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 protection increases at the BOTTOM of this section. If you cannot find your request, check the archive of requests or, failing that, the page history. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.
Reason: Persistent unreferenced /poorly referenced edits. Hotwiki (talk) 07:51, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Declined @Hotwiki: Sorry but this has been languishing for over 24 hours, and I can see why. A few recent edits I quickly looked at show changes that would only be bad if they were wrong. The article is indefinitely semi-protected due to an WP:LTA problem so the next protection level would be WP:ECP which is less commonly applied. If it continues, please put an explanation of why the edits are problematic on article talk and try to engage the editors adding factoids to engage there. Johnuniq (talk) 10:05, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – Requesting ECP for WP:ARBPIA enforcement because the party has become relevant to 2025 killing of Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. workers and as such is seeing an uptick in encyclopedic vandalism/additions, temporary enforcement would also be fine. Smallangryplanet (talk) 13:26, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Consistent vandalism of an unregistered mobile editor. PH 0447 (talk) 13:39, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring. — Trailblazer101🔥 (discuss · contribs) 15:18, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – WP:ARBPIA. Laura240406 (talk) 18:57, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
- Opinion polling for the 2025 Polish presidential election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Reason: Edit warring at an unthinkable level, maybe even politically-charged vandalism Polish kurd (talk) 21:27, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary protection: Edit warring by multiple IPs, likely same individual Adakiko (talk) 01:17, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
- Huggle want to put the request at the top for some reason. Adakiko (talk) 01:20, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. Lectonar (talk) 07:32, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Persistant disruptive editing by anonymous editors; addition of unsourced/improperly sourced content. livelikemusic (TALK!) 03:23, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Promotional edit warring by shifting IP address. Grayfell (talk) 06:27, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism (also block evasion by User:Kairakairav). Seyamar💬📜 07:07, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Edit warring by multiple IPs Wowzers122 (talk) 07:21, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level
Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin on 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.
Reason: incorrect from factual history:
Even Evil (tv show) had an episode on it.
-1913 Natives Land Act -1948 National Party Victory / Apartheid Begins -1955 Freedom Charter -1960 Sharpeville Massacre -1976 Soweto Uprising -1980s: State of Emergency -1994: Democratic Elections / Mandela Presidency -2000s–Present: Land Reform, Farm Attacks, Economic Collapse Zones
30+ years of attacking white and mixed parents. This isn't new, and many have died. Sadly even lovers of a Caucasian were This includes the children as well. Lokifenrisulfr (talk) 08:41, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for edits to a protected page
Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here
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 historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.