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 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
Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here |
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Current requests for increase in protection level
Place requests for new or upgrading pending changes, semi-protection, full protection, move protection, create protection, template editor protection, or upload 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.
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – Per WP:RUSUKR. News of this Ukrainian city is being reported almost every day since July as Russia is advancing. 🛧Midori No Sora♪🛪 ( ☁=☁=✈) 04:08, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Any thoughts on this? It can be protected but are any recent edits an indication that protection would be desirable? Johnuniq (talk) 04:22, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary extended-confirmed protection: Violations of the biographies of living persons policy. SPAs were used to promote the subject, which was the main issue in the previous draftification. Charlie (talk) 04:21, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- @CharlieMehta: There appears to be only one "reverted" edit recently and that was fairly innocuous. What violations? Johnuniq (talk) 04:30, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Johnuniq the page has a history of such edits and is full of back-and-forth changes. I requested protection based on the following discussion. Charlie (talk) 05:26, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- That discussion seems to be saying that the subject might attract problematic edits. However, protection is not preemptive. That is, there has to be evidence of bad edits before protection is applied. Johnuniq (talk) 06:30, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Johnuniq the page has a history of such edits and is full of back-and-forth changes. I requested protection based on the following discussion. Charlie (talk) 05:26, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism by different IPs as well as an apparent conflict of interest edit a week ago. StewdioMACK (talk) 06:29, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism from IP users. Telenovelafan215 (talk) 06:50, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Lectonar (talk) 06:54, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent disruptive editing from IP users. AmritR012 (talk) 08:34, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Constant edit wars caused by user Dark4tune I would ask you to secure the site completely, there are masses of edit wars going on there. AleszJaTuTylkoSprzątam (talk) 09:26, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level
Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin at 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: Remove semi protection from the draft as it is just a draft talk page 100.8.170.166 (talk) 04:33, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Remove semi protection from the draft as it is just a draft and more editors will then be able to improve the draft to become an article 100.8.170.166 (talk) 04:35, 20 August 2024 (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 04:41, 20 August 2024 (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.
"Israeli military activities in the Gaza Strip remained unchanged following adoption of the resolution" needs a marker: citation needed. AmbroseVenture (talk) 18:42, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
"On 28 March, the IDF shot and killed two unarmed men in central Gaza, before burying them in sand with bulldozers.[397]" needs to be altered, the source gives two contradicting stories which CNN (the source) didn't clear up. In the article AJ argues without evidence the two videos they present are from the same people, the IDF tells those were two separate incidents. This has to be cleared up to remain factual. AmbroseVenture (talk) 18:44, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.