Wikipedia:Requests for page protection: Difference between revisions

Welcome—request protection of a page, file, or template here.

Shortcuts WP:RFPP WP:RFP WP:RPP 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. Skip to table of contents requests to raise protection lower protection requested edits (purge) Request protection of a page, or increasing the protection level Request protection Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level Request unprotection Request a specific edit to a protected page Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here Request edit

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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.

Indefinite full protection: Article keeps being restored without meeting notability requirements. Snuggums (talk / edits) 23:44, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Create protection: Repeatedly recreated – Along with GURDIP SINGH ANAND. Wgolf (talk) 22:50, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Creation protected Nakon 22:57, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Create protection: Repeatedly recreated. Wgolf (talk) 22:50, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Creation protected Nakon 22:56, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary semi-protection: Upswing in persistent vandalism from both IPs and vandalism only accounts.--Mr Fink (talk) 22:02, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Nakon 22:38, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Sjö (talk) 21:51, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Nakon 22:37, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary semi-protection: Multiple new accounts and an IP vandalizing the article. --Hammersoft (talk) 21:41, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.--Ymblanter (talk) 22:12, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Temporary semi-protection: Vandalism from IP addresses to a controversial biography, like this edit here. CookieMonster755 (talk) 21:29, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Pending-changes protected for a period of 3 months, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Swarm ^X 21:32, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – keeps on getting recreated (I changed the title to lowercase btw). Wgolf (talk) 16:50, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is it Nitin Chopra or Nintin Chopra that needs to be salted? You moved the page to the latter (mixed case) from the former (upper case). Dwpaul ^Talk 16:54, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The uppercase version, though who knows the lower case might need to be too (I moved it to make it easier) Wgolf (talk) 16:55, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm asking about the spelling of the given name. The original page created had Nitin, you moved to Nintin. Dwpaul ^Talk 16:57, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

NITIN CHOPRA-I didn't even realize I changed the spelling till now! Wgolf (talk) 16:59, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

here-Nitin Chopra Wgolf (talk) 17:00, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Declined I've deleted the page you moved it to, along with the redirect. I initially salted it too, but then realized it had only been edited twice in January. If there's a need to protect it, please ask again. Sarah (SV) ^(talk) 18:02, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can you protect my user page, but not my talk page? I don't want people to change my user page, but I don't care if they change my talk page. Writer freak (talk) 15:21, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Declined – Pages are not protected preemptively. Nobody has tried to edit your user page, and there is no indication that anyone is going to. It's probably not something you need to worry about. BTW welcome to Wikipedia! MelanieN (talk) 18:32, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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.

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.

A rolling archive of the last seven days of protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Rolling archive.