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
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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 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 semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent non-neutral vandalism. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 17:38, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Not edited in a day. Daniel Case (talk) 20:05, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – ongoing disruption for months now between IP editors and registered user with accusations of erroneous lies, he has no legal rights, erroneous and illegal changes, false statements etc. etc. etc. Isaidnoway (talk) 23:13, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: Jetboy21 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. as NOTHERE ... only edits they have made have been to this article, not even talk. Daniel Case (talk) 20:22, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High-level LTA IP target, see report for 107.119.65.117 here for more info on a few of the LTA IPs, which have seemingly massively targeted this article in particular (in additions to a few others, but primarily this one). Magitroopa (talk) 01:50, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: 107.119.65.117 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. for two weeks after an AIV report. Daniel Case (talk) 20:23, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Arbitration enforcement per WP:PIA Chomik! (talk?) 02:34, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. I don't see anything more than the usual back-and-forth over a breaking news event, particularly military action. Also, this is not a primary topic to PIA. Daniel Case (talk) 20:26, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended-confirmed protection or semi-protection: Arbitration enforcement. Related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 09:22, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. And also not a primary PIA topic. Daniel Case (talk) 20:28, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Kajmer05 (talk) 12:01, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: 197.229.0.0/18 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. for 24 hours. Daniel Case (talk) 20:45, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Vandalism continues hours after previous lock lifted. IceWelder [✉] 13:26, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
- Is changing "Germany" to "Bavaria" vandalism? Sdrqaz (talk) 15:28, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
- Yes. Bavaria is not, in fact, an independent country. This follows the pattern from two months ago of someone changing "German" to "Turkish" because the founders are of Turkish descent. IceWelder [✉] 17:41, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 10 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 20:48, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
- Yes. Bavaria is not, in fact, an independent country. This follows the pattern from two months ago of someone changing "German" to "Turkish" because the founders are of Turkish descent. IceWelder [✉] 17:41, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of SPA by an IP user (193.35.87.123) with suspected COI revising almost every edit and removed well sourced but negative contributions. Jo Jc JoTalk💬Edits📝 13:40, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 20:55, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Entranced98 (talk) 13:51, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of six months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 20:58, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Ongoing and repeated addition of poorly sourced or unsourced content to lead. ser! (chat to me - see my edits) 13:59, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of one year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Will log at CTOPS. Daniel Case (talk) 21:03, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – WP:LOUTSOCK of Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Yamamomo kakijiroo. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 14:04, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 10 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:14, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent addition of unsourced content. Waxworker (talk) 14:52, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: 2405:201:5506:9000:0:0:0:0/55 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. for a month. Daniel Case (talk) 21:18, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. FMSky (talk) 15:00, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of one month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:21, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Sockpuppet keeps disruptively editing the article. MaplesyrupSushi (talk) 15:23, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: Flyinghornet123 (talk · contribs) blocked by PhilKnight. indef. Daniel Case (talk) 21:22, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Sockpuppet keeps disruptively editing the article, even admits to being a sock in their recent edit summary. MaplesyrupSushi (talk) 15:24, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: Flyinghornet123 (talk · contribs) blocked by PhilKnight. Indef. Daniel Case (talk) 21:23, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Page was previously protected due to addition of poorly sourced content to lead; following expiration of protection, same disruption has continued. ser! (chat to me - see my edits) 15:28, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: 197.156.146.242/31 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. for 72 hours. Daniel Case (talk) 21:24, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: BLP policy violations. Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 16:57, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: Kalmunai1983 (talk · contribs) blocked by PhilKnight. indef. Daniel Case (talk) 21:26, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended protection: Arbitration Enforcement. WP:PIA5: Houthi movement is related to the ongoing conflict and this bombing is because of it 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 18:26, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
- @Abo Yemen: did you mean to request it for the talk page or March 2025 United States attacks in Yemen? - Sebbog13 (talk) 19:08, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
- Ah mb I didn't mean to request it for the talk page lol 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 19:10, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Declined per above Daniel Case (talk) 20:27, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
- Ah mb I didn't mean to request it for the talk page lol 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 19:10, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: IP vandalism, I think it should be indefinitely autoconfirmed protected. Neo-Nazism should be a contentious topic on Wikipedia. Sebbog13 (talk) 18:44, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of three days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:33, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Persistent vandalism to this BLP since 03:20, 29 January 2025. Alith Anar 18:58, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:35, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 19:18, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. No edits in nearly two months. Daniel Case (talk) 21:36, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Page has been abused by a sockpuppet [1] and is thus eligible for protection under WP:GS/PAGEANTS. ☆ Bri (talk) 19:19, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. That was almost two weeks ago and the sock has been indeffed. Daniel Case (talk) 21:38, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. BangJan1999 19:32, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: 2601:147:4781:FF5:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs) blocked by ScottishFinnishRadish. for six months. Daniel Case (talk) 21:40, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Entranced98 (talk) 19:57, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of one month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:43, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Unsourced criminal allegations added by IP editors. Jfire (talk) 20:16, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 21:44, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of three days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:45, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: editwarring Magherbin (talk) 20:18, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Unexplained content removal. Dronebogus (talk) 20:22, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 20:34, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 20:36, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 20:38, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 20:39, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 20:41, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Target of an IP-hopping spam bot. MrOllie (talk) 20:48, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Remsense ‥ 论 21:02, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations – vandalism due to controversial decision of unc being in ncaa tournament. Will120 (talk) 21:39, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 21:44, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended-confirmed protection: Contentious topic restriction. related to post-1992 us politics. some 400 immigrants were put there recently. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 21:40, 17 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.
Unprotection: No reason for move protection. Thepharoah17 (talk) 22:39, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to have already been unprotected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 22:41, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
Note: pinging last protecting admin User:HJ Mitchell. BusterD (talk) 12:19, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
- My name is in the log but that's from 14 years ago. I have no opinions on the protection today. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 17:43, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Unprotection: 13 years of protection with little vandalism or disruption. Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:19, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
Note: pinging protecting admin User:MilborneOne. BusterD (talk) 12:11, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Unprotection: 10 years of protection with little vandalism or disruption. Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:25, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
Note: pinging last admin actor User:Jon Kolbert. BusterD (talk) 12:10, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
- I think you're looking Bearcat, since Jon isn't an administrator on the English Wikipedia and "only" moved the page. Sdrqaz (talk) 13:31, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for saying so. I was doing two different things while going down the list. I was bound to miss somebody. BusterD (talk) 14:06, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
- I think you're looking Bearcat, since Jon isn't an administrator on the English Wikipedia and "only" moved the page. Sdrqaz (talk) 13:31, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Unprotection: 9 years of protection with little vandalism or disruption. Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:43, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
Note: pinging protecting admin User:Courcelles. BusterD (talk) 12:03, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Unprotection: 10 years of protection with little vandalism or disruption. Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:52, 16 March 2025 (UTC)
Note: pinging protecting admin User:Trappist the monk. BusterD (talk) 12:02, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Unprotection: 7 years of protection with little vandalism or disruption. Thepharoah17 (talk) 00:28, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Note: pinging protecting admin User:Ponyo. BusterD (talk) 12:00, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Unprotection: 14 years of protection with little vandalism or disruption. Thepharoah17 (talk) 03:30, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Note: pinging protecting admin User:Black Kite. BusterD (talk) 11:41, 17 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: This module was previously used in the high-risk template {{R from domain name}}. Since it is no longer used there, it no longer requires full protection. Xoontor (talk) 16:31, 17 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.