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.
Semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Dieter Lloyd Wexler 12:25, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite extended-confirmed protection: Contentious topic restriction. as it is related to the Israel-Palestine conflict Daisytheduck quack quack 02:56, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Persistent vandalism – This article is under regular irregular vandalism by supporters and opponents of the far right for political purposes. 🇺🇦 FiddleTimtrent FaddleTalk to me 🇺🇦 03:11, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Daisytheduck quack quack 03:26, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oh it also falls under post 1992 American politics Daisytheduck quack quack 03:30, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent addition of hoaxes from IP addresses since the expiry of the last protection log on 2024-02-28. Panian513 04:03, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Multiple IP addresses vandalized Beijing (city) Article. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 04:59, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- Protection to go to indefinite 2600:100C:B043:2526:B55F:253B:C4A6:DF85 (talk) 13:22, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- Declined. Not enough disruptive activity to justify protection 2600:100C:B043:2526:B55F:253B:C4A6:DF85 (talk) 13:33, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- Block the IPs 2600:100C:B043:2526:B55F:253B:C4A6:DF85 (talk) 13:33, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- Declined. Not enough disruptive activity to justify protection 2600:100C:B043:2526:B55F:253B:C4A6:DF85 (talk) 13:33, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: BLP policy violations – Constant insertions of WP:LABELs not directly supported by the citations.[1][2][3] Subject has been in the news recently for his activism drawing contentious attention. Morbidthoughts (talk) 05:38, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Is it possible to semi-protect this talk page for a week or two. We've got multiple IP's and a SPA who might be editing while logged out, disrupting and trolling the talk page. They are making disrespectful and unfounded claims about BLP's sexual orientation, here, here, here, posting links to disrespectful and fake images here. One of the individuals they keep referring to is married with a wife and child. Thanks. Isaidnoway (talk) 05:38, 30 August 2024 (UTC).
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. 🌀TyphoonAmpil🌀 talk 06:06, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. 4TheWynne (talk • contribs) 06:17, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – The vast majority of all edits to this article since Belteshazzar started editing it (under account DefThree in Oct 2022) have been sockpuppetry / block evasion. Beltashazzar has been WMF Office banned and has 91 sockpuppetry reports. See WP:LTA/BTSZ. Since essentially no one else is editing this article I am requesting indefinite semi protection. Leijurv (talk) 07:06, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: IPs keep changing the phrasing to avoid usage of Saunders's pronouns, including adding typos as in this edit. It makes the article more clunky, changing the meaning of some sentences, and seems to violate MOS:GENDERID. AG202 (talk) 07:19, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Increased IP Vandalism due to recent incidents involving the person. VIBHAATH GUDTROT (talk) 07:33, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – LTA ban evader Lam312321321 has switched to using new accounts and waiting four days, following the recent reimposition of semi-protection. Belbury (talk) 08:04, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
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)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Vandalism and disruptive editing right after unprotection. The Herald (Benison) (talk) 09:07, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Dipper Dalmatian (talk) 09:09, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Article is a regular target of vandalism and unconstructive editing, mainly on the basis of people and nationalities. There have been reverts on a weekly basis. IPs come from all over the world, so blocking those has very little effect. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 09:10, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Also WP:CT/GG. LilianaUwU (talk / contributions) 10:53, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 13:22, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Editing conflict with unregistered user. Attempts to discuss their edits with them have been unproductive, partly because their IP address changes. Ken Gallager (talk) 12:27, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- CORRECTION - the IP address hasn't changed. Ken Gallager (talk) 12:29, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite semi protection: Persistent IP vandalism. 2600:100C:B043:2526:B55F:253B:C4A6:DF85 (talk) 13:40, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Author (first as multiple IPs, now as Eblana22) repeatedly adding promotional content for her self-published book and its forthcoming revised edition—even after being made aware of relevant policies such as WP:SELFPUB. See also User_talk:Eblana22. Patrick (talk) 14:24, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. ⇌ Jake Wartenberg 14:44, 30 August 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: This should redirect to Chan Wui-ngai, which is an existing article. Nicholas0 (talk) 06:20, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: This should redirect to Chan Wui-ngai, which is an existing article. Nicholas0 (talk) 06:20, 29 August 2024 (UTC)
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)
- Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Reason: Need to do something 2601:803:600:2C00:74A2:5D3A:48A0:9E83 (talk) 04:04, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Declined – What exactly needs to be done? This is a document whose text Wikipedia does not control, which needs to be linked to from thousands of pages. EdJohnston (talk) 04:32, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Reason: Additional tearms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/2601:803:600:2C00:74A2:5D3A:48A0:9E83 2601:803:600:2C00:74A2:5D3A:48A0:9E83 (talk) 04:06, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Per another request above. You haven't explained what the problem is. If you perceive any technical problems with the text, you can propose a change on the talk page. EdJohnston (talk) 04:35, 30 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.