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.
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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.
Reason: High level of IP whitewashing and removing of well sourced information - trying to hide ties with Russia. Paid SPAs interested only in removing sourced not pleasant material only. 80.98.145.168 (talk) 13:04, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/04/owner-uk-national-lottery-operator-to-sever-gazprom-ties good sources like this which demonstrate the person's ties with Russia are being persistently removed with false accusations. 80.98.145.168 (talk) 13:06, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- If we semi-protect the article you won't be able to edit it for the duration of the protection either. Are you OK with that? Daniel Case (talk) 20:31, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Daniel Case no problem at all. I'm OK with that. 195.38.102.149 (talk) 07:22, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- If we semi-protect the article you won't be able to edit it for the duration of the protection either. Are you OK with that? Daniel Case (talk) 20:31, 28 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. I did not revert the last edit since this would have made me involved with the article, but someone needs to have a look. Ymblanter (talk) 18:54, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: This page is receiving continuous vandalism from anonymous editors Merlyn26 (talk) 03:24, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 19:07, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Edit war. Warm Regards, Miminity (talk) (contribs) 04:35, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 19:11, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent adding of useless and biased 'competitor lists' by IP users. Zac67 (talk) 04:54, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Bbb23 (talk) 15:52, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – IPs repeatedly changing the infobox image to use the logo of a similarly named company. Trailblazer101 (talk) 05:22, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Will120 (talk) 05:22, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Bbb23 (talk) 15:54, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite pending changes: Persistent vandalism – infrequently edited, but almost all are vandalism/reverts. Will120 (talk) 05:30, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Bbb23 (talk) 15:54, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Frost 06:20, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Anonymous user and newly made user refuse to cite sources, and rely strictly on their own arbitrary opinion to split some of the records by the branding name change, which do not have an official source to back up their edits, as organisation recognize the records to be the same by all branding names. Thegamemuster (talk) 08:07, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Current target of controversy by internet personality leading to BLP attacks/vandalism. Lewis Cawte (Talk) 08:26, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: The article has been vandalised by a series of IP addresses, which I reckon are from the same person. Please consider placing semi-protection on the article. Thanks. Daniel Plumber (talk) 08:29, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – persistent disruptive editing; caste related POV-pushing. Ekdalian (talk) 08:39, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Gunther : Talk 10:02, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: High level of vandalism 103.176.184.196 (talk) 11:43, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Dieter Lloyd Wexler 12:25, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Edit war starting 25 August and intensifying through 28 August initiated by an IP and new user over claimed political bias (over clothing!). Geoff | Who, me? 12:38, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP disruptive edits that fail to comply with the WP:MOS especially WP:LIVESCORES. ਪ੍ਰਿੰਸ ਆਫ਼ ਪੰਜਾਬ (PrinceofPunjab | ਗੱਲਬਾਤ) 13:23, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Full protection: Content dispute/edit warring. Khirurg (talk) 13:27, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – This actor has been recently has allegation of sexual misconduct, so there is unconstructive edits without reference. Aadirulez8 (talk) 13:49, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Currently this actor has allegation misconduct. So there is many unconstructive edits without reference and also vandalism. Aadirulez8 (talk) 13:51, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Sockpuppetry. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Vinayvinyill — DaxServer (t·m·e·c) 13:59, 29 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 14:06, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Already protected by administrator ScottishFinnishRadish. Favonian (talk) 18:34, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Recently the actor had allegation of sexual misconduct because of which there is more vandalism on this page. Aadirulez8 (talk) 14:13, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Multiple recent instances of IP user vandalism. HapHaxion (talk / contribs) 14:27, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Permanent extended confirmed protection. Arbitration enforcement WP:GS/SCW&ISIL. Civil war where the 2nd largest belligerent is, Al-Shabaab, an Islamic State affiliate. Contentious topic, back and forth edit warring. Ecrusized (talk) 14:27, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. As per WP:CT/IPA Wikibear47 (talk) 14:39, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Pending changes: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – This article appears to have editing history with sourcing problems at a slow pace, I think pending changes might help out a bit on it. EggRoll97 (talk) 15:55, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Declined, this is just one user who seems to be good-faith and responsive, the discussion is ongoing at their talk page. Ymblanter (talk) 19:05, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 16:49, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. Ymblanter (talk) 19:02, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Talk:Vishnu (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)
- Talk:Shiva (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)
- Talk:Vishvarupa (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)
Reason: High level of sock vandalism and constant harrasment and threats given to me and other fellow editors.Seyamar(245CMR)💬📜 16:52, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 17:34, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- The article is already pending-changes protected until 9 October 2024. That seems appropriate. Bishonen | tålk 18:33, 29 August 2024 (UTC).
Declined Ymblanter (talk) 18:56, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – All edits this year have been the same vandalism to the lead by a block evader. Belbury (talk) 17:49, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Bishonen | tålk 18:29, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: extended confirmed protection is needed, frequent unconstructive edits, vandalism and edit wars from numerous autoconfirmed accounts since at least 2022 based on long editing history (semi-protection won't be helpful). Thank you! 46.36.118.124 (talk) 18:31, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Ymblanter (talk) 18:55, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Can we get this one with an indefinite? It's a consistent problem as soon as each protection expires. Kingsmasher678 (talk) 19:02, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 19:05, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 19:10, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 19:26, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: IPs repeatedly adding unsourced negative content to BLP. -- Very Polite Person (talk) 19:44, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite pending changes: Persistent vandalism – Pattern of vandals and disruptive IPs when you check the revision history. TheWikiToby (talk) 19:51, 29 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.
Reason: This should redirect to Chan Wui-ngai, which is an existing article. Nicholas0 (talk) 06:20, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: This should redirect to Chan Wui-ngai, which is an existing article. Nicholas0 (talk) 06:20, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: (The redirect, not its target): The page was preemptively protected without prior deletion in logs. No prior history of vandalism. Requesting extended confirmed protection or autoconfirmed protection as WP:Featured articles is autoconfirmed-protected. 2003 LN6 07:02, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
- Draft:List of sex symbols (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- List of sex symbols (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Reason: To get the draft/article content to merge to sex symbol if it cannot be revamped, once undeleted. Vaseevad (talk) 11:59, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Not done The consensus at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:List of sex symbols was to delete and salt as there is no reasonable possibility that the draft could ever be an article. I'll note that the undeletion was also declined.Ponyobons mots 16:48, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: The protection was erroneously and maliciously requested by a disruptive editor pushing a particular political point of view unsupported by the facts which same editor deleted after an edit was made to include them. AmLaw100Professor (talk) 19:29, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Not unprotected – Please use an edit request to request specific changes to be made to the protected page. Talk:Movement for the Self-Determination of Kabylie is not protected. Favonian (talk) 19:34, 29 August 2024 (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.