll semiprotect the articles if necessary. Guy (Help!) 13:15, 29 January 2007 (UTC) Note...

Previous discussion is above at "Future Perfect at Sunrise reverts, hats, semiprotects and blocks against policy". Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi says I "swear blind"...

we could semiprotect those; but it turns out that his spectrum of target articles is too huge; there's no way to pre-emptively semiprotect everything...

November 2021 (UTC) The heading for this section references two things: semiprotecting all RfAs and imposing !voter requirements. Although these things seem...

semiprotection. I agree that there are strong, sound reasons for not semiprotecting user talk pages indefinitely. I also agree with editors who note that...

vandalism to get out of hand? J.delanoygabsadds 04:59, 21 August 2008 (UTC) Semiprotecting is definitely a better idea than voluntarily viewing /b/. It also would...

line, and should these pages have been unprotected to begin with? By semiprotecting we are not exactly closing down editing - we are only delaying for autoconfirmed...

(UTC) yes -- which is why I have semi-protected the article. I don't semiprotect stuff because I like the look of the template, and I cannot be expected...

nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Block and semiprotect? Zain Ebrahim (talk) 15:38, 27 September 2008 (UTC) Yep. Erik the Red...

he's an admin (see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Is it valid to semiprotect an IP talk page to keep the IP from removing warnings?). He wrote up...

recommend blocking the current IP, and if they reset IPs and keep going then semiprotect articles until they will discuss reasonably and work in a collaborative...

(UTC) That's just another distributed attack from 4chan. Revert, Block Semiprotect, and Ignore --Enric Naval (talk) 14:17, 12 November 2008 (UTC) couldn't...

little help here. Ocee (talk · contribs) has taken it upon himself to semiprotect the past few TFAs, which goes against the currently accepted practice...

(I just reverted the latest less than 30 minutes ago). Is it time to semiprotect it from IPs and brand-new editors? White Arabian Filly (Neigh) 21:40...

Any chance of a rangeblock? Alternatively, you can watch and perhaps semiprotect the relevant articles. --Steven J. Anderson (talk) 22:33, 25 August 2008...

Take a look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2008 February 19. It's ridiculous to see how many discussions have been relisted on this one day alone...

discussion. Moved to Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Indefinitely semiprotecting the refdesk  – Due to the discussion becoming rather long (200,000+...

depressed over the fact that someone let the lunatics out of the asylum. Semiprotect and block the asshats, I guess. Tony Fox (arf!) 17:30, 12 January 2009...

[88] . So it's more like a 5RR violation or something by now. Please semiprotect the article as it seems the only way to get this user to actually discuss...

@SQL: we can already solve that by create-protecting BobsWidgets, or semiprotect if it already exists. And from experience at SPI, whatever way you do...

restricting users' ability to edit that page. An administrator who protects or semiprotects a page is expected to explain the reason for this action in a log summary...

what, but they see a lot of IPs reverting one another, they may just semiprotect the whole lot. If you yourself are hopping IPs during this commotion...

Gamergate notice might not make much difference. I'd be inclined to semiprotect the article as well for whatever time it is likely that the article might...

unconstructive edits - rst20xx (talk) 01:47, 2 October 2008 (UTC) Rangeblock and semiprotect if necessary. Erik the Red 2 ~~~~ 01:51, 2 October 2008 (UTC) Very lucky...

asked for me to be blocked entirely from editing. And tried to put a semiprotect tag on himself. His response about using the Talk page for resolution...

you'll be in a better position if you create an account. If I have to semiprotect the article, your IP won't be able to edit it either.) Bishonen | talk...

very dynamic. Please let me know if related IPs take over, and I'll semiprotect the article. Bishonen | talk 14:42, 22 October 2015 (UTC) Page: Talk:Hillary...

warnings. I'd give the more recent IP a short block and temporarily semiprotect the article, but as some other admins have apparently declined to .....

and blocked him for 96 hours. Any future blocks will be longer. I will semiprotect the page for 96 hours to ensure he cannot sock on it while he is blocked...

blacklisting it. Thats less disruptive than blocking all those various ips or semiprotecting Jerky (food). I'm willing to be the one asking for the blacklist if...

2017 (UTC) I had an alternative option that included the month-long semiprotect, as this is the only targeted article. I just never bothered to bring...

word persecute. I have had no involvement in this issue other than to semiprotect the talk page. That certainly doesn't count as persecution. DurovaCharge...

articles related to the Maroon 5 band and it would be tedious to have to semiprotect all of them. EdJohnston (talk) 16:47, 5 December 2018 (UTC) Page Sofia...

like nasty trolls have found a good game. I suggest to think about semiprotecting all templates: Why would newbies have to edit them? IMO in this case...

unsourced item about light leakage in the iPad2. The choice was between semiprotecting for a bit or issuing a long enough block to the IP. No IP who has added...

00:28, 30 March 2012 (UTC) Result: No action due to self-revert. I am semiprotecting the article anyway since some IP editors seem to be trying to slant...

necessary messages on the sock's talk page. I think Elizabeth Morgan needs semiprotecting again. Proto///type 10:50, 3 July 2006 (UTC) The problem is that his...

disappointed that Mangojuice did not take that edit out, nor did he semiprotect the article, so busy is he with criticizing my action. Unfortunate. Yes...

we have to block that many ranges (I count 21 /16s), we should simply semiprotect the article. As to the three named users, this functions effectively...

absolutely nothing. If we have a large number of newbie POV editors then we semiprotect, and revert to the last stqable version. But unless he is very influential...

weeks. I notice that the IP has already been blocked 24 hours, but am semiprotecting because the history suggests the same person may be reverting with more...

Black Kite (talk) 23:59, 18 September 2019 (UTC) Black Kite, should we semiprotect Legionnaires' disease? The IP is still edit warring. --Guy Macon (talk)...

Prasad (talk) 01:57, 25 January 2016 (UTC) Result: I'm indefinitely semiprotecting the Drake Bell article. See the gigantic protection log. Joseph Prasad...

Telecom; that would be like blocking all of Southwest Bell in the U.S. Semiprotecting the articles might be a better choice. Thatcher131 (talk) 00:30, 31...

whether it improves the article while remaining NPOV. I would still semiprotect the talkpages for the same reasons as for the article page. I would hope...

This is clearly unacceptable. What is a reasonable response? Should we semiprotect the talk page? Should we block the IP address (likely a computer at school)...

extended-confirmed users involved in the edit war? Otherwise regular semiprotect would work just as well, without the huge side effects -- Nosebagbear...

