Wikipedia:Requests for page protection
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This page is for requesting that a page, file or template be fully protected, create protected (salted), extended confirmed protected, 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. 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, 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.
If you would like to request to have a page protected, have a page's existing protection level lowered or raised, or would like to submit an edit request for a protected page, please follow these steps (note: if you enable the Twinkle gadget for your Wikipedia account, this process can be largely automated for you):
=== [[Example Article Name]] ===
* {{pagelinks|Example Article Name}}
'''Semi-protection:''' High level of IP vandalism. ~~~~
=== [[Template:Example Template Name]] ===
* {{pagelinks|Template:Example Template Name}}
'''Reduction in protection level:''' From full protection to template editor protection. ~~~~
=== 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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Contents
- 1 Current requests for increase in protection level
- 1.1 Template:Ancient history
- 1.2 Boy (album)
- 1.3 Happy Sugar Life
- 1.4 Template:Template sandbox notice
- 1.5 Andy Fraser
- 1.6 Gwalior State
- 1.7 United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
- 1.8 Gerwyn Price
- 1.9 Lithium
- 1.10 Declan Donnelly
- 1.11 Starrcade (2018)
- 1.12 Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin
- 1.13 Scottish people
- 1.14 Holly Willoughby
- 2 Current requests for reduction in protection level
- 3 Current requests for edits to a protected page
- 4 Handled requests
Current requests for increase in protection level[edit]
Template:Ancient history[edit]
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Moxy (talk) 23:57, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
Declined This is a single IP. We don't protect articles in such cases. If you think this is disruptive editing WP:ANI is that way. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:45, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Boy (album)[edit]
Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring: Editors who should know better are engaged in an inane edit war. (See report at ANI [1].) -- Softlavender (talk) 06:18, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
- Looks like it stopped.--Ymblanter (talk) 21:40, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Declined per Ymblanter. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:47, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Happy Sugar Life[edit]
Semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – by IPs. Sk8erPrince (talk) 07:36, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:48, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Template:Template sandbox notice[edit]
Indefinite extended confirmed: Highly visible; used by the high-use Template:Documentation (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs). — Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs) 17:28, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Template protected indefinitely. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:55, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Andy Fraser[edit]
Temporary full protection: Need PP to encourage seeking consensus. See User talk:Allrightnow1970. - FlightTime (open channel) 19:23, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. If edit warring persists after appropriate warnings refer to WP:3RRN. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:57, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Gwalior State[edit]
Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring – on going Edit war since 13 November between a new editor and page watchers, a discussion thread has been started but no one has participated yet. Protection would allow all parties to join the talk page. . DBigXrayᗙ 20:08, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Fully protected for a period of 48 hrs, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:02, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
United States House of Representatives elections, 2018[edit]
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2018 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Long term semi-protection: Too many IPs & 'new' editors making changes to the numbers of seats won, that aren't sourced & are simply messing up the article in the process. GoodDay (talk) 21:39, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:04, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Gerwyn Price[edit]
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. OZOO (t) (c) 21:45, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 48 hrs, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:22, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Lithium[edit]
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Ostrichyearning3 (talk) 22:31, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 336 hrs, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:08, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Declan Donnelly[edit]
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. CLCStudent (talk) 22:37, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 22:59, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Already protected by administrator Home Lander. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:10, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Starrcade (2018)[edit]
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent changing of Styles vs. Joe match to Bryan vs. Styles by IP users without providing a reliable source for the change. TheDeviantPro (talk) 23:12, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 48 hrs, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:15, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin[edit]
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP hopping vandal. ∰Bellezzasolo✡ Discuss 23:25, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:16, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Scottish people[edit]
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Have a new editor that keeps adding red links. Let's lock the page up before he gets blocks before we have any chance to explain further. Moxy (talk) 23:39, 18 November 2018 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. They seem to have stopped. This is really too minor for page protection and I doubt any admin would block a new editor for making newbie mistakes. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:20, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Holly Willoughby[edit]
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Vistadan 00:31, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 48 hrs, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:23, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level[edit]
- 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 rolling archive if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.
Current requests for edits to a protected page[edit]
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
{{request edit}}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.
Create a level 3 header with a link to the article in question, then a {{Pagelinks}} template and then the reason. It looks like this:
Example (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) your request 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.