Wikipedia:Requests for page protection
Welcome—request protection of a page, file, or template here. | ||
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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
Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here |
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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.
Yasser Elshantaf
Reason: Protecting the reputation and privacy of the living person subject to the biography, in accordance with Wikipedia's BLP policy. Yousef pal (talk) 23:20, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Pages are not protected preemptively. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 23:23, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
Widows' War
Reason: Persistent unreferenced edits from IP users. Hotwiki (talk) 23:58, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
- I agree with your reversions and understand the frustration, but the volume of bad edits by various IPs seems kind of low, around once a week. Not even an average of one per week. Kind of thin for protection. Will leave open for another to decide. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 00:04, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 03:31, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Film is about to be released in a few days and IP's are running rampant with misinformation and premature actions. Armegon (talk) 02:03, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Daniel Case (talk) 03:33, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Talk:Sweet Baby Inc.
Temporary semi-protection: POV pushers and personal attacks aplenty again after the protection expired, unsurprisingly. LilianaUwU (talk / contributions) 02:08, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- Declined Insufficient problems, and a few of the problems (hatted WP:FORUMs) wouldn't be caught with semi-protection anyway. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 02:16, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Steve Irwin
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 02:34, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked blocked by Acroterion. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 02:50, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Domino's
Pending changes. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 03:07, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked blocked by C.Fred. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 03:25, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Several new users have recently been adding randomly fake facts and a strange aside about chipmunks. Rjjiii (talk) 03:46, 25 March 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.
Christchurch mosque shootings
Reason: It has been almost 5 years since it happened. It will still get the occasional vandal edit, but I think it will be managed and allow more editors to expand on the article. If it turns out that IPs are vandalising it too much, I think protection can be re added very easily. Kiwiz1338 (talk) 13:07, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not what is gained by reducing it, as the talk page is active enough and anyone can request edits, and the risk of vandalism is unacceptably high, imho. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 13:18, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
- Looking closer, there are BLP concerns, religious concerns, it is a Level 5 Vital article, so I would be against lowering it, but will leave the request open for more opinions. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 13:21, 24 March 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.