Wikipedia:Requests for page protection
Welcome—request protection of a page, file, or template here. | ||
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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 remove obvious vandalism.
Request addition of protection to a page, or increasing the current protection level
Request removal of protection from a page, or reducing the current protection level
Request a specific edit be made to a protected page
Please add an edit request to the talk page of the protected page before adding an edit request here |
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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.
Reason: As with other Nobel prizes, many users are trying to edit the nationalities to emphasize Jewish descent. So far not much sources are given and its just conflicting. Temporary-protection of 24h to 48h is enough. ReyHahn (talk) 13:52, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Isabelle Belato 🏳🌈 21:41, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Copyvios and repeated addition of poorly sourced information to a BLP. Tenshi! (Talk page) 15:09, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. EvergreenFir (talk) 21:46, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent removal of sourced content and other disruptive edits by IP. Sundayclose (talk) 15:10, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
- @CoconutOctopus: IP 148.78.95.18 was blocked from editing List of Lumbees (see above), and now continues disruptive editing to this related article. Sundayclose (talk) 20:12, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. Isabelle Belato 🏳🌈 21:51, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Freedoxm (talk · contribs) 19:20, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution. EvergreenFir (talk) 21:45, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Reason: An article which falls under WP:CT/SASG and has been facing persistent IP vandalism. Requesting indef protection. — EarthDude (wanna talk?) 19:58, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Not seeing much evidence of this in the last year or so. Daniel Case (talk) 22:23, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Inappropriate use of user talk page while blocked. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 20:54, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
- {{admin help}} Real urgent. Taking Out The Trash (talk) 20:58, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
User(s) re-blocked with talk page editing disallowed. Isabelle Belato 🏳🌈 21:38, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
- User:Magitroopa/sandbox/America's Got Talent (season 15) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Reason: Once again, yet another constant target of LTA/sockpuppetry via WP:LTA/REVERSI, likely not stopping anytime soon. Magitroopa (talk) 22:59, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Consistent disruption by IP users historically as well as a slow-motion edit war that’s happened over the last few days. Perryprog (talk) 23:07, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
- +1 I agree with this request. Freedoxm (talk · contribs) 00:33, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism. YanTargaryen (talk) 23:29, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: @YanTargaryen: This request cannot be parsed. Please ensure it follows formatting consistent with the current or previous methods of submission.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 23:33, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism since 07:22, 30 September 2025. Alith Anar 00:07, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Someone who's wrong on the internet (talk) 00:55, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level
Before posting a request to this page, please discuss it with the protecting administrator first. You can create a request below only if you receive no response from them.
To find out which administrator protected the page, go to the page's edit history and click on the "View logs for this page" link (located underneath the page's title). The protecting administrator is listed in the protection log entry, next to the words "protected"
, "changed protection level"
, or "configured pending changes"
. If there are a large number of log entries on the page, use the drop-down menu near the top of the page and select "Protection log" or "Pending changes log" to filter the logs accordingly.
DO NOT request a reduction in protection if...
- ...you are being prevented from editing the page. A desire to change content is not a valid reason for unprotection. Instead:
- If you can edit the article's talk page, use the WP:Edit Request Wizard to propose a change on the article's talk page. Include an explanation of the exact content that you want to change, and what the content will be afterward.
- If the article's talk page is protected, you may propose a change at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Edit.
- ...your reasoning for reducing protection is that the article has not been vandalized. That simply means the protection is working as intended.
- ...your reasoning for reducing protection is basically "a long time has passed" without supporting details.
- ...you haven't contacted the protecting administrator.
You may request a protection reduction below if...
- ...you want to change the protection level of a template or module from full protection to template protection. You may add the request to this page without having to discuss it with the protecting administrator first.
- ...you need to remove creation protection from a location where no page exists (redlinked pages) after a draft version of the intended article is prepared beforehand and ready to be published.
- ...you are proposing a trial reduction in protection for a page that has been protected for several years, provided the proposal is supported by evidence such as talk page activity, page views, page traffic, number of watchers, frequency of edit requests, and prior history of vandalism.
- ...the protecting administrator is inactive or has not responded to you in several days.
If you cannot locate your request, make sure to check the request archives to see if it's been moved there. Only requests that have been recently answered will still be listed here.
Reason: Temporary unprotection to fix lint errors on the page. Pointed here from WP:RFPP/E. Tenshi! (Talk page) 19:54, 1 October 2025 (UTC)
- See instructions above. Please ask the owner of that archive, who is an administrator and can determine the need for protecting it. He has been recently active (but not for a month). Leave a message on the talk page, or contact by email, and wait. There are no deadlines here. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 19:05, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
- Asked. Tenshi! (Talk page) 19:47, 3 October 2025 (UTC)
Reason: The war is over. Also, protecting talk pages is not a good idea, especially extended-confirmed protection? That's ridiculous. It should be at least downgraded to semi confirmed protection at the minimum. Rc2barrington (talk) 23:53, 13 October 2025 (UTC)
- I disagree since Talk:Gaza is considered as Wikipedia:Contentious topics which applies to the talk page of Gaza as well. Untamed1910 (talk) 00:00, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
- The war being over does not negate the fact it's in WP:CT/A-I and thus subject to the 500/30 restriction. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 00:06, 14 October 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for edits to a protected page
Please add an edit request to the talk page of the protected page before adding an edit request here
Edit requests should be made on the talk page of the protected article. You can create an edit request below only if the talk page is also protected, preventing you from adding a request there.
- You may add the appropriate template (
{{Edit protected}}
,{{Edit template-protected}}
,{{Edit extended-protected}}
, or{{Edit semi-protected}}
) to the article's talk page if you would like to request an edit be made. Doing so will automatically place the page in the appropriate category for the request to be reviewed. - For edit requests being made due to the editor having a conflict of interest with the article subject (see Wikipedia:Suggestions for COI compliance), the
{{Edit COI}}
template should be used instead of the others listed above. - Requests to move pages that are currently move-protected should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves, not on this page.
- This page is not for holding discussions regarding content. Please make a request only if you have a specific edit that you wish to be performed.
Otherwise, this is the correct place to use in order to add an edit request if you are unable to add one to the article's talk page. Please see the top of this page for instructions on how to properly add a request.
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.