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.
Indefinite extended confirmed: Arbitration enforcement – Part of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Felicia (talk) 01:33, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Synthwave.94 (talk) 02:21, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Added to pending changes: High level of disruptive editing. ★ Iñaki ★ (Talk page) ★ 03:42, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Declined - only one user - warn them/ report at AIV if they keep going. AlexiusHoratius 02:23, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Indefinite full protection: Inappropriate use of user talk page while blocked – User is treating its talk page like an article. FilmandTVFan28 (talk) 06:40, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
User(s) re-blocked with talk page editing disallowed. AlexiusHoratius 03:02, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring – The users need some nudging to go to the talk page to discuss this dispute. Nihlus 09:43, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
- Declined for now - request was good at the time but the article's been quiet for a bit. AlexiusHoratius 02:16, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Block evasion by Giubbotto non ortodosso across various IPs and with new accounts. Ss112 09:46, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring. !dave 10:42, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
- Declined - request was good at the time but the dispute seems to have died down. AlexiusHoratius 02:18, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary protection: Persistent vandalism. Serols (talk) 11:10, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring. Jamesharrison2014 (talk) 12:16, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary full protection: Persistent addition of commentary and unreliably sourced material, removal of sourced material. Khruner (talk) 12:36, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. LinguistunEinsuno 14:02, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. AlexiusHoratius 02:35, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Pending changes overall doesn't seem like enough. There has been coherent vandalism even since protection. Semi needed. Hummerrocket (talk) 17:17, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
- Declined - couple incidents in as many weeks and well over 100 watchers - pc seems okay for now. AlexiusHoratius 02:40, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – PC is NOT enough. Hummerrocket (talk) 18:13, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – new editors adding rubbish, to an article under WP:ARBPIA. Huldra (talk) 20:25, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – New editors editing article under WP:ARBPIA..and not making any sense. Huldra (talk) 20:26, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed: Arbitration enforcement – The birth location is being changed from Israel to Palestine, so I think this comes under being construed as belonging to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 21:03, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism Persistant nonsensical vandalism. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 22:09, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
- Automated comment: @Murgatroyd49: This request cannot be parsed. Please ensure it follows formatting consistent with the current or previous methods of submission.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 22:20, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of two weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. AlexiusHoratius 02:49, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – exceeds what pc can do. Hummerrocket (talk) 22:39, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Not done There have been four edits (not including archive bot) to the page since protection. PC can handle such a load. Anarchyte (work | talk) 01:31, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Have a Merry Christmas ---- ChocolateRabbit 23:33, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Semi-protection: An IP and now a newly created account have added an illegal streaming link to the article three times now. This is a recurring trend on the night of large boxing and MMA events, so it is expected that this will be seen on many more occasions tonight. Alexander Gustafsson (talk) 23:35, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
Semi-protection: High level of IP vandalism. I just had to remove a bunch today that went largely unwatched, and it seems to have gone on for a while too with reverts. PseudoSkull (talk) 02:21, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. General Ization Talk 02:22, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. General Ization Talk 02:51, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Jasper Deng (talk) 03:19, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Large amounts of vandalism in past few days. From the the looks of the protection log this is consistent and possibly should be indefinite. EstablishedCalculus 03:55, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. EstablishedCalculus 04:35, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Semi-protection: IP vandalism. — JudeccaXIII (talk) 04:58, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Sudden burst of Google Doodle related vandalism. Safiel (talk) 07:13, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary full protection editors making edits without having a consensus to do so. Discussion is ongoing on the talk page, but the editors will not provide the evidence and argumentation necessary for a consensus to gel. I was involved on the talk page, and I have consistently asked the editors to stop making the edits and discuss, but frustration has driven me away, and I will not longer edit the article or participate on the talk page. Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:14, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – little reason to be edited by anon users, most edits are vandalism/reverts. WNYY98 (talk) 08:05, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – getting vandalism due to pending giancarlo stanton trade. WNYY98 (talk) 08:10, 10 December 2017 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: There's a DRN at WP:DRN#Talk:Survivor: Ghost Island concerning this page. The unregistered editor involved has potentially violated 3RR. A volunteer has suggested semi protection to avoid conflicts. Yashovardhan (talk) 08:18, 10 December 2017 (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.
Semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Needs an increase in level of protection. Stanton is being reported as signing with a new team, and people will continue to change his team inappropriately until an official announcement occurs. EricEnfermero (Talk) 13:34, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 14:00, 9 December 2017 (UTC)
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.