ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Requests for page protection

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Requests for page protection

This page is for requesting that a page, image or template be fully protected, create protected (salted), semi-protected, move-protected, or unprotected. Please read up on the protection policy. Full protection is used to stop edit warring between multiple users or to prevent vandalism to high-risk templates; semi-protection is usually used only to prevent IP and new user vandalism (see the rough guide to semi-protection); and move protection is used to stop pagemove revert wars. After a page has been protected, the protection is listed in the page history and logs with a short description indicating why it was protected, and the article is listed on Special:Protectedpages. Further discussion should take place on the Talk page of the article. In the case of full protection due to edit warring, admins do not revert back to specific versions of the page, except to get rid of obvious vandalism. Instructions If you would like to request a page to be protected or unprotected, please follow the following steps: If you are requesting unprotection, it is almost always a good idea to ask the protecting admin first before listing a page here. Add a level 4 header (i.e. ==== {{lx|Example}} ====, where "x" stands for the namespace) at the TOP of either the protection or unprotection list and place one of the templates from the table below within the header. Please make sure you have spelled the name of the article properly; a common error stems from mistaken requests for the protection of redirects, particularly capitalised ones. If you are requesting protection, place the type of request (full protection, semi-protection, move protection) and a brief reason for your request below your header. Please do not add arbitrary requests for a protection expiry time to your request, or request indefinite protection arbitrarily. If there is a reason for a page to be protected for a certain amount of time, such as protecting a usertalk page until the user is unblocked, please make this clear. If you are requesting indefinite semi-protection, be aware that it is only applied to articles with endemic and endless vandalism problems which multiple increasing periods of temporary semi-protection have failed to stop. Note that different expiry times can now be set for edit and move-protections, so an article can, for example, be semi-edit-protected for a week and full-move-protected indefinitely. Sign your request with four tildes ~~~~ and save. Note: this is not a venue for continuing an argument from elsewhere. If a request contains excessive arguing, is being used for edit-warring or content disputes, contains personal attacks or uncivil comments, or any other unrelated discussion, it will be removed from this page. Namespace To request protection / unprotection To request protection / unprotection of talk page Generic {{ln|NAMESPACE|PAGE NAME}} {{lnt|NAMESPACE|PAGE NAME}} Article {{la|ARTICLE}} {{lat|ARTICLE}} Template {{lt|TEMPLATE}} {{ltt|TEMPLATE}} Wikipedia {{lw|PAGE}} {{lwt|PAGE}} User {{lu|USER}} {{lut|USER}} Category {{lc|CATEGORY}} {{lct|CATEGORY}} File {{lf|FILE}} {{lft|FILE}} Portal {{lp|PORTAL}} {{lpt|PORTAL}} Help {{lh|HELP}} {{lht|HELP}} MediaWiki Protected by MediaWiki cannot be unprotected {{lmt|MESSAGE}} Should not be protected Book {{lb|BOOK}} {{lbt|BOOK}} Examples ===={{la|Example Article Name}}==== '''Semi-protection:''' High level of IP vandalism. ~~~~ ===={{lt|Example Template Name}}==== '''Temporary semi-protection:''' High level of IP vandalism. ~~~~ ଛାଞ୍ଚ:RSS-Atom feed notice

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Current requests for protection

Place requests for semi-protection, full protection, move protection, or create protection at the TOP of this section. Check the list of denied requests if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

Current requests for unprotection

If you simply want to make spelling corrections or add information to a protected page that is not disputed, and you are not involved in any disputes there, consider simply adding {{Editprotected}} to the article's talk page, along with an explanation of what you want to add to the page. See the list of current {{Editprotected}} requests.

If you want an existing page unprotected, please try to ask the protecting admin first before making a request here.

Check here if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

Current requests for edits to a protected page

Ideally requests should be made on the article talk page rather than here

• Unless the talk page itself is protected, you may instead add {{Editprotected}}, {{Editsemiprotected}} or {{Request edit}} to the article's talk page if you would like to make a change rather than requesting it here.
• If the discussion page and the article are both locked, this project page is the right place to request an edit. If you can, please use the {{la|article name}} template to describe the article you wish changed at the start of your request.