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Request reduction in page protection

Columbine High School massacre was semi-protected indefinitely 29 April 2009‎. Thank you. 52.15.164.121 (talk) 04:16, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Please place this request in the appropriate section at WP:RFP. Lectonar (talk) 06:53, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your suggestion. As per WP:RFP, the "the correct protocol is to ask the protecting administrator first". Thank you again. 52.15.164.121 (talk) 16:57, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

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MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:39, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

Alpaca article

It's been over seven years since semi-protection was applied to this article. Perhaps we could try unprotecting it? Sakuura Cartelet ^Talk 23:17, 14 April 2017 (UTC)

 Done I didn't think I'd been an admin that long. GedUK  14:03, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Unprotect request

Please unprotect Columbine High School massacre. This article was semi-protected 29 April 2009‎, eight years ago; by you I believe, please pardon me if I am mistaken. I seek to add concise neutral summarizations of relevant reliable sources new to the article.

• Larkin, Ralph W. (2009). "The Columbine legacy: Rampage shootings as political acts". American Behavioral Scientist. 52 (9): 1309–1326. Retrieved April 2, 2017.

• Paton, Nathalie E. (2012). "Media participation of school shooters and their fans: Navigating between self-distinction and imitation to achieve individuation". In Muschert, Glenn W.; Sumiala, Johanna (eds.). School shootings: Mediatized violence in a global age (PDF). Emerald Group Publishing. pp. 203–229. ISBN 9781780529196. Retrieved April 2, 2017.

• Gladwell, Malcolm (October 19, 2015). "Thresholds of Violence, How school shootings catch on". The New Yorker. Retrieved April 1, 2017.

Thank you in advance for your response. 52.15.164.121 (talk) 16:37, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. 52.15.164.121 (talk) 15:28, 17 April 2017 (UTC)