Wikipedia:Requests for page protection

"WP:RFP" and "WP:RPP" redirect here. You may also be looking for Wikipedia:Requests for permissions, Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission, or Wikipedia:Random page patrol.
    Welcome—request protection of a page, file, or template here.
    Shortcuts

    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
    this header: view • edit



    Current requests for increase in protection level

    Request protection of a page, or increasing the protection level
    Shortcuts

    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.


    Dassault Rafale

    Reason: Lot of misinformation being edited and potential vandalism SaNa Insights (talk) 13:07, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Requires longer protection as sockpuppet edits have continued less than a week after the previous protection expired. Katniss May the odds be ever in your favor ♥ 14:34, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Pashteen hat

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – There has been a pattern of consistent vandalism and unexplained deletion of most content (with refs) from the article (including today by an IP, that's still not reverted as of now). Khestwol (talk) 15:30, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    2025 India–Pakistan strikes

    Full protection/pending changes: Content dispute/edit warring – Multiple content dispute and manual reverts, including removal of sourced content. A full protection for a small duration would be ideal, or pending changes. — Benison (Beni · talk) 17:03, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Please invoke WP:1RR. IanDBeacon (talk) 00:54, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Ethan Slater

    Reason: Persistent long-term BLP violations by IP users. The page has been repeatedly protected over the last few years due to BLP violations, the most recent was for 1 year [1] Hemiauchenia (talk) 18:15, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Miss Possessive Tour

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent, ongoing vandalism by anonymous editors by editing against properly, reliably sourced information. livelikemusic (TALK!) 19:18, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Ottoman–Persian Wars

    Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. HistoryofIran (talk) 22:23, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Mga Batang Riles

    Reason: Persistent unreferenced edits. Hotwiki (talk) 23:21, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Friedrich Merz

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Two IP vandals within 1 1/2 hours and four IP vandals in 10 hours. Freedoxm (talk · contribs) 23:47, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    PinkPantheress

    Reason: High level of IP and some users changing the pictures to either blurry, unwikipedian images, or changing it to obviously copyrighted images. Name changes too. Haloretailstore (talk) 00:08, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Johnny Marr

    Reason: IP editor keeps adding band discographies to a solo artist's article. Has been reverted by two editors. Seasider53 (talk) 00:28, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    List of Stanley Cup champions

    Full protection: Edit-warring / content dispute. Left guide (talk) 02:03, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User talk:BrownHairedGirl

    Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring – Let's make it clear that other people are watching this page (including other administrators) and these volunteer editors need to discuss what's going on. Moxy🍁 02:27, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Fully protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:50, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Archive.today

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent IP vandalism. Koshuri (グ) 03:04, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:56, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanos (Squid Game)

    Reason: Vandalism return after the previous protection ended Lulusword (talk) 04:20, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:53, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    PL-15

    Semi-protection: relatively tangentially related to the 2025 India–Pakistan strikes. There seems to be only a low level of IP vandalism, so semi-protection is probably fine. laptop bird talkcontribs 05:30, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:52, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Tallur

    Reason: High level of IP vandalism. Veerajmani (talk) 05:54, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:51, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Associated Press

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. (CC) Tbhotch™ 06:17, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 2 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 06:50, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for reduction in protection level

    Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level
    Shortcuts

    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.

    Shortcuts

    Calcium

    Reason: Little to no vandalism since protection was implemented in 2009. I think it's worth trying pending changes for some time Filmssssssssssss (talk) 15:23, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    "Little to no vandalism" is not a reason to unprotect. That's circular reasoning. There's "little to no vandalism" because the protection is working as intended. Ask the protecting administrator Firsfron before asking here. There are good reasons why articles titled with common terms are indef-protected. ~Anachronist (talk) 16:32, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The only way to know if protection is still needed is to see if disruption returns without the protection, so time having passed is a valid reason (though the common term issue is also a fair reason to be hesitant). Sdrqaz (talk) 18:05, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    SCP Foundation

    Reason: This page has been indefinitely semi-protected since 2017. The admin claimed "persistent vandalism", but it's been almost 8 years ago, that seems a bit excessive for a niche subject like this. 162.192.142.210 (talk) 17:35, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    FYI Primefac. Sdrqaz (talk) 18:05, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Should I ask them? 162.192.142.210 (talk) 20:21, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I would decline, there was sock-related vandalism as recently as last year. Primefac (talk) 01:03, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hmm, but is vandalism that common of a problem for this article that it needs to be protected indefinitely? If it was an article about something that's always been very politically controversial, that would make sense. 162.192.142.210 (talk) 04:50, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Cisgender

    Reason: The paragraph needs to be changed by me CoolBaljeetFan12 (talk) 01:18, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for edits to a protected page

    Request a specific edit to a protected page
    Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here
    Shortcut

    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.
    Further information: Wikipedia:Edit requests


    Caillou

    In the characters section, under Clementine, it says it says she befriended Caillou in the episode "Caillou Goes to Daycare", but under Leo it says he befriended Caillou in "Caillou at Daycare". please change the "Caillou at Daycare" to "Caillou Goes to Daycare" under Leo, because the name of the episode is "Caillou Goes to Daycare" not "Caillou at Daycare". and besides it is more consistent. I have kindly asked this before in the talk page on March 4, 2024, but no one responded and it annoyed me a lot. Please, if you do not want to change it, provide a reason why. 76.68.113.121 (talk) 05:02, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Bella Ramsey

    Change the word "autistic" with "with autism" Fatdogchuckie0123 (talk) 05:34, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Handled requests

    A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.

    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection&oldid=1289300577"
    Uses material from the Wikipedia article Wikipedia:Requests for page protection, released under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.