Wikipedia:Requests for page protection

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

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. 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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Current requests for increase in protection level

Place requests for new or upgrading of article protection, upload protection, or create 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.

Beşiktaş J.K.

• Beşiktaş J.K. (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Full protection: Persistent vandalism. Hyper İnternet Explorer Digger^{My voila!} 12:51, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Fatah–Hamas conflict (2006–07)

• Fatah–Hamas conflict (2006–07) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: High level of prohibited IP editing. Qualitatis (talk) 14:20, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Talk:Persian people

• Talk:Persian people (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: – Persistent sockpuppetry A wild sock puppet appeared! Let's nip this in the bud before more come out to play. GAB^Hello! 17:02, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Hathaura Siwan

• Hathaura Siwan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent unsourced NN additions - last protection was for 2 weeks - request 2 months. Several IPs and 1 or 2 named accounts have been blocked - simply leading to new IPs/accounts to carry on the additions - Arjayay (talk) 17:48, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Ethnocracy

• Ethnocracy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – blanking of sections by IP vandal. When Other Legends Are Forgotten (talk) 17:58, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Consider the edit warring noticeboard – This is a case of possible edit-warring by one or two users. No 3rr violation, but a long-running edit war. Ks0stm ^{(T•C•G•E)} 20:49, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Ballyclare Secondary School

• Ballyclare Secondary School (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism/unsourced content from multiple IPs of the same range. Socks or block evasion likely. 2601:188:0:ABE6:65F5:930C:B0B2:CD63 (talk) 20:39, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Farhud

• Farhud (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Lots of vandalism. Wywyit (talk) 21:26, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Genderqueer

• Genderqueer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Funcrunch (talk) 23:01, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

As'ad AbuKhalil

• As'ad AbuKhalil (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IP and new editors making POV-edits. Request infinite, pr WP:ARBPIA3. Huldra (talk) 23:36, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Current requests for reduction in protection level

Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin on 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.

Template:Lak People in Iran

• Template:Lak People in Iran (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unprotection: From full protection to template editor protection--Shadegan (talk) 13:32, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Question: @Shadegan: do you mean the template because neither this one nor the one below is protected, even the articles in mainspace with the same titles aren't protected (not that template protection would apply there) so I'm wondering what these requests are for. tutterMouse (talk) 20:36, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Template:Laki dialect

• Template:Laki dialect (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unprotection: From full protection to template editor protection--Shadegan (talk) 13:32, 13 December 2015 (UTC)

Requests for edits to a protected page

Further information: Wikipedia:Edit requests

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.

Handled requests

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