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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.
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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.
Semi-protection: Block evasion by an LTA. – sbaio 02:15, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
IP address(es) blocked by Daniel Case. Added to existing long partial block on range. Daniel Case (talk) 04:11, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Temporary pending changes protection: strange promotional COI-like editing over multiple days by various temp accounts AssumeGoodWraith (talk) 03:28, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
- User(s) blocked: ~2026-50454-09 (talk · contribs) blocked by Callanecc. for 31 hours. Daniel Case (talk) 04:13, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Vandalism and disruptive edits from unregistered/temporary editors since August 2026, including two mass blankings (about 93,000 bytes) and repeated re-addition of unsourced material after being reverted. This page has a similar history. It was semi-protected in March 2022 for persistent vandalism and again in July 2022 for a year under WP:HORN (see protection log). Kristos talk 04:25, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Last edits were three days ago. Daniel Case (talk) 04:27, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Semi-protection: Repeated removal of sourced content and replacement with unsourced content by anonymous users. Deceptecon (talk) 04:53, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – Unsourced additions by multiple temporary accounts. Iamcarbonmatter ♥ xoxo ✦ 05:04, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Reason: Upgrading to ECP due to Israeli Participaton ~2026-50389-68 (talk) 05:50, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Reason: Arbitration Enforcement: WRFPP//CT//RUSUKR ~2026-50389-68 (talk) 05:52, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Reason: Russia-Ukraine War: Contentious Topics ~2026-50389-68 (talk) 05:56, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Reason: Vandalism Risk ~2026-50389-68 (talk) 06:04, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Reason: Non-Confirmed Editors are Forbidden to Edit Aardman-Related Pages ~2026-50389-68 (talk) 06:06, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Reason: Non-Confirmed Editors are Forbidden to Edit Aardman-Related Pages ~2026-50389-68 (talk) 06:06, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – WP:CT/PIA. Isi96 (talk) 06:07, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – WP:CT/CASTE i.e. WP:ECR article. Gotitbro (talk) 06:11, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Edit warring over francois letexier controversey. BengalMC talk 07:51, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level
Current requests for edits to a protected page
Change "he/she is" to "they are" in "what he/she is known for", per MOS guidelines on singular pronouns. International Fujita scale (talk) 18:19, 17 September 2026 (UTC)
- Also, do the same to Wikipedia:Artist biography article template/Preload. International Fujita scale (talk) 18:19, 17 September 2026 (UTC)
Done It was really only necessary for the preload page. Daniel Case (talk) 04:27, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Requesting immediate archiving... Favonian (talk) 07:58, 19 September 2026 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.