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.
Pokémon (TV series)
Semi-protection for a longer period: Inappropriate expansion of plot summaries by IP after page got unprotected. M S Hassan (talk) 06:33, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- Declined @M S Hassan: The edits do not appear to meet vandalism. Please explain the issue on article talk and try to engage with the IP. Johnuniq (talk) 04:16, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
Socialist Appeal (UK, 1992)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Article concerning fringe political organisations that seems to be subject to repeated recent editing activity by recently created, single-purpose accounts with suspected links to the organisation in question. Believe Extended-Confirmed protection necessary, temporary at first, to prevent the issue. Rambling Rambler (talk) 13:37, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Daniel Case (talk) 04:39, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
Johnny Somali
Reason: Vandalism and unsourced material, requesting extended confirmed protection due to the page already being auto confirmed protected. RowanJ LP (talk) 17:39, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Daniel Case (talk) 04:48, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
List of administrative units of Pakistan by Human Development Index
- List of administrative units of Pakistan by Human Development Index (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Persistent disruptive editing and addition of unsourced content. Wikibear47 (talk) 21:21, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. The article hasn't even been edited in the last three weeks. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 03:22, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
2024 United States presidential debates
Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:09, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- Please enforce WP:CT/AP and perhaps WP:1RR. IanDBeacon (talk) 23:17, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- Checking to see if protection is necessary. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 02:39, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 02:59, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Teahouse
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Has been trolled by over a dozen socks for the past few days. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/novembre 14. Air on White (talk) 23:18, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/14 novembre, my bad. Air on White (talk) 23:19, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- (Comment) While the disruption likely fueled by the sudden TPA revoking on 14 novembre is extremely disruptive, protecting the Teahouse would block dozens of questions made by innocent accounts. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 00:59, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- How about just pending changes then, since Teahouse edits aren't urgent? Air on White (talk) 01:11, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- Not done. The collateral damage isn't worth it. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 02:26, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
Japan national football team
Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring – People keep reverting my edits to the page, when I'm trimming fat from the article. Full protection, temporary, to prevent edit warring. Nearly but not perfect (talk) 00:22, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution. @I'm not perfect but I'm almost: Don't edit war. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 02:36, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
LGBT rights in Indonesia
Reason: IP vandalism GraziePrego (talk) 05:01, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked: 125.166.8.0/24 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. for a month.
- User(s) blocked: 125.164.232.0/25 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. for a year. Daniel Case (talk) 05:15, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
The Heart Part 6
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Multiple IP users have vandalised this page in the past month. Seems to be a recurrent subject of vandalism. Recommend permanent pending changes protection or temporary semi-protection. Adam Black talk • contribs 05:50, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 10 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Lectonar (talk) 05:53, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
DJ Akademiks
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Vandalism following expiration of page protection. Adam Black talk • contribs 05:56, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
- Logged in user now vandalising (created within 5 minutes of vandalism). Adam Black talk • contribs 06:09, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
Bruce Lehrmann
Reason: Article had semi-protection earlier this month which has now expired and consequently IPs are edit warring over the article again. TarnishedPathtalk 06:30, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
Dan Povenmire
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Immediate resumption after last protect expired. Geraldo Perez (talk) 06:32, 27 May 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.
JoJo Siwa
Reason: The original reason for semi-protection was the increased traffic and subsequent vandalism the page experienced in 2022. (Around the time of her sexuality being news.) Significant time has passed since then, and there is no good reason to maintain the semi-protection so many years later. Notakeyring (talk) 20:16, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- @ComplexRational: as protecting admin per the bright yellow instruction at the top of this section. Favonian (talk) 20:26, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
- Not unprotected Looking at the edit history and page views since then, as well as another recent bout of coverage following the subject's 21st birthday, it seems likely that unprotecting the page now would bring about significant disruptive edits and call for reprotection, so I believe maintaining the current protection is justified. Complex/Rational 03:34, 27 May 2024 (UTC)
Template:Her
Reason: To create a redirect to Template:Their, similar to the existence of Template:His. — GMH Melbourne (talk) 03:35, 27 May 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.