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 of article protection, upload protection, or create 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.
Temporary protection: Edit war amongst three or more registered users. Adakiko (talk) 05:44, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: Avdhut Londhe (talk · contribs) blocked by Widr. Favonian (talk) 18:00, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
- Left CTOPS notice on talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 20:11, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
- I would suggest E-lock, as seems persistent/multiple autoconfirmed users. Also regarding the Maharashtra police situation (https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/chhatrapati-sambhaji-maharaj-chhatrapati-shivaji-maharaj-chhaava-4-wikipedia-editors-charged-over-objectionable-content-on-sambhaji-maharaj-sources-7761986/amp/1) Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 01:33, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- Wildfireupdateman, I've had a look and would prefer another block (now placed) to replacing indefinite semi-protection with temporary extended-confirmed protection. However, if not even the new block stops the disruption, please let me know. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:48, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- I would suggest E-lock, as seems persistent/multiple autoconfirmed users. Also regarding the Maharashtra police situation (https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/chhatrapati-sambhaji-maharaj-chhatrapati-shivaji-maharaj-chhaava-4-wikipedia-editors-charged-over-objectionable-content-on-sambhaji-maharaj-sources-7761986/amp/1) Wildfireupdateman :) (talk) 01:33, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- Left CTOPS notice on talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 20:11, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:49, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Pending changes protection: High level of IP vandalism Opm581 (talk) 04:38, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Pending-changes protected for a period of 6 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Favonian (talk) 11:33, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Edits by multiple IPs appear intent on promoting one person. TornadoLGS (talk) 05:22, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: 2409:408D:3D89:A7D0:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs) blocked by PhilKnight. for 48 hours. Daniel Case (talk) 20:15, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent addition of unreferenced edits from IP users, plus copying/pasting already posted references and falsely masking them as references. Hotwiki (talk) 06:23, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of one week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 20:19, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – recent rash by IPs changing middle name to nonsense. Geraldo Perez (talk) 06:37, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Pending-changes protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Favonian (talk) 11:22, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Hate speech target. Skywatcher68 (talk) 06:43, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: Riyansuhairi (talk · contribs).
Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Favonian (talk) 11:15, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Parksfan1955 (talk) 08:04, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Favonian (talk) 11:49, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – 6 IP edit reverts in a row. Changing IP addresses. IgelRM (talk) 08:07, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Favonian (talk) 11:44, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Edit-warring between IPs regarding the order of actors' names in credits; this is the same issue that led to the previous protection on this page. High level of IP vandalism. (213.109.192.23 (talk) 08:19, 22 February 2025 (UTC))
Semi-protected for a period of 1 year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Favonian (talk) 17:48, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism and general unconstructive editing. AsaQuathern (talk) 08:18, 22 February 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) 20:31, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Because of the lingering ethnic and religious tension in the country and in the diaspora, unsourced edits are pile up to an extent where it gets hard to control what is right and sourced and what is not. SdHb (talk) 11:43, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Pending-changes protected for a period of 1 year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Favonian (talk) 11:57, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
- Left CTOPS notice on talk, if we decide before then that we need to upgrade to semi. Daniel Case (talk) 20:54, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: There's been several IP edits to this page adding unreferenced information. They are possibly a former member of the band, or in some way connected, as they seem to be adding personal details about lineup changes. I've reverted these twice already, but they keep coming back with a new IP address and adding it all back in. Requesting Pending changes protection to hopefully force this person to create an account and engage in some discussion about referencing on Wikipedia etc. Jimmyjrg (talk) 11:52, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 10 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 20:52, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. jolielover♥talk 12:05, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of three weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 20:56, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Removal of sourced information continues after protection ended. Semsûrî (talk) 12:14, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of one week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 20:59, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Edit warring and insertion of unsourced BLP content Borgenland (talk) 13:48, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: Engage01 (talk · contribs) blocked by Bishonen. Article already semi-protected. Favonian (talk) 18:11, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Under attack recently by Wikipedia:Long-term abuse/Supreme Genghis Khan. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 14:10, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. All recent socks indeffed. Daniel Case (talk) 21:00, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 14:14, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protected indefinitely. Will log at CTOPS. Daniel Case (talk) 21:04, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 14:17, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protected indefinitely. Will log at CTOPS. Daniel Case (talk) 21:07, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent IP vandalism. Flibirigit (talk) 14:37, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Only one disruptive edit today. Maybe with the tournament over, this is taking care of itself. Daniel Case (talk) 21:14, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite full protection: User page of banned user. JustSomeoneNo (talk) 15:20, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Pages are not protected preemptively. Isabelle Belato 🏳🌈 15:21, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Full protection: Persistent vandalism. Moxy🍁 15:24, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: SineCosineTangentDisruptiom (talk · contribs) blocked by Mojo Hand. Favonian (talk) 18:05, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary pending changes: Persistent vandalism – Recurrent recent vandalism edits from IP editors. Epistulae ad Familiares (talk) 15:25, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Isabelle Belato 🏳🌈 15:29, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Edit warring IP. Loafiewa (talk) 16:27, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Declined – I've warned the IP about edit warring, which you should