Before posting arequest 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 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.
