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 new or upgrading of article protection, upload protection, or create 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: Very High level of IP vandalism. It's also under a contentious topicXiphoid Vigour ༈Duel༈ 15:36, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Dr vulpes (Talk) 04:01, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
- I have, nonetheless, left a CTOPS notice on the talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 05:23, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Salt the earth - Repeatedly re-created, target of a spammer sockmaster (Simodabir0). —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 18:16, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
Creation protected indefinitely. Daniel Case (talk) 05:25, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Salt the earth - Repeatedly re-created via move from draft, target of a spammer sockmaster (Simodabir0). —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 18:17, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
- Creation protected indefinitely. Daniel Case (talk) 05:26, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – WMF-banned user edit warring with proxies, see sulutil:IBARSKI KOLASIN as well for reference. XXBlackburnXx (talk) 20:52, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Also left CTOPS notice, since the article is indef semi. Daniel Case (talk) 05:30, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Repeated addition of unsourced claims, and might be the target of malicious editing due to it being an ongoing contentious event ⛿ WeaponizingArchitecture | yell at me 22:12, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
- Please enforce WP:CT/EE. IanDBeacon (talk) 00:36, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: Lexa the king (talk · contribs) blocked by Johnuniq. from the page for a week. Will leave CTOPS notice on talk. Daniel Case (talk) 05:31, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. Random jokes about him having small hands 💽 🌙Eclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ (she/they) talk/edits 22:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of three days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 05:35, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Requesting semi-confirmed protection for one month due to disruptive editing from IPs. Honestly there are too many to link but here are the main culprits: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] If you have any questions at all please let me know in the reply. Lemonademan22 (talk) 23:03, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of three days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 05:38, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. 💽 🌙Eclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ (she/they) talk/edits 23:04, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of one year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 05:41, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Constant disruption (removal/alteration of sourced info) by IPs/new users. It's been really bad since december. HistoryofIran (talk) 23:24, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of one year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Will log at CTOPS under WP:CT/CID since that was what I logged the previous protection under. Daniel Case (talk) 05:44, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: added spam and wrong information by non-related persons 2400:1A00:4B4A:EB60:E4C6:87FC:8526:9E9F (talk) 04:22, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
- Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution. You may be WP:BOLD and make the edits yourself if you so wish. Dr vulpes (Talk) 05:10, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: IP vandalism RowanJ LP (talk) 04:46, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Dr vulpes (Talk) 05:12, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Repeated vandalism by IP. Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) 05:57, 27 January 2025 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of one week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Dr vulpes (Talk) 06:13, 27 January 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.
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.