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    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.

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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:2019–20 coronavirus pandemic data

    Indefinite Extended-protection: Extended protection expired. Require indefinite protection due to persistent vandalism. Amkgp (talk) 13:17, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Note: I'll leave this to another administrator, but my impression is that the current indefinite semi-protection is doing the job. Yes, the page is very heavily edited by a great many people. But in the last couple of pages of the history there are very few reverts or objecting to somebody else's edit, and more to the point, even the occasional edit that gets removed is from an extended-confirmed user, so the added protection does not appear to be needed. -- MelanieN (talk) 00:12, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    (Non-administrator comment) Normally I would agree that semi-protection would be fine however due to the high edit rate by experienced editors and the various consensus that have been reached to adhere to Wikipedia policies and guidelines I would strongly recommend extended confirmed protection while the pandemic is ongoing at this point. I have been helping out with COVID-19 edit requests for EC & semi protected articles in my spare time and this template is one that defiantly needs EC protection until the pandemic slows down. This edit for instance fixed an issue where someone removed the Diamond Princess from the list. The ship was missing for most of the day before someone caught it and we can't risk someone getting autoconfirmed access after 4 days with any random 10 edits editing this template when it is on the highly viewed 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic article that is linked on the main page. Alucard 16❯❯❯ chat? 03:40, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing from anonymous users. Bowling is life (talk) 22:45, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. This looks to be disruption caused by a single IP editor. If edit warring persists, handling it without page protection should be attempted first. Dekimasuよ! 02:42, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Bianca Andreescu

    Temporary semi-protection: This page has been protected three time against presumably one editor who keeps trying to change the first sentence to violate WP:ETHNICITY. The most recent one was on 28 November for three months (see here), which expired on 28 February. It was previously protected on 14 November for two weeks (see here). Before that, it was protected on November 6 for one week (see here). The first two times, the disruptive editor returned within 24 hours of the end of the protection period to revert the page. Most recently, it took a month for that editor to restore the bad version. However, they already quickly put that version back even after it was reverted. Since one week and two weeks did nothing and three months has not had a lasting effect, can we try one year? Sportsfan77777 (talk) 23:21, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Note: (Non-administrator comment) @Sportsfan77777: Fixed parsing issue for the friendly bot. Alucard 16❯❯❯ chat? 03:47, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Pending-changes protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. @Sportsfan77777: When this expires, if the problem continues, please put a polite message on article talk with a brief outline of what WP:ETHNICITY says and say that it the reason the attempts to add the "origin" are not accepted. Ask if there is any reason the guideline should be ignored. Then put a friendly message on each IP's talk with a link to article talk. Then we can consider longer protection. Johnuniq (talk) 04:16, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Already protected by administrator Johnuniq. (Non-administrator comment) Alucard 16❯❯❯ chat? 04:45, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Rodrigues starling

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Catgirllover4ever (talk) 03:02, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of three days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Johnuniq (talk) 04:24, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Maximus Ongkili

    Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing and agrument from other user. Best Wishes NikoUMS (talk) 03:02, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Note: (Non-administrator comment) I would recommend pending changes protection because it is a BLP and the edit activity is low. @NikoUMS: Not every instance is vandalism and requires protection. This edit and revert seems more like a simple content dispute. In your revert you linked to a non-English Wikipedia article as the reason. It is actually recommended you use reliable sources and not Wikipedia articles when doing this and to make sure the reliable source your using in the edit summary is also in the article to back up the content. For example from a quick search I found this article from 2004 that would have backed up that Ongkili was sworn in as the Minister of National Unity on 30 March 2004 that you could have used. Alucard 16❯❯❯ chat? 04:28, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Extraterrestrial real estate

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Johnny Au (talk/contributions) 03:11, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Note: (Non-administrator comment) @Johnny Au: Fixed parsing issue for the friendly bot. Alucard 16❯❯❯ chat? 03:54, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Declined @Johnny Au: It might be one IP (one IPv6 /64) and I would block them if they had a warning. If it happens again, please put the following in a new section ("April 2020") on their talk: {{subst:uw-vandalism3|Extraterrestrial real estate}} ~~~~ If they repeat after that, notify me. If it's a different IP, post again here. There was a recent good IP edit. Johnuniq (talk) 04:30, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Kamaru Usman

    Semi-protection: Persistent IP vandalism. Retrofan781 (talk) 04:08, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Temporary full-protection: Persistent disruptive editing and edit warring by multiple sockpuppets. This page was semi-protected, then temporarily full-protected after edit warring by a now indeffed sockpuppet as per Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Feinoa. Given that multiple sockpuppets / sockpuppeteers active on this page have recently been indeffed, and others will most likely follow suit, I suggest we retain full protection of the article until May 1, 2020 at 01:51 UTC. Users may request edits on the talk page.Iswearius (talk) 04:09, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Haken (band)

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Persistent addition of unsourced material by multiple IPs and accounts. Victão Lopes Fala! 05:25, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for reduction in protection level

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    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.

    Shortcuts

    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.

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    Maon Kurosaki

    Reason: The article was indefinitely semi-protected over a year ago owing to repeated disruptive editing; specifically, adding anti-vaccine statements. It has been over a year since then and I was wondering if it would be safe to trial unprotection to see if the disruption will no longer be an issue. If it returns, the indef semi can probably be reimplemented. The protecting sysop, Courcelles, has not edited since April, hence why I am bringing it up here. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 23:40, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I think not. Because this is a contentious topic that attracts anti-vaccine statements, and this is the silly season (election year in the United States) where all manner of fringe nutcases at all political levels are doing everything possible to modify factual narrative to comply with fringe viewpoints, this is probably the worst possible time to request unprotecting such an article. There is no point in conducting a trial experiment that is likely to create needless work for the community.
    Not done. I'd give it another year. ~Anachronist (talk) 02:51, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Patil

    Reason: For some reason, its marked "Extended," which is way too much Peter Jinbin (talk) 03:14, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    That’s a disambiguation page, you thinking of some other page? -- Malcolmxl5 (talk) 03:19, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Michael Coudrey

    Semi-protection: Subject is notable and relevant in recent news talking about his biomedical research and COVID-19. I believe it would be in the public's best interest to showcase this individual and associated clinical trials/pathology of COVID-19. Request for reduced permissions for public to contribute and add information. There appears to be admin restrictions in moving from draft --> mainspace. 2600:8801:3100:1840:ED2C:CF5D:8913:8B7F (talk) 05:08, 3 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

    Handled requests

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

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