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 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.
Create protection: Repeatedly recreated. I dream of horses (Hoofprints) (Neigh at me) 08:35, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protected indefinitely. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 13:53, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Automated comment: @Firefangledfeathers: One or more pages in this request have not been protected.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 14:15, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Creation protected indefinitely. For the bot. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 14:18, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Reason: content removal Magherbin (talk) 08:47, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 14:46, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Someone keeps on deleting the Controversy subsection from this politician's page. It's happened twice so far from two different devices used from nonregistered accounts. I am requesting protection for the article to prevent this from happening. The source of the claims is a local newspaper that won national awards for its reporting. So there is no justification in removing it, especially since the nonregistered user is claiming it to be false reporting without a source. Eric Schucht (talk) 10:08, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Fully protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. @Eric Schucht: Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution to resolve the dispute. Even if sourced, please make sure the article complies with WP:BLP. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 15:04, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Here again with this one. Mainly ip vandalism. Knitsey (talk) 12:30, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 15:07, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent block evasion. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 13:10, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- @AlphaBetaGamma you may wish to request this for Sharon Green Middleton, too. The person who's been persistently editing my talk page has also been making racist edits to that page for the past few months, and has returned to doing so after the page came off its three-month protection recently. Y2hyaXM (talk) 13:12, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 1 year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Logged as enforcement for WP:CT/BLP. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 15:14, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 15:10, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 13:16, 30 September 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 13:29, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 1 year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Logged as enforcement for WP:CT/BLP. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 15:14, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Self-requested. Leonidlednev (T, C, L) 13:46, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected indefinitely. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 13:49, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Reason: This article has faced ongoing disruptions by IP users for several months. They repeatedly damage the infobox template and add duplicate parameters. Since there are no significant daily updates needed for this person's life, using edit requests would be a more efficient solution for everyone involved. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 13:54, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 14:24, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. One account was blocked for 24 hours for edit warring and a second account was warned. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 15:30, 30 September 2024 (UTC)- Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 15:19, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Permanent extended-confirmed protection Contentious topic, fits well under WP:CT/HORN. Back and forth edit warring stretching back to multiple months. Previous temporary extended-confirmed protections have expired and edit warring has resumed since then. Ecrusized (talk) 14:40, 30 September 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 14:45, 30 September 2024 (UTC)
Permanent extended-confirmed protection Contentious topic, fits well under WP:CT/HORN. Back and forth edit warring stretching back to multiple months. Previous temporary extended-confirmed protections have expired and edit warring has resumed since then. Ecrusized (talk) 14:40, 30 September 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 14:45, 30 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.
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.