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.
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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 – ARBPIA. PlotinusEnjoyer (talk) 22:59, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Minimal editing in the last year or so, and not a primary PIA topic. Daniel Case (talk) 02:11, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Repeated insertion of exceptional and unverified WP:BLPCRIME claims by POV-pushing IPs based in Canada. Borgenland (talk) 23:42, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
- Their loaded edit summaries say it all. Borgenland (talk) 23:44, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
- Appears to be related to misinformation such as [1] and [2]. Borgenland (talk) 03:44, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
- Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. I have warned the most recent of the IPs they've used over edit warring. Daniel Case (talk) 02:17, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. See Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Persistent_misinformation_and_disruption_by_183.99.45.103 4300streetcar (talk) 01:51, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: 2001:E60:0:0:0:0:0:0/34 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. from the article for two weeks. Daniel Case (talk) 02:26, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of persistent IP vandalism and unsourced material. BattleshipMan (talk) 17:46, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked: 2804:D49:6643:C500:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs) blocked by Izno. for 31 hours. Daniel Case (talk) 02:39, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Biographies of living persons 2605:59C0:204E:FB10:9189:80E6:2B2B:B2F0 (talk) 18:23, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked. All recent disruptors Daniel Case (talk) 02:47, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: An IP user ([3]) has been repetedly adding the Lê dysnasty to the list ([4], [5], [6]) and copying a citation already on the page as its source despite it not supporting this. The user has not reponded to the message I left on their talk page. DervotNum4 (talk) 18:28, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked: 14.161.34.194 (talk · contribs) blocked by Rsjaffe. from the page for a month. Daniel Case (talk) 02:48, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Semi-protection needed on this article, IP user(s) have been edit-warring over the same block of text since January: [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] BOZ (talk) 21:59, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
Please the protection must be this: "Auto-accept: require "autoconfirmed" permission". With this we're avoiding a lot of trouble.--2800:484:7382:B00:80DD:120A:300C:80B8 (talk) 02:54, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protected indefinitely. Daniel Case (talk) 02:57, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you @Daniel Case. :) I will be back if they start targeting other articles. BOZ (talk) 03:26, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
- @Daniel Case, one of the IPs that was likely being used by the same person was blocked for a year as an LTA case: [14] Would it make sense for me to share the rest of the IPs with you in case anything further needs to be done here? They are either meatpuppeting or just one person who is able to hop IPs often. BOZ (talk) 04:44, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
- I can't do it now but I can take a look later and see what ranges they might be on that might not have been blocked at the moment. Daniel Case (talk) 04:49, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked: 2800:484:7380:0:0:0:0:0/44 (talk · contribs) blocked by Daniel Case. for two weeks, actually (this includes the editor who posted upthread, interestingly.) Daniel Case (talk) 04:55, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
- I can't do it now but I can take a look later and see what ranges they might be on that might not have been blocked at the moment. Daniel Case (talk) 04:49, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. PC doesn't seem to be helping 24.55.33.220 (talk) 02:09, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
- Declined, as I think that the frequency is fine for pending changes. Sdrqaz (talk) 02:26, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
- Daniel Case, could you please take a look? 4 revisions have been reverted today 24.55.33.220 (talk) 02:58, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked: Pulica226 (talk · contribs) blocked by ESKog. indefinitely. Daniel Case (talk) 04:32, 1 April 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: Page has been protected since 2010 (15 years ago). I think we can try pending changes Filmssssssssssss (talk) 21:56, 30 March 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Not much vandalism since page protection in 2013, I think we can try pending changes Filmssssssssssss (talk) 15:53, 31 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.
"Israeli soldiers have summarily executed Palestinian civilians, often in front of their families." This is one citation that leads to another citation (why not list the original reference?) where it describes a single alleged incident that has been disputed. The original citation is careful to use the term 'alleged' and 'still under verification' and yet the wiki page does not say 'alleged' or 'accused of' - and goes on to add the word 'often', even though only one alleged incident is referenced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.230.248.39 (talk) 02:19, 28 March 2025 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.