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.
Reason: Vandalism. The article is recently moved under a fake title. Hotwiki (talk) 10:55, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. Ymblanter (talk) 22:23, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – LTA by DUCKs of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shame on PJ Santos. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 11:25, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – LTA by DUCKs of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Shame on PJ Santos. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 11:29, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism, adding a lot of issues non existent/never mentioned earlier Maceekim (talk) 13:11, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
- Also it's impossible to block the person doing them, as they constantly change their IP using proxy Maceekim (talk) 13:12, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism, adding a lot of issues non existent/never mentioned earlier. Also it's impossible to block the person doing them, as they constantly change their IP using proxy Maceekim (talk) 13:31, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Repeated disruptions. Krimuk2.0 (talk) 14:27, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Temporary Extended Confirmed Protection: Continued edits back-and-forth being made to the article, even though there is an RFC ongoing. AG202 (talk) 15:21, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – User:Bigboss19923 socks/IPs adding unsourced and seemingly fake cast and crew details (previously as User:Rustylad371, today as User:82.31.64.155). Belbury (talk) 15:36, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: BLP policy violations – IPs persistently changing subject's name with no source. Taffer😊 💬(she/they) 16:10, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Kingsmasher678 (talk) 16:34, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Recent increase in IP and new account vandalism. Entranced98 (talk) 16:58, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended-confirmed protection: Contentious topic restriction. Poland antisemitism ctop RaschenTechner (talk) 17:08, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 17:43, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Per Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Johnedwe, multiple accounts removing the well-sourced fact that London is the first known black voter in Britain. Belbury (talk) 17:51, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP keeps adding unsourced, non-notable relative. Nswix (talk) 18:46, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Inappropriate use of user talk page while blocked – Talk page abuse. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 18:51, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
- User(s) re-blocked with talk page editing disallowed. Favonian (talk) 18:54, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Let's lock this up until the request for deletion has subsided. Moxy🍁 19:06, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 19:12, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Content Dispute/Edit Warring. Qrstw talk contribs 19:22, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Leonidlednev (T, C, L) 19:39, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 19:51, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 19:52, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 19:54, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 20:02, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 20:13, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 22:22, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 22:23, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Continued self-promotion for this business from a variety of IP addresses, despite multiple reversions and explanations in edit summaries. Sparkledriver (talk) 20:17, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
- Pending-changes protected for a period of 6 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 22:19, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – with mild opposition to full protection, but a little less opposition to a checkuser checking the previous accounts (some of which have this as their only edit). consarn (prison phone) (crime record) 21:13, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 22:17, 3 March 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 22:23, 3 March 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.
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.