Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Decrease: Difference between revisions

Before posting a request for unprotection, 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.

Unprotection: …or just move without redirect to the target as an unfinished move, whichever is easier. consarn _{(talck) (contirbuton s)} 18:52, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Consarn, can you tell us more about what you’re trying to achieve? Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 22:00, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Firefangledfeathers just cleanup from an unfinished move, as shown in the redirect’s history. that’s… actually all there is to it consarn _{(talck) (contirbuton s)} 22:12, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What’s the target we’d move to? Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 22:16, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

the redirect’s target, which is kate kane consarn _{(talck) (contirbuton s)} 22:18, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

When you move a page to one that already exists, you get a message saying “The destination page “PAGENAME” already exists. Do you want to delete it to make way for the move?” Unless you check a box saying “Yes, delete the page”, nothing will happen. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 22:24, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

i don’t think this changes much if the page in question is sysop-protected, but good to know, thanks consarn _{(talck) (contirbuton s)} 22:26, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Consarn: for what it’s worth, I’d actually recommend the history be moved to Kate Kane (DC Comics). Steel1943 (talk) 22:33, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

there seems to be another article about kate (or is it an article about another kate?), so at this point, i’m confused and think the page it’s moved to only matters insomuch as its title is plausible, or so my currently smoothed-out brain tells me, so don’t quote me here consarn _{(talck) (contirbuton s)} 22:42, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The hatnote at the top of Kate Kane explains what’s going on with Kate Kane (Arrowverse) and how it can probably be assumed that readers searching for Kate Kane (DC Comics) are probably intending to locate the subject at Kate Kane. (Anywho, I best leave this tangent for later … goal here at the moment is to get this page unprotected!) Steel1943 (talk) 22:47, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

or moved outright consarn _{(talck) (contirbuton s)} 22:49, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can be done protectively after getting this unprotected 😉 Steel1943 (talk) 22:53, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I support this unprotection request, but not the plan since yeah, moving a redirect to an existing page’s title is not possible (unless the destination has only 1 edit and is a redirect towards the page being moved to it). However, this page protection should be removed as wholly unnecessary and since the protecting admin, Vegaswikian, hasn’t edited since 2015 and is no longer an admin. Steel1943 (talk) 22:31, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]