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
Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here |
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Current requests for increase in protection level
Place requests for new or upgrading pending changes, semi-protection, full protection, move protection, create protection, template editor protection, or upload protection at the BOTTOM of this section. Check the archive of fulfilled and denied requests or, failing that, the page history if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Persistent block evasion. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 04:19, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP unconstructive edits. DareshMohan (talk) 06:58, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Important bio aricle. Lahsim Niasoh (talk) 08:30, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Ip adress vandalising the articles. Monhiroe (talk) 08:41, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- Heavy unsourced additions by IPs. Semi for one week recommended. Thewikizoomer (talk) 03:29, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Wikipedialuva (talk) 10:27, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Contentious topic, election underway, IPs found to be removing content heavily. Also adding heavily unsourced content, requested semi until atleast 1 October 2024. Thewikizoomer (talk) 10:51, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protected indefinitely. Logged as enforcement for WP:CT/IPA. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 04:00, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: User appearing to be adding language other than english despite warnings by other user. Thewikizoomer (talk) 12:50, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 03:58, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Multiple IP users repeatedly adding in unsourced content re:living people, resorting to personal attacks and reversion when removed. glman (talk) 13:47, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 03:56, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Protection required to prevent repeated addition of a non RS, non BLP compliant attack page. Axad12 (talk) 14:46, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Consistent vandalism from IPs and new users due to the online "Ironland" movement. RyanAl6 (talk) 19:34, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary create protection: Repeatedly recreated. Jdcomix (talk) 19:38, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: ip user persistently attempting to make a change without discussing. i believe protection might lead them to the talk page. cogsan (nag me) (stalk me) 19:57, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- for the record, i don't know of any interval. the edits seem to be sporadic (could be a day, could be a month), so i won't make any suggestions for time cogsan (nag me) (stalk me) 20:02, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary pending changes: Persistent vandalism. Some1 (talk) 22:59, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: High level of vandalism from IPs or SPA, attempting to promote a non-notable Youtuber called Koifish. ⁂CountHacker (talk) 23:52, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Jdcomix (talk) 00:46, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Continuous IP and user vandalism of removing content - the page being viewed by many users recently due to a current event. JoshuaJ28 (talk) 01:08, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – long history of citation spam. C F A 💬 01:43, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 02:09, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- It is already semi-protected. Thewikizoomer (talk) 03:32, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Already protected by administrator ScottishFinnishRadish. Favonian (talk) 06:47, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Blocked IP hopper can't stop themselves. Nswix (talk) 02:01, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Indefinite semi protection requested considering the edit history scenario. Thewikizoomer (talk) 03:32, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – After a COI editor wasn't permitted to add promotion to this article, they've written a blog post that is sending their users to Wikipedia. Please semiprotect to give this some time to blow over. MrOllie (talk) 03:45, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: The page has more than 1000 views per day on average. Some IP and non-confirmed users keep changing the images without valid reason. It needs high level of protection so that only autoconfirmed users can edit the page (similar to Head of state page which have pending changes protection) JoshuaJ28 (talk) 04:45, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Disruptive editing / Unsourced content in the last few days. Kind Tennis Fan (talk) 05:24, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: High level of vandalism by IP addresses involving the name Wheatley2 (talk) 06:36, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP adding personal information and posting objectionable content. Thewikizoomer (talk) 06:59, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
- Look - https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Komal_Jha&oldid=1240755331 and https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Komal_Jha&oldid=1240755276 Thewikizoomer (talk) 07:08, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level
Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin at 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.
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.
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Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.