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.
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – ARBPIA. PlotinusEnjoyer (talk) 00:03, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
- Sefid-Rud (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Ethnicities in Iran (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- Caspiane (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Constantly targeted by Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Caspidarya. HistoryofIran (talk) 12:36, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: IP vandalism. Zuck28 (talk) 20:58, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Recent spate of IP and SPA content blanking and adding promotional content. Amigao (talk) 00:15, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Various IPs and newly-registered editors continually try to change his active team. Skywatcher68 (talk) 00:20, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent addition of unreliable box office figures by Autoconfirmed users coming out of hibernation after years just to edit the BO figure. A temporary ECP would be better. — Benison (Beni · talk) 03:03, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: POV-pushing and vandalism. Borgenland (talk) 03:38, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
- Not Borgen, but I'll also add it's a high traffic page as it's currently on the main page. Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 03:46, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: BLP vios & vandalism. LKD is trans so it may be wise to protect the article for a long time. Polygnotus (talk) 04:47, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent disruptive editing; requesting ECP since it is a contentious topic. Ekdalian (talk) 07:07, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Repeating disruptive editing by a IP user, this user has been using various IPs for block evasion as Dujara22, who is blocked for disruptive editing for adding the same information. User have also been causing disruptive editing on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 article. TheDeviantPro (talk) 07:31, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: See Tony Hawk's Pro Skater article request above. TheDeviantPro (talk) 07:32, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: previous edits was based on assumptions. Revival108 (talk) 08:32, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: This article is frequently targeted by vandalism and disruptive edits, which hinder the accuracy and reliability of the content. Protection is requested to maintain the integrity of the page and ensure it reflects accurate, verifiable information. 5.195.112.170 (talk) 12:44, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
- Sockpuppet IP address of blocked accounts Rohan Rathod R, Naikvarsha08 and Srmd1136 disrupting the page. 2409:4081:893:2BBF:386A:4538:A9C1:B0C1 (talk) 13:01, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Repeated insertion of poorly-sourced content. Borgenland (talk) 13:02, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite template protection: High-risk template – to match the protection of the target of the redirect – Template:En dash. —andrybak (talk) 14:04, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Done – Favonian (talk) 17:47, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
- Jéské Couriano, for reference, the template had full protection before this request. Twinkle chose the /Decrease subpage correctly. —andrybak (talk) 21:45, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent disruptive editing by anonymous editors for the past several months. livelikemusic (TALK!) 14:34, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Favre1fan93 (talk) 14:36, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Disruptive edits – Persistent original research by IP users. AlvaKedak (talk) 15:15, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – vandalism. 36.78.197.219 (talk) 16:59, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – vandalism. 36.78.197.219 (talk) 17:04, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite pending changes: Persistent disruptive editing – I have been watching this article a lot lately. IPs keep inappropriately adding official numbers to columns dedicated to NGO's. The Knowledge Pirate (talk) 17:49, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Lord Sjones23 (talk - contributions) 18:07, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Annh07 (talk) 18:36, 29 March 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 18:38, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Looks like this is going to need the same protection as Talk:ChatGPT, from people who think that Wikipedia's talk page is a direct interface to the AI. It's had five IPs asking for AI-generated Studio Ghibli artwork, today. Belbury (talk) 19:00, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary pending changes: BLP policy violations – Previous protection expired & an IP returned immediately to change the actor's pronouns (MOS:NB). Sariel Xilo (talk) 21:01, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of WP:DE edits by IP users. Brat Forelli🦊 22:12, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: There is an ongoing edit war that violates Wikipedia's guidelines. Ungathering (talk) 22:20, 29 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.
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.
Regarding the box in the header, I believe the "captured or abducted" count should reflect those who have been released or have died in captivity. Although 251 individuals were captured or abducted, some have since been released or killed. The Wikipedia page should present this information as follows:
- Captured or Abducted: 251
- Released: [number]
- Killed in Captivity: [number]
EmiliaPains24 (talk) 22:35, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
Not done. When requesting an edit, present your request exactly as if you were editing the article if you were able to change it, with proper formatting and citations. The people monitoring this request page are not involved with that article. ~Anachronist (talk) 19:49, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
"Israeli soldiers have summarily executed Palestinian civilians, often in front of their families." This is one citation that leads to another citation (why not list the original reference?) where it describes a single alleged incident that has been disputed. The original citation is careful to use the term 'alleged' and 'still under verification' and yet the wiki page does not say 'alleged' or 'accused of' - and goes on to add the word 'often', even though only one alleged incident is referenced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.230.248.39 (talk) 02:19, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
please i want to protect my account from being edict by other users. i want only me to edict my account not other people. Abel akilei maleikia mrunge macha (talk) 11:18, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
- Not done. That isn't how protection works. There is no way to protect an article so that only one person can edit it. See Wikipedia:Protection policy. If we protected your page, only editors with more advanced permissions, like administrators, could edit it, but not you. ~Anachronist (talk) 19:44, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.