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.
Reason: Stop IP edits made to add false information helping scammers impersonate the brand 147.161.234.174 (talk) 08:25, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Daniel Case (talk) 21:52, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing from multiple IPs. Annh07 (talk) 06:19, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- Going to indef; this has been going on forever 2600:100C:B043:2526:EDCB:DC50:798:9769 (talk) 15:44, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- The history is ridiculous 2600:100C:B043:2526:EDCB:DC50:798:9769 (talk) 15:44, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Steven Walling • talk 00:32, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent disruptive editing from multiple IPs. Annh07 (talk) 06:29, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. Steven Walling • talk 00:33, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – There's an IP changing editor that keeps changing the outcome. Perhaps a temporary edit protection makes it clear this won't work. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 07:14, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- And again, another one. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 12:53, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. If possible, the IP user could be engaged on talk. —Ganesha811 (talk) 23:45, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Multiple template-editor creation protected non-template or module pages
- Talk:Ali Khaliqi (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)
- Talk:SuperMarioLogan (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)
- User:Cluebot III/ArchiveThis (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- User:Alison (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- User:Mark Mason (Entrepreneur) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- User talk:Terribilis est locus iste! Haec domus Dei est et porta coeli (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. characters (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Category:Wikipedia sockpuppets of bbb23 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Draft:Tawhid Afridi (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Draft:Nadia Najjari (reproductive medicine consultant) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Indefinite full creation protection: Template-editor protection is mostly used on templates and modules per WP:TPROT, and because most deleted and repeatedly created non-template or module pages are instead fully, extended confirmed or semi salted or creation protected. PK2 (talk; contributions) 07:28, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP user keeps removing a lot of content from the talk page. Btspurplegalaxy 💬 🖊️ 09:33, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Declined. IP user has been blocked by PhilKnight. Report to AIV if they resume. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 19:26, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Long-term IP vandalism. Skitash (talk) 10:01, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Steven Walling • talk 00:35, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring. Launchballer 10:21, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: Potymkin (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. for 48 hours. Daniel Case (talk) 20:32, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IPs disruptive edits. Jingiby (talk) 11:26, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: 185.100.244.0/24 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. from article for three months. Daniel Case (talk) 20:36, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: The article was protected for WP:EW. A discussion was open in the talk page to try to see if a consensus was possible. However, just like before, as soon as the protection was over, the article was edit by the person engaged in the previous EW. Despite having it's multiple IPs blocked, the problem persists. No discussion will be able to go forward as long as the WP:status quo of the page is respected and the IP has shown no interest in respect it or the consensus policy. Coltsfan (talk) 12:27, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 33 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent disruptive editing & BLP violations by IP editors. Bgsu98 (Talk) 13:41, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Socking 107.77.195.70 (talk) 14:00, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent IP vandalism. Amigao (talk) 14:26, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Constant disruption to vandalise the article cognitive nerative as obvious the intruder were always an unknown ip address in this case caste motive conflict of intrust you can see interaction timeline [1] >>the first attempt to vandalise the article integration 59.89.22.144 (talk) 14:41, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Andrew5 socks seem to be disruptively editing the page. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 16:09, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – multiple disruptive edits from socks, possibly by UAK, over a long period of time. ZZZ'S 17:15, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – For at least a month. Kailash29792 (talk) 17:31, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Target of registered and IP socks of User:MariaJaydHicky over the last week or so. Aoi (青い) (talk) 18:28, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Target of registered and IP socks of User:MariaJaydHicky over the last week or so. Aoi (青い) (talk) 18:28, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: WP:LTA/Andrew5 promised to continue socking this page until it's protected. See here. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 18:29, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
- This seems like one of the very, very, very few times CRASHlock is justifiable. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 18:32, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: I'm involved in the SPI for WP:LTA/Andrew5, and have been (and will almost certainly continue to be) targeted by their socks. The last several revisions have been back-and-forth reversions of my WP:DENY removal of a comment thread over the SPI by new or IP socks and good-faith autoconfirmed / extended confirmed editors. GeorgeMemulous (talk) 18:32, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – persistent disputing going on at the moment due to the release of Alien Romulus, there is a talk page discussion but IPs not paying attention. Darkwarriorblake (talk) 19:02, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. Fathoms Below (talk) 20:03, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: too many vandalism. BlueSpectre5 (talk) 20:16, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Every now and then, some random IP (probably the same person) comes and alter the sourced Infobox result from "British victory" to "Iranian/Persian victory". This has been ongoing since at least August 2023 [2]. HistoryofIran (talk) 21:26, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Paul Vaurie (talk) 22:39, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Growing/persistent disruptive editing, such as adding citations needed to a lead section (goes against the order/manual of style), as well as removing parts of the infobox. Noorullah (talk) 00:01, 1 September 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: (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)
- Weak oppose: There is no reason for anyone to be editing it. I got into something like this when I tried to request the removal of the protection for 9/11 (the redirect, not the article). However, I could potentially support reducing it to ECP to change it slightly faster in case the template gets deprecated. For now I oppose however. CharlieEdited (talk) 00:02, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Reason: I am requesting it here first since the admin who protected it passed away. Protection has been ongoing for nearly 7 years, which is definitely long enough for at least a trial run of no protection. Plus, page views are quite low and edits are infrequent, making it probably not much of a target for the average Wikipedia user. I support no protection but if vandalism ramps up again I would also be fine with PC. Semi is probably overkill but I would be somewhat fine with it. CharlieEdited (talk) 23:59, 31 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.