Wikipedia:Requests for page protection
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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 get rid of obvious vandalism.
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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.
Reason: The page has been earlier vandalized by sockpuppets User:RationalIndia and keeps on getting vandalized by unconfirmed users. The page comes under south asian topics, prone to keep getting disrupted. Please allow only extended confirmed users to edit on this page. PerspicazHistorian (talk) 10:00, 14 December 2024 (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 10:08, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Mass IP edits regarding winner of the season. MySlack1222 (talk) 10:18, 14 December 2024 (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 10:24, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
- Requesting semi-protection to prevent repeated vandalism. Despite multiple undo attempts, deliberate edits from IP addresses persist. MySlack1222 (talk) 10:30, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite create protection: Offensive name. Sergiogriffiths (talk) 13:57, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Reason: High level of vandalism by multiple people Replayerr (talk) 13:59, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Gunther : Talk 14:15, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Subject got in controversy the other day and many new edits and some are unneeded Wcamp9 (talk) 14:43, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Persistent IP vandalism and insertion of promotional content. jolielover♥talk 15:00, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Many IP disruptive editing; specifically adding translations of unnecessary things in brackets etc.. Since he is the claimed president-elect of Georgia and it's protests has increased ever since MAL MALDIVE (talk) 15:17, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
- Comment While physically in Asia, Georgia can be considered part of Europe in the cultural and political spheres, and definitely has the same issues of the EU-Russia balance of power as Eastern European countries do. Can this page be covered under WP:ARBEE and extended protection? Unknown Temptation (talk) 16:24, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:24, 14 December 2024 (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 15:25, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent vandalism from IPs since 18:37, 9 December 2024. Alith Anar 15:31, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent misgendering. –RoxySaunders 🏳️⚧️ (talk • stalk) 15:58, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 16:02, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – BLP about an English football ref, multiple IPs and one new acct. messing with it. Schazjmd (talk) 16:14, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Resumption of vandalism from sockpuppeteer since 16:12, 14 December 2024. Alith Anar 16:21, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Under attack by LTA:UAK. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 16:24, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Reason: IPs and new users have a shaky understanding of the difference between facts and their own opinions. Many edits in the last three months (the current football season) have just been vandalism or insertion of opinion. The page on his mate Cole Palmer is under six months of protection for the same reason. Unknown Temptation (talk) 16:27, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 16:29, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Frequent vandalism and unsourced edits from IPs and new accounts since 22:58, 30 November 2024. Alith Anar 16:29, 14 December 2024 (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.
Reason: The protection is no longer necessary because i believe that the metaverse is now less associated with crypto and the blockchain - especially after the rise of spatial computing. 67.209.128.24 (talk) 15:46, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Suggested action: Lower to WP:WHITELOCK/WP:PCPP to prevent disruptive editing from cryptospammers while still allowing for broader contribution from legitimate editors (especially IPs like me). Otherwise, if no cryptospam is expected, remove protection completely. 67.209.128.24 (talk) 15:51, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Pinging @El C. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 16:19, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
- Pinging @El C. --Ahecht (TALK
Reason: The page was protected due to BLP, and is still protected for that reason despite Stephenson dying in 2015. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 13:09, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Reason: The page was protected due to BLP, and is still protected for that reason despite Powell dying in 2021. If the page is to stay protected, the protection reason should at least be changed. 100.7.34.111 (talk) 13:20, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
Current requests for edits to a protected page
Please request an edit directly on the protected page's talk page before posting here
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.
This, I think, is the first time I've made a suggestion. Hopefully, I'm doing this correctly.
The lateral fricative voiced retroflex, as an example, has an IPA representation of ɖɭ˔ according to its Wikipedia page, but the IPA Pulmonic table and other tables use the Unicode representation in the table and any font I have found just doesn't handle that character,
Would it be better to use the IPA representation which I think many fonts handle since the table has 'IPA' in its title and its link points to the Wikipedia page with both representations? The linked article each cell in the table states that the representation the IPA version and that the Unicode character is implied from that.
I'd be happy to make a list of each table and cell where this occurs if that is necessary and you think these will be worthwhile changes. BLWBebopKid (talk) 19:51, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
- Pinging @Kwamikagami as they are likely to have some insight to these issues. For me personally, I'm not sure. I happen to have fonts installed that handle the extIPA symbols, but I'm in the stark minority there. Remsense ‥ 论 01:46, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
- ExtIPA is IPA. It's just a specialized subset. For example, extIPA can be used in the 'Illustrations of the IPA' published in JIPA.
- The issue is one of font support. The letters in question date to 2015, though they weren't added to Unicode until 2021. There are websites that list fonts that support various characters. These are supported by the SIL fonts, which are the best free IPA fonts available. If you don't have a good font installed, you're not going to be able to view IPA correctly anyway. That's why we have the IPA notice in articles, that you may need to install an IPA font to view the article properly. — kwami (talk) 05:32, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.