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 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.
Extended-confirmed protection; autoconfirmed accounts are getting in on the vandalism. —A little blue Bori v^_^v Jéské Couriano 01:21, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- Already done by administrator GeneralNotability. - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:37, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- Automated comment: @Adolphus79: One or more pages in this request have not been protected.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 02:52, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- Yes it has! Silly bot... - Adolphus79 (talk) 02:54, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism of gubernatorial candidate from cell phone IPs.Mpen320 (talk) 22:29, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- Automated comment: @Mpen320: This request cannot be parsed. Please ensure it follows formatting consistent with the current or previous methods of submission.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 22:40, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Anons keep changing the page without providing sources. Sharkslayer87 (talk) 04:10, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
- Comment: Once in May, once in June, and once yesterday do not qualify as persistent; and none of them are vandalism by definition, appear to possibly even be good faith edits by new users. Does not justify protection. - Adolphus79 (talk) 05:43, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
- Pending-changes protected --Deepfriedokra (talk) 08:31, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
- Note: Looks like cast glorification contrary to sources --Deepfriedokra (talk) 08:31, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Disruption by socks of globally banned user WP:LTA/GRP or copycat. Talk pages of blocked socks of this sockfarm are frequently vandalised by IP socks on proxies. JavaHurricane 05:11, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Wretchskull (talk) 09:15, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Please can this be protected until the AfD concludes? Persistent block evasion and vandalism. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 09:21, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – This continued after the last protection expired. Can the page be protected for the rest of the year?. EN-Jungwon 10:02, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent disruptive editing – by Javito1993. Flix11 (talk) 10:19, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Flix11: Warn that user (Javito1993) or report it to ANI or AIV. It is clear evidence that distruption occured by single user. Why you doesn't warn that user? 180.254.174.46 (talk) 10:49, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Indefinite create protection: Repeatedly recreated – Hoax article. Repeatedly recreated by socks. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 10:26, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Wretchskull (talk) 10:49, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. FMSky (talk) 11:04, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Flix11 (talk) 11:19, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. BOVINEBOY2008 11:19, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. You reverted an edit on July 1st (that wasn't clearly vandalism to me), prior to that, the last revert was in February. How do you figure this needs protection? OhNoitsJamie Talk 14:17, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Wretchskull (talk) 11:23, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
- Vandalism is rare for this article. The last edit was on 18 June and quickly reverted by ClueBot NG. It looks like pending-changes protection is more necessary. 180.254.174.46 (talk) 11:33, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism by sock-hopping anonymous editor by-way of removing valid, sourced content spanning back to April 2021. livelikemusic (TALK!) 12:57, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Requesting semi-protection - article has recently been disruptively edited by several ip editors. These edits were originally adding unsourced WP:BLP information, but have since devolved to adding satirical YouTube links and removing sourced content. SamHolt6 (talk) 12:58, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked. 2600:8805:1218:3400:0:0:0:0/64 blocked from editing page for 3 months. OhNoitsJamie Talk 15:50, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. BOVINEBOY2008 13:03, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Anonymous users and new users are spoiling this page with unsourced content. Expecting atleast 6 month protection. Fire star on heat (talk) 13:20, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry for dishonoring your argument. Rather than your request, i request the article to be semi-protected for one year or at least 3 months due to persistent edit warring by mostly IP hoppers. 180.254.174.46 (talk) 13:52, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. BOVINEBOY2008 13:32, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 14:20, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
- Already protected by administrator Ohnoitsjamie. --Deepfriedokra (talk) 15:19, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. HurricaneEdgar 14:41, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Some random person keep changing his name from "Muhyiddin" to "Mahiaddin", which is completely wrong. Qaidul (talk) 15:23, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Indefinite full protection: Persistent vandalism – Too many nonsense amounts of vandalism on this page. I hope this page will be fully protected. Qaidul (talk) 15:40, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Idan (username is Zvikorn) (talk) 16:00, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Disruptive Editing. IP disruption started after it was to the mainspace Beraniladri19 🌀🌀 16:03, 2 July 2021 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: I am having an issue on a deletion discussion page that was for an article I created. Discussion has been active for 3-4 weeks with fruitful conversation, but as of last night there are a number of new users voting to keep the article, possibly in a potential attempt to manipulate the conversation. I am wondering if this can be also added to a deletion discussion page? JalenPhotos2 (talk) 16:25, 2 July 2021 (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.
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
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.
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.
Create a level 3 header with a link to the article in question, then a {{pagelinks}} template and then the reason.
Handled requests
A rolling archive of the last seven days of protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Rolling archive.