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I first registered this account - my first - April 20, 2007. Since then, I've gotten involved pretty deeply in AfD work. I see it as a chance to triage articles that are flawed, but may yet have potential. If you need access to a Wikipedia article that has been deleted, ask me. If it's not a copyright violation, libel, or personal information, and has not been deleted as a suspected biographies of living persons violation, I will userfy the article for you.

Note that using the text to recreate any deleted article may automatically qualify them for speedy deletion, and copies of previously deleted content that are being used solely for long-term archival purposes may be subject to deletion because Wikipedia is not a free web host. We have a list of alternative sites which may be used to host your content. I maintain a sock account AVPW primarily for use on public networks. In the event of a compromised account, I specifically request any administrator to honor a request from AVPW to block this account, and absolve you in advance of any repercussions.

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Immediate requestsEntries
Candidates for speedy deletion as attack pages0
Wikipedians looking for help0
Requests for unblock48
Wikipedia semi-protected edit requests63
Wikipedia template-protected edit requests36
Wikipedia fully protected edit requests4
Wikipedia conflict of interest edit requests653
Candidates for speedy deletion as copyright violations0
Candidates for speedy deletion22
Open sockpuppet investigations9
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AB = Administrative Backlogs

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Administrative backlog

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AIV= Administrator intervention against vandalism

Administrator intervention against vandalism

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User-reported

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CSD= Candidates for speedy deletion ; PROD= Proposed deletions

Candidates for speedy deletionEntries
User requested7
Empty articles0
Nonsense pages1
Spam pages0
Importance or significance not asserted2
Other candidates14

The following articles have been proposed for deletion for around 7 days:
( source / chronological order / expired )

UAA= Usernames for administrator attention ; RFPP= Requests for page protection

Usernames for administrator attention


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Requests for page protection


Current requests for increase in protection level

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Request addition of protection to a page, or increasing the current protection level
Place requests for protection increases at the BOTTOM of this section. If you cannot find your request, check the archive of requests or the page history. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.

Semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. 海盐沙冰 / aka irisChronomia / Talk 09:54, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Consider the edit warring noticeboard – This is a case of possible edit-warring by one or two users. Daniel Case (talk) 18:49, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: Persistent vandalism from user who doesn't think specific fictional characters are notable enough, resulting in a pointless edit war. XF490 (talk) 11:46, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: XF490 (talk · contribs). 1 week from Cody (given name). signed, Rosguill talk 20:25, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: Contentious topic, some controversial recipients mentioned. ~2026-43514-01 (talk) 12:11, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protected indefinitely. per WP:PIA signed, Rosguill talk 20:29, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Perstistent vandalism from several newly created accounts. . - Otherwise (Antibacklog Aktion!) (talk?) 13:19, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected indefinitely., extremely long history of vandalism that seems likely to continue indefinitely, as a lot of it is evidently done by young students of the district. signed, Rosguill talk 20:33, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: Vandalism from IPs and random, newly-made accounts on the name of the communion and other information. Consistent for months. TheLionHasSeen (talk) 13:33, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection. Noting that over the past two months, while there's been some disruption, the TAs involve do not appear suggestive of sock- or meatpuppetry at this time. signed, Rosguill talk 20:39, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: Long term IP edit war, now the IP uses a red account to continue his edit war, the IP/red account does not want use the talk page, it was requested many times OrionNimrod (talk) 14:24, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

User(s) blocked: Veladost (talk · contribs) blocked by Favonian. signed, Rosguill talk 20:42, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: Ongoing edit-warring and repeated removal/restoration of disputed material across these four related articles while talk-page discussions and an RfC are ongoing. The recent back-and-forth editing has involved Itsekiriwriting (talk · contribs) and me. An uninvolved administrator, 331dot (talk · contribs), directed me to request page protection at here. I am requesting temporary semi-protection, if appropriate, to allow the dispute-resolution process to continue without further reverts. Agents47 (talk) 15:24, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

