Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Decrease

Requests for page protection

You are currently viewing the requests for decrease in protection level subpage of Wikipedia:Requests for page protection.

Before posting a request for unprotection, please discuss it with the protecting administrator first. You can create a request below if you receive no response from them.

Instructions

To find out which administrator protected the page, go to the page's edit history and click on the "View logs for this page" link (located underneath the page's title). The protecting administrator is listed in the protection log entry, next to the words "protected", "changed protection level", or "configured pending changes". If there are a large number of log entries on the page, use the drop-down menu near the top of the page and select "Protection log" or "Pending changes log" to filter the logs accordingly.

DO NOT request a reduction in protection if...

...you are being prevented from editing the page. A desire to change content is not a valid reason for unprotection. Instead:
- If you can edit the article's talk page, use the Edit Request Wizard to propose a change on the article's talk page. Include an explanation of the exact content that you want to change, and what the content will be afterward.
- If the article's talk page is also protected and you cannot edit it, you may propose a change at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Edit.
...your reasoning for reducing protection is that the article has not been vandalized. That simply means the protection is working as intended.
...your reasoning for reducing protection is basically "a long time has passed" without supporting details.
...you haven't contacted the protecting administrator.
...the current protection is logged as an arbitration enforcement action made within the last year. Such actions may only be appealed to the protecting administrator, at WP:AE, WP:AN, or WP:ARCA.

You may request a protection reduction below if...

...you want to change the protection level of a template or module from full protection to template protection. You may add the request to this page without having to discuss it with the protecting administrator first.
...you need to remove creation protection from a location where no page exists (redlinked pages) after a draft version of the intended article is prepared beforehand and ready to be published.
...you are proposing a trial reduction in protection for a page that has been protected for several years, provided the proposal is supported by evidence such as talk page activity, page views, page traffic, number of watchers, frequency of edit requests, and prior history of vandalism.
...the protecting administrator is inactive or has not responded to you in several days.

If you cannot locate your request, make sure to check the request archives to see if it's been moved there. Only requests that have been recently answered will still be listed here.

Request removal of protection from a page, or reducing the current protection level

Request unprotection

United States

United States (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: Protection was bumped from semi to extended confirmed in 2022 after a multi-day long vandal spree waged by a known LTA through multiple throwaway accounts. In the four years since, they are seemly inactive, with their last known account discovered on July 2023 (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Awolf58/Archive). With this in mind, it doesn't seem too unreasonable to give semi another wurl. Giovanni Potage (talk) 11:39, 5 October 2026 (UTC)reply

Based on the disruption on that article and the time elapsed, I think it would be appropriate to downgrade to semi protect the article. It will be enough to stop new vandals and disruptors but not enough to prevent inexperienced editors to do productive changes. ~2026-53576-33 (talk) 12:53, 6 October 2026 (UTC)reply

Nikki Sixx

Nikki Sixx (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: No longer nessecary. The sock responsible for protection has probably moved on, judging how long their last known account has been inactive for (see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Stephaniemuue/Archive). Giovanni Potage (talk) 11:45, 5 October 2026 (UTC)reply

List of Phineas and Ferb characters

List of Phineas and Ferb characters (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Reason: No longer nessecary According to the last protection log there, this article has been semi protected since 2010 due to past sock puppetry. From the sockpuppeteer who was responsible for this protection, the last report was on July 11, 2011, a decade and a half ago which you can find in Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Xffgs/archive. The sock puppeteer has definitely moved on since then making it unnecessary for protection. ~2026-53576-33 (talk) 12:21, 6 October 2026 (UTC)reply

For clarification, the user is @Xffgs and the sock puppet investigation archive can be found Here ~2026-53576-33 (talk) 12:49, 6 October 2026 (UTC)reply