--lightdarkness (talk) 21:57, 15 April 2006 (UTC) Yes... but I can't semiprotect all the Star Wars articles and user/usertalk page. I guess we can just...

shortage of admin time, I'm predicting that we will wind up having to semiprotect any articles related to Rojava where disputes break out. EdJohnston (talk)...

Milo 08:12, 11 March 2007 (UTC) Yes, delete, toute suite, block IP and semiprotect user talk. Additionally, it would be worthwhile to determine the user...

the protected page, he also used his admin tools to reduce the page to semiprotect. Not as egregious a violation as leaving it fully protected, but still--...

view as the world waited for reliable information. It's not uncommon to semiprotect articles that suddenly attract lots of inexperienced editors, and I think...

semi-protected -- zzuuzz (talk) 14:28, 22 April 2008 (UTC) Could someone semiprotect this for a couple of days? There has been an IP vandal on a series of...

is in full flood vandalising this article now. Please block him and semiprotect the article to allow a cleanup. He is also at work on St Andrew's College...

--SevenOfDiamonds 16:07, 15 August 2007 (UTC) I have formally requested a semiprotect. VanTucky (talk) 16:08, 15 August 2007 (UTC) And one more: comment by...

differing opinion. SQLQuery me! 00:07, 5 October 2019 (UTC) Consider semiprotecting Talk:TikTok for a month. EdJohnston (talk) 02:14, 6 October 2019 (UTC)...

Another IP vandal: 85.211.3.239 (talk · contribs). I think it is time to semiprotect some articles. Grandmaster (talk) 19:42, 31 March 2008 (UTC) Resolved...

Ok, Georgewilliamherbert blocked him [107] at I was typing the above. Semiprotect and we'll be all done. MBisanz talk 08:44, 22 February 2008 (UTC) Got...

to the IP for sockpuppet tracking purposes. If they come back, we can semiprotect the articles and talk pages. Georgewilliamherbert (talk) 04:29, 13 May...

(talk / cont) 03:38, 6 March 2008 (UTC) Resolved Why in the hell are we semiprotecting AfD pages??? AfD is supposed to be open to anyone who wants to participate...

There are some options: fully protect the article again for a week more, semiprotect to prevent 203 from editing (which I do not think it is fully just, from...

statement (above) as a promise to be more careful in the future. I am semiprotecting the article to be sure that Milles will edit the article under his own...

an alternative to blocking the ranges for a few months, indefinitely semiprotecting all articles related to climate change, no matter how slightly, could...

deciding. EdJohnston (talk) 14:38, 20 May 2018 (UTC) I'm planning to semiprotect the seven articles listed in this report within the next 24 hours unless...

working version." --Cyde Weys 09:47, 12 June 2007 (UTC) How about we semiprotect it, and put a template on the article saying "This article is semiprotected...

recomend giving a level 1 civilty warn to User:GaryDaFatSnail and then semiprotecting his talk page for a couple of days thus forcing him to do something...

reverting edits in 24 hrs. Mtking (edits) 11:04, 2 September 2011 (UTC) Semiprotecting the talk page will stop the disruption that BelloWello is causing there...

WP:DFTT? John from Idegon (talk) 08:06, 13 September 2015 (UTC) Please semiprotect User talk:Paul Barlow before closing this (and maybe block the IP for...

when I was trying to discuss things with him. His actions led me to semiprotect my talk page as I was getting tired of having to rollback his attacks...

anon will be willing to talk? JoshuaZ 04:06, 22 April 2006 (UTC) I'll semiprotect the page, but I'll leave it to people farmiliar with the article to engage...

(v^_^v) 21:34, 25 June 2007 (UTC) I'll put in a request at WP:RPP to semiprotect the page so that anonymous users cannot edit it. Such action is unheard...

same change, including an 2606:* IP that is possibly him. I'm also semiprotecting the article. There is an open SPI case at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Codename...

it's probably most straightforward to WP:DENY him recognition, and semiprotect pages on a temporary basis where necessary. (He's really only concerned...

and have 3 reverts already, so I don't think I ought to revert and semiprotect the article if some uninvolved admin is available to review the sources...

it. Pairadox (talk) 14:33, 30 January 2008 (UTC) Please could someone semiprotect Nestor Aparicio. It is currently receiving incredible amounts of vandalism...

Result: The named IP was blocked 72 hours by User:Favonian. I'm also semiprotecting three of four pages as requested. Ceuta is already protected by another...

editing one of these pages) or, if that won't help, the time might come to semiprotect these pages indefinitely. Bests, --Seryo93 (talk) 21:23, 22 January 2022...

precautionary measures to protect quality of content such as the suggest to semiprotect the bios of deceased is prudent. Peter Campbell 14:54, 18 May 2007 (UTC)...

is not the case (3-4 more IP ranges pop up after this) then we should semiprotect the articles for a month or some such (may be a good idea anyways, but...

five or six IPs, and all on one or two articles, so if need be I will semiprotect them. Thanks, Guy (Help!) 19:00, 22 February 2008 (UTC) Would someone...

Spanish Constitution (not scholarly work by linguists) as proof. I'm also semiprotecting the article due to my suspicion about two IPs that are echoing the same...

templates. --mboverload@ 15:52, 21 July 2008 (UTC) You want WP:VPR#Proposal: Semiprotect the entire Template: namespace. Algebraist 15:53, 21 July 2008 (UTC)...

(talk) 22:29, 18 August 2010 (UTC) Result - 24 hours for 3RR violation. Semiprotecting due to the high chance of WP:SOCK. EdJohnston (talk) 01:07, 19 August...

December 2007 (UTC) That is what I meant. I wasn't implying pre-emptive semiprotect. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-12-13 17:44Z Help! List of Major League Baseball...

21:38, 9 January 2008 (UTC) Oops, looks like we conflicted. I was gonna semiprotect the page for a week, and I've blocked the offending IP for 24 hours....

I suggest that, if an admin supports this finding, he or she should semiprotect the affected articles and block Pete K for at least two weeks. Shalom...

you stop editing with all IP accounts, since that is block evasion. Semiprotecting tennis articles is one option to consider if the abuse continues. The...

16:38, 28 September 2020 (UTC) Result: Only the IP broke 3RR so I'm semiprotecting the page for one month. Use the talk page to make your arguments. EdJohnston...

added by Hebel (talk • contribs) 19:09, 11 July 2016 (UTC) Result: Semiprotecting five articles on Prussian orders of chivalry per the evidence in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet...

the last digit, have been tag-teaming to destroy this article. Please semiprotect the article and block every one of these IP addresses for 24 to 48 hours...

there may be socking by IPs who are adding unsourced material, so I'm semiprotecting for a month. EdJohnston (talk) 15:53, 7 July 2009 (UTC) Page: Manuel...

hours for second offense. Also blocked otehr IP for same time and will semiprotect.Gator (talk) 18:40, 28 March 2006 (UTC) Three revert rule violation on...

