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 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.
Temporary protection: Requesting ECP, ARBPIA-related, IP changing birthplace from Israel to Palestine with no sources, only thing the IP is doing. Yoshi24517 (Chat) (Very Busy) 22:29, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Dieter Lloyd Wexler 23:37, 13 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent vandalism Ghebreigzabhier | ገብረግዛብሄር | Ⲅⲉⲃⲣⲉⲓⲅⲍⲁⲃⲓⲉⲣ | عبد المسيح 01:57, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. Bbb23 (talk) 16:25, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent vandalism Ghebreigzabhier | ገብረግዛብሄር | Ⲅⲉⲃⲣⲉⲓⲅⲍⲁⲃⲓⲉⲣ | عبد المسيح 01:57, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked. Bbb23 (talk) 16:26, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent vandalism, requesting autoconfirmed protection Ghebreigzabhier | ገብረግዛብሄር | Ⲅⲉⲃⲣⲉⲓⲅⲍⲁⲃⲓⲉⲣ | عبد المسيح 01:58, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Persistent BLP violations since 14:58, 11 February 2025. Alith Anar 04:06, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent vandalism from IP accounts. Ayaltimo (talk) 05:22, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- User:Magitroopa/sandbox/MasterChef (American TV series) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Reason: Persistent sockpuppetry/LTA (via Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Zjholder). Magitroopa (talk) 05:56, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – POV-pushing & vandalism resumed immediately after previous protection expired. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 06:16, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – IP disruptions for a newly released film. Krimuk2.0 (talk) 06:27, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent multiple IP vandalism, most re: Gulf of Mexico vs America. BilCat (talk) 06:28, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – Not sure about this one because it's only partially in the relevant sanctions area, but the page has become relevant to WP:ARBPIA and should probably be ECP. Smallangryplanet (talk) 08:53, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Dieter Lloyd Wexler 12:10, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Protection needed due to disruption. Semsûrî (talk) 12:26, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. Isabelle Belato 🏳🌈 13:26, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Niasoh ❯❯❯ Wanna chat? 13:51, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Highly Visible Page, no need to move. DisneyGuy744 (talk) 14:02, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- Is there somesort of problem here? Moxy🍁 16:43, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent vandalism. You'd think this would be an uncontroversial article, but for whatever reason, as soon as the page protection gets lifted the IP vandalism starts up again. Several times this has happened, protection for months, years even, then as soon as it's lifted the vandalism resumes. Request indefinite semi-protection. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 14:21, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – WP:ARBPIA. Loafiewa (talk) 14:27, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Dieter Lloyd Wexler 14:28, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite create protection: Repeatedly recreated – Per the consensus at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moeed Pirzada (2nd nomination). Repeated creations by autoconfirmed SPAs. Badbluebus (talk) 14:35, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Article having some very odd edits as of late. Moxy🍁 15:04, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Dieter Lloyd Wexler 15:33, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent promo additions by IPs and by a COI-declared editor. See history. Janhrach (talk) 15:49, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Kajmer05 (talk) 17:13, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Isabelle Belato 🏳🌈 17:18, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Kajmer05 (talk) 17:14, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Isabelle Belato 🏳🌈 17:18, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Moxy🍁 17:18, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. People keep renaming to Lake Illinois 1250metersdeep (talk) 17:25, 14 February 2025 (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.
Reason: THE NAME HAS BEEN LEGALLY CHANGED 99.14.53.67 (talk) 16:10, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
Not done discussion of what to name the page is ongoing on the talk page. Due to extensive disruption, often by IPs typing in all-caps, participation on the talk page is currently limited to autoconfirmed editors (those who have created an account more than 4 days ago and made at least 10 edits). signed, Rosguill talk 16:19, 14 February 2025 (UTC)
No protection: No longer necessary. 1250metersdeep (talk) 17:33, 14 February 2025 (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.