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 new or upgrading pending changes, semi-protection, full protection, move protection, create protection, template editor protection, or upload 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.
A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour
Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring. - FlightTime (open channel) 17:16, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Bbb23 (talk) 17:46, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
August 26
Indefinite pending changes protection: Addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Subtle vandalism Wiiformii (talk) 18:12, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. It has literally been a month since there were any edits. Daniel Case (talk) 19:33, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
Sandro Schärer
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Persistent vandalism, most likely a game occurring recently Wiiformii (talk) 20:17, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected., indeed the referee of the ongoing game between Portugal and Georgia. Ymblanter (talk) 20:44, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 20:46, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
Cyclone Ului
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. Persistent vandalism by multiple accounts across multiple cyclone articles Jdcomix (talk) 20:27, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Elli (talk | contribs) 20:31, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
List of all-time NBA win–loss records
Reason: Persistent IP disruptive edits. Please see the list's talk page, as well as message I left on relevant WikiProject talk page.
Multiple IPs being used (at least 4: 1; 2; 3; 4), and largely ignoring my edit summaries, as well as talk page messages, and user talk page messages.
@Ad Orientem: You said "Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection." but please look at the list's edit history, and you'll see there is actually a lot of such activity. IPs have reverted edits from another user (see here). Soulbust (talk) 20:27, 26 June 2024 (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 20:31, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- @Soulbust I'm seeing a very large body of IP edits and only a handful have been reverted. That said, I'm also seeing corrective editing. Most of the anonymous edits have been by a couple of IPs. We don't usually protect pages when the problem is just one or two editors. Once adequately warned, if the disruption persists then we issue blocks. The problem with page protection, and the reason we treat it as a last resort, is that it prevents constructive editing by anonymous users. Sometimes that's unavoidable but we try to keep it to a minimum. Is this actual vandalism, or just well-intentioned edits that are not helpful? If it's actual vandalism and warnings have been issued, either ping me with diffs or report it to AIV. Otherwise, as frustrating as it may be, try to communicate with the IPs to let them know they are not helping and why. If all else fails, we can page block them. Let me know if you have any questions or I'm missing something. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:54, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- Quick clarification to the above. Those are probably just two editors as they are each operating within a /64 range. -Ad Orientem (talk) 21:57, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
Jeyland Mitchell
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Jdcomix (talk) 20:52, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 21:16, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
Already protected by administrator ScottishFinnishRadish. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 22:03, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
Srikanth (film)
Reason: IPs vandalism changing the budget of the film. RangersRus (talk) 21:08, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Ad Orientem (talk) 22:22, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
Grand Theft Auto
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Highly popular video game series, article with nearly 80k pageviews last month. Continuous vandalism, on a nearly daily basis. If not indef semi, please edit protect for a long while. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 21:56, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected indefinitely. Last protection was 5 years. Enough. Ad Orientem (talk) 22:25, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
2024 Bolivian coup d'état attempt
Reason: Current political event and possible misinformation from unreliable sources or resources not deemed as scholarly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bolivian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt MediaGuy768 (talk) 22:25, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. As of right now, I'm not seeing any significant disruption, but that may change. Come back or ping me if the situation changes. Ad Orientem (talk) 22:29, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level
Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin at 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.
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.