Karrmann 23:10, 11 October 2007 (UTC) There's a definite pattern here. I'll semiprotect for 1 week. Rlevse 01:12, 12 October 2007 (UTC)...someone already protected...

(translation via Google). —Psychonaut (talk) 09:13, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Should I semiprotect? —Jeremy (v^_^v Dittobori) 10:04, 1 March 2010 (UTC) Wikipedia:Articles...

(talk) 08:06, 10 May 2014 (UTC) Blocked. I'll keep an eye on it and semiprotect if needed. Black Kite (talk) 08:15, 10 May 2014 (UTC) Thanks! Johnuniq...

permission of User:Callanecc, and per a discussion on his talk page, I'm semiprotecting Snakebite for three months. In this case the copyright violations by...

well as blanking and otherwise vandalizing the article, leading me to semiprotect and extend the main account's block to one week. Bringing here for review...

if there's an identifiable and consistent ISP behind the socks; and semiprotect your pages if the socks are recently created rather than aged. I'm sorry...

--Haemo 03:16, 19 August 2007 (UTC) I've blocked both accounts. I could semiprotect your talk page for a week to stop the disruption, but that seems a bit...

Interested parties should use the talk page to reach a resolution; I'm semiprotecting, instead. El_C 11:06, 4 August 2008 (UTC) Three-revert rule violation...

clear consensus on the talk page in his favor. At the same time, I'm semiprotecting the article (with apologies to the good-faith IPs) for one month because...

residential IP address. The other three belong to T-Mobile hot spots. Semiprotecting the article would probably be the best course of action.—Ryūlóng (竜龙)...

This is the ceiling fan vandal, who is banned from Wikipedia. I'm also semiprotecting ASAP Yams. EdJohnston (talk) 05:29, 29 January 2015 (UTC) @EdJohnston:...

general type. Since it's a long running problem, I would be willing to semiprotect the article for three months if no-one objects. EdJohnston (talk) 04:04...

17 March 2020 (UTC) Result: No action against User:Ylevental. I'm semiprotecting the articles on Thomas A. McKean, Jonathan Shestack and National Council...

(Gujarat). I also added four more articles, which shows that a reactive semiprotect of affected articles probably won't be enough. --Ahecht (TALK PAGE) 04:46...

23:28, 19 May 2008 (UTC) (EC with above, reply to Badagnani) Usually by semiprotecting the article, then playing whack-a-mole with the socks when they come...

Europe. The second IP is probably operated by the same person. I'm semiprotecting Belarussians and Ukrainian culture. If you know of other articles that...

who are flooding this discussion, is there any reason that I shouldn't semiprotect the discussion, move the sockpuppets to the talk page, and put up a notice...

reverts to reinclude the image ([49]). I re-remove the image ([50]) and semiprotect the article. A very basic bit of detective work ([51]) shows it's the...

he edits.)HalfShadow 18:55, 29 March 2010 (UTC) More appropriate is semiprotecting the articles. I semi'ed Turbo Dogs (your example) for a bit but it seems...

situation. HalfShadow 16:52, 25 May 2010 (UTC) It seems appropriate to semiprotect an article about a newly deceased person quickly if vandalism becomes...

(though it won't happen) to give all confirmed editors the ability to semiprotect pages.--Kotniski (talk) 15:33, 10 February 2010 (UTC) From what I understand...

blocked indef by another admin as a vandalism-only account. I'm also semiprotecting the article in dispute. EdJohnston (talk) 20:16, 1 November 2022 (UTC)...

looks like inserting your own editorial opinion into articles. I'm also semiprotecting the article. EdJohnston (talk) 23:21, 22 November 2017 (UTC) Page: Black...

rangeblocks to do one without risking collateral damage. I'd suggest semiprotecting the articles but the scope is too wide. Hopefully an admin with skills...

again.—Ryulong (琉竜) 20:35, 28 April 2013 (UTC) Done, and I extended the semiprotect for six months; let me know if that should be reduced. Dreadstar ☥ 20:37...

contribs) 01:17, 1 August 2011 (UTC) In my experience, they will not semiprotect in this situation. We're complaining about a single vandal (at a time)...

believes there is a COI please open a complaint at WP:COIN. I'm also semiprotecting the article because the sudden appearance of an IP to do nothing but...

outweighed the benefits. As you have noted, we can't block 59.0.0.0/8, and semiprotecting the articles would eliminate constructive contributions from anons....

three, but it should be used as little as possible: after every possible semiprotect or pending changes method has been exhausted, and even then, under strict...

has gone beyond mere stupid vandalism and into harrassment. Short of semiprotecting basically anything British students were into over the course of the...

revert. At this point I think the best course of action would be to semiprotect the article and indef the main account and the socks. Note:If the reviewing...

I personaly bellive that User talk:Flayer is a sockpupet of 88. if semiprotecting is all you can do go ahead (even if it locks me out.) so long as you...

wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Indefinitely_semiprotecting_the_refdesk#Proposal_II:_Shut_down_the_Ref_Desks The wake of disruption...

the IPv6 address. Should hopefully prevent more accounts. I'll also semiprotect the article for 2 weeks as there has been a lot of socking. Dreamy Jazz...

Telekom customers actually edit the english wikipedia. I wonder if a semiprotect of the article may be a better option. Theresa Knott | Taste the Korn...

discussion on the talk page whatsoever, and it's persistent edit-warring. Semiprotecting it won't help, as it's just a battleground now, like The Game (game)...

IPs, which has made it easier to take care of the situation by simply semiprotecting his favourite targets (three times, now - he comes back and resumes...

or "impossible to reconcile with sources". Sometimes I wish we could semiprotect all demographics... meanwhile this change breaks an infobox whilst trying...

protectcion. There are some different admins watching that page and they could semiprotect the article and talk page which would have the same effect as an anon-only...

editing through your ban. If you would do that, there would be no need to semiprotect any of these articles and IPs would be able to make any necessary typo...

proxy? This sort of new user joining an edit war triggers "sock attack, semiprotect" in anyone half familiar with nationalist trolling campaigns. Disclaimer:...

never been to the country. On the protection time — is it necessary to semiprotect indefinitely? I've never heard of Grand Chief His Excellency The Right...

across several /16 ranges, so it might just be better to try briefly semiprotecting the affected articles first. I don't think we can really know yet how...

that we'll need to keep paying attention. Final note — please do not semiprotect my talk page. Nyttend (talk) 20:49, 17 March 2013 (UTC) See...

throwaway accounts seem to be involved, it could be more useful to consider semiprotecting or watchlisting the set of articles (for instance Taekwondo, Kowtow...

the sanctions, as well as creating editnotices for all 5 articles, semiprotecting them, and placing a notice on the talk pages of the articles. I think...

also Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Иваныч/Archive. Could you also semiprotect my talkpage and User_talk:Pessimist2006 (he asked me to request so) to...

