Wikipedia:Requests for page protection
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Before requesting, read the protection policy. Full protection is used to stop edit warring between multiple users or to prevent vandalism to high-risk templates; semi-protection and pending changes are usually used to prevent IP and new user vandalism (see the rough guide to semi-protection); and move protection is used to stop pagemove revert wars. Extended confirmed protection is used where semi-protection has proved insufficient (see the rough guide to extended confirmed protection) After a page has been protected, it is listed in the page history and logs with a short rationale, and the article is listed on Special:ProtectedPages. In the case of full protection due to edit warring, admins should not revert to specific versions of the page, except to get rid of obvious vandalism.
Request protection of a page, or increasing the protection level
Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level
Request a specific edit to a protected page
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Current requests for increase in protection level
Place requests for protection increases at the BOTTOM of this section. If you cannot find your request, check the archive of requests or, failing that, the page history. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.
Reason: Repeated vandalism DocPepper810 (talk) 05:57, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Declined – No changes to the current protection level are required at this point in time. Less Unless (talk) 10:31, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Also WP:CT/GENSEX. jlwoodwa (talk) 06:07, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Declined – Likely collateral damage as one or several users who are making improvements would be affected by the requested protection. BusterD (talk) 10:45, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: The page is a policy page Wikan Boy 123 (talk) 08:22, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Actually, it's more like a guideline. Favonian (talk) 10:20, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Declined – Pages are not protected preemptively. No edits at all in past four weeks. BusterD (talk) 10:50, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended protection: Arbitration Enforcement. falls within WP:ARBPIA5 as there is one of those main characters is a joke about bombing children in Gaza 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 11:08, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Remsense ‥ 论 11:11, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: 121.211.0.0/17 (talk · contribs) blocked by Callanecc. Favonian (talk) 12:31, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP-hopping vandal is back. Sjö (talk) 11:15, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism 5.172.188.234 (talk) 11:19, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Declined – From Special:Diff/1287939672 it looks like you're part of the problem rather than the solution. Favonian (talk) 12:29, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP constantly messing up the article with unsourced edits and edits like "three days to start" instead of the given, sourced start date. The Banner talk 12:52, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – IP range (likely the same person) keeps on adding unsourced figures [1] [2] [3]. The article was protected for the very reason (along with IP socking) in the past, multiple times. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:02, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Have a look at the edits before the article got PPed by El C here in Feb 2024 ([4] [5] [6] [7] [8]). - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:06, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Pending changes: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent edit warring. Gommeh (t/c) 14:15, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked. One anonymous editor has been blocked. -- LuK3 (Talk) 14:41, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent addition of unsourced content. Waxworker (talk) 14:30, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level
Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin on their talk page. Post below only if you receive no reply.
- To find out the username of the admin who protected the page, click on "history" at the top of the page, then click on "View logs for this page," which is under the title of the page. The protecting admin is the username in blue before the words "protected", "changed protection level" or "pending changes". If there are a number of entries on the log page, you might find it easier to select "Protection log" or "Pending changes log" from the dropdown menu in the blue box.
- Requests to downgrade full protection to template protection on templates and modules can be directed straight here; you do not need to ask the protecting admin first.
- Requests for removing create protection on redlinked articles are generally assisted by having a draft version of the intended article prepared beforehand.
- If you want to make spelling corrections or add uncontroversial information to a protected page, please add {{Edit fully-protected}} to the article's talk page, along with an explanation of what you want to add to the page. If the talk page is protected, please use the section below.
Check the archives if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.
Reason: This protection is no longer necessary because this article has no IP edits for over a year ago, and this type of protection is stale. Plus, there has not been any vandalism in over couple years. 205.155.225.249 (talk) 19:01, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
No IP edits for over a year ago
is self-evident given it's semi-protected. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 20:21, 28 April 2025 (UTC)- Is one year enough to unprotect? 205.155.225.249 (talk) 20:22, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for edits to a protected page
Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here
Ideally, requests should be made on the article talk page rather than here.
- Unless the talk page itself is protected, you may instead add the appropriate template among
{{Edit protected}},{{Edit template-protected}},{{Edit extended-protected}}, or{{Edit semi-protected}}to the article's talk page if you would like to make a change rather than requesting it here. Doing so will automatically place the page in the appropriate category for the request to be reviewed. - Where requests are made due to the editor having a conflict of interest (COI; see Wikipedia:Suggestions for COI compliance), the
{{Edit COI}}template should be used. - Requests to move move-protected pages should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves, not here.
- If the discussion page and the article are both protected preventing you from making an edit request, this page is the right place to make that request. Please see the top of this page for instructions on how to post requests.
- This page is not for continuing or starting discussions regarding content should both an article and its discussion page be protected. Please make a request only if you have a specific edit you wish to make.
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.