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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.
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.
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.
At the top of the page, click the Change protection link. [1] On the next page, you will see several confirm protection option boxes: Edit, Move, and Pending changes. In the edit box, select Allow all users. Next to Expires, you will see the existing expiry time. You do not need to change this. Next to Reason, type the reason you are ...
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 ...
Request page protection: Use this option if you want to request protection via WP:RPP. You will have to choose the type of protection, and you can also specify reason and duration (indefinite or temporary) of protection. Tag page with protection template: You will be able to choose tagging options. Here you will choose the protection template ...
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 ...
To request that a page be protected or unprotected, see Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Special:ProtectedPages - automatic list Also see Wikipedia:List of indefinitely protected pages - indefinitely or permanently protected pages, specifically maintenance templates and high-exposure Wikipedia pages