Calm down, guys. Sam Blanning(talk) is agreeing with the decision to semiprotect as a service to readers who far outnumber editors.--Paul 21:13, 17 November...

be blocked as a preventive (not punitive) measure. I would support semiprotecting the article for a full week, and I will make such a request at WP:RPP...

else. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 08:45, 15 October 2007 (UTC) I've IAR'd semiprotecting Turkic peoples against the persistent attacks of an anonymous IP user...

I'm more looking for a specific community endorsement of indefinitely semiprotecting articles in these topics specifically, in response to this specific...

will now simply be reverting these WP:POINT violations and temporarily semiprotecting the talk pages if this continues. --Yamla 16:08, 26 September 2007 (UTC)...

I was working on an article Zaojing (which was a DKY) as part of a group of specifically Chinese terminology for a group of architecture articles I am...

edit it. problem solved. If you have any other userpages that need semiprotecting leave me a note on my talk page. Spartaz Humbug! 21:55, 15 October 2007...

the article, and they have engaged in discussion about it. We don't semiprotect articles in order to pick sides in a content dispute. — Gavia immer (talk)...

semi-protection? Tvoz/talk 05:44, 29 November 2010 (UTC) Yes, it can be. I'll semiprotect. --NicholasTurnbull | (talk) 11:41, 29 November 2010 (UTC) Resolved...

for a week. Acroterion (talk) 20:15, 24 November 2016 (UTC) Should we semiprotect Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2016? --Guy Macon...

only two possibilities with him: blocking the IP range (unfair) and semiprotecting all the articles he targets (more or less fine), but as long as he's...

stopping him was to keep large IP ranges permanently soft-blocked, or to semiprotect every page I touched. But of course, the resulting blocks shouldn't be...

are dynamic IPs of net24.it. I don't know how to stop this, without semiprotecting every single article remotely related to Armenia. --Golbez 21:56, 15...

subpage. Now socks are doing the same to my talk page. Can someone please semiprotect it for a day or so? <>Multi-Xfer<> (talk) 03:11, 7 August 2009 (UTC)...

(talk) 03:20, 29 November 2011 (UTC) My own opinion is that preemptively semiprotecting all those articles would be a valid, although probably immensely silly...

genuinely collaborative resolution on the talk page. The alternative is to semiprotect the talk page (especially since there is a second IP with an apparently...

to the article. Please, Euryalus or any active administrator, can you semiprotect Steppenwolf (band)? Cullen328 Let's discuss it 07:52, 31 December 2016...

02:23, 25 December 2012 (UTC) I was reverted again today. Can an admin semiprotect this please? The edit-warring has lasted over a month.82.132.246.70 (talk)...

of this type of disruptive editing, it is probably now advisable to semiprotect the talk pages of both articles.Mathsci (talk) 07:45, 22 December 2010...

self-admittedly his IP. I don't know whether it's better to block the IP or to semiprotect the article, but I am requesting appropriate action. Deor (talk) 13:21...

accomplished by blocking an individual one? It might have been better to semiprotect the article. In any case, I encourage someone to create a proper article...

fully protect it? Qwyrxian (talk) 05:59, 25 January 2011 (UTC) Could we semiprotect ANI for awhile? It's getting hit pretty hard right now. The Blade of...

attempting to protect the article being dinged for edit warring -- and semiprotect it instead? The IP involved is User:2a00:23c7:cf06:200:ac11:4f26:9556:ba37...

problem is, IPs are usually helpful in AFDs. Once in a while we will semiprotect a single AFD, ie: there are a dozen meat-puppets showing up due to a...

(talk) 01:05, 17 November 2011 (UTC) Resolved  – , temporarily, by semiprotecting the target and blocking a few IPs (Tiptoety and myself). However, this...

ArglebargleIV (talk) 02:29, 4 October 2008 (UTC) Should we at least semiprotect the article to stop the repeated disruption? --Jayron32.talk.contribs...

--Kralizec! (talk) 21:52, 7 September 2008 (UTC) I regrettably felt forced to semiprotect Wikipedia:Requested moves, after a bout of 15 IPA anonymous users (or...

with many articles there, it'd probably be a good idea to indefinitely semiprotect it; I'm realy not seeing many useful edits from anons or new users. The...

I edit. Semiprotecting all of the possible pages where these edits could take place seems out of the question and would require semiprotecting entire categories...

already partially blocked for an apparently unrelated reason) or to Semiprotect the articles this guy has an interest in. Blocking the IPv6 addresses...

17 May 2017 (UTC) Redirect to X Factor (Denmark season 9) per above. Semiprotect the redirect only if it becomes evident that users will not respect this...

focused on one article on a dynamic IP, we can range block instead of semiprotect. Everyone sharing his range isn't blocked (except for the one article)...

Wiki spirit as it should be. DigitalNinja 16:18, 31 October 2008 (UTC) Semiprotect and if any registered editors decide to play silly buggers by inserting...

(UTC) Fairly small number of distinct IPs related, it appears, i'm semiprotecting pages for a week and blocking the IPs for a week. If more show up let...

notability. This looks like a case of whitewashing to me, and yes, I did semiprotect the article for that reason. If the article is kept, it will need to...

February 2009 (UTC) we have consistently refused to adopt a policy to semiprotect all BLPs, in favor of devising other ways of dealing with the problem...

Para PMC, in light of the scale of IP weirdness going on. I know that semiprotecting AFDs is generally frowned on, and that I'm technically WP:INVOLVED as...

rangeblock but if so it would be appropriate, they won't stop. Suggest semiprotecting any page they touch for at least as long as the rangeblock. Ivanvector...

pair of hands.--Zleitzen 02:16, 1 August 2006 (UTC) We don't generally semiprotect pages to stop people making good faith edits. A better solution would...

individual userpages. For example, if there ends up being an option to semiprotect subpages (as I hope there will be if this passes), I would prefer to...

user. pschemp | talk 14:54, 8 November 2006 (UTC) It might be worth semiprotecting the candidate statement page, which only the candidates and election...

date in this argument. Ultimately no system is perfect, and yes every semiprotect risks driving away IPs, but I think his notes on secondary schools and...

