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.
Sendamangalam taluk
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – WP:DE by editors from Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Balakashyap, WP:LOUTSOCK. The article already exists in the redirect's location. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 19:34, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 19:41, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
Wolf salute
Reason: Hot topic. Clear vandalism by newly created account Gypsybores and other IP users. Recent changes must be reverted as well. Kodvizit (talk) 02:33, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Kevin Roberts (political strategist)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism and subjective information Corsair91 (talk) 03:47, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eashvar Karthic
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – This AfD has been closed twice by IP editors. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 04:50, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
template:trout
High-risk template; over a thousand transclusions.102.157.168.108 (talk) 05:07, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Rani Mukerji
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Repeated unexplained removal of subject's father's name from infobox by IP sock of existing user, Mere Pittaji Kon Hain. Krimuk2.0 (talk) 07:27, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Eurovision Song Contest 2025
Reason: Persistent vandalism from IP addresses, particularly adding unsourced and unverified information to infobox and other sections. Requesting semi-protection to resolve. Sims2aholic8 (talk) 07:31, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
2024 United Kingdom general election
Extended confirmed protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Disruptive editing in the infobox. '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 08:06, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
10 Peach Comedy
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent blanking and redirecting of moved page by IP user. Happily888 (talk) 10:19, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
10 Peach
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent recreation of moved page by IP user. Happily888 (talk) 10:19, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
10 Bold Drama
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent blanking and redirecting of moved page by IP user. Happily888 (talk) 10:19, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
10 Boss
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent recreation of moved page by IP user. Happily888 (talk) 10:19, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
GetGo (carsharing company)
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. OOOTenx (talk) 10:25, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 10:47, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 11:01, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Sinauli
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Too many IP edits changing sourced text, eng var, etc - basically most are pov edits. Doug Weller talk 10:36, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected., let us try this first Ymblanter (talk) 10:46, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 10:46, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
OVO Sound
Reason: It seems that more and more users, registered or not, have vandalized the article by changing words into things related to the Drake-Kendrick feud after its first block got expired. Underdwarf58 (talk) 11:30, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Sandakan
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent disruption starting 2 July. CMD (talk) 11:54, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
LimeLight
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Persistent additions of unsourced contents pertaining to the group's member lineup. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 12:03, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Russo-Circassian War
Reason: Hello can someone keep the protection permanent on the Russo Circassian war page because lately its has been getting attacked from karachays and Balkars with false info that they have helped us circassian which is total false and i have sources to back it up this is a russian government document https://imgbb.com/C9gcHt2 and this a another one https://vivaldi.nlr.ru/bx000002426/view/#page=558 pages 559-601 and this is a another one http://elib.shpl.ru/ru/nodes/36135-berzhe-a-p-kratkiy-obzor-gorskih-plemen-na-kavkaze-tiflis-1858#mode/inspect/page/22/zoom/4 pages 35 and 36
Inal-mn (talk) 12:28, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Masoud Pezeshkian
Reason: Pezeshkian is the frontrunner in the Iranian presidential election, and he's highly likely to win. He's article will be mass edited in the coming hours, and there is no protection. Please protect it for at least multiple weeks. Farnaj57 (talk) 13:05, 5 July 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.
Christine Chubbuck
Reason: Been protected 6+ years, lower activity, should we give unprotection a shot? Razorback250 (talk) 01:24, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- a) Your math is off as the article has been protected for 5 years minus 3 days; b) You have neglected to ask the protecting admin, Anachronist, as required by the bright yellow note at the top of this section. As a side effect of this note, they have now been notified. Favonian (talk) 10:51, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- My apologies Favonian, I didn’t notice the note. Thanks for the feedback. Razorback250 (talk) 19:55, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
Not unprotected. This article is a magnet for linking to a video that has no provenance of legitimacy. Indef semi protection is appropriate regardless of the duration alread protected; the duration since the event is even longer. ~Anachronist (talk) 11:36, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Maine
Unprotection: try WP:TRYUNPROT first?. Josethewikier (talk) 03:15, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Not unprotected. The article is only pending-change protected. Give the numerous and rather frequent reverts appearing in the edit history, I'd say that PCP isn't working and just creating a burden for others to patrol and revert unconstructive edits. If anything the article should be indef semiprotected instead. Removing all protection would be counterproductive. ~Anachronist (talk) 11:39, 5 July 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.