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.

Template:Editnotices/Page/Help talk:IPA

• Template:Editnotices/Page/Help talk:IPA (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
• Template:Editnotices/Page/Help talk:IPA/Conventions for English (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
• Template:Editnotices/Page/Help talk:IPA/Introduction (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Create protection Need to be protected to stop JJMC89 bot II from immediately recreating them after they were deleted per Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2020_September_13#Template:Editnotices/Page/Help talk:IPA * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 11:45, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

@JJMC89:--Ymblanter (talk) 11:16, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Beer in Germany

• Beer in Germany (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – As per vandalism in page history. Nadzik (talk) 09:25, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. Ad Orientem (talk) 19:42, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Margot (activist)

• Margot (activist) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring – Please apply short-term full protection to stop the edit warring. gnu57 12:56, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

• Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 12:57, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protected for a period of 1 year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ad Orientem (talk) 19:47, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Enhypen

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

Temporary extended confirmed protection: users removing redirect while the article currently does not meet wikipedia notability guidelines. iamluke16 (talk) 13:01, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution. Ad Orientem (talk) 19:51, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Rosalind Franklin

• Rosalind Franklin (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Intermittent vandalism in last couple of months. Kj cheetham (talk) 16:22, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Ad Orientem (talk) 20:03, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Nikon

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

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – spamming. Chennai Passangai (talk) 16:35, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

• Comment Someone spamming Nikon is going to spam the rest of the camera sites; this is better handled by blocking the spammers and blacklisting as needed. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 19:21, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Declined Per above. Also insufficient disruption on this article to justify protection. Ad Orientem (talk) 20:05, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Jules Koundé

• Jules Koundé (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. CLCStudent (talk) 19:20, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Heavy editing over the last couple days. While I've seen some disruption I don't think it's enough to justify the collateral damage from page protection. If it persists, come back. Ad Orientem (talk) 20:24, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Cindy McCain

• Cindy McCain (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – WP:ARBDS can be further invoked. IanDBeacon (talk) 19:38, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Declined Already pending changes protected. Not enough disruption to justify an increase to Semi PP. Ad Orientem (talk) 20:38, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Daniel Cameron (Kentucky politician)

• Daniel Cameron (Kentucky politician) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Full protection: Content dispute/edit warring – Seems like an edit war’s now on going. Invoke request for WP:ARBDS. IanDBeacon (talk) 21:47, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

Comment I see the users that conduct edit-warring User:VK4000 were reported to AIV and is partially blocked. 180.244.145.224 (talk) 22:11, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

IOS 7

• IOS 7 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Recent IP disruptive editing. ~ Destroyeraa🌀 21:58, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

User:Go-Tsumaroki

• User:Go-Tsumaroki (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: I'm starting to get into the vandal business, and I'm worried that a vandal (or a group of vandals) will demolish my user-page as it is. Go-Tsumaroki (chat) 23:07, 23 September 2020 (UTC)

•  Declined That's not a valid rationale for protection; we dont do preventative protection on user pages. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 23:09, 23 September 2020 (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.

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.

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.

Further information: Wikipedia:Edit requests

Create a level 3 header with a link to the article in question, then a {{pagelinks}} template and then the reason.

Handled requests

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