I would just note for the record that I directed them here, but did not advise them to undertake any particular course of action. 331dot (talk) 15:44, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
Yes sorry. Agents47 (talk) 17:09, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
I have made the corrections. I just want to note that there may be further edits and reverts on Kingdom of Warri, which is another related page affected by the same dispute. Given the large-scale changes already taking place on Itsekiri people and the ongoing discussions on the other pages, I am concerned that the same cycle may continue here. I understand that you previously said no further admin action was needed, but I would appreciate it if you could keep an eye on the edits across these pages. If I also cross the line or contribute to the edit-warring, I accept that I should be held accountable as well. Agents47 (talk) 17:50, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
Itsekiri people already semi-protected, not enough activity to justify increasing protected level.
Kingdom of Warri Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection.
Yorubaland Extended confirmed protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will revert to its previous protection level if it is still in effect, or become unprotected otherwise.
Yoruba people Extended confirmed protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will revert to its previous protection level if it is still in effect, or become unprotected otherwise. signed, Rosguill talk 20:50, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
  • Automated comment: @Rosguill: One or more pages in this request have not been protected.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 21:15, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
    I'm going to assume that I can ignore this. signed, Rosguill talk 21:18, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Seems like an edit war was broken out over page categories. Either it's an IP or its an editor that I warned about this using an IP. Armegon (talk) 16:13, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. signed, Rosguill talk 20:52, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Seems like a small edit war was broken out. Either it's an IP or its an editor that I warned about recently using an IP. Armegon (talk) 16:14, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 month, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. signed, Rosguill talk 20:53, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: High level of temporary account vandalism. Arjan866 (talk) 17:46, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution. signed, Rosguill talk 20:55, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Cicada1010 (talk) 18:59, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Done for 31 hours. Staraction (talk · contribs) 19:04, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. GSK 19:20, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. signed, Rosguill talk 20:57, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. GSK 19:21, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 2 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. signed, Rosguill talk 20:57, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: High level of temporary account vandalism. ChefShinas (talk) 19:21, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Declined There have been zero edits to this article from temporary accounts CoconutOctopus talk 19:25, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Indefinite pending changes: Persistent vandalism. Niasoh ❯❯❯ Wanna chat? 19:30, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 19:44, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
    Semi-protected for a period of 2 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. signed, Rosguill talk 20:59, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 20:34, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

  • Automated comment: A request for protection/unprotection for one or more pages in this request was recently made, and was denied at some point within the last 8 days.—cyberbot ITalk to my owner:Online 20:45, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
    Semi-protected for a period of three weeks, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Daniel Case (talk) 21:12, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Temporary pending changes: Persistent disruptive editing – Recent disruption after WNBA publicity stunt, including an attempt to change pronouns. Could be either PC or semi-protected. O.N.R. (talk) 20:39, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 21:05, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. MakaylaHippo1998 (talk) 20:40, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

No thanks. Staraction (talk · contribs) 20:42, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
Declined Staraction is an admin and can lock their talk page themselves if they so choose. CoconutOctopus talk 20:42, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: The user is engaging in an edit war by logging out of their account while also continuing from their main account. Kajmer05 (talk) 20:45, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 3 days, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Ymblanter (talk) 21:01, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: To protect from vandalism by anonymous alt-right and anti-Islam accounts and IP addresses. IonicBreezeMachine (talk) 20:53, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