 Ronhjones  (Talk) 20:08, 29 December 2013 (UTC) Ronhjones violated WP:SEMIPROTECT by semiprotecting the page in response to an edit war when the policy states that...

administrative actions against the IP. Also, it might be helpful to semiprotect the pages Hetoum edit wars at the most. Grandmaster 09:49, 18 July 2010...

Resolved This thread was moved to Requests for page protection --Cybercobra (talk) 08:27, 29 September 2009 (UTC) Done--owner wikipedia (talk) 12:57, 29...

Kleuske (talk) 06:44, 5 June 2016 (UTC) It would seem that indefinitely semiprotecting User:Knowledgebattle without protecting the associated talk page would...

whose army occupied the area during the Second World War. I suggest we semiprotect Transnistria and invite the IP to open a move discussion at Talk:Transnistria...

articles, and the alternative would have been rangeblock Finland or to semiprotect an enormous group of articles. I'm unaware of any false positives, and...

2020 (UTC) @ජපස: in my opinion it is well within admin discretion to semiprotect a talk page, DS or no. However it is an extreme solution. In 3 years...

(talk) 00:04, 17 October 2011 (UTC) Looks like a textbook case where semiprotecting the article should do the trick. Slow-burn IP vandalism isn't really...

species ("reviewers"). (iv) Induces potential wheel-warring among admins (semiprotect or pending? Those overlap somewhat in terms of deterring vandalism)....

yourself override the need? Why shouldn't an individual be allowed to semiprotect or protect their own pages to eliminate or reduce the potential for vandalism...

However, if an article is the target of regular vandalism, then I would semiprotect it. I'm not averse to doing this myself when there is vandalism/spamming...

this edit. [116] Was that a normal thing to do? My own feeling is that semiprotecting Race and intelligence and its talk page would avoid recurrent problems...

very strong arguments not to, I am going to indefblock the account and semiprotect both articles they were involved into. The article for the rector, Susan...

article Hartlepool. Countless warnings and blocks haven't helped and semiprotecting the article won't work. Please block the account and IP and help monitor...

confusing the cricket player with the artist, I agree with sephiroth storm semiprotect is sufficient, I have also added a note on the article talk page. Voiceofreason01...

removing history) is performed. If this happens again, maybe even semiprotecting the talk page. E Asterion u talking to me? 13:48, 25 August 2006 (UTC)...

within those groupings to go after, from this point looking inwards. Semiprotect all the pages they're after indefinitely would be easier. A lot easier...

articles. A link search also suggested that they are quite successful. My semiprotecting the article was only a shortterm measure until a better solution can...

· 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 15:53, 31 October 2009 (UTC) Appears that semiprotecting 20 articles is the best option. Since he's doing this for 3 months,...

29 September 2019 (UTC) Most of these problems might be handled by semiprotecting the article for a long time. As you have noticed, there is also some...

I'm sorry but I thought semi-protect was for anon vandalism only. By semiprotecting you are favoring those with accounts over those without accounts. I...

doesn't seem that bad... OTOH, we can indefinitely (or long duration) semiprotect an article if a persistent IP hopping vandal is present. Georgewilliamherbert...

or random IP vandals (which I don't think are her). I've suggested semiprotecting her talk page specifically because of this edit in which one of her...

{{Portal}} {{Portalbar}}, {{Portal-bar}} → {{Portal bar}} {{Protected}}, {{Semiprotect}}, {{Sprotected}}, {{Sprotect}}, {{Semiprotected}}, {{Sprot}}, {{Protected...

few tools at our disposal to settle disputes. Block/unblock, protect/semiprotect/unprotect are about the only other tools we have at our disposal for...

embarrassed to have that USA Citizen userbox on my page. Probably should semiprotect. N419BH 20:11, 25 July 2010 (UTC) Don't be embarrassed, there's an equal...

bitter than it was actual works of insult, and was spotted as this. The semiprotect should handle that or at least expose how much someone really wants to...

30 September 2008 (UTC) Moving a semi-protected page automatically semiprotects the new page, and any autoconfirmed editor can move semiprotected pages...

hasn't been banned--Lerdthenerd (talk) 15:47, 1 July 2010 (UTC) I will semiprotect the page for a week and leave a detailed message on the talk page. This...

delete | links | watch | logs | views) (protected redirect, now). I will semiprotect the talk page of the article on restoration, for obvious reasons. This...

unrelated to the actual dispute, it may become necessary to at least semiprotect the article to stop the content issue being further exacerbated by the...

haven't the time to deal with this. Also, would appreciate if someone semiprotects my talkpage since this person obviously won't leave me alone, [56]. Thanks...

people' tend to be a vandal magnet. (See also Ronnie James Dio) A 24-hour semiprotect might curb this. HalfShadow 00:10, 25 May 2010 (UTC) Recently deceased...

the vandalism might need to be purged. Meanwhile, can someone please semiprotect {{Sidebar with dividers}}? It is a big fucking target that ought to be...

probably come back with new usernames or IPs). I would again suggest semiprotecting the article now and blocking UKLFC (talk · contribs · deleted contribs ·...

anyone else block this IP 124.104.34.236 (talk · contribs) or at least semiprotect the talk page for Talk:Asian American? 23prootie keeps editing here using...

would be welcome. TFOWR 11:45, 29 September 2010 (UTC) Or we could just semiprotect it, as has been done. Granted that doesn't let us play whack-a-sock,...

Secret account 19:30, 24 November 2008 (UTC) Was I selfish to ask for semiprotects on the basball card pages? My request was declined. I really see no better...

Whether to disallow the text from being added via an abuse filter or to semiprotect the page. The subject of the article (a Japanese television show), has...

constructively on Wikipedia. If he's become good at socking, a site ban and semiprotect on Ron Torossian, 5W, and the Pinto article is in order. Dianaa, those...

