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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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    Western Bears

    2 Week Semi Protection Reason: High level of addition of unsourced speculations and possible WP:OR since this is a new NRL team, it is probably going to have persistent addition of unsourced speculations. Servite et contribuere (talk) 21:11, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Wafa Al-Udaini

    Reason: Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement - wp:AIPIA - Calmira90 (talk) 16:33, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Hasanwayhids

    Semi-protection: Persistent addition of unsourced or poorly sourced content. Aintabli (talk) 18:17, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    List of popes by country

    Temporary semi-protection: High level of vandalism since the new Pope Leo XIV is a dual citizen Plumber (talk) 22:36, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Khawaja Asif

    Reason: High level of IP vandalism and persistent disruptive editing. Hamasien (talk) 22:56, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Persian Gulf

    Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – WP:CT/IRP + persistent disruptive editing. Skitash (talk) 00:44, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Arda Güler

    Reason: High level of IP vandalism. Beshogur (talk) 00:44, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    CAC/PAC JF-17 Thunder

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Page has been a target of constant vandalism and disruptive editing. Wikibear47 (talk) 02:00, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Friedrich Merz

    Reason: Currently PC protected but nearly all non-autoconfirmed edits are reverted. There seems to have been an uptick in unconstructive edits in the last 48 hours or so, presumably related to the article being on the main page; before 7 May many non-autoconfirmed edits were accepted. I don't think it's possible to temporarily raise the protection level, so maybe an admin would like to semi-protect this and set a reminder to revisit/lower the protection level after this has rolled off the main page (and out of the news cycle) in a week or so. Toadspike [Talk] 02:23, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Los Angeles Kings

    Reason: Vandalism restarted shortly after recent protection ended. Deadman137 (talk) 02:28, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Government of Pakistan

    Indefinite semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. High risk article. Has been a target of persistent vandalism as per edit history. Requested protection as per WP:CT/IPA Wikibear47 (talk) 02:51, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    List of popes

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – With the election of Leo XIV, attention on this article and vandalism dramatically increased 8 May 2025. Needs protection again for a while - perhaps 2 -3 months?. Geoff | Who, me? 03:58, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, can increase if needed, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Fuzheado | Talk 23:28, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Template:2025 India–Pakistan strikes infobox

    Reason: High level of edit-warring regarding this infobox template. Also given how controversial India-Pakistan conflict topics on Wikipedia usually are, I suggest extended protection of the template as well. Linkin Prankster (talk) 04:25, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Cam Ward (American football)

    Reason: High level of IP disruptive editing. Perhaps 1 Month? Or possibly permanently? Servite et contribuere (talk) 06:52, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Beni Aharon

    Reason: Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – WP:A/I/PIA. The page is within scope of the restrictions. Per the ArbCom remedies, only extended-confirmed editors should be able to edit the article. Additionally, a complaint about this person has been filed with the International Criminal Court so it is probably a good time to protect the BLP. Sean.hoyland (talk) 07:06, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Rochester, Minnesota racial slur video

    Temporary pending changes protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Edit warring, vandalism. Potential contentious topic due to being related to post-1992 American politics + race. jolielover♥talk 07:25, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Biscuit

    Temporary semi-protection: Three different IPs mass-overlinking country names, in the past couple of days. Belbury (talk) 09:27, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Migration (2023 film)

    Reason: Repetitive edit warring from IP users making non-constructive and unexplained changes. SleepyRedHair (talk) 09:57, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Satellite state

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – IP editors edit warring. Mellk (talk) 11:32, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Shatt al-Arab

    Extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – WP:CT/IRP + persistent disruptive editing. Skitash (talk) 11:57, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Gulf Cooperation Council

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Skitash (talk) 11:59, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Husain Al-Musallam

    Temporary semi-protection: BLP policy violations. Gommeh ➡️ Talk to me 13:17, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Bakhtrioni uprising

    Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Kajmer05 (talk) 14:54, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Battle of Kirkhbulakh

    Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Kajmer05 (talk) 14:54, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Sanaa

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. I've been called a "niووer" (that's how it was exactly written on the top of the article) multiple times by nationalist israeli ips 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 15:20, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User(s) blocked. One person at two IPv6 IPs seems responsible for the worst disruption. Blocked both IPs one week. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 18:24, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    HIT: The Third Case

    Reason: High level of IP vandalism Tonyy Starkk (talk) 16:18, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Arbitration enforcement – A defunct group, but extremely germane to WP:ARBPIA. Thanks in advance!. Smallangryplanet (talk) 16:30, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Jhanak

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Leonidlednev (T, C, L) 17:37, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Gary Anandasangaree

    Reason: The article has been subject to repeated vandalism and the insertion of unsourced or misleading content, including defamatory claims. These edits appear to come from accounts or IPs pushing a political agenda, disrupting the neutrality of the page. Despite prior reverts, the pattern continues, affecting the integrity of the article and violating Wikipedia’s content policies. Temporary protection is requested. Bacon2025 (talk) 17:58, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Shedeur Sanders

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Frequent vandalism target. User:Namiba 18:37, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Republican Party of Alberta

    Reason: Lots of IP and throwaway accounts vandalising this page. Arso0628 (talk) 19:36, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Prabhakar Raghavan

    Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Persistent IP addresses adding the same POV content over and over for months. Eg. Special:Diff/1289595254 Special:Diff/1269628508 Special:Diff/1269628781 Special:Diff/1279893080 Special:Diff/1281263117 Special:Diff/1285491622 Special:Diff/1289448583 Special:Diff/1289456232 (non-exhaustive list). BugGhost 🦗👻 20:04, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Happening again since logging this - Special:Diff/1289625760/1289628420. I haven't reverted because I've reverted this stuff several times recently and don't want to wade in 3RR territory. BugGhost 🦗👻 21:53, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Battle of the Yarmuk

    Reason: High level of continued IP vandalism over battle figures. Kansas Bear (talk) 21:23, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Yisrael Ariel

    Indefinite extended protection: Arbitration Enforcement. WP:PIA Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 22:29, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Social exclusion

    Reason: Recent removal of Zionism section Allthemilescombined1 (talk) 22:34, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Killing of Jason Corbett

    Reason: Edit warring. Involved are a number of IPs & SPAs inc. 324jhafdsoubr233, UOKHelicopter4870, Oakwoodarms, & WillOnlyRelyonFacts Adakiko (talk) 22:55, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    International Monetary Fund

    Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Vandalism. Captainllama (talk) 23:27, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Andrea Jenkyns

    Reason: Vandalism and BLP violations – about 10 instances in the past week. Kind Tennis Fan (talk) 00:52, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Current requests for reduction in protection level

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    • 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.
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    Handled requests

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