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.
Dallas Brodie
Reason: High level of unproductive IP and new user edits - some vandalism. The article subject is a controversial one. Requesting lasting semi-protection of page to quiet the noise. Thankyou. TimeToFixThis | 🕒 04:37, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
Scar (The Lion King)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 08:42, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
Nate Cavanaugh
Semi-protection: BLP policy violations. -- ozmoozmo@enwiki (u:uh:t:th:c:s) 10:03, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
Upin & Ipin
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Joke edits. -- ozmoozmo@enwiki (u:uh:t:th:c:s) 10:22, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
Timeline of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2 March 2026 – present)
- Timeline of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2 March 2026 – present) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – CTOP A/I: This page was split from Timeline of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (27 November 2024 – 28 February 2026), which is also protected with indef. ECR. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 10:34, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
Harittu
Reason: Persistent vandalism since 2008 by IPs and sockpuppet accounts. Jähmefyysikko (talk) 10:53, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Requesting semi-protection atleast until 7 May 2026 as the election is underway and lots of unsourced edits are being made by unregistered users. Wikipicked (talk) 11:05, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
WestJet
Reason: Posable vandalism by ~2026-13478-51 - to be Semi-protected for at least 30 or 90 days, and to be edited by autoconfirmed or confirmed users. ~ŤheŴubṂachine-840≈ 11:54, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
Swoop (airline)
Reason: Posable vandalism by ~2026-13478-51 - to be Semi-protected for at least 30 days and to be edited by autoconfirmed or confirmed users. ~ŤheŴubṂachine-840≈ 11:57, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
Sunwing Airlines
Reason: Posable vandalism by ~2026-13478-51 - to be Semi-protected for at least a few weeks, and to be edited by autoconfirmed or confirmed users. ~ŤheŴubṂachine-840≈ 12:04, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
Anil Ambani
Temporary pending changes: BLP policy violations – Recent BLP vandalism. Entranced98 (talk) 12:15, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
Government of Iran
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – More recent disruptive edits from newly created accounts. DPRKBEST (talk) 12:53, 15 March 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 12:55, 15 March 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.
Avicii
Reason: The protection is no longer necessary because ....... . Buldok465 (talk) 13:19, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
Hello, I would like to request a test unprotection of the article Avicii. It has now been eight years since his passing, and recently the page has not been edited or visited very frequently. Because of the lower level of activity, it may be worth testing whether the current protection is still necessary. A similar request was made earlier for the Martin Garrix article, which was later unprotected, and vandalism did not return. For this reason, I believe it could be reasonable to try the same approach here. Thank you.