--Peter cohen (talk) 20:59, 13 February 2010 (UTC) Blocked the IP. I might semiprotect the talkpage if he persists with new IPs. Fut.Perf. ☼ 21:53, 13 February...

short-term blocks aren't going to help much. And is it really appropriate to semiprotect a talk page on a long term basis? —David Eppstein (talk) 07:21, 3 January...

technically I fail WP:INVOLVED when blocking two of their new IPs and semiprotecting the article for a good long time. These blocks are not checkuser blocks...

self revert has been ignored by him. May I ask admins to temporarily semiprotect the article? Regards,--Paul Siebert (talk) 23:32, 23 January 2013 (UTC)...

consensus and needs to stop or be stopped. In my mind, we'd do better to semiprotect. Nyttend (talk) 04:37, 5 January 2014 (UTC) In fact, that's exactly what...

transclusions, and that a 2018 RfC identified rough consensus to permanently semiprotect templates with at least around 200-250 transclusions. {{u|Sdkb}} talk...

matter altogether? vzaak 12:58, 10 July 2014 (UTC) Vzaak I am happy to semiprotect or PC popular ones. Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 21:27, 12 July 2014 (UTC)...

and I was going to raise this at RPP but I guess I should here, is to semiprotect the talk page indefinitely. I see that IPs have arisen very recently...

to post copyvio then we can extend the block. I'll also temporarily semiprotect the article since it looks like there is an ongoing problem with edits...

created to use a userpage as a Graffiti wall. Rollbacking and then Semiprotecting the vandalised userpages of long absent Wikipedians is also useful....

disruption, it would probably be more efficient to just permanently semiprotect both the article and talkpage. Another alternative would be an edit filter...

Wikipedia way of doing things. I see that he's struck out his intention to semiprotect "finished" articles (which in my mind seems like a bloody good idea,...

March 2020 (UTC) I've commented at RFA a few times. There's no need to semiprotect anything unless there is ongoing vandalism. I dunno if those sock accounts...

of the disruptive editing occurs on talk pages and we don't normally semiprotect those. Seems our ip jumping editor knows this and is using it to game...

the most inflammatory editor is an IP, perhaps it would make sense to semiprotect article and its talk page for a while. Cardamon (talk) 23:26, 5 September...

the disruptive IPs for a few months (they're supposedly static) and semiprotect User talk:King Shadeed, not for the first time. Very stubborn vandal...

sure it was declined. (As I was writing this post, TheresNoTime did semiprotect Lovejoy (Band), though) And now, to today (or, well, the 2nd of February)...

and wear down the other editors via attrition. proposal : Permanently semiprotect the article, and topic ban/block the troll and obvious socks who are...

a hint) and IP editors are starting to vandalize the page. Could we semiprotect it for a day or two? Thanks! --Guy Macon (talk) 08:13, 2 April 2013 (UTC)...

March 2012 (UTC) At this point, the page protection has been changed to semiprotect, a 1RR is in place, and there's no consensus for censuring Drmies (beyond...

Frood! Ohai What did I break now? 07:00, 25 February 2012 (UTC) I'll semiprotect both articles, and leave a checkuser to determine whether a rangeblock...

very much longer, unless he changes his approach. The easiest way is to semiprotect Palestinian people if he continues interacting with other editors in...

asleep. Robert McClenon (talk) 23:08, 11 April 2015 (UTC) Could we just semiprotect them? Also, I'm not going to link to it, but there's a few boards that...

there anyway we could prevent these Ip's from adding this rant? Perhaps semiprotecting the talk page? I know it's unorthodox and I've never seen it done before...

ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 23:52, 24 July 2021 (UTC) Support either PC or semiprotect for the duration of main page appearance. As noted above, the majority...

developing an edit filter (the edits are not the same on various pages) and semiprotecting some of these pages will 121.54.32.139 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs ·...

"content dispute" after a mere hour. Complaining about my admin action (semiprotecting a page) as the OP did is hardly a content dispute, and I feel there...

2020 (UTC) I left some educational material for the GOP and went on to semiprotect because of this revdel'd edit]. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 21:15, 23 November...

is part of my heritage. Do not vandalize my user space. Can an admin semiprotect this template please from this "crusader"? --TimL (talk) 06:56, 7 April...

-MegamanZero|Talk 21:41, 10 January 2006 (UTC) Yikes... would it be proper to SemiProtect an Afd? --LV (Dark Mark) 21:45, 10 January 2006 (UTC) Dunno. But I see...

at least a week. If they branch out to more IPs then we would want to semiprotect the alphabet articles. EdJohnston (talk) 17:27, 15 July 2015 (UTC) (ec)...

pages which only et noticed when I find he's edited the pages I do. So semiprotecting the two pages I watch will only mean that the other edits go missed...

in use by templates on another project, with something stronger than semiprotect on it? I'm just spitballing now, I suppose, in a way that's probably...

agreed that an attack is underway)—block IPs that might be reused, and semiprotect affected articles (without the normal formalities). Johnuniq (talk) 00:24...

possible in this situation as all of the IPs are consecutive. Of course, semiprotecting the five affected articles would also help because not a lot is going...

the article. I have already taken the, admittedly unusual, step of semiprotecting the AfD to stop some of the nastiness, and I'd like to ask that others...

person starts using multiple addresses in short periods of time, we can semiprotect, but as long as it's one IP at a time, blocks are cheap. Nyttend (talk)...

start. - NeutralHomer • Talk • 23:24, 31 July 2009 (UTC) I suggest re-semiprotecting the Ridgecrest, California article. Cardamon (talk) 00:43, 1 August...

individual from putting his false information into these articles, as semiprotecting all of these pages is more harmful (as after a period of time he branched...

(Taiwan)", then a bunch of other peacockery. I guess all we can do is semiprotect, but just so people are aware if you come across it, that it's not an...

Heynatz hoax (the Heynatz article being semiprotected). Can someone please semiprotect Craig McLachlan and re-add the just lapsed semiprotection on Erika Heynatz...

repeatedly making the same inappropriate edits: [77] [78] [79] [80] Please, semiprotect the article for a month or longer.--Paul Siebert (talk) 18:55, 8 September...

IP then. You can do that. Come back if the problem persists, we can semiprotect the article or block the IP, but I suspect that dialogue will work if...

Dawkins, User:DrChrissy and User talk:DrChrissy. We're not going to semiprotect the DRN; however, frivolous reports can easily be closed. DavidLeighEllis...

current incident in the news. It's probably a good idea to protect or semiprotect it and its parent episode-list article. *Dan T.* (talk) 01:03, 21 September...

above. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 19:38, 12 January 2015 (UTC) I'm semiprotecting Big data and Compressed sensing for a month each. User:Barek has already...

three IPs are too far apart for a rangeblock. It would be better just to semiprotect the talk page at User talk:CLCStudent, which has already been done. EdJohnston...

my talk page because I voted to delete MattyBraps. And if you could semiprotect my talk page that would be great because this person seems to be able...

