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.
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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.
Reason: Page belongs to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict article class and should be protected by Wikipedia policy (see its talk page [[1]]) from edits by IP users or those lacking extended confirmed account. During last days the page was vandalized twice. Please add protection per WP policy. רמרום (talk) 08:45, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – IPs in the 2a0a:ef40:* and 2a02:c7c:* ranges slow edit warring with increasingly misleading edit summaries to remove particular content from the article (eg. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]). Appears to be LTA User:Lam312321321 who is currently subject to a SPI rangeblock on a subset of 2a0a:ef40:*, a subset that has blanked content from this article ([8]) which the wider IP range has later tried to blank again ([9]). Belbury (talk) 09:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not a stockpuppet and I can't change the fact my IP changes often. I travel a lot and use a hotspot.
- I also have not appeared in any edit warrings nor had any edit warnings. Yes, some of my edits got reverted but I didn't restore them and respected everyone's views. Many of my edits were accepted, however.
- There's no form of edit wars going on and I am not a sockpuppet. As I said, my IP changes often because I'm on the move and use a hotspot. I can't help that sadly and prefer to edit without an account. I will try my best to stick to one IP in future but it's a challenge due to my WiFi connection. 2A0A:EF40:EDE:B201:85B7:221A:11A5:A118 (talk) 09:31, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- I won't be touching the page any more, so there's no need to protect it from me. However, I am not trying to cause any form of damage. I am sorry my IP keeps changing. 2A0A:EF40:EDE:B201:85B7:221A:11A5:A118 (talk) 09:33, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- See talk page: Talk:2024 United Kingdom general election#Banned user providing citations
- I made a statement. 2A0A:EF40:EDE:B201:85B7:221A:11A5:A118 (talk) 09:40, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- I won't be touching the page any more, so there's no need to protect it from me. However, I am not trying to cause any form of damage. I am sorry my IP keeps changing. 2A0A:EF40:EDE:B201:85B7:221A:11A5:A118 (talk) 09:33, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of one month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. The IP knows their way around and could create an account to avoid misinterpretation. Johnuniq (talk) 10:40, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- You forgot to add the template. 2A0A:EF40:EDE:B201:BC36:6290:2DBC:433F (talk) 10:48, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- The little protection icon will be added by a bot if not done manually. Lectonar (talk) 10:56, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- You forgot to add the template. 2A0A:EF40:EDE:B201:BC36:6290:2DBC:433F (talk) 10:48, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Reason: One anonymous user is making edits to the Episodes section and not following WP:DE and MOS:TVOVERVIEW. The Media Expert (talk) 12:11, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. Lectonar (talk) 12:23, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Reason: immediate protection for featured ITN article GeorgeMemulous (talk) 12:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- Addition: Persistent vandalism Warm Regards, Miminity (talk) (contribs) 12:42, 19 July 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.
Reason: The protection is no longer necessary, because it was placed for an edit war which was 14 years ago. I think it is time to consider unprotecting the page. 74.14.6.233 (talk) 05:23, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
- @JBW: who placed the protection on the original page before it was moved. Lectonar (talk) 06:09, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
Done. JBW (talk) 10:16, 19 July 2024 (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.