I do not see any vandalism in the article. Ymblanter (talk) 20:59, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
Declined Per above. Daniel Case (talk) 21:13, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Temporary extended confirmed protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Article has been consistently targeted by sockpuppets; see this SPI. Previously protected due to vandalism/socking. Since protection expired in June, a series of temp accounts are once again repeatedly making unsourced edits or deletions, frequently reverted. Several of them have been blocked as socks, but new accounts come and go quickly and the overall activity is suspicious and fits the same pattern, with no indication of stopping. I think a longer semi-protection would be beneficial at this point, if that sounds reasonable. R Prazeres (talk) 21:06, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protected for a period of 1 year, after which the page will revert to its previous protection level if it is still in effect, or become unprotected otherwise. signed, Rosguill talk 21:14, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: Repeated vandalism/unconstructive edits by IP accounts (related to recent news stories) Robminchin (talk) 21:24, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: Repeated temporary-account edits are adding unsourced elimination results for episodes whose elimination has not yet aired. This occurred last week, when Aaron Potts's elimination was added before the August 6 broadcast revealed it, and temporary accounts are again adding the unresolved Episode 5 result before next week's episode. Requesting temporary semi-protection or pending-changes protection to prevent continued addition of unaired, unverifiable results. Example: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Project_Runway_season_22&diff=prev&oldid=1368224200 ~2026-43604-12 (talk) 21:33, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Is the concern "unaired and unverifiable" or are these results in fact verifiable (through sources other than the actual episodes,s of course) and the concern spoilers? Because we do not remove information due to the latter. - The Bushranger One ping only 00:57, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: High level of temporary account vandalism and loads of poorly unsourced content. Ruby Fortnite (talk) 22:22, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: Temporary semi-protection due to persistent vandalism from several temporary user accounts who are changing the subject's birth date. Marchijespeak/peek 22:24, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: Article is on a non-binary individual, referred to with they/them pronouns. While not super frequent, there have been multiple instances since its creation of the article being vandalized to swap out their pronouns with "he/him" and remove mentions of their gender identity with no explanation. As such, I request that the page be semi-protected (preferably indefinitely) to prevent this vandalism in the future. λ NegativeMP1 23:25, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Pending-changes protected indefinitely. The rate of disruption is not sufficient to justify semiprotection. This is, however, exactly what pending changes is for. The Bushranger One ping only 00:02, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism. Thepharoah17 (talk) 23:37, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing. Tbhotch (CC BY-SA 4.0) 00:06, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Indefinite extended confirmed protection: Per Arbitration enforcement – WP:GS/KURD. Kajmer05 (talk) 00:07, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Extended confirmed protected indefinitely. The Bushranger One ping only 00:55, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Repeated introduction of disinformation by multiple TAs evidently from the same IP address. Zingarese talk · contribs (please Reply to icon mention me on reply; thanks!) 00:14, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – Slow motion vandalism from a variable IP that seems to be just one person. Howard the Duck (talk) 01:23, 8 August 2026 (UTC)

Current requests for reduction in protection level

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Request removal of protection from a page, or reducing the current protection level

Unprotection: For a while I've been requesting the unprotection of films protected by Ronhjones >10 years ago. Many of them have been unprotected or PC-protected with no indications of disruption (Cyborg (film), Maximum Conviction, Walking Tall (2004 film), True Crime (1999 film), etc). I'm asking to lift the semi-protection knowing that this article won't have major issues if unprotected or PC-protected. Tbhotch (CC BY-SA 4.0) 08:26, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotected Even in 2015, the level of disruption probably didn't warrant protection. signed, Rosguill talk 21:16, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotection: For a while I've been requesting the unprotection of films protected by Ronhjones >10 years ago. Many of them have been unprotected or PC-protected with no indications of disruption (Cyborg (film), Maximum Conviction, Walking Tall (2004 film), True Crime (1999 film), etc). I'm asking to lift the semi-protection knowing that this article won't have major issues if unprotected or PC-protected. Tbhotch (CC BY-SA 4.0) 08:27, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotected signed, Rosguill talk 21:19, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotection: For a while I've been requesting the unprotection of films protected by Ronhjones >10 years ago. Many of them have been unprotected or PC-protected with no indications of disruption (Cyborg (film), Maximum Conviction, Walking Tall (2004 film), True Crime (1999 film), etc). I'm asking to lift the semi-protection knowing that this article won't have major issues if unprotected or PC-protected. Tbhotch (CC BY-SA 4.0) 08:27, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotected signed, Rosguill talk 21:20, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotection: Unrequired as it inherited the protection from a move. Tbhotch (CC BY-SA 4.0) 08:28, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotected signed, Rosguill talk 21:21, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotection: For a while I've been requesting the unprotection of films protected by Ronhjones >10 years ago. Many of them have been unprotected or PC-protected with no indications of disruption (Cyborg (film), Maximum Conviction, Walking Tall (2004 film), True Crime (1999 film), etc). I'm asking to lift the semi-protection knowing that this article won't have major issues if unprotected or PC-protected. Tbhotch (CC BY-SA 4.0) 08:28, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotected signed, Rosguill talk 21:23, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotection: For a while I've been requesting the unprotection of films protected by Ronhjones >10 years ago. Many of them have been unprotected or PC-protected with no indications of disruption (Cyborg (film), Maximum Conviction, Walking Tall (2004 film), True Crime (1999 film), etc). I'm asking to lift the semi-protection knowing that this article won't have major issues if unprotected or PC-protected. Tbhotch (CC BY-SA 4.0) 08:28, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotected, although this one does seem to have had some more recent sockpuppetry but auto/extended-confirmed accounts. But this appears to have subsided a few years ago. signed, Rosguill talk 21:24, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotection: For a while I've been requesting the unprotection of films protected by Ronhjones >10 years ago. Many of them have been unprotected or PC-protected with no indications of disruption (Cyborg (film), Maximum Conviction, Walking Tall (2004 film), True Crime (1999 film), etc). I'm asking to lift the semi-protection knowing that this article won't have major issues if unprotected or PC-protected. Tbhotch (CC BY-SA 4.0) 08:28, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotected signed, Rosguill talk 21:25, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotection: For a while I've been requesting the unprotection of films protected by Ronhjones >10 years ago. Many of them have been unprotected or PC-protected with no indications of disruption (Cyborg (film), Maximum Conviction, Walking Tall (2004 film), True Crime (1999 film), etc). I'm asking to lift the semi-protection knowing that this article won't have major issues if unprotected or PC-protected. Tbhotch (CC BY-SA 4.0) 08:28, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotected signed, Rosguill talk 21:26, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotection: For a while I've been requesting the unprotection of films protected by Ronhjones >10 years ago. Many of them have been unprotected or PC-protected with no indications of disruption (Cyborg (film), Maximum Conviction, Walking Tall (2004 film), True Crime (1999 film), etc). I'm asking to lift the semi-protection knowing that this article won't have major issues if unprotected or PC-protected. Tbhotch (CC BY-SA 4.0) 08:29, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotected signed, Rosguill talk 21:26, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotection: For a while I've been requesting the unprotection of films protected by Ronhjones >10 years ago. Many of them have been unprotected or PC-protected with no indications of disruption (Cyborg (film), Maximum Conviction, Walking Tall (2004 film), True Crime (1999 film), etc). I'm asking to lift the semi-protection knowing that this article won't have major issues if unprotected or PC-protected. Tbhotch (CC BY-SA 4.0) 08:30, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Unprotected signed, Rosguill talk 21:27, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason: Unprotecting admin incorrectly downgraded semi-protection to pending changes protection, see rfpp request: Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive/2026/08 § Kent School District and the logs. This article still has semi-protection applied to it. Requesting that the semi-protection be removed for the pending changes to be applied correctly. Justjourney (talk | contribs) 18:16, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Done signed, Rosguill talk 21:28, 7 August 2026 (UTC)
@Rosguill: While the TA comment was clearly by a old LTA friend, they were right in this case - you only removed the protection padlock, not removed the SP itself. I've done so. - The Bushranger One ping only 23:58, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Current requests for edits to a protected page