have done. If they resume, they'll be blocked. Favonian (talk) 17:55, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Repeated spamming (arbitrarily overwriting files) by multiple socks of AADITH KRISHNA, since December 2024. The Doom Patrol (talk) 16:28, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. This can, I think, be lifted when the previous revisions are deleted since that will take care of the problem. Daniel Case (talk) 21:17, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Recent surge of transphobia from IPs Skyshiftertalk 17:18, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of three days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:22, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 17:47, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: SineCosineTangentDisruptiom (talk · contribs) blocked by Mojo Hand. Favonian (talk) 18:18, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 17:47, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: SineCosineTangentDisruptiom (talk · contribs) blocked by Mojo Hand. Favonian (talk) 18:19, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent vandalism, likely from a single sockpuppeter over a long period of time. Has been consistently vandalized with k-pop related nonsense since mid-2024. Each time protection expires the vandal comes back on new accounts or IPs. Back again with 3 different presences after protection expired. seefooddiet (talk) 17:58, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of six months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 19:28, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Thegreatrebellion (talk) 18:01, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of six months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Will log at CTOPS. Daniel Case (talk) 21:26, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Shellwood (talk) 18:04, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of six months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:31, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – vandalism by multiple IPs in short period of time. — 🪫Volatile 📲T | ⌨️C 18:09, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. Most of the recent IPs have been blocked; I have given the most recent one a level 3 warning. Daniel Case (talk) 21:34, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 18:25, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. All recent socks. Daniel Case (talk) 21:35, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Various IPs and SPAs continue to mess with the infobox result field, despite extensive discussion that found unanimous consensus based on reliable sources (see talk page). We are having to revert a couple times a day. The IPs and SPAs do not engage in discussions. It was previously protected, after the protection ended the IPs and SPAs returned to disrupt the article. GreenC 18:33, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of three months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 21:51, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Already protected by administrator Rsjaffe. for three months. Daniel Case (talk) 21:35, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Continued edit warring to remove well documented and cited materials that have been agreed to on the talk page Remember (talk) 18:53, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: 2001:569:fb7e:2f00::/64 (talk · contribs). Favonian (talk) 19:12, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: persistent spamming. Left guide (talk) 20:53, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of three days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:38, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism. Kansas Bear 20:55, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of six months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Will log at CTOPS under WP:CT/A-A Daniel Case (talk) 21:40, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:34, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: IP vandals are repeatedly deleting Justin Trudeau's name and subbing in Donald Trump. It already is on page review for IP edits, but I think it needs to be increased. Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 22:38, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:37, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:37, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: The RfC on the Kash Patel page is currently suffering from a large number of IP address and single-purpose accounts engaging in personal attacks. As of February 22, I have tagged 37 comments as coming from 25 SPA accounts. Almost all SPA accounts are voting to oppose the RfC and are simple votes saying "No" or accusing Wikipedia and other editors of left-wing bias. Some accounts are currently under sockpuppet investigation. I am requesting that the current semi-protection enacted on February 20 and set to expire on February 23 is extended. BootsED (talk) 23:10, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Done ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:30, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:30, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Sockpuppetry by socks of Andrew5, a known LTA. MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 23:55, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:00, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:02, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Sockpuppetry by Andrew5 socks, a known LTA. MarioProtIV (talk/contribs) 23:58, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:01, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:02, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent vandalism. Electricmemory (talk) 00:06, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:31, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:31, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – LTA target (WP:LTA/Andrew5) - returned shortly after previous protection expired. Chris ☁️(talk - contribs) 00:09, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:52, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:02, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent vandalism – Repeated spamming by SPAs promoting content-farm blogs about SIM registration in the Philippines. Blake Gripling (talk) 00:24, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism by multiple IP ranges:
- 2601:46:602:0:0:0:0:0 (since 16 July 2024)
- 2601:46:601:0:0:0:0:0 (since 4 September 2024)
- 2601:40:c300:0:0:0:0:0 (since 6 September 2024). Annh07 (talk) 00:49, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring – Let's get all these editors to talk. Moxy🍁 02:06, 23 February 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: The protection is no longer necessary because ........ it has been protected for several years already. The protecting admin ignores the request on their talkpage. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 00:29, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- I'll go ahead and try. Re-protecting is easy. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:58, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Done ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:59, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: The protection is no longer necessary because ........ it has been protected for several years already , and the popularity dropped already. The protecting admin ignores the request on their talkpage. 🍕BP!🍕 (🔔) 00:29, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- I'll go ahead and try. Re-protecting is easy. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:58, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Done ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:59, 23 February 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.
খাড়েরা ইউনিয়ন ছাত্র-যুব সংগঠন Infokharera (talk) 01:30, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
- We don't have an English Wikipedia article by that name (or on that subject). And the Bengali Wikipedia bn.wikipedia.org doesn't have such an article either. Meters (talk) 02:03, 23 February 2025 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.