Wikipedia:Requests for page protection

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Welcome—request protection of a page, file, or template here.

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 protection Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level Request unprotection Request a specific edit to a protected page Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here Request edit

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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.

User talk:JoeSperrazza

• User talk:JoeSperrazza (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent WP:DE by IP sockpuppet of banned User:Vote (X) for Change. JoeSperrazza (talk) 16:26, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. If it continues we can reconsider a brief semi — MusikAnimal ^talk 17:05, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Waqar Zaka

• Waqar Zaka (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Musa Talk  17:08, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

@Ponyo: Thoughts on upping to semi? — MusikAnimal ^talk 18:13, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

In the past month (Sept 7 - Oct 7) there have only been 5 IP/unconfirmed edits to the article. Pending changes appears to be working, I'm not sure why the bar needs to be raised to semi?--Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 18:24, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Declined per Ponyo. Not sure why I even questioned it — MusikAnimal ^talk 19:04, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Anniyan

• Anniyan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – An IP user keeps altering the quotes used in this article, changing spellings, removing periods from initials and capitalising words that should not be capitalised. Since they have crossed WP:3RR, this RPP action seems valid. Moreover, the article is being targeted for FAC, and semi-protection for the article is necessary to ensure its stability. Kailash29792 (talk) 17:32, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. Kailash29792 They are not necessarily seeing your edit summaries, please use their talk page to inform them of why the edits are inappropriate — MusikAnimal ^talk 18:16, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Aziz Sancar

• Aziz Sancar (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary full-protection: Persistent vandalism over his ethnic identity. It's currently semi-protected. But this needs to be full, at least for a couple of days. Or else, there won't be an end to it. Étienne Dolet (talk) 17:52, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Declined Étienne Dolet, right now it looks like one editor has been doing most of the edit warring and they've been warned. If edit warring continues please ping me. NeilN ^{talk to me} 18:49, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

I agree with this decision. I've blocked the editor for edit warring, so hopefully the disruption has ended. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 19:04, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Cannibal (disambiguation)

• Cannibal (disambiguation) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: BLP policy violations. Geraldo Perez (talk) 18:11, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Pending-changes protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. NeilN ^{talk to me} 18:50, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Datebook

• Datebook (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite full protection: Persistent vandalism – This went to AfD and was redirected as company was non-notable. It seems to have been the target of those trying to promote a particular, non-notable, company. Can AfD consensus please be protected - recreated as article at least twice by suspect accounts since recent AfD. . Boleyn (talk) 19:09, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Fully protected indefinitely. NeilN ^{talk to me} 19:14, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Mushaf Ali Mir

• Mushaf Ali Mir (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent spamming. SMS ^Talk 19:13, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Consider the edit warring noticeboard – This is a case of possible edit-warring by one or two users. NeilN ^{talk to me} 19:18, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

@User:NeilN From where I see it is a clear case of spamming. If I recall correctly, link to this site (dnd.com.pk) has been repeatedly added by a number of anon and registered editors for quite a time. While Thefaintedbrain (talk · contribs) is a recent example, I can remember another user (Fatcat1991 (talk · contribs)) who used to add links to this site in a promotional way. I guess given this history you might like to review it. --SMS ^Talk 19:27, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

@Smsarmad: Has this site been discussed at WP:RSN? In any case, this is one IP today and history does not indicate a level of disruption needing protection. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 19:36, 7 October 2015 (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.

Current requests for edits to a protected page

Further information: Wikipedia:Edit requests

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.

Template:Collapse top

• Template:Collapse top (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unprotection: This page is marked as being editable by template-editors. It is not, either change to only admins or reduce the protection. . CFCF 💌 📧 14:24, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Question: @CFCF: I see full protection, not template-editor protection NeilN ^{talk to me} 14:38, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

I see, the issue is that the lock icon is red, which can be found at Template-editor protected pages. I can't find the link to the protection icon in the template, but it would be less confusing if we could follow some sort of rule on this. It would be better to use the Wikipedia:Protection_policy#full consistently or to lower the protection level (as I don't understand why it is editable only by admins and not template-editors). CFCF 💌 📧 14:50, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

@CFCF: Permanent full protection is red, template-editor is pink. That template is also cascade protected. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:04, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

No, red is permanent protection, it specifies a number of different uses according to WP:PPINDEF, but I guess this is the wrong forum regardless. CFCF 💌 📧 16:46, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Declined Nothing to do NeilN ^{talk to me} 16:54, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Homo naledi

• Homo naledi (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unprotection: RfC has been closed. Discussion elsewhere on talk page proceeding without issue. clpo13_(talk) 19:52, 7 October 2015 (UTC)

Fulfilled/denied requests

A rolling archive of the last seven days of protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Rolling archive.