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 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 extended confirmed protection: BLP policy violations – Ongoing BLP vandalism from IP editors. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 15:14, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Disruptive edits have resumed soon after the previous protection expired. Yuvaank (talk) 20:37, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of ip vandalism 91.156.24.251 (talk) 21:24, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- Your request for protection on Shanagha, Kurdistan has been granted by Discospinster 54rt678 (talk | contribs) 22:27, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Permanent extended confirmed protection. Contentious topic, India/Pakistan conflict. WP:CT/IPA Ecrusized (talk) 21:39, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. 54rt678 (talk | contribs) 21:40, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Repeated changes to date of birth without a reliable source. Mellamelina (talk) 22:11, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism. 2.51.207.6 (talk) 22:35, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- "Example Article Name" is already protected from editing (WP:SALT). Are you trying to protect another page? Justjourney (talk | contribs) 23:01, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Disruptive editing by AscendedGoblin Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 23:15, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – WP:A/I/PIA. Zinderboff (talk) 23:19, 24 April 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 23:29, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended-confirmed protection: Contentious topic restriction. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk · contribs) 23:27, 24 April 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.
Unprotection: Article was protected in 2019 for sockpuppetry/vandalism. I have found no evidence that this vandal is still active, and the article seems unlikely to become a vandalism magnet again over five years later. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 01:11, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- Pinging protecting admin El C. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 12:30, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- The timing — within a day? Indirect is too insulary. Anyway, as I keep saying, any admin is free to take over this set of protections, so long as they're confident they could be around to keep an eye on em. Otherwise, you'd have to wait until I am available enough to test in more of a trickle. Either option is all the same for me. El_C 13:14, 24 April 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.
I would like to create a new article about Սերժ Առուշանյան, an individual I believe meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines. The article will include reliable, independent sources and follow a neutral point of view. Mariam Arushanyan (talk) 19:13, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- @Mariam Arushanyan: You'll have to follow the Wikipedia:Articles for creation process instead. (CC) Tbhotch™ 19:16, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Not done – per the above. Please observe that contributions in other languages than English are not accepted. Favonian (talk) 19:23, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.