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Request a specific edit be made to a protected page


I request the following sentence be removed from the lead's 2nd paragraph:

"and subsequently annexing the Strait of Hormuz"

This sentence was recently added but is completely unsourced, not in the body, and POV pushing. Although Iran has claimed sovereignty over the strait, there are no sources claiming that it has actually successfully annexed it during the ongoing war or even attempted officially to do so. The linked page on sovereignty in the text which is a new page created by the same user also doesn't even support this wording of annexation. Current talks between Iran and Oman are about shared administration as well, not annexation. ~2026-43592-81 (talk) 07:20, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

GPT 5.3 and GPT 5.4 are both Discontinued in chatgpt.com. Icetea36 (talk) 12:18, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Not done No reliable source provided. The Bushranger One ping only 23:55, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Please include detailed references to the history of Africans in pre- and post-colonial Mexico. What plants, religions, and customs did they bring to the land and its people? Their role in the formation of New Spain, slave revolts, connections to Indigenous peoples, established towns, demographics, customs, their role in the fight for independence, the Spanish-American and Mexican-American wars, past and current community involvement, past and current social societies, past and present involvement in politics, the recent official recognition of their and their descendants' existence, their lives in modern-day Mexico, the challenges they face and finally, their triumphs over marginalization. ~2026-43595-31 (talk) 23:15, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Not done This page is not a place to request users to create content for you. This page is to request X to Y changes. Also, Talk:Mexico is not protected. Tbhotch (CC BY-SA 4.0) 23:42, 7 August 2026 (UTC)

