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 pending changes, semi-protection, full protection, move protection, create protection, template editor protection, or upload 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: After the previous protection expired, the pseudo-Ukrainian POV pushers returned to replace Kiev with Kyiv and Russian by Ukrainian. This has been going on for years, and the article is covered by WP:RUSUKR. We are clearly ready for an indefinite semi-protection. Ymblanter (talk) 20:43, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Ymblanter: I only have a faint recollection of the Kiev/Kyiv edit wars. I see that article talk refers to WP:KYIV. However, I've had a very hectic time off-wiki and am incapable of finding the wording in WP:KYIV that supports "Kiev" at Aleksandra Ekster. Also, is there a clearer explanation about the Russian/Ukrainian dispute other than "confusing nationality with ethnicity"? Johnuniq (talk) 08:51, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected indefinitely. As WP:ARBEE. The page was protected for one year 2022-2023, and for one year 2023-2024, so I've set the protection not to expire this time. Sorry, I somehow overlooked the comment above 'till after protecting and logging. Hope that's okay. @Ymblanter and Johnuniq: courtesy pings. El_C 16:42, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks. @Johnuniq: I am on holidays now, but I am pretty sure the last RfC on Kyiv was closed by stating that Kyiv is post-1991. It is often being stretched to post-1917, which is a grey area, but Exter was born before that anyway. Russian/Ukrainian is a content dispute in which sides usually do not care to bring non-partisan (or usually any) sources, and the last IPs did not even try. Ymblanter (talk) 17:36, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Repeated instances of copyright violation. WikiDan61ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:39, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of one week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. El_C 19:20, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Consistent edits made from IP without source. Aadirulez8 (talk) 15:17, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
User(s) blocked. El_C 19:21, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: IP troll and vandal - warned in edit comments, not engaging in talk page discussions, reverting, mocking GreenC 16:58, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. El_C 19:27, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Dispute over WP:CT/BLP and WP:CT/A-I content currently under discussion on the article talk page. Multiple inexperienced editors, apparently reacting to recent news, are disrupting the article during while the dispute is being discussed. This is part of a series of disputes accusing Hadid of antisemitism that have been under discussion since Nov'23. - Hipal (talk) 17:18, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Question: any recent diffs of contested edits by non-WP:XC users, Hipal? El_C 19:27, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- It appears that everyone making edits related the these disputes in the past few months is edit-confirmed. --Hipal (talk) 20:11, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Persistent disruption involving removing sourced content for inadequate reasons (edit summaries are misleading). Procyon117 (talk) 17:30, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 4 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. El_C 19:30, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Disruptive IP who is determined that the photograph in the article has the wrong year, when they are 100% wrong. There is also a voting process going on to see if the photograph should be changed to another photograph, the IP is clearly ignoring it. Catfurball (talk) 17:47, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Declined. Also, why are you removing the request rather than simply leaving it to be answered, Catfurball? El_C 19:33, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Persistent disruptive editing by IP editors. Pinging Ponyo. Bgsu98 (Talk) 17:53, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. El_C 19:37, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Pending changes: Persistent disruptive editing – See page history; sustained disruptive editing by IPs. ‑‑Neveselbert (talk · contribs · email) 17:57, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 2 weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Too active for WP:PC at this time. El_C 19:42, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Reason: Edit war to include WP:CT/BLP/WP:CT/AP content against consensus, often without engaging in talk page discussion. - Hipal (talk) 18:40, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution. El_C 19:44, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent disruptive editing and MOS violations by anonymous editor. livelikemusic (TALK!) 18:55, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue. El_C 19:47, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content – people are adding results to events that have not finished yet. Jimmy Skitz's Answer Machine 19:42, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Semi-protected for a period of 10 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. El_C 19:48, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
Current requests for reduction in protection level
Before posting, first discuss with the protecting admin at 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.
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.
Remove "the Israeli government has historically interpreted any criticism of its actions as antisemitism" from the last sentence of the last paragraph of the opening section.
This specific text should be removed, as it makes a poorly founded and sweeping statement via the wording of "any criticism", hence hurting the neutrality and quality of the page. None of the cited sources prove that the Israeli government claims "any criticism" of Israel is antisemitism.
Aside from the problematic wording of "any criticism", the text also links to another article on "Weaponization of antisemitism", which itself is a deeply contested and controversial discussion. The IHRA working definition of antisemitism has been widely adopted by numerous governments, academic institutions and NGOs and specifies instances where unfair criticisms of Israel, under certain circumstances, may be considered as antisemitic. The text in the article serves to directly dispute/discredit the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, which is inappropriate and biased for a Wikipedia article, particularly on such a contentious topic.
The text should instead mention the Israeli government's claims of antisemitism, while not claiming that it labels all criticisms as such. It is in fact incorrect to claim so, as numerous figures within the Israeli government itself, as well as prominent figures from Israeli society, are openly critical of Israel's current policies. Neutral Editor 645 (talk) 20:17, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
Handled requests
A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.