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
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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. High level of vandalism. Copyright free images keep being removed. Persistent general page vandalism and unnecessary reverts. Anonymous-anon-x (talk) 06:03, 14 April 2025
- List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Reason: IP disruptive editing and use of Social Media as Source by same IP range of users. Mr.User200 (talk) 22:36, 13 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Vandalism by LTA 113.172.156.207 (talk) 23:36, 13 April 2025 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. Lectonar (talk) 10:34, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Vandalism by LTA 113.172.156.207 (talk) 23:37, 13 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Vandalism by LTA 113.172.156.207 (talk) 23:37, 13 April 2025 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked. Lectonar (talk) 10:36, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Maine and Rochester IPs are part of the User:Beyond My Ken/Bad copyediting IP group. The involved IPs are Special:Contributions/74.47.32.111, Special:Contributions/2603:7080:9301:A7D:0:0:0:0/64 and Special:Contributions/45.53.96.0/19. Binksternet (talk) 02:45, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of vandalism, person was re-elected and is making headlines in news hence prone to further vandalism. TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 06:54, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: A random user, Etzedek24, who never edited this site, deleted the entire section of the high school's "Scandals and Controversies." without providing sufficient reasons or comments. This incident section has existed for years. Feather943 (talk) 08:44, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
Declined @Feather943: This can't be solved via protection. OP, try talking to the user you mentioned above directly. I see you already posted something on article talk. In the end it boils down to the question if a controversy/scandal section is needed in the article or not; in my humble opinion, it's much too detailed, and the 2025 incidents aren't specific to the school, but cover more ground, so to speak. Lectonar (talk) 09:16, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: To Prevent From Data Change Frequently Shubh123456 (talk) 09:14, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent IP vandalism. Koshuri (グ) 09:58, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
Reason: IP edit warring – WP:HEADLINE, WP:OR, and WP:POV violations. Medxvo (talk) 10:08, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP user continually changing cited information. RickyCourtney (talk) 11:16, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
Global Saskatchewan
- CFRE-DT (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
- CFSK-DT (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Disruptive editing resumed after block lift; prepping for possible merge. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 12:12, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – IPs have returned since the previous protection expired. Vestrian24Bio 12:25, 14 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: I would like request the removal of page protection for Julian Bunetta. This page was salted in March 2020 following a successful AfD, and from the comments there, it seems like he failed WP:MUSICBIO at the time and that the content was lacking. While I'm sure that as true at the time, Bunetta's rise in profile, the significant increase in coverage about him, and his recent Grammy nominations made him seem a little overdue for a page, so I've been working on putting that together for the last month or so. I created a draft in my userspace that includes a plethora of sources and information about his life and career, and I think it warrants the removal of creation protection.
As an extra note, I also plan to make a discography page for him due to the volume of his work if this protection is lifted, so the existing discography section would split out to that page and expanded to include non-singles. Sock (tock talk) 00:21, 14 April 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.