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This page is for requesting that a page, file or template be fully protected, create protected (salted), semi-protected, added to pending changes, move-protected, template protected (template-specific), upload protected (file-specific), or unprotected. Please read up on 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 only to prevent IP and new user vandalism (see the rough guide to semi-protection), and move protection is used to stop pagemove revert wars.

After a page has been protected, the protection is listed in the page history and logs with a short description indicating why it was protected, and the article is listed on Special:Protectedpages. Further discussion should take place on the Talk page of the article. In the case of full protection due to edit warring, admins do not revert to specific versions of the page, except to get rid of obvious vandalism.

Instructions

If you would like to request a page to be protected or unprotected, please follow the following steps:

  1. If you are requesting unprotection, you must ask the protecting administrator first for unprotection. If the admin is unable to respond and/or lower protection then you can list your request on this page.
  2. Add a level 3 header (i.e. === [[Example title]] ===) with the namespace if not an article. Place your request at the bottom of either the protection or unprotection list, depending on the nature of your request, and place the pagelinks template below the header in the form of * {{pagelinks|Example title}}. Please make sure you have spelled the name of the article properly; a common error stems from mistaken requests for the protection of redirects, particularly capitalised ones.
  3. If you are requesting protection, write the type of request (full protection, semi-protection, pending changes, move protection) and a brief reason for your request below your header.
  4. Please do not add arbitrary requests for a protection expiry time to your request, or request indefinite protection arbitrarily.
    • If there is a reason for a page to be protected for a certain amount of time, such as protecting a user talk page until the user is unblocked, please make this clear.
    • If you are requesting indefinite semi-protection or pending changes, be aware that it is only applied to articles with endemic and endless vandalism problems which multiple increasing periods of temporary semi-protection or pending changes have failed to stop.
    • Note that different expiry times can be set for edit and move-protections, so an article can, for example, be semi-edit-protected for a week and full-move-protected indefinitely.
  5. Sign your request with four tildes ~~~~ and save.
  • Note: this is not a venue for continuing an argument from elsewhere nor starting a new discussion regarding content. If a request contains excessive arguing, is being used for edit-warring or content disputes, contains personal attacks or uncivil comments or any other unrelated discussion, it will be removed from this page.
Examples
For single page requests
=== [[Example Article Name]] ===
* {{pagelinks|Example Article Name}}
'''Semi-protection:''' High level of IP vandalism. ~~~~

=== [[Template:Example Template Name]] ===
* {{pagelinks|Template:Example Template Name}}
'''Unprotection:''' From full protection to template editor protection. ~~~~
For multiple page requests with the same criteria
=== Short descriptive header ===
* {{pagelinks|Wikipedia:Example Page Name 1}}
* {{pagelinks|Wikipedia:Example Page Name 2}}
'''Temporary semi-protection:''' High level of IP vandalism. ~~~~
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Administrator instructions

Current requests for increase in protection level[edit]

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 rolling 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.

Anaconda Mining Company[edit]

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – User trying to create article about non-notable company, destroying redirect to a notable company. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:20, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. — MusikAnimal talk 17:59, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Sam Byram[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – A lot of unsourced IP edits due to transfer rumours. JMHamo (talk) 01:10, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. — MusikAnimal talk 18:00, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Ted Cruz[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: increased IP vandalism due to debate. CFredkin (talk) 01:21, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. — MusikAnimal talk 18:02, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Lexington, Tennessee[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. I dream of horses (My talk page) (My edits) @ 01:41, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Stop x nuvola with clock.svg User(s) blocked. — MusikAnimal talk 18:03, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Tennis[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: recent spike in repeated IP hopping vandalism from multiple IPs making identical incorrect changes. oknazevad (talk) 01:44, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected indefinitely. Extensive history of disruption and lengthy protection log — MusikAnimal talk 18:05, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Montreal Canadiens[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Callmemirela 🍁 {Talk} ♑ 01:56, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 Weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Sarahj2107 (talk) 09:19, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge[edit]

Semi-protection: IP vandalism due to being in news cycle, similar to IP vandalism of Oath Keepers. May be same vandals moving over following semiprotection of Oath Keepers. Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz (talk) 02:44, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Nathan Lane[edit]

Semi-protection: Ongoing insertion of deliberate factual errors. Snuggums (talk / edits) 03:35, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. — MusikAnimal talk 18:06, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Gregg Harper[edit]

Semi-protection: High level of IP vandalism and edit warring due to his new opponent in the election, Jimmy Giles. He even referenced it on his Facebook page! Light-jet pilot (talk) 05:18, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. — MusikAnimal talk 18:07, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Josh Stewart[edit]

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – At least one IP editor keeps changing the character of Barsad to The Maskatta (sp?) Man even though the character portrayed in The Dark Knight Rises is Barsad. CrashUnderride 05:22, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. — MusikAnimal talk 18:09, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Charlie (2015 Malayalam film)[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – People associated with the crew are adding promotional content. Se-protection advised. Nairspecht (talk) 08:25, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Requesting for long term protection. Apparently unsourced editing starts just after expiring the protections.--Charles Turing (talk) 14:29, 15 January 2016 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. — MusikAnimal talk 18:10, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Frangoulis Frangos[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Peristent IP vandalism over the past few weeks. Constantine ✍ 09:08, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Pending-change protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. — MusikAnimal talk 18:11, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Nikolaos Douvas[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Peristent IP vandalism over the past weeks. Constantine ✍ 09:08, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. — MusikAnimal talk 18:12, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Aristeidis Chasapidis[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Peristent IP vandalism over the past few weeks. Constantine ✍ 09:08, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Konstantinos Maniadakis[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Peristent IP vandalism over the past few weeks. Constantine ✍ 09:08, 15 January 2016 (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 ITalk to my owner:Online 09:13, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Satisfaction (Benny Benassi song)[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: IP user with dynamic address engaging in revert warring. OpenFuture (talk) 09:56, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Zo people[edit]

Indefinite semi-protection: Long term ethnic "warring" with no explanations or discussion. Doug Weller talk 10:51, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Materialscientist (talk) 10:54, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Seydou Doumbia[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism on subject involved in current football transfer rumours. cheers, Struway2 (talk) 11:53, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

List of awards and nominations received by Leonardo DiCaprio[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Frankie talk 12:27, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

IDF Caterpillar D9[edit]

Full or long-term semi-protection:Disruptive IP returned immediately after last protection expired.--TMCk (talk) 13:26, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

CCN Digital[edit]

Temporary create protection: Repeatedly recreated. Bentogoa (talk) 16:08, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Dejan Velevski[edit]

Create protection: Repeatedly recreated. Sir Sputnik (talk) 16:24, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Creation protected — MusikAnimal talk 18:12, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Smartphone[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Vandalism and inappropriate removal of content. Dat GuyTalkContribs 18:27, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Swaminarayan Gadi[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – The vandalism has even lead to an AfD start. Dat GuyTalkContribs 18:42, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

T9 (predictive text)[edit]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Various IPs vandalizing the article. --. Rsrikanth05 (talk) 18:57, 15 January 2016 (UTC)

Current requests for reduction in protection level[edit]

Shortcuts:
Please post requests in this section for removing or reducing the protection level of a page if the protecting admin is inactive or you have already asked them.
  • To find out the username of the admin who protected the page click on "View 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 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 here if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

Current requests for edits to a protected page[edit]

Further information: Wikipedia:Edit requests
Shortcut:
Ideally, requests should be made on the article talk page rather than here.

Handled requests[edit]

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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