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 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.
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – Subject of large controversy on relation to Israel-Palestine conflict. Mach61 07:00, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent ignoring of consensus by removing hidden text by various Ecuador IP ranges and 1 registered account with the same exact behaviour hence possibly login/logout socking since 17 January 2025. — 🧧🍊 Paper9oll 🍊🧧 (🔔 • 📝) 12:10, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Persistent WP:LOUTSOCKing to restore material added by confirmed sock TipsyJava. Dclemens1971 (talk) 12:35, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Persistent WP:LOUTSOCKing to remove material previously removed by confirmed sock TipsyJava. Dclemens1971 (talk) 12:36, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Edit waring Sushidude21! (talk) 12:49, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Persistent WP:LOUTSOCKing Kajmer05 (talk) 13:54, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Persistent addition of |partner= to Infobox with fantasy unsourced values. — 🧧🍊 Paper9oll 🍊🧧 (🔔 • 📝) 15:16, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Numerous IPs and single-purpose accounts seeking to delete content with no explanation or stating at the request of the subject. Cambial — foliar❧ 16:35, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: High level of IP vandalism Murgatroyd49 (talk) 16:37, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Multiple IPs, same person, ignoring WP:NOTAFORUM. Geraldo Perez (talk) 16:45, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent unsourced and disruptive editing by IPs and new users. Johnj1995 (talk) 17:48, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Jdcomix (talk) 17:51, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Reason: Repeated insertion of commentary by IPs. Borgenland (talk) 18:08, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
- Please enforce WP:CT/IPA. IanDBeacon (talk) 18:47, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Vandalism has resumed. Skywatcher68 (talk) 18:12, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Disruptive editing by IP users, mainly MOS:VAR as they are changing existing table style of this television series without consensus. [1][2][3][4]. Telenovelafan215 (talk) 19:01, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Mellk (talk) 19:20, 8 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: This page has been protected for *ten years*. It is the only engine page for major US manufacturers that is. It is not an *inherently contentious* page like many on religion, sexuality, ethnic strife, and such (which can remain persistently problematic). The page has had plenty of time to ride out a spate of probematic editing/unregistered editors. It needs the opportunity to be freely edited, and settle itself down. 2601:196:180:DC0:4842:76FD:4D84:35D5 (talk) 15:26, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
- FYI Biblioworm. There's certainly a lot of disruption on car articles generally, but I'm not sure about a specific engine nowadays – I checked in the archives and the last time we had an engine-related request was in October (note that I only did a Ctrl+F check and that the Ford IP seems unrelated to this one). Sdrqaz (talk) 17:17, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
Indefinite pending changes: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism on the page, particularly towards Donald Trump. NikolaiVektovich (talk) 17:04, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
- This is on the wrong subpage (you wanted /Increase), but it's been protected since as XCP until August. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 18:02, 8 February 2025 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... * Pppery * it has begun... 18:47, 8 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.
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.