(talk) 16:27, 5 July 2021 (UTC) The range is a /20, so I decided to semiprotect the page for a couple weeks. I see it was configured to have PC indefinitely...

every recent edition on software-related articles from the IP range, semiprotect every software-related article edited by the user behind those ranges...

the previous problems. I won't yet, but if needed, we might have to semiprotect the article AND talk page. I know this cuts out legitimate IPs, but a...

feel free to take admin action. I am in 60-40 mentality now (decline-semiprotect), so both will be fine for me. --Tito Dutta (talk) 06:56, 22 August 2015...

Potto (talk) 17:39, 6 July 2015 (UTC) If there are any more reverts I'll semiprotect it for a while, and I'll keep an eye on the discussion. The Blade of...

to do here. CMD (talk) 08:43, 3 July 2022 (UTC) Agreed. I've had to semiprotect Talk:United States because of abuse. If we can figure out the proxy network...

not accept consensus, forcing an admin to close the whole issue by semiprotecting and taking away the right to anyone to say anything about Carol Hingis...

is no account to tie to, other than to shut down RMs and the like (or semiprotect and strike) when these happen. Technically an SPI issue, but they are...

of collateral if the /64 is blocked for longer. Another option is to semiprotect a few articles. EdJohnston (talk) 03:43, 28 March 2018 (UTC) There is...

socks. An SPI would probably not find anything interesting but I could semiprotect User:Novem Linguae/Essays/There was no lab leak if requested by User:Novem...

RESOLVED Resolved thread is resolved. Zad68 17:09, 30 October 2012 (UTC) (non-admin closure) The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it...

14:41, 16 December 2022 (UTC) You're an administrator, can't you just semiprotect the old AfD and add it to your watchlist, or block the IP vandal for...

quest. Wario-Man talk 04:50, 27 March 2021 (UTC) Yes. I'm willing to semiprotect a (reasonably-sized) list of affected pages for a while, so please feel...

to block, but the template has 160 transclusions, too many to quickly semiprotect. I'm not sure here. {{|template|checkuser needed}} can you please check...

anything that looks interesting is a good idea. There is no policy to semiprotect anything that gets used a bit, and this template attempts to legitimise...

page but not the associated article? It's basically a prohibition on semiprotecting talk pages, which is a good general rule but one which should probably...

User:Johnuniq/ccTLD does not extend to all of them. I'd be willing to semiprotect the 60 TLD articles itemized in User:Johnuniq/ccTLD#Overview. That would...

below ;-) --Kim Bruning (talk) 23:10, 30 January 2013 (UTC) Apparently semiprotecting is not sufficient (an autoconfirmed editor just added "by pedantic drones"...

—Farix (t | c) 16:57, 23 September 2015 (UTC) If it keeps up I'm willing to semiprotect it for a little while, sometimes it does come to that and I've seen it...

nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Can we just semiprotect all of Category:Recanati family? (Proposed by @Cullen328: [172]) Billhpike...

January 2013 (UTC) Thanks to you for indeffing him and to Drmies for semiprotecting a few articles. That hasn't stopped him, but I guess no more can be...

targeted is List of Resident Evil characters, it is simpler just to semiprotect that, which I have now done. The IPs are too scattered for range blocking...

--Jezebel'sPonyobons mots 19:45, 16 July 2014 (UTC) I saw that earlier, and ended up semiprotecting for 3 months for BLP violations, which should help. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER...

them. If we are sure this is a real problem, it might be possible to semiprotect a dozen articles. An interchange at an India-related noticeboard does...

later to continue the same dispute. I suggest it would be a good idea to semiprotect that page if this report is confirmed. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk) 04:08, 17...

feels like something needs to be done—I am generally very hesitant to semiprotect talk pages personally, but maybe that would help? GorillaWarfare (talk)...

on cz.wikipedia.org but didn't find any. For a stopgap fix we could semiprotect about 80 medical articles for a year. Or, we could let User:Natureium...

semi-protected to put a dampener on it. Might also be an good idea to semiprotect his second-favourite, Matthew Guy, as Guy is two months away from an...

"giving advice" strains credulity. Resolute 00:21, 1 March 2014 (UTC) Was semiprotecting this page really necessary? KonveyorBelt 00:26, 1 March 2014 (UTC) It'll...

and intelligence is such a well-known trouble spot, it might be worth semiprotecting Talk:History of the race and intelligence controversy for a moderate...

Acroterion Added a splash of Indef for True Format by Cullen328 a dash of Semiprotect by EvergreenFir and finished off with just a sprinkle of block account...

history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) Can I get a quick semiprotect at Mia Farrow please? An anon has decided to add claims from mosesfarrow...

his block evasion. That would involve blocking his IP ranges and/or semiprotecting a large number of railroad related articles. If he's genuine about wanting...

simply questioning whether we should block one IP address instead of semiprotecting; that's why I was asking about the addresses and not the person/people...

tend to have a different idea as to what constitutes WP:RS. Once those semiprotects expire, the partisans will be back. Hey-ho. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk)...

have made such a giant mess of the discussions above? I'd be fine with semiprotecting the talkpages and articles (I've semi'd talkpages before, it really...

years since his death, the maximum we extend BLP protection. I can see semiprotecting the talk page as a standard admin action, although given the traffic...

pushing. Being a SPA is not a problem; someone has to do the work. I'd semiprotect the whole topic area. Rhoark (talk) 02:58, 16 March 2015 (UTC) I have...

locked by a steward, but they are still evading the block with IPs. I'm semiprotecting The 4th Coming for three months and leaving a ping for User:Materialscientist...

19:36, 18 February 2021 (UTC) User:El_C - I suggest that you start by semiprotecting the following pages: 2021 Formula One World Championship (edit | talk...

and tagging the accounts accordingly. I'm also going to indefinitely semiprotect the affected article. Let me know if anything else needs protection....

"content dispute" after a mere hour. Complaining about my admin action (semiprotecting a page) as the OP did is hardly a content dispute, and I feel there...

and the edit to Talk:Saini removed. I'm also toying with the idea of semiprotecting that talkpage for a little while to drive off some of the more determined...

Special:Contributions/2001:16A2:C100::/42 For two weeks. If the problem continues, semiprotecting half a dozen articles might address it. EdJohnston (talk) 16:36, 3 January...

The article List_of_American_films_of_1904 has a red link for A Nigger in the Woodpile. I have secondary sources from which I can create an article on...

being disruptive any more. I also semi-protected a few articles. I'll semiprotect more of them as they become targeted. Many of them seem to be based on...

block user · block log) I have tried to contact the ISP, but I was not helped. Semiprotecting the pages he edits is not beneficial as all are ongoing series where...

