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 of article protection, upload protection, or create 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.
Reason: High level of IP vandalism Normal rookie (talk) 02:24, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: 2001:E68:540F:0:0:0:0:0/49 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. Page added to my pre-existing partial block on the range. Daniel Case (talk) 04:09, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Partisan/political stuff. Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 04:22, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
- Please enforce WP:CT/AP. IanDBeacon (talk) 04:52, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
- The talk page for Gulf of Mexico is supposed to allow auto confirmed users to edit the Gulf of Mexico article. To ECP the talk page kills virtually any activity for the article page. SimpleSubCubicGraph (talk) 05:24, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: About half the January edits are new accounts or IP editors arbitrarily changing the subject's nationality or ethnicity to Kurdish. This is supported by no reliable source and no source cited in the article. The protection likely doesn't need to be permanent as this has not been a major issue for the article in the past. Rjjiii (talk) 05:58, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: IP disruptively reverting/edit warring back to article rather than recent redirect of the article, despite the many problems brought up (by myself) regarding the article at Talk:List of Monster Jam episodes#Convert to redirect. IP has doing nothing to fix any of the issues brought up, whether any of the massive amount of unsourced content or downright incorrect information. Please let me know if this would preferred to be reported elsewhere, such as AIV, ANI, or AN3. Magitroopa (talk) 06:51, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Repeated BLP violations. Krimuk2.0 (talk) 07:11, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Due to high traffic, requesting page to protected a bit longer to protect from disruptive IP edits. Imcdc Contact 07:23, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
- hey.goodafternon.sorrry.i.im.daleyd over im trubolshoting 216.247.28.171 (talk) 08:09, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent disruptive edits and addition of unsourced content by IPs for a long time. Media Mender 📬✍🏻 08:17, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary protection: Persistent vandalism. Cassiopeia talk 08:28, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Vandalism again by various Indian IPs adding/replacing to their promotional website (bollywoodfever). Article already protected twice in January 2025, requesting for longer this time round. — 🧧🍊 Paper9oll 🍊🧧 (🔔 • 📝) 08:40, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – repeated IP vandalism since the start of the year. ser! (chat to me - see my edits) 09:03, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – LTA User:Lam312321321 using two sock accounts and an IP to restore content to this article, in the past few days. Belbury (talk) 09:15, 31 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent disruptive editing. Hamasien (talk) 09:27, 31 January 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.
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.
Add that 80 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed since the “ceasefire” began (i.e. genocide direct deaths have continued albeit at a slower pace) https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/death-and-destruction-returning-to-rafah https://news.antiwar.com/2025/01/29/israeli-forces-have-killed-more-than-80-palestinians-in-gaza-since-ceasefire-went-into-effect/ Seahumidity (talk) 09:46, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.