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.
Temporary create protection: Repeatedly recreated – This category should be protected until April 2 at the very least, when new information about the Nintendo Switch 2 will be announced by Nintendo. GSK (talk • edits) 05:14, 25 January 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.
- Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP editors kept on adding Trump "Declare that all Americans are now legally female. Cassiopeia talk 02:23, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
- @Cassiopeia: I believe you want the talk page semi-protected (the article is already indefinitely semi-protected). I'll leave that for other opinions but a quick look makes me think there is not enough disruptive activity to warrant that? The meme is silly and if it really is added frequently, semi would be justified but it currently appears to be just a couple of IPs commenting reasonably (well it would be reasonable if the meme weren't silly). Johnuniq (talk) 02:55, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
- Automated comment: One or more pages in this request appear to already be protected. Please confirm.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 10:46, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: The protection is not needed because it must edited to be corrected — Preceding unsigned comment added by Panekasos (talk • contribs) 04:28, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
Comment: The talk page isn't protected. Make an edit request there. Sumanuil. (talk to me) 06:32, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
Not unprotected – Please use an edit request to request specific changes to be made to the protected page. Favonian (talk) 10:47, 26 January 2025 (UTC)
Reason: The page was deleted for inactivity but is now active and we would like to make it undeleted. Girls Town Jerusalem (talk) 08:52, 26 January 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.