Wikipedia:Requests for page protection

Welcome—request protection of a page, file, or template here.

Shortcuts WP:RFPP WP:RFP WP:RPP 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. Skip to table of contents requests to raise protection lower protection requested edits (purge) Request protection of a page, or increasing the protection level Request protection Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level Request unprotection Request a specific edit to a protected page Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here Request edit

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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.

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism by IP users. Kingsocarso (talk) 22:35, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – removal of sourced content by IP user. Veera Dheera Sooran (talk) 22:16, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary pending changes: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism, removal of sourced content. Veera Dheera Sooran (talk) 22:12, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IPs are posting about his death. James^x12345 20:44, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary semi-protection: There is persistent IP vandalism 173.24.167.213 (talk) 20:19, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Best, Mifter (talk) 20:35, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary pending changes: Some vandalism occured in August 2013. This is currently a Good Article, and some IP edits are not disruptive. George Ho (talk) 19:40, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection: High level of IP vandalism. Mas y mas (talk) 18:20, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent removal of content, e.g. the full name of Pristina airport. Bazonka (talk) 17:49, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection: fall back to semi, no good reason for this to be fully protected, IP and new user vandalism was 2 years ago. — Lfdder (talk) 14:42, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not unprotected The reason for the 2 years of no vandalism is because it was protected. This is a high risk template so I don't feel comfortable falling it back to semi. If you have any edits you want to make then please use {{editprotected}}. Woody (talk) 17:20, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I did. Can someone look at it now? — Lfdder (talk) 17:59, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And like I said, vandalism was done by IPs/new users. So semi would have worked fine. — Lfdder (talk) 18:00, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary full protection: Editwarring due to an editor adding wrongly attributed quotes, WP:OO and non-relevant info. The Banner talk 12:12, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Related to the requests "Irish people", "Aos Sí" and "Righdamhna" and this AN/I-case The Banner talk 12:23, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Declined I'm going to decline it for now. I don't want to lock out potential editors of the page over one user. The main antagonist seems to have stopped now and is responding to comments on his talkpage/ANI. If they start ignoring discussions again then they should be blocked. Woody (talk) 17:32, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary full protection: Editwarring due to an editor adding wrongly attributed quotes, WP:OO and non-relevant info. The Banner talk 12:10, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Related to the requests "Sumerian language", "Aos Sí" and "Righdamhna" and this AN/I-case The Banner talk 12:23, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Declined I'm going to decline it for now. I don't want to lock out potential editors of the page over one user. The main antagonist seems to have stopped now and is responding to comments on his talkpage/ANI. If they start ignoring discussions again then they should be blocked. Woody (talk) 17:32, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary full protection: Editwarring due to an editor adding wrongly attributed quotes, WP:OO and non-relevant info. The Banner talk 09:41, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Related to the requests "Sumerian language", "Irish people" and "Righdamhna" and this AN/I-case The Banner talk 12:23, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Declined I'm going to decline it for now. I don't want to lock out potential editors of the page over one user. The main antagonist seems to have stopped now and is responding to comments on his talkpage/ANI. If they start ignoring discussions again then they should be blocked. Woody (talk) 17:32, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Indefinite pending changes: Persistent vandalism – Attempt to restore deleted material within 24 hrs of protection removal. Paris1127 (talk) 00:53, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected for a period of four days , after which the page will be automatically unprotected.

Note: I don't think PC is appropriate for a talk page. Short-term semi-protection might dissuade this person from posting their 'theories'. If not, we might try a rangeblock. Please let me know how this proceeds. KrakatoaKatie 03:25, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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.

I actually want it deleted, but can't add the speedy deletion request until it's unprotected. -- Heptite (T) (C) (@) 22:46, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Done Deleted; don't worry about the tag. :) Acalamari 22:52, 7 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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.

A rolling archive of the last seven days of protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Rolling archive.