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Wikimedia noticeboard for requesting protection of pages
Before requesting, read theprotection policy. Full protection is used to stop edit warring between multiple users or to prevent vandalism tohigh-risk templates; semi-protection and pending changes are usually used to prevent IP and new user vandalism (see therough guide to semi-protection); and move protection is used to stoppagemove revert wars. Extended confirmed protection is used where semi-protection has proved insufficient (see therough 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 onSpecial:ProtectedPages. In the case of full protection due to edit warring, admins should not revert to specific versions of the page, except to removeobvious vandalism.
Place requests forprotection increases at theBOTTOM of this section. If you cannot find your request, check thearchive of requests or, failing that, thepage history. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.
@Tenshi Hinanawi Could you please warn the editors for edit warring? Since one of them appears to be extended-confirmed, I'd have to full-protect the page, which does not seem like a great solution at this point.Toadspike[Talk]02:05, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Reason: Peristant IP vandalism across multiple acounts (though presumably one person) going on for moths. introduction of plausable looking but incorrect info about release info and changing review scores, etc.Cakelot1 ☞️talk11:46, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Equine-man: Is the issue the quality of the sources? This looks close to a good faith content dispute to me, and several of the cited sources discuss the subject directly. It's not perfectly NPOV but the rest of the article includes other criticism of the subject in the professional capacity.Steven Walling • talk22:28, 26 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Semi-protection: Persistentdisruptive editing – Many different IPs adding incorrect example countries willy-nilly, all of which are unitary states (i.e. the literal opposite of the article subject). I may be approaching edit war territory and don't want to trip the line. Thanks!ZenSwashbuckler 00:23, 27 October 2025 (UTC).ZenSwashbuckler00:23, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity tojustify protection. There have been no IP edits on the article since 2022, and the 2022 edit did not appear to be disruptive. — Newslingertalk11:28, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring – Requesting temporary protection while a content dispute is resolved - multiple different users persistently reverting without joining the talk page discussion.Danners430tweaks made11:11, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Semi-protection request: Zia-ul-Haq is one of the most controversial figures in Pakistan and his article is subject to massive disruption and POV edits by supporters and critics. Just see their article history, how many IPs and blocked users edit this article on a monthly basis.Wazir Pakhteen (talk)12:51, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity tojustify protection. It's been created twice, both times apparently in good faith. I don't think that's enough disruption for create protection.Toadspike[Talk]13:45, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Before posting a request to this page, 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 theWP:Edit Request Wizard to propose a change on the article's talk page. Include an explanation of theexact content that you want to change, and what the content will be afterward.
...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 atemplate ormodule fromfull protection totemplate protection. You may add the request to this page without having to discuss it with the protecting administrator first.
...you need to removecreation protection from a location where no page exists (redlinked pages) after adraft version of the intended article is prepared beforehand and ready to be published.
...you are proposing atrial 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 requestarchives to see if it's been moved there. Only requests that have been recently answered will still be listed here.
Edit requests should be made on the talk page of the protected article. You can create an edit request below only if the talk page isalso 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.
Requests to move pages that are currently move-protected should be made atWikipedia:Requested moves,not on this page.
This page isnot for holding discussions regarding content. Please make a request only if you have aspecific edit that you wish to be performed.
Otherwise, this is the correct place to use in order to add an edit request if you are unable to add one to the article's talk page. Please see the top of this page for instructions on how to properly add a request.