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 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.
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 00:44, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – WP:PIA. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 04:03, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Reason: persistent vandalism (scores/result have been altered on multiple occasions) Electricmaster (talk) 07:28, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP Vandalism, The someone from different IP addresses keep on deleting the text without any reference or data. Umar shahid (talk) 09:06, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Continued vandalism from a variety of IP addresses. DH85868993 (talk) 09:36, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent sockpuppetry. See Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/TyMega. HorrorLover555 (talk) 10:40, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism. Hauntbug (talk) 12:16, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Automated comment: @Hauntbug: This request cannot be parsed. Please ensure it follows formatting consistent with the current or previous methods of submission.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 12:29, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Per WP:CT/A-I. Pachu Kannan (talk) 12:30, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – WP:ARBPIA. Leonidlednev (T, C, L) 18:12, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Per WP:CT/A-I. Pachu Kannan (talk) 18:13, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Untamed1910 (talk) 20:03, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Reason: ARBCOM protection needed. Several Arbcom reversions have already occurred due to non-EC editors editing a page with a topic they are not allowed to. See the page history for all the reversions and non-EC editors. The Weather Event Writer (Talk Page) 20:17, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Same IP disruption has resumed after expiry of last semiprotect. MrOllie (talk) 20:36, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. The disruption all comes from the same /64 range. Page-blocked for 3 months. Bishonen | tålk 20:57, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Reason: A month or so ago we had a problem where Allan Lichtman told his followers to go edit his pages to remove critical material. He has continued to agitate about Wikipedia and his followers have been reverting the pages in contravention to the talk pages again though I do not know if he said anything about it in the last week. I did my best to remove vandalism or content editing against the talk page consensus and redirect them there, where the issues were resolved months ago. I do not think the pages need full protection, but blocking unregistered users may help, as that seems to be the root of the problem on all "sides" (both critics and support). This is for both his main page and the The Keys to the White House page. As far as I can tell I got it back to where it was before someone started editing everything again but I will check. One of the editors has a user name matching the name of his wife. Caraturane (talk) 21:12, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- I apologize I flipped the pages, the edits are occurring on The Keys to the White House page today, but semi-protecting both is probably most practical given the apparent conflict of interest edits. Caraturane (talk) 21:19, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Semi for 48 hours due to instability and edit warring. ~ Pbritti (talk) 21:26, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Continued targeting by IPs and SPAs (assuming it's all one person) adding serious and oversightable BLP violations. Your Friendly Neighborhood Sociologist ⚧ Ⓐ (talk) 21:28, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Frequent disruptive edits from IP editors and single-purpose accounts that are possibly connected to the subject of the article Helioz9 (talk) 21:52, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Reason: vandalism CassiJevenn (talk) 22:41, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level
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.
Unprotection: Disruptive edits, and all edits in general actually, are extremely sparse. The 2 most recent disruptive edit were on 6 June and 15 May. Before then would be 29 Feb and 25 Jan. I think the sparse amount of vandalism allows unprotection. TheWikiToby (talk) 19:25, 1 October 2024 (UTC)
- Couldn't contact the protecting admin btw (@Samsara) since they've been inactive since 2021. TheWikiToby (talk) 19:28, 1 October 2024 (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.