(the edit summary is a swear word in Hindi). Blocked the latest IP and semiprotecting for a bit, plus I've revdeled a couple of the most egregious edit summaries...

other than "Shouldn't remove user's talk page edits". An admin should semiprotect X96lee15's talk for a month and unblock Ryulong on condition that they...

step in that minefield. And while I'm personally normally opposed to semiprotecting when it's likely a block will do (since it prevents other IP editors...

change grammar and sentence structure [499] [500]. I am not sure if semiprotecting the page or directly addressing the IP [range] is the best course of...

sure we need to do anything specific at this time, although either semiprotecting or PC1 would not be out of the question. Newyorkbrad (talk) 20:44, 4...

since then that undid disruption), so there's no way that we should be semiprotecting it right now. Nyttend backup (talk) 01:54, 1 December 2017 (UTC) Hello...

simply questioning whether we should block one IP address instead of semiprotecting; that's why I was asking about the addresses and not the person/people...

Sunrise; hold a vote to join him. Sign up to watchlist these articles, to semiprotect them when necessary, to communicate with editors on the talk pages and...

that protection is no longer required, and I'm also not opposed to semiprotecting the talk page for some time. There's clearly very likely brigading going...

shouldn't be used when blocking the IP or account would work better. Semiprotecting a page only protects that page. In the case above, the account had actually...

outside this section). T-banning Sadko and Mikkola22 indefinitely, plus semiprotecting Peacemaker's list of articles for a year, seems to me to be a reasonable...

Resolved. Bishonen has formally obstructed IP's use of talk page by semiprotecting it. Antandrus (talk) 13:33, 22 April 2017 (UTC) The following discussion...

participation on the talk page of Spacetime I think it's logical to consider semiprotecting the talk for a period, such as two months. I assume the registered editors...

to me 17:55, 22 January 2018 (UTC) Update. I just got a request for semiprotecting Punk rock, where apparently the same vandal has been recently active...

three revert rule. power~enwiki (π, ν) 04:18, 14 March 2018 (UTC) I'm semiprotecting it for a little while. The IP edits are clearly problematic, for the...

the article. Cheers. --Cantabrucu (talk) 18:43, 7 May 2020 (UTC) I'm semiprotecting Order of the Golden Fleece for one month since we can't get any of the...

these editors won't respond here and agree to follow Wikipedia policy. Semiprotecting the FAC might be considered if all else fails. BenJonson was previously...

as the old ones get blocked. As there are too many affected pages to semiprotect, I'd like to request a checkuser to see whether an IP block or IP rangeblock...

delete. K.e.coffman (talk) 00:59, 15 March 2018 (UTC) Weak keep and semiprotect to discourage repeat creation. While there is no list of programs in...

destroying all the fragile peace. Admin then can protect the article, semiprotect it, block the troll, merge the histories of copypasted articles, speedy...

--VectorPotentialTalk 20:22, 29 June 2007 (UTC) Yes - either that, or permanently semiprotect those pages. I think Wikipedia is under perpetual semiprotection, so...

subject. Lankiveil (speak to me) 00:55, 6 February 2010 (UTC). Keep and semiprotect per Lankiveil. I fear opt-out is part of a slippery slide. Casliber (talk...

answer is "You don't take sides!" The correct solution, IMO, would be to semiprotect the article and aid the users in finding a compromise, or to get the...

yourself against claims. Admins, please block this IP 48 hours, and please semiprotect Climate of Vancouver and Eureka, Nunavut for a week. Ivanvector 🍁 (talk)...

Algebraist means Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 31#Proposal: Semiprotect the entire Template: namespace? (archive 31, not 13) — Twas Now ( talk...

--Shirahadasha (talk) 22:12, 20 July 2008 (UTC) I've posted a proposal to semiprotect the Template: namespace at the proposals section of the Village pump...

For those interested, there is discussion of the pros and cons of semiprotecting prominent timely articles against vandalism raised in a pending request...

<noedit|autoconfirmed>" to the Titleblacklist which will effectively semiprotect all editnotice pages (we could also full protect them, but I'd like to...

beforehand we'd semiprotect, especially considering the increased visibility of the articles. An alternative would be to semiprotect reactively - to have...

however attracts new random vandals all the time. Semiprotecting it yesterday and un-semiprotecting it today will do nothing to discourage the brand-new...

straightforward revisions. Pending changes reviewers will be able to semiprotect pages for six hours. Pending changes reviewers have already been screened...

backfired. The next time this comes for review, let the darn thing run. Semiprotect the discussion, tag and bag any SPAs and trolls in the discussion but...

13 November 2007 (UTC) Oh, and someone might want to pre-emptively semiprotect this discussion, considering how the last one went... Tony Fox (arf!)...

(UTC) If you're an admin there, you can protect all of the pages (or semiprotect them, which prevents anonymous and newly registered users from editing...

etc.) --Errant Tmorton166(Talk) 12:46, 24 August 2010 (UTC) Keep and semiprotect if by the time the discussion is closed every country has been referenced...

damaging for several minutes before blocked. Note that I don't think a "semiprotect" (protecting a page for up to 30 minutes while an admin reviews WP:RFPP)...

because it is covering up templates like the help contents back, the semiprotect templates and many others and its really irritating. Thank you, 00:07...

most of the oppose votes are saying "We shouldn't do this, we should semiprotect instead", not "We shouldn't do this, TFA should be status quo". I wonder...

Village pump Policy Technical Proposals Idea lab WMF Miscellaneous Village pump (technical) archive   This page contains discussions that have been archived...

that is serious. Maybe an oversight should delete those diffs? I would semiprotect the article to prevent new additions. You know, copyright violation and...

"monuments"). Rollback the edits, block the vandal, delete the nasty images, semiprotect regular targets (autoconfirmed only), move on. We were having a big laugh...

experiences are different than yours, and I think you see the purpose of semiprotect and autoconfirm in a much more narrow frame of mind than most. You say...

Cyrius|✎ 19:14, 11 August 2005 (UTC) Wikiproject: Wikipedia:WikiProject Semiprotect I believe that there should be a kind of page protection on Wikipedia...

which it's a redirect. Nyttend (talk) In that case, you might want to semiprotect other subpages of that template (except /doc and /sandbox*). Svick (talk)...

without an account. Both of these groups would be adversely effected by a semiprotect-esque edit filter on the entire template namespace. So I would have to...

open proxies (they usually are unless they are his Polish home ISP); semiprotect any page he touches to prevent follow-up disruption. Confirmed socks...