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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.
If the page has already been protected or unprotected prior to the request (or the protecting administrator hasn't placed a marker on a report), use of a second parameter with the ap, ad or up will leave that administrator's name and {} links. For example, {{RFPP|ap|Master of Puppets}} produces:
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.
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.
If a page has only recently been protected, it may be best to wait a few days first, unless some resolution has been reached on the talk page. If you think that an edit needs to be made to a protected page, please discuss the change first on its talk page. If the page is only semi-protected, a logged-in user will make the change if necessary ...
If a page is vandalized more than once daily; If a page is involved in an edit war with a lot of people; If a page's purpose is seriously misunderstood. For example, the project page Your First Article must have semi-protection because it is mistakenly used a lot as a place to write a first article.
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 ...
Place requests for new or upgrading of article protection, upload protection, or create protection at the BOTTOM of this section. Check the archive of fulfilled and denied requests or, failing that, the if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.