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 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 protection increases at the BOTTOM of this section. If you cannot find your request, check the archive of requests or, failing that, the page history. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Repeated addition of unsourced information by IPs. Greenman (talk) 10:58, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Repeated addition of unsourced information by IPs. Greenman (talk) 10:59, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Repeated addition of unsourced information by IPs. Greenman (talk) 10:59, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Permanent semi-protection: This article has a very long history of persistent vandalism by multiple accounts and IP addresses (sock puppets of Phạm Văn Rạng). It is currently temporarily protected, but I would like to request permanent protection as it is an important article. AOKI567 (talk) 11:15, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 13:57, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Persistent long-term abuse. Trailblazer101 (talk) 12:35, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent addition of unsourced content. Waxworker (talk) 13:17, 10 May 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 13:27, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Editors adding a new coach when nothing has been announced. Kante4 (talk) 13:21, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Annh07 (talk) 13:35, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – sudden upsurge in vandalism. Probably due to recent election results. Chaheel Riens (talk) 13:39, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Repeated IP disruptions. Trailblazer101 (talk) 13:44, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Insufficient protection level, four socks of the same LTA (DervilaMoneri, GrapeIdea123, EijahHunner, LezlouBumort) have edit warred content since the article was semi-protected in January. Belbury (talk) 14:24, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Repeated IP vandalism about debate team Melchior2006 (talk) 14:30, 10 May 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.
Reason: Unprotection: This article has been semi-protected since 2011 due to apparent vandalism. I doubt this low-profile article of an unremarkable town will be the target of a lot of disruption after 14 years have passed. I wasn't require to contact the protecting administrator; he's been dead since 2019. (and it's ironic how the higher profile Bell and Liberty Bell articles are not protected to begin with!) BriDash9000 (talk) 02:10, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite pending changes protection: No longer necessary. Not much vandals since protection six years ago. I am requesting this here since the admin who protected this left Wikipedia. Freedoxm (talk · contribs) 06:53, 10 May 2025 (UTC)
Unprotection: 14-year-old protection is largely redundant; admin Nev1 is inactive since 2020 and seems unlikely they will return for a foreseeable future. EditorGirlAL07 (talk) 10:59, 10 May 2025 (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.