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. 海盐沙冰 / aka irisChronomia / Talk 12:06, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. One temp account only. Lectonar (talk) 12:42, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. –Skywatcher68 (talk) 13:17, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. Last edit to article 2 days ago. Lectonar (talk) 14:48, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Edit warring from TAs today is the most proximate cause for this request, but note that there’s also been sockpuppetry by auto confirmed accounts on the talk page, which may warrant considering EC instead. signed, Rosguill talk 13:20, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
- Pinging @Voorts who recently protected and unprotected this page. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:26, 10 August 2026 (UTC)- My protection was mistaken based on incorrect CTOP. voorts (talk/contributions) 15:27, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
Pending changes: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 14:15, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
Pending-changes protected for a period of 6 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 15:24, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Returned after a short protection. Entranced98 (talk) 14:17, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
Reason: heavy use of promotive language and vandalism ~2026-43879-26 (talk) 15:27, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
- Title of nominated page corrected. I didn't find evidence of high-frequency disruptive editing; the nominator was almost entirely responsible for removing the promotional content and is the only editor in the past week. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 15:30, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
- Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:41, 10 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)
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)
This is an emoji sequence that should be considered a redirect to Homophobia due to its usage. The same goes for 🫸🏳️⚧️, redirecting to Transphobia. Consequentlycomposed29 (talk) 15:43, 10 August 2026 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.