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.
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Shawwww (talk) 11:29, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
IP address(es) blocked by ScottishFinnishRadish. For a month Daniel Case (talk) 17:32, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
Reason: This template is used in system message (those in the namespace “MediaWiki:”) and on almost 4 million pages (≈6% of all pages) at the time of writing, so why allow those who aren’t administrators to edit a system message, even those who are template editors? 2600 etc (talk) 13:06, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
Question: @2600 etc: Have you discussed this with Jo-Jo Eumerus, the admin who reduced the protection level from full to template protection? Epicgenius (talk) 13:51, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
Reason: recurring vandalism and disinformation by TAs. Borgenland (talk) 13:52, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Yes, a lot of edits today but very few reverts. Community seems to be holding the line. Daniel Case (talk) 17:45, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Anon repeatedly creating a WP:CONTENTFORK of this subtopic of WarnerMedia while bypassing Draft:Warner Communications, which they have also edited after that draft was rejected at AFC. — Trailblazer101🔥 (discuss · contribs) 15:37, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Couple of edits today after months of inactivity. Daniel Case (talk) 17:58, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent socking after protection. ~2026-44198-29 (talk) 17:05, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked: GatoradeISSOYUMMY1 (talk · contribs) blocked by Blablubbs. Indef. Daniel Case (talk) 18:15, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – This redirect has experienced persistent vandalism from various IP addresses for more than ten years. Although the page has been protected multiple times, vandalism resumes whenever the protection is lifted, with new IP addresses repeatedly altering the redirect. Bulldawg (talk) 18:43, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level
Current requests for edits to a protected page
I request the following sentence be removed from the lead's 2nd paragraph:
"and subsequently annexing the Strait of Hormuz"
This sentence was recently added but is completely unsourced, not in the body, and POV pushing. Although Iran has claimed sovereignty over the strait, there are no sources claiming that it has actually successfully annexed it during the ongoing war or even attempted officially to do so. The linked page on sovereignty in the text which is a new page created by the same user also doesn't even support this wording of annexation. Current talks between Iran and Oman are about shared administration as well, not annexation. ~2026-43592-81 (talk) 07:20, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
The current wording states:
“Present DGP (Additional Charge) of Haryana Police is Ajay Singhal since January 1, 2026.”
Please change it to:
“Present DGP of Haryana Police is Ajay Singhal since January 1, 2026.” Aman1319 (talk) 06:15, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
- Declined The talk page for this article is unprotected; you should make this request there. Daniel Case (talk) 18:46, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
Change the 'Platform' parameter to be Platform(s). This is because there could be more than one Platform for a software. Wikiediter2029 (talk) Nosey? Stalk My edits 08:11, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
- Declined The talk page for the template is unprotected; you should make this request there. Daniel Case (talk) 18:45, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
The article lists under US casualties that there have been "42 aircraft lost", which is inaccurate as the sourced article states "42 aircraft lost or damaged", as it mentions examples such as an F-35 being damaged by missile fire, but surviving.
"42 aircraft lost" should be simply changed to "42 aircraft lost or damaged" Emkut7 (talk) 22:06, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
The following inclusion in the Background section claiming that Hamas on October 7th carried out sexual violence should be removed:
"The attack included grave acts of violence, including sexual violence.[85] "
This claim includes a citation that when reading does not within it contain a citation or evidence. It is a false claim that has been widely refuted.
I suggest removing this sentence due to an insufficient citation as there are a number of sources which have disproven this claim as propaganda from the Israeli state. Tolepekinape (talk) 15:37, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
- That is because the cited work is a PDF that is repeatedly referred to as a source, and is listed in the "Works cited" section (the reference links to the work in that list). With that said, the source appears to be not fit for purpose here (the claim conflates information about the October 7 attack with a description of genocide on the listed page). Nevertheless,
Not done - This is going to require some discussion, if for no other reason than to see if there's any source that can actually support that claim before it gets removed. "Move fast and break shit" is a terrible idea in an intractible ethnopolitical hellhole topic area. I will tag it as failing verification. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v Look out it's Jimothy! 17:44, 11 August 2026 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.