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 remove obvious vandalism.
Request addition of protection to a page, or increasing the current protection level
Request removal of protection from a page, or reducing the current protection level
Request a specific edit be made to a protected page
Request the non-urgent protection of multiple pages that do not require immediate administrator attention
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Current requests for increase in protection level
Place requests for protection increases at the BOTTOM of this section. If you cannot find your request, check the archive of requests or the page history. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Danners430 tweaks made 20:15, 26 July 2026 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. The recent vandal TA was blocked, all others are months old. * Pppery * in solidarity 19:02, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Persistent, sustained sockpuppetry this month by socks of Gun Lover. Since they operate from multiple ranges we can't only block them from editing this page. Two weeks would be ideal. Pbritti (talk) 15:20, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
User(s) blocked: Underlying IP (talk · contribs) blocked by CoconutOctopus. for a week. Daniel Case (talk) 21:43, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. 海盐沙冰 / aka irisChronomia / Talk 16:22, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 4 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Epicgenius (talk) 23:56, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
- @IrisChronomia and Giorgio, Destroyer of Brio: Just so you know, once anyone has made a valid challenge to a PROD for any reason, it can no longer be re-PRODded. I've semied for four days because there was actual disruption, but please don't restore the PROD. Epicgenius (talk) 00:00, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. AriuCH (talk) 16:48, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked: ~2026-38129-52 (talk · contribs) blocked by Epicgenius. Epicgenius (talk) 00:05, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
Reason: Repeated vandalism from temporary accounts. Gebble (talk) 20:32, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
Pending changes: Persistent disruptive editing. Niasoh ❯❯❯ Wanna chat? 20:50, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protection: Please see WP:GS/RUSUKR. Most recent edits are about the war. Mellk (talk) 20:54, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – WP:GS/KURD. The Zand dynasty was an Iranian dynasty founded by Karim Khan Zand of the Zand tribe of the Laks who ruled over Zand Iran. The Zand tribe is a Laki-speaking Kurdish tribe Lak is a Kurdish tribe native to Western Iran. They speak Laki, which is considered a Kurdish dialect Kajmer05 (talk) 21:09, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – TA hopping unsourced birth year change; possible logged out editing involved. In solidarity, Jalen Barks (Woof) 21:19, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection Page has been protected multiple times throughout 2024 and 2025 due to an IP editor constantly changing sourced information about the band’s name. This month, the edits began again. Their reason provided for the changes is that the sources provided are wrong but no other source is provided to back their claim. NJZombie (talk) 21:56, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Disruption from TAs resumed after last protection expired. Giovanni Potage (talk) 22:53, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Epicgenius (talk) 00:43, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
Reason: High level of temporary account vandalism surrounding her views on Transgender athletes in women's sports: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6]. 2 Week Semi Protection would do here. Servite et contribuere (talk) 00:34, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level
Reason: Like my last request, this is no longer needed as this was mostly used to prevent LTAs to moving the page to Grawp-like titles (e.g. H..A..G..G..E..R..?). This is how Grawp spells Hagrid's name in the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix film from 2007. Because JarlaxleArtemis is an LTA that is no longer active, I recommend and suggest removing the protection or even a step further to removing the move protection of this page (extended confirmed would be okay for the Hagrid request). — SimpleObjects-9ei 🏖️/☀️/🥵 (see talk) 21:39, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
Reason: The controversy involving him isn't really discussed anymore, he's not as active as he was two years ago, and the amount of unsourced content added has rapidly decreased in the past two years. So why is ECP still needed? MathMan4 (talk) 00:04, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
Current requests for edits to a protected page
From this -- "His mother, Tzila Segal, was born in Petah Tikva in the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem—her family had migrated from Minneapolis in 1911, having relocated there from Lithuania in the 1870s[7]—and studied law at Gray's Inn, London.[8][9][10]"
To this -- "His mother, Tzila Segal was a natural-born U.S. citizen, born in Petah Tikva in 1912. Her family lived in Minneapolis, Minnesota before moving to Palestine. She remained a U.S. citizen throughout her life, a fact that allowed Benjamin Netanyahu to claim dual citizenship with the United States and Israel during his early career. Tzila insisted that her sons, including Benjamin and his brothers Yonatan and Iddo, learn to speak with an American accent, drilling them in specific pronunciation techniques" Shazam.DC.Superhero (talk) 17:49, 27 July 2026 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.