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 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.
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Rapid/Disruptive editing by multiple un-autoconfirmed accounts and IPs. Nodayrt (talk) 06:43, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Recent death of Antonin Scalia has led to much talk of Srinivasan being a potential nomination to the Supreme Court, which per WP:CRYSTAL wouldn't belong in his article. Furorimpius (talk) 07:36, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Same editor has returned to do the same vandalism... . Nomoskedasticity (talk) 11:12, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruption and edit warring by IP-hopping editor. Gnome de plume (talk) 12:07, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1/52 of a year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Nyttend (talk) 14:16, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Sock puppetry. 112.198.90.2 (talk) 12:57, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Disruption resumed immediately after previous protection expired. Widr (talk) 14:45, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Qed237 (talk) 14:51, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Disruption after this player just scored his first goal. Qed237 (talk) 15:42, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Dat GuyTalkContribs 15:57, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. An IP is continually edit warring to get his way. It has added WP:OR content, disregarded WP:BURDEN, added unsourced content, engaged in disruptive editing and has engaged in edit war with more than one user over the same content all while an EW report is still open and unanswered. Callmemirela 🍁 {Talk} ♑ 16:43, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – [Edit=Allow only autoconfirmed users] (expires 15:33, 2 March 2016) [Move=Allow only autoconfirmed users] (expires 15:33, 2 March 2016) (Persistent disruptive editing). Unguriu (talk) 16:48, 14 February 2016 (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
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 rolling archive of the last seven days of protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Rolling archive.