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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

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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.


    Mor Gabriel Monastery

    Reason: Arbitration enforcement – WP:GS/KURD. Kajmer05 (talk) 16:52, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Mor Hananyo Monastery

    Reason: Arbitration enforcement – WP:GS/KURD. Kajmer05 (talk) 16:56, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Republican Party (United States)

    Temporary full protection: would probably be helpful for a while. FMSky (talk) 17:12, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I've warned everyone involved at Talk:Republican_Party_(United_States)#Edit_warring. I would prefer not to full protect, since this revert war has been going on for a week or so, and thus the full protection would have to be fairly long. But if the EW resumes, that may be necessary. Toadspike [Talk] 11:10, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Tony Vitello

    Semi-protection reason: IP vandalism (of infobox formatting) from Taiwan. 9mm.trilla (talk) 17:25, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 4 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. @9mm.trilla Please file a new request if this resumes after protection expires. I think a longer period of pending-changes protection may be needed. Toadspike [Talk] 10:17, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Sushant Singh Rajput

    Reason: Semi-protection - The IP you blocked wasn't the only one mucking with the infobox. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v threads critiques 17:52, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 year, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. That sure is a prot log... Toadspike [Talk] 11:18, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Rapid Support Forces

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Very in the news right now. Has invited tons of IPs messing stuff up. D4R1U5 (talk) 19:13, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. I see some productive non-autoconfirmed editing and I don't see any obvious disruption. Toadspike [Talk] 11:22, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Prince Andrew

    Reason: Pending removal of his royal title and other honours; massive disruptive editing Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:17, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    +1 Reason: Full Protection Page is currently undergoing content dispute over the name and content due to the breaking news relating to his titles. A RFC is undergoing regarding changes so I suggest full protection against the current knee-jerk removals. The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 19:24, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    +2 Reason: Major news coverage regarding the removal of Royal titles, incorrect and speedy edits being made despite the changes not coming into effect yet Knowledgework69 (talk) 19:59, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    −1 Reason: The disruption seems to be a smaller proportion of the edits now. There are still some edits about titles and styles by people not realising the topic is under discussion. These are mostly by extended confirmed people, so full protection would be necessary to stop that, as already noted. I think full protection would now be excessive for the level of disruption. I'm not declining it, given the strong views already expressed. But I wanted to express my contrary view. If another admin sees this and agrees, I think it would make sense to decline this request. Yaris678 (talk) 00:53, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – No changes to the current protection level are required at this point in time. Overnight editing (overnight for me :)) was heavy, but disruption is not as heavy as I would like it to be for full protection to be implemented. If another admin deems it necessary to fully protect: be my guest. Lectonar (talk) 08:21, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Jaisalmer

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Addition of unsourced termed 'Yaduvanshi' (possible caste POV), as well as removal of content / blanking by IPs [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]. -. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 19:56, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Toadspike [Talk] 11:34, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Chittisinghpura massacre

    Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – WP:CT/IMH article which has seen repeated drive-by edits by IPs and non-ECP new editors. Asking for a perma ECP per the arb sanctions for this topic space. Gotitbro (talk) 20:06, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Extended confirmed protected indefinitely. Toadspike [Talk] 11:44, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Njörðr

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Disruptive Editing. IP editor is introducing unsourced spelling variants and introducing typos to the article, the editor is currently reported at ANI but is being particularly disruptive on this article so requesting article protection. TylerBurden (talk) 20:52, 30 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Frits van Eerd

    Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Persistent vandalism and libel to this BLP since 20:01, 28 September 2025. Alith Anar 00:30, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Alex Carey (cricketer)

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Sockpuppet has vandalizing many Aussie football and cricket articles constantly for months now, think indefinite is probably the only way to fix that since they keep IP hopping. MakaylaHippo1998 (talk) 00:44, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User(s) blocked: 2405:6e00:2440::/46 (talk · contribs) blocked by ScottishFinnishRadish. Toadspike [Talk] 11:49, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Alp Arslan

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent IP vandalism. Apparently they don't like some of his titles and are willing to "correct" direct quotes to "fix" this.  Sumanuil. (talk to me) 01:18, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Lee Grant

    Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations – Is it possible to semi-protect this article for a week. By some accounts, Lee Grant turns 100 today, but there are plausible alternatives per Talk:Lee_Grant/Archive_1#RfC_about_Lee_Grant's_date_of_birth. The standing consensus from the RFC is to go with mid-1920s for her year of birth for now. The article has become increasingly unstable in the last week and I expect the situation to worsen over the next few days. Betty Logan (talk) 03:03, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Declined – Pages are not protected preemptively. For now, this was just one IP. Please relist if it gets bad. Lectonar (talk) 11:16, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    G Flip

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Contentious topic (LGBTQ) mixed with vandalism relating to pronouns. MakaylaHippo1998 (talk) 03:06, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Scott Cawthon

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. tony 03:43, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Akora Khattak

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IPs and new editors edit-warring to add unsourced, ungrammatical section about a military housing block.  Sumanuil. (talk to me) 05:14, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Addison Barger

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Disruptive editing continued after unblock expired. HwyNerd Mike (t | c) 05:40, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    (Non-administrator comment) "protection". HwyNerd Mike (t | c) 05:41, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Semi-protected for a period of 10 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Lectonar (talk) 11:01, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Practical Pig

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Wikishovel (talk) 06:32, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User(s) blocked. Favonian (talk) 08:42, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Repeated IP editing replacing reliable sources with a press release. Despite attempts to explain this to individual they appear to refuse to understand why this isn't acceptable. Rambling Rambler (talk) 10:49, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Super Sentai

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent ongoing vandalism in response to the announcement of the franchise's final upcoming year on TV Asahi. sjones23 (talk - contributions) 11:31, 31 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for reduction in protection level

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    Before posting a request to this page, please discuss it with the protecting administrator first. You can create a request below only if you receive no response from them.

    To find out which administrator protected the page, go to the page's edit history and click on the "View logs for this page" link (located underneath the page's title). The protecting administrator is listed in the protection log entry, next to the words "protected", "changed protection level", or "configured pending changes". If there are a large number of log entries on the page, use the drop-down menu near the top of the page and select "Protection log" or "Pending changes log" to filter the logs accordingly.

    DO NOT request a reduction in protection if...

    • ...you are being prevented from editing the page. A desire to change content is not a valid reason for unprotection. Instead:
      • If you can edit the article's talk page, use the WP:Edit Request Wizard to propose a change on the article's talk page. Include an explanation of the exact content that you want to change, and what the content will be afterward.
      • If the article's talk page is protected, you may propose a change at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Edit.
    • ...your reasoning for reducing protection is that the article has not been vandalized. That simply means the protection is working as intended.
    • ...your reasoning for reducing protection is basically "a long time has passed" without supporting details.
    • ...you haven't contacted the protecting administrator.

    You may request a protection reduction below if...

    • ...you want to change the protection level of a template or module from full protection to template protection. You may add the request to this page without having to discuss it with the protecting administrator first.
    • ...you need to remove creation protection from a location where no page exists (redlinked pages) after a draft version of the intended article is prepared beforehand and ready to be published.
    • ...you are proposing a trial reduction in protection for a page that has been protected for several years, provided the proposal is supported by evidence such as talk page activity, page views, page traffic, number of watchers, frequency of edit requests, and prior history of vandalism.
    • ...the protecting administrator is inactive or has not responded to you in several days.

    If you cannot locate your request, make sure to check the request archives to see if it's been moved there. Only requests that have been recently answered will still be listed here.

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    Handled requests

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

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