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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

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    Place requests for protection increases at the BOTTOM of this section. If you cannot find your request, check the archive of requests or, failing that, the page history. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.


    USSR anti-religious campaign (1958–1964)

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Block evasion. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 17:33, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User(s) blocked. By Favonian. qedk (t 愛 c) 17:39, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    A new user has popped up, and will probably continue to do so. jlwoodwa (talk) 20:06, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Loïc Lumbilla

    Reason: An unsourced change has been repeatedly been introduced by an IP in the last couple of days: [1], [2], [3], [4], [5]. Robby.is.on (talk) 17:54, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. qedk (t 愛 c) 17:58, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Timeline of Japanese history

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent IP editor vandalism, often adding plausible but false info that is easily missed. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 18:07, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User(s) blocked. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 18:21, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Talk:Omegle

    Reason: Previous PP lasted two years, following incessant IP vandalism. Not even 24 hours after that expiring, the vandalism resumes. Clearly someone's had a calendar reminder for it every time, but so do I. Let them try again in 2030? Mac Dreamstate (talk) 18:27, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of another two years, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Bbb23 (talk) 22:17, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Taşlıyayla, Sivrice

    Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Aintabli (talk) 18:29, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Bbb23 (talk) 22:17, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Danny Danon

    Indefinite extended-confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement. per WP:ARBPIA. He has constantly criticized his Palestinian counterpart and Hamas. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk · contribs) 18:33, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Bbb23 (talk) 22:18, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    2025 United Kingdom local elections

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Disruptive Editing. repeated changing of "United Kingdom" to "England" by IP editor CR (how's my driving? call 0865 88318) 18:43, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Port of Shahid Rajaee explosion

    Reason: Recurring vandalism and insertion of unsourced/unverified content. Borgenland (talk) 19:02, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    2025 Sumy Oblast incursion

    Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – This article is on a contentious topic (ARBRUW) and should be extended-confirmed protected. The article was apparently supposed to be protected (the contentious topic template is on the talk page) but it wasn't for some reason. ApexParagon (talk) 19:15, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Bbb23 (talk) 22:20, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Russian Orthodox Church

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 19:25, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    V/H/S

    Reason: Temporary semi-protection. User/users have been vandalizing pages since March and continue to do so after reverting. The same thing happens with V/H/S/2, V/H/S: Viral, V/H/S/94, V/H/S/99, V/H/S/85, V/H/S/Beyond pages. Russiaoniichan (talk) 20:08, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Bbb23 (talk) 22:21, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Old age

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Remsense ‥ 论 20:29, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 20:47, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Stealth (roller coaster)

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. Consistent addition of Unsourced Information and Rumours from IP-users about Stealth's current operational issues and breakdown. Requesting protection until Stealth is fixed or confirmed as closed by Thorpe Park! Juli3nD (talk) 20:54, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Bbb23 (talk) 22:21, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Death of Yuri Gagarin

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Vandalism right after protection expiration. Filmssssssssssss (talk) 21:02, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User talk:178.185.183.165

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Leonidlednev (T, C, L) 21:12, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined Page deleted. Bbb23 (talk) 22:22, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Funeral of Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Seryogin

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. jlwoodwa (talk) 21:24, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of one month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 21:51, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Jamie Doran

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. jlwoodwa (talk) 22:02, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for reduction in protection level

    Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level
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    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.

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    DVD

    Reason: This protection is no longer necessary because this article has no IP edits for over a year ago, and this type of protection is stale. Plus, there has not been any vandalism in over couple years. 205.155.225.249 (talk) 19:01, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    No IP edits for over a year ago is self-evident given it's semi-protected. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 20:21, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Is one year enough to unprotect? 205.155.225.249 (talk) 20:22, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia:Teahouse

    Reason: There are IP editors that needed assistance on this page. In addition to this, Teahouse attracted new editors on Wikipedia, since they are inexperienced and protecting this page is still unnecessary, since they needed about 10 edits in order to be autoconfirmed and IPs who are in good-faith, can be challenging and difficult for them to assist registered users and editors on how to edit Wikipedia, same with the help desk. Like other pages, not every IP is a vandal, some of them are constructive. 205.155.225.249 (talk) 20:04, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Without going into details, the vandal that constantly targets this page threatens other users whenever the page is unprotected, and firmly believes they have the right to issue very public death threats. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 20:24, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikipedia talk:Teahouse

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry. Leonidlednev (T, C, L) 20:16, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for edits to a protected page

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    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.
    Further information: Wikipedia:Edit requests


    Gaza war

    The textbox, in [f]. change "US intelligence estimate: 10,000–15,000 militants (as of January 2025)" to "US intelligence estimate: Hamas reduced to 9,000–12,000 militants (as of June 2024)"

    reason: The current claim relies on an article by The Print that says " The Palestinian militant group Hamas has recruited between 10,000 and 15,000 members since the start of its war with Israel" (emphasis on recruited, not killed) The Reuters article https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/diminished-hamas-switches-full-insurgent-mode-gaza-2024-06-06/ claims "The enclave's ruling group has been reduced to between 9,000 and 12,000 fighters, according to three senior U.S. officials familiar with battlefield developments, down from American estimates of 20,000-25,000 before the conflict. By contrast, Israel says it has lost almost 300 troops in the Gaza campaign" Therefore, it will be best to either subtract the two ranges (which was rejected before) or claim that Hamas has been reduced to 9000-12000 members, as written in the article. It is also possible to write "US intelligence estimate: Hamas reduced from 20,000-25,000 to 9,000–12,000 militants (as of June 2024)" just as written in the article, but that might be too long Stone fridge (talk) 21:06, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    2025 Pahalgam attack

    I think we should call it a terrorist attack sponsored by Pakistan on Hindu male tourists, rather then a militant attack because 3 terrorists were from Pakistan, came to kill Hindu male tourists. Sams091 (talk) 20:54, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined This is under discussion at the talk page. We will not short-circuit active discussions. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 21:05, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Handled requests

    A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.

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