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
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.
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – The subject is within the scope of ARBPIA. JayCubby 14:45, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Persistent disruptive edits by a series of accounts created solely for this purpose. Lithopsian (talk) 20:54, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 20:41, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 20:49, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Unsourced edits from ip addresses. Needs protection. Mehedi Abedin 21:44, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: the unsourced edits are still going on. Please someone intervene. Mehedi Abedin 06:50, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 20:42, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 20:49, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – ARBPIA. PlotinusEnjoyer (talk) 22:59, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Many recent edits by non-ec users to content related to IP conflict area. DMH223344 (talk) 23:25, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – ARBPIA. PlotinusEnjoyer (talk) 23:51, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism. 120.22.58.136 (talk) 00:08, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: @120.22.58.136: 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 00:19, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Lots of unexplained and disputed changes to the film's listed genres mainly by IP editors in the past several days. –WPA (talk) 00:20, 1 May 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 00:34, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – ARBPIA. PlotinusEnjoyer (talk) 00:36, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Requesting semi move and edit protection as I've seen multiple cases where new users will edit this page to create their article. One case even required an admin to do a histmerge (hence the request for move protection as well). ~ Rusty meow ~ 01:21, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary pending changes protection: Content Dispute/Edit Warring. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 02:26, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent disruptive editing by new users. Johnj1995 (talk) 02:58, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Continuous unsourced and non-NPOV additions from multiple IPs and accounts over the last few days. Iiii I I I (talk) 05:06, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Move prot (highly visible). 2603:8080:600:AADE:C14D:1F87:CC42:9CD9 (talk) 05:11, 1 May 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 05:22, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of vandalism, not only with IPs but also with users with accounts. Allyriana000 (talk) 06:07, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Vandalism 190.32.172.134 (talk) 06:32, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
+1 Reason: Vandalism 185.74.53.18 (talk) 06:38, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – Persistent violation of WP:ARBECR. Skitash (talk) 08:18, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Persistent sock puppetry by a single user trying to self-promote. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 11:56, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism, including insertion of POV commentary. ZimZalaBim talk 12:31, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – edit-warring IP, adding unsourced text in part claiming to be in reffed source (which its not). IP does not stop despite my complaints. Denniss (talk) 12:47, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism by longtime sockpuppet vandal. Bgsu98 (Talk) 13:18, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Months of LTA block evasion via dynamic IPs. — MarkH21talk 13:27, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Vandalism due to ongoing scandal RowanJ LP (talk) 13:33, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Mike Allen 14:25, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism. Baratiiman (talk) 15:01, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: Content dispute. IP in question (who made the first IP edit on the page since 19 April) provided a valid and stated reason. [1]. Borgenland (talk) 16:32, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. TylerBurden (talk) 15:56, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP hopper blanking page. Jalen Barks (Woof) 16:07, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Constant disruptive IP edits adding unsourced original research. SleepyRedHair (talk) 16:33, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent disruptive editing in the last days. Xexerss (talk) 16:50, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Newly released Indian film, over 150 edits since 02:51 this morning - mostly IPs edit-warring over reception and financial figures, without any sources. - Arjayay (talk) 17:34, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Apparently his media team is trying to "prep" his article for an upcoming video; see User talk:12.74.71.104. Gommeh (t/c) 18:05, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 18:47, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: IP vandalism and addition of content, with disruptive editing. Merangs (talk) 18:13, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Repeated unconstructive changes by an IP. Curb Safe Charmer (talk) 18:48, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Template:Pp-request Ashleyashville (talk) 20:10, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent introduction of factual errors by changing correct sourced figures in Viewership section to incorrect figures by multiple IPs since 20 April 2025. — Paper9oll (🔔 • 📝) 20:19, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 20:29, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 20:34, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – Within scope of PIA5's blanket ECP. Courtesy ping @Firefangledfeathers:, the last protecting admin. JayCubby 20:23, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- It is not directly PIA, and I do not see any disruption at least in the last three months, so I am not sure the article currently needs protection. Ymblanter (talk) 20:26, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Immediate resume of editing that led to previous page protection following it ending. livelikemusic (TALK!) 20:35, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 6 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 20:46, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 20:49, 1 May 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: This protection is no longer necessary because this article has no IP edits for over a year ago, and this type of protection is stale. Plus, there has not been any vandalism in over couple years. 205.155.225.249 (talk) 19:01, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
No IP edits for over a year ago
is self-evident given it's semi-protected. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 20:21, 28 April 2025 (UTC)- Is one year enough to unprotect? 205.155.225.249 (talk) 20:22, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
Not done for now. I'm a little sympathetic to the request, but please contact User:Materialscientist, who protected the article, on their talk page and re-request if there is no response. Sdrqaz (talk) 17:41, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Is one year enough to unprotect? 205.155.225.249 (talk) 20:22, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Article was protected since 2009. The article is in very bad shape and the page views is that high. I feel like we can test this out like other unprotected articles like Devil. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 02:35, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Not done for now, given there is currently a brewing dispute between two autoconfirmed accounts. Boneless Pizza!, please also notify protecting administrators if they are active (see yellow notice at the top). Sdrqaz (talk) 17:41, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Reason: The protection is no longer necessary because This article fails to meet Wikipedia’s notability guidelines for biographies (WP:NPER and WP:GNG). Despite being tagged since 2016 for issues including lack of sources and potential notability concerns, no substantial improvement has been made. The subject, Khalid bin Talal Al Saud, is primarily notable only as a member of the Saudi royal family, but independent, in-depth coverage in reliable secondary sources is lacking. Most references are either outdated or do not provide sustained biographical coverage. Additionally, key claims in the article—including controversial or sensational elements—are not verified by reliable mainstream news outlets, raising concerns under Wikipedia’s Biographies of Living Persons (WP:BLP) policy. Given the absence of verifiable, neutral, and reliable sources, and the failure to address long-standing maintenance tags, this article should be nominated for deletion Ashleyashville (talk) 19:51, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: @Ashleyashville: 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 20:03, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Not done @Ashleyashville: Nominating an article for deletion should be done at WP:AfD, not here. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 20:39, 1 May 2025 (UTC)- Oh I am sorry. Thought it needed to be unprotected first. But noted with thanks 197.184.109.8 (talk) 20:41, 1 May 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.
new tab 175.100.11.142 (talk) 19:49, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.