Wikipedia:Requests for page protection
Welcome—request protection of a page, file, or template here. | ||
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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.
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)
User(s) blocked: Wildwestern2 (talk · contribs). Only one such throwaway account so far. If they make a habit of it, we can revisit the issue. Favonian (talk) 07:50, 31 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: Three IPs edit-warring to say that a building protection order was "thanks to pressure from Save Oasis Swindon", with no source for that. 82.30.50.220 and Nmrobinson007 have both identified themselves as having COI connections to the group, and been advised not to edit the article directly. Belbury (talk) 16:47, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Template protection: High-risk template – Used by Strip tags, which is fully protected. — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 18:39, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – In the past couple weeks, 5 established editors (myself included) have had to remove disruptive edits from multiple new accounts and IPs. Two new SPAs have been identified as sockpuppets and blocked already. Disruptive edits have been focused on removing well-sourced accusations of misconduct from the subject's page. The article should be protected temporarily to mitigate the issue. —Ganesha811 (talk) 22:45, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Block evasion by User:Unkownsolidier from Greece. Currently blocked as Special:Contributions/109.242.184.29, Special:Contributions/109.242.185.245 and Special:Contributions/2A02:85F:E055:BA14:0:0:0:0/64. Binksternet (talk) 23:40, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. Both IPs for two weeks. Daniel Case (talk) 03:06, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. General Ization Talk 02:49, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Favonian (talk) 08:02, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Balakashyap and page/move history of the last 30 days. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 04:21, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing from multiple IPs. Annh07 (talk) 06:19, 31 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent disruptive editing from multiple IPs. Annh07 (talk) 06:29, 31 August 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)
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: Because 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)
Reason: personal interpretations and manipulations of data Sebforbes (talk) 07:34, 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)
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)
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.