Bharatpedia:Requests for page protection

Requests for page protection

This page is for requesting that a page, file or template be fully protected, create protected (salted), extended confirmed protected, semi-protected, added to pending changes, move-protected, template protected, upload protected (file-specific), or unprotected. Please read the protection policy for details. 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 only to prevent IP and new user vandalism and move protection is used to stop page-move wars. Extended confirmed protection is used where semi-protection has proved insufficient. 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 to specific versions of the page, except to get rid of obvious vandalism. Instructions If you would like to request to have a page protected, have a page's existing protection level lowered or raised, or would like to submit an edit request for a protected page, please follow these steps: If you are requesting unprotection, the correct protocol is to ask the protecting administrator first for unprotection (the admin's user account name can be found in the page's edit history). If for any reason he or she is unresponsive, unwilling, or unable to lower protection then you may list your request on this page. Add a level-3 header (i.e. === [[Example title]] ===) with the exact title of the page you would like (un)protected. If the page is not in the article namespace, include the namespace prefix (e.g. Template:Example template or User:Example user). Place your request at the bottom of either the protection or unprotection list, depending on the nature of your request. 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. Place the pagelinks template below the header, in the form of * {{pagelinks|Example title}} (note the asterisk). If you are requesting protection, write the type of request (full protection, semi-protection, pending changes, 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 user talk page until the user is unblocked, please make this clear. If you are requesting indefinite semi-protection or pending changes, be aware that it is only applied to articles with endemic and endless vandalism problems that multiple increasing periods of temporary semi-protection or pending changes have failed to stop. Note that different expiry times can be set for edit- and for move-protections— thus, an article can, for example, be semi-edit-protected for a week and also fully-move-protected indefinitely. Sign your request with four tildes ~~~~ and click Publish changes. Note: editors should not consider requesting page protection as a method for continuing an argument from elsewhere nor as a venue for starting a new discussion regarding article content. If a request contains excessive argument, appears to be intended to resolve a content dispute, includes personal attacks or uncivil comments, or has any other unrelated discussion, it will be removed from this page and no action will be taken. Examples For single page requests === [[Example Article Name]] === * {{pagelinks|Example Article Name}} '''Semi-protection:''' High level of IP vandalism. ~~~~ === [[Template:Example Template Name]] === * {{pagelinks|Template:Example Template Name}} '''Reduction in protection level:''' From full protection to template editor protection. ~~~~ For multiple page requests with the same criteria === Short descriptive header === * {{pagelinks|Bharatpedia:Example Page Name 1}} * {{pagelinks|Bharatpedia:Example Page Name 2}} '''Temporary semi-protection:''' High level of IP vandalism. ~~~~

Current requests for increase in protection level

Place requests for new or upgrading semi-protection, full protection, move protection, create protection at the BOTTOM of this section. Check the rolling 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.

Sai Tamhankar

• Sai Tamhankar (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: Hello Admin, Page Created by me Sai Tamhankar it is Created Organically By Verifying All Available Sources.Can we Make this Page Semi Protected ? Kindly Share Your Reviews.(-Pixerark (talk) 10:49, 14 May 2021 (IST))

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. -- WikiDwarf (talk) 11:42, 14 May 2021 (IST)

Siddhaguru

• Siddhaguru (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Semi-protection: User with possible conflict of interest repeatedly removing sourced contents and using IP address for removing my edits so please protect the page. Khan786 (talk) 09:26, 9 September 2021 (IST)

Vijay Raaz

• Vijay Raaz (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Repeated IP edits are changing the article's image. The unofficial image has been added again despite previous removal, so protection is requested to prevent further disruptive image changes. Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 01:49, 22 September 2026 (IST)

They seem to have stopped for now. If they return and start vandalising the page again, the IP address can be blocked.

When the vandalism is coming from only one or two users or IPs, please report them for blocking rather than requesting page protection. If they continue returning through multiple different accounts or IPs, then page protection can be requested. Protection should generally be treated as a last resort. WikiDwarf (talk) 09:02, 22 September 2026 (IST)

Narendra Modi

• Narendra Modi (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Vandalism processing Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 18:25, 26 September 2026 (IST)

The user has been blocked for vandalism. If there are only one or two users involved, please request that they be blocked instead, as page protection should generally be used when there is repeated vandalism within a short period. WikiDwarf (talk) 18:30, 26 September 2026 (IST)

Isha Malviya

I would like to request temporary semi-protection for Isha Malviya due to repeated disruptive edits involving the addition of multiple AI-generated images.

Please review the page's edit history and assess whether the repeated additions of AI-generated images warrant protection under Wikipedia's protection policy. If the disruption is ongoing, semi-protection may help prevent further inappropriate edits by unregistered and new users.Editorial Oversight^{(Talk with me)} 20:59, 29 October 2026 (IST)

Declined for now. I have reviewed the page history: there have been only two edits, both from the same IPv6 range, swapping the infobox image back and forth, and both have already been reverted. Semi-protection is generally a last resort for repeated disruption coming from multiple users. If the disruption returns from the same range, the range itself can be blocked instead; and if it later comes from several different IPs or accounts, please re-request and the page can be protected then. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 11:07, 30 October 2026 (IST)

Update (1 November): The disruption returned after that decline, now from more than one IP range, and a reverted change was restored by a second IP. I have semi-protected the page for one week and restored the lastclean version. 🍁Bharatwiki Socrates🍁(📩) 04:22, 1 November 2026 (IST)