Handled requests

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

4 protected edit requests
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MediaWiki:Bad image list (request) 2026-08-03 17:36 MediaWiki page (log) Protected by Redwolf24 on 2005-10-23: "Like all pages in the MediaWiki: space"
MediaWiki:Titleblacklist (request) 2026-08-04 06:25 MediaWiki page (log)
MediaWiki:Watchlist-messages (request) 2026-08-04 11:42 MediaWiki page (log) Unprotected by Cyberpower678 on 2018-11-20: "Breaks the RfX bot."
Template:Wpt (request) 2026-08-06 06:42 Fully protected (log) Protected by Wizardman on 2013-12-31: "Too vague a name to be of any use, for wikiprojects or otherwise"
Updated as needed. Last updated: 12:54, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
38 template-protected edit requests
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Template:Non-free album cover (request) 2026-05-20 22:56 Template-protected (log) Modified by Mark Arsten on 2013-10-18: "Allowing Protected Template editors"
Template:Rquote (request) 2026-05-29 08:06 Template-protected (log) From Template:Reduced pull quote: Modified by Ymblanter on 2014-05-09: "RFPP request by a temlate editor"
Module:Module wikitext (request) 2026-06-16 19:35 Template-protected (log) Protected by Ymblanter on 2020-09-07: "Highly visible template: request at WP:RFPP"
Module:Plain text (request) 2026-06-17 13:57 Template-protected (log) Protected by Oshwah on 2018-05-07: "High-risk Lua module"
Template:Script/Hebrew (request) 2026-06-23 13:26 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Template:Given name (request) 2026-06-28 09:19 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Module:Find sources/templates/Find sources mainspace (request) 2026-06-29 10:00 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2022-03-01: "match main module"
Template:Article history (request) 2026-07-03 11:33 Template-protected (log) Modified by Fuhghettaboutit on 2013-11-02: "Enable access by template editors"
Template:Maplink-road (request) 2026-07-06 06:21 Template-protected (log) Modified by Pppery on 2025-08-13: ""
Template:Infobox former subdivision (request) 2026-07-16 04:19 Template-protected (log) Modified by Ymblanter on 2019-01-23: "Highly visible template: request at WP:RFPP"
Template:Routemap/styles.css (request) 2026-07-16 16:41 Template-protected (log) Protected by Peacemaker67 on 2018-07-20: "Highly visible template"
Template:Extended football squad player (request) 2026-07-21 03:29 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 2000+ transclusions"
Template:Infobox ice hockey biography (request) 2026-07-21 03:55 Template-protected (log) From Template:Infobox ice hockey player: Modified by Mark Arsten on 2013-10-18: "Allowing Protected Template editors"
Module:College color (request) 2026-07-25 21:12 Template-protected (log) Protected by The Earwig on 2015-12-14: "High-risk Lua module: over 55,000 mainspace transclusions"
Template:Election box candidate with party link (request) 2026-07-26 10:50 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Module:Jct (request) 2026-07-26 13:57 Template-protected (log) Protected by Mitchazenia on 2014-06-04: "Per request, HIGHLY used template."
Template:Year in various calendars (request) 2026-07-26 13:57 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 2000+ transclusions"
Template:Family name explanation (request) 2026-07-26 22:06 Template-protected (log) Protected by MusikBot II on 2023-05-18: "High-risk template or module: 76615 transclusions (more info)"
Template:Inflation (request) 2026-07-31 16:01 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Template:Hmbox (request) 2026-07-31 20:07 Template-protected (log) Modified by Casliber on 2014-08-26: "new protection cat"
Template:Not a ballot (request) 2026-07-31 23:02 Template-protected (log) Modified by Callanecc on 2014-04-02: "Highly visible template: Over 4500 transclusions"
Template:Prod llm/dated (request) 2026-08-01 18:41 Template-protected (log) Modified by Epicgenius on 2026-07-31: "Highly visible template; requested at WP:RfPP: Special:Permalink/1366989985#Template:Prod llm/dated"
Module:Lang-zh (request) 2026-08-02 00:39 Template-protected (log) From Module:Zh: Protected by HJ Mitchell on 2014-05-03: "High-risk Lua module"
Module:Infobox multi-lingual name (request) 2026-08-02 05:56 Template-protected (log) Protected by Trappist the monk on 2019-01-17: "match the template that this module replaces;"
Template:Incumbent pope (request) 2026-08-02 15:31 Template-protected (log) From Template:Incumbent Pope: Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 2000+ transclusions"
Template:Infobox cricketer (request) 2026-08-03 15:55 Template-protected (log) Modified by Samsara on 2017-01-14: "Highly visible template: via RfPP; currently >20k transclusions"
Module:Video game reviews/data (request) 2026-08-03 22:46 Template-protected (log) Protected by ST11 on 2014-07-18: "Highly visible template"
Template:Under construction (request) 2026-08-04 23:58 Template-protected (log) Modified by Diannaa on 2014-10-13: "Highly visible template: Transclusion count is only part of the story, as the template is constantly added/removed as work progresses"
Template:Fb (request) 2026-08-05 03:41 Template-protected (log) Modified by Mr. Stradivarius on 2015-02-16: "Highly visible template: allow template editors"
Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines (request) 2026-08-05 08:59 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 2000+ transclusions"
Module:Shortcut (request) 2026-08-05 13:56 Template-protected (log) Protected by Mr. Stradivarius on 2014-12-17: "High-risk Lua module"
Template:Prod blp (request) 2026-08-05 17:49 Template-protected (log) Modified by CambridgeBayWeather on 2017-04-25: "Upping"
Template:Prod llm (request) 2026-08-05 17:51 Template-protected (log) Protected by Daniel Case on 2026-06-28: "High-risk template or module: per RFPP"
Template:Uw-softerblock (request) 2026-08-05 23:25 Template-protected (log) Modified by Callanecc on 2014-01-04: "Highly visible template: Also used in the interface as a block reason"
Template:Uw-ublock (request) 2026-08-05 23:25 Template-protected (log) Modified by Mark Arsten on 2013-12-22: "Highly visible template"
Template:Photo requested (request) 2026-08-07 00:30 Template-protected (log) Modified by Xaosflux on 2016-01-20: "highly visible template"
Template:Infobox flag (request) 2026-08-07 04:14 Template-protected (log) Protected by Gfoley4 on 2017-01-01: "Highly visible template"
Template:Taxonomy/Teleostei (request) 2026-08-07 11:42 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Updated as needed. Last updated: 22:16, 7 August 2026 (UTC)


