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 semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism following the game's release. OceanHok (talk) 10:56, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Comment: Maybe protect it under WP:CT/YA due to the vandalism has relation to the controversy. --Stylez995 (talk) 12:27, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Disruptive editing by IP address and non-login user vandalism. Please, I request to protection the acticle. Panda Arun (talk) 11:25, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Some individuals are deliberately attempting to remove this page with malicious intent. To prevent unjustified deletion and ensure the integrity of the content, protection is requested. Abdullah Munim (talk) 11:57, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Administrators on the English language Wikipedia have no authority on the Bengali one. Favonian (talk) 12:08, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Constant edit warring from various IP users, who are likely sockpuppeters as it is the same low-quality text being repeatedly added. SleepDeprivedGinger (talk) 12:44, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – I'm requesting to protect this page from manipulation without sources. Sidrat al-Muntaha (talk) 13:04, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 13:31, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent vandalism. JeffSpaceman (talk) 13:31, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Unregistered users editing Smart boy Ke (talk) 13:38, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
- Declined Actually, no, not so far... and even if so...Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that everyone can edit. Lectonar (talk) 13:44, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite pending changes: Persistent disruptive editing – This article gets periodic antisemitic vandalism, 2 incidents in the last week. Although both got reverted within an hour, I don't want readers to see that stuff. (t · c) buidhe 13:48, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 13:53, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 13:55, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. CR (how's my driving? call 0865 88318) 13:56, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 13:57, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Vandalism has not stopped after last protections expired, and this page has been protected 9 times already. It's time for longer protection. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 14:05, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
- Indefinite 45.231.171.163 (talk) 14:36, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Repeated IP vandalism. Several instances in the last 24 hours, but also dating back two years with more than 20 instances focused on a single paragraph that someone finds objectionable. Extended discussion of the reason for the paragraph's inclusion, along with a list of occasions on which the page was vandalized in this manner on the article's talk page. Article was previously given temporary protection due to this same issue, and the vandalism resumed after the protection was removed. P Aculeius (talk) 14:10, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Vandalism returned after protections expired last Wednesday. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 14:16, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
+1 Reason: Frequent new-user vandalism. Departure– (talk) 14:16, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
+2 Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Constant, unending vandalism. EF5 14:27, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Favonian (talk) 14:33, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. -- Least Action (talk) 14:36, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Addition of a joke to the page by IP editors - at least 20 times from December onwards. Tacyarg (talk) 14:50, 20 March 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: Page has been semi-protected for about 17 years as of 3/29/2025, I think we could try reducing it to pending changes Filmssssssssssss (talk) 02:09, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
- Pending-changes protected for a period of 6 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Gingerly. Worth a shot; administrator who imposed indefinite semi-protection is no longer an administrator. Sdrqaz (talk) 14:10, 20 March 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: @Sdrqaz: One or more pages in this request have not been protected.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 14:35, 20 March 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.