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 addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Jetstreamer Talk 12:50, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 22:43, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Same issue as led to the November 2024 protection, a variety of IPs trying to remove/overwrite sourced content from a particular section. Belbury (talk) 12:58, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Entranced98 (talk) 15:13, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – LTA sockpuppeting and adding personal phone numbers. Alith Anar 16:14, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 17:53, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:57, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- They already have been blocked for prior vandalism after a final warning, plus I took the IP vandal to AIV before you left that comment. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 20:19, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Leonidlednev (T, C, L) 19:27, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Recent spurt of IP vandalism. Entranced98 (talk) 20:02, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Today is the 4th day of the Trump administration. It paused health the release of agency information, took down the Office of Gun Violence website, and denied access to the DOE's Office of Equity & Justice website. Pages referencing these agencies may need some level of protection as orders to remove all references to former agencies and placenames from databases are being issued. It seems this has now become a controversial topic. https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-gun-violence-prevention-website-offline-2018801 WhyIAddA (talk) 20:16, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- Please also enforce WP:CT/AP and WP:CT/GC. IanDBeacon (talk) 20:49, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Repeated disruptive changes from Chile-based dynamic IP after prior protection expired. Trailblazer101 (talk) 20:22, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Entranced98 (talk) 20:23, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Obvious target for persistent vandalism. Ormewood (talk) 20:34, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- Sorry, my mistake. Please ignore this Ormewood (talk) 20:36, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Withdrawn by requestor – Favonian (talk) 21:13, 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)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – See: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Silence of Lambs – Why do they continue to allow an IP to re-establish the unnecessary list of Notable personnel in the section below next to the photo of some of the voice actors that once used to work in that studio located in Houston, Texas, with his own long-term abuse. 190.166.242.220 (talk) 22:20, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Requesting semi-confirmed protection for 1 week due to disruptive editing from IP due to developing events related to the subject. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] If you have any questions let me know in the reply. Lemonademan22 (talk) 22:32, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 22:41, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Content Dispute/Edit Warring. نعم البدل (talk) 22:33, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 6 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 22:40, 24 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.
colombo12 103.21.164.20 (talk) 22:17, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- Not done This article does not exist, and the request is incoherent. --Kinu t/c 22:19, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.