Wikipedia:Requests for page protection
Wikimedia noticeboard for requesting protection of pages
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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
Please add an edit request to the talk page of the protected page before adding an edit request here | ||
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.
Samina Miya
Temporary create protection: Repeatedly recreated. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 02:52, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
Wealth of Elon Musk
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Squawk7700 (talk) 20:58, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
Frank Nicholas Meyer
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. MakaylaHippo1998 (talk) 02:36, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Angelina Ballerina (TV series)
Reason: the cluebot changed the number of seasons from 4 to 2 and this needs to be protected to stop disruptions Fr4s3rtgegamer (talk) 04:01, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
- Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 05:50, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
American Ninja Warrior season 17
Reason: Resumed disruptive redirect removals, replacing with entirely unsourced content. Magitroopa (talk) 04:10, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps
Reason: High level of user disruption Fr4s3rtgegamer (talk) 04:45, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Draft:Gabe owners
Extended confirmed protection: Can this title be Salted? Repeated recreation and submission to AFC. nil nz 06:40, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Category:Anti-Israeli sentiment in Yemen
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – Fits within WP:PIA broadly construed, and there is no exception for categories. ozmoozmo@enwiki (talk:contribs) 07:02, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
2026 Iranian strikes on Arab countries
Indefinite extended-confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. NeoSyria\Freedoxm (talk · contribs) 07:18, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Dallin H. Oaks
Reason: Persistent levels of vandalism by a series of verified sockpuppets of User:GeraldFord1980. Similar content disruption is evident in the page histories of Henry B. Eyring, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, David A. Bednar, Quentin L. Cook, D. Todd Christofferson, Neil L. Andersen, Ronald A. Rasband, Gary E. Stevenson, Dale G. Renlund, Gerrit W. Gong, Ulisses Soares, Patrick Kearon, Gérald Caussé, and Clark G. Gilbert. Given the high rate of vandalism on these pages by the sockpuppets of this user, a higher level of protection on each of these 15 articles may be appropriate. User:Jgstokes (talk)—We can disagree without becoming disagreeable. 08:07, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Ajit Doval
Reason: The page is constantly being edited by new users or non registered ip users who only use vandalism.
I want to request to protect the page with Permanent Semi Protection Shakti 3621 (talk) 08:59, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Extended confirmed protected indefinitely. Logged under WP:CT/SA and WP:CT/BLP. Favonian (talk) 11:17, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
A Minecraft Movie
Temporary pending changes: Persistent vandalism – Returned after a year of semi-protection, with the odd constructive edit in the mix. Entranced98 (talk) 09:38, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Al-Lat
Reason: Specifically the Etymology section:
On account of excessive vandalism and overzealous dismissal of facts, as they are, for simplified narratives that conveniently align to worldviews instead of merely presenting all data as we have a responsibility to do as an objective encyclopedic project. Profes.I. (talk) 10:13, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 1 year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Favonian (talk) 11:30, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Category:Trưng sisters
Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Shellwood (talk) 10:25, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Favonian (talk) 10:53, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Harry Roque
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism by at least three anonymous users about the subject's fugitive status within the day. Hariboneagle927 (talk) 11:02, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level
Before posting a request for unprotection, please discuss it with the protecting administrator first. You can create a request below only if you receive no response from them.
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 WP: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 protected, 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.
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.
Current requests for edits to a protected page
Please add an edit request to the talk page of the protected page before adding an edit request here
Requests for specific edits should be made on the talk page of the protected article. You can create an edit request below only if the talk page is also protected, preventing you from adding a request there.
- You may add the appropriate template (
{{Edit protected}},{{Edit template-protected}},{{Edit extended-protected}}, or{{Edit semi-protected}}) to the article's talk page if you would like to request an edit be made. Doing so will automatically place the page in the appropriate category for the request to be reviewed. - For edit requests being made due to the editor having a conflict of interest with the article subject (see Wikipedia:Suggestions for COI compliance), the
{{Edit COI}}template should be used instead of the others listed above. - Requests to move pages that are currently move-protected should be made at Wikipedia:Requested moves, not on this page.
- This page is not for holding discussions regarding content.
Otherwise, if you are unable to add a request to the article's talk page, you may use this page to propose a specific edit to be performed. Vague requests that don't propose a specific edit will be declined. Please see the top of this page for instructions on how to properly add a request.
2026 Iran war
Under the "Casualties by citizenship" table Turkey suffers for 3 "killed". But as you can check from the source, they are not casualties of the war, they are died because of the malfunction on the helicopter. It was a helicopter crash. Also Qatar's casualty number was increased with the same crash. It wasn't a war act. Elefsar (talk) 11:54, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
- Qatar casualties cites the same source. If the casualties for Turkey would be removed, how would the casualties for Qatar be affected? In any case I put a note on the article talk page. ~Anachronist (who / me) (talk) 15:37, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
Gaza war
I would like to request that "<div style="margin:0.1em 0;">{{leftlegend|#9bf7f0|Furthest Israeli advance in the Gaza Strip}}</div>" be removed from the infobox, as it is not on the map anymore. (How has this not been done yet? It's been gone from the map since 10 February...) Mx User (talk) 13:13, 1 April 2026 (UTC)
2026 Iran war
change the title to '2026 US/ Israel war on Iran'... current framing is US centric ~2026-20417-12 (talk) 09:57, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Gaza war
this page refers to a genocide by Israel following October 7th attacks, not a 'Gaza War'. Suggest change title to 'Israel retaliation to October 7th attacks' or similar.. 20,000 children are dead.. wake up
~2026-20417-12 (talk) 09:59, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.