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.
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – LTA sockpuppeting and adding personal phone numbers. Alith Anar 16:14, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Entranced98 (talk) 20:23, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- List of executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Obvious target. Ormewood (talk) 20:38, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- Please enforce WP:CT/AP. IanDBeacon (talk) 20:48, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary protection: Repeated addition of unsourced content, removal of citations. Adakiko (talk) 20:50, 24 January 2025 (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 21:17, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent disruptive editing KingArti (talk) 21:39, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 45 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Dr vulpes (Talk) 11:44, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Repeated IP vandalism Adumbrativus (talk) 23:37, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism(see hist) RaschenTechner (talk) 01:35, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Dr vulpes (Talk) 11:42, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended-confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Partially related to the Arab-Israeli conflict: WP:CTOPS/A-I 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 03:01, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Disruptive/promotional editing by three accounts in the past few hours. Suspected sockpuppetry. TornadoLGS (talk) 03:54, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Temperory Semi-Protection: High level of IP vandalism, despite many warnings Imsaneikigai (talk) 04:19, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Keeps getting vandalized and negative info being added without proper citations, positive info being removed. It was protected before, but it expired. A more permanent or long term protection would be better. Main editor doing now is @3517MountainPark, but also there was an IP editor before. I suspect it is the same person with different accounts. Other prior accounts this person used are @EncoreTalent and @MikeLFaraday. Sharamoscar (talk) 04:30, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: I wanna say that it was not produced by Paramount Animation, but other sources say otherwise. I do not believe it is due to the 2018 film Sherlock Gnomes' page saying it was Paramount Animation's first fully animated feature. Andy H Tisler (talk) 04:44, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary create protection: Repeatedly recreated – This category should be protected until April 2 at the very least, when new information about the Nintendo Switch 2 will be announced by Nintendo. GSK (talk • edits) 05:14, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Inappropriate use of user talk page while blocked. JustSomeoneNo (talk) 06:05, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. None, in fact. Favonian (talk) 11:11, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Inappropriate use of user talk page while blocked. JustSomeoneNo (talk) 06:09, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. None, in fact. Favonian (talk) 11:11, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Inappropriate use of user talk page while blocked. JustSomeoneNo (talk) 06:19, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. None, in fact. Favonian (talk) 11:11, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – there is edit war happening between which language comes first. Constantly changing. Aadirulez8 (talk) 09:11, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – issue with unregistered users changing house name. a conclusion has been found in the talk tab of this article, but there is an issue with unregistered members editing it regardless. FransenVe (talk) 11:48, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. A hapless IP this week and a reprobate sock the week before do not a persistent vandalism make. Hopefully, we will end up with a lasting consensus on this ridiculous question. Favonian (talk) 12:26, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Chronic IP vandalism. ser! (chat to me - see my edits) 12:30, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Unreasonably long history of IP vandalism. SleepDeprivedGinger (talk) 12:32, 25 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.
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.