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Autopatrolled

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I have created 35+ articles and intend to continue creating more. I believe my article creation history demonstrates familiarity with Wikipedia's content and sourcing policies, and so I am requesting the autopatrolled right to help reduce workload for New Pages Patrol.LivingLife1976 (talk) 11:25, 1 August 2026 (UTC) LivingLife1976 (talk) 11:25, 1 August 2026 (UTC)

(Non-administrator comment) @LivingLife1976 Kismet Ke Here Phere created in mainspace on 20 July, tagged for additional citations the following day, orphan-tagged on 30 July (not a big deal), and moved by you to draftspace on 1 August "for further improvement", less than four hours before this request was filed. I believe this indicates that at least one very recent creation benefited from the scrutiny this permission would have bypassed.
But then, on 16 February Diannaa removed 1,113 bytes from Draft:Rawal Jagmal, identifying the removed material as copied from a published gazetteer. I would not treat this incident alone as decisive, especially given your subsequent works, but copyright familiarity is directly relevant as an autopatrolled user. So, I'd recommend waiting for a longer clean record of fully prepared mainspace creations, after all, that is what this bit is about; it doesn't make you capable of anything special on-wiki. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 14:10, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Hi! I'm here to request permanent autopatrolled rights. I was previously granted a 2-month temporary autopatrolled right back in June, but the period will end on August 11th. In total, I've created over 130 articles for Wikipedia with a focus on biographies of underrepresented individuals, including 10 DYKs, and have brought two articles to GA status. I've also been quite active in the Articles for Deletion procedure and in GA reviewing. I've grown quite familiar with the process of article creation on Wikipedia, and plan to continue creating more articles, so I'd love to get permanent autopatrolled rights. Thank you! Jishara (please ping upon response) (talk) 20:40, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

Automated comment This user was granted temporary autopatrolled rights by Arcticocean (expires 00:00, 11 August 2026 (UTC)). MusikBot talk 20:50, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

I am an experienced Wikipedian, former admin (107/1/1). Desysoped in 2023 due to inactivity. I originally received autopatrolled priviliges in 2009, although these seem to have been revoked during the desysoping. According to my tally, I have about 50 thousand edits, have created about two and a half thousand articles, have significantly contributed to 207 DYKs, 187 GAs, 19 FLs, 4 GT and 2 FT, and have conducted 309 GA reviews. I regularly create new articles, so hope that status as 'autopatrolled' can help offload the patrols. Arsenikk (talk) 18:03, 5 August 2026 (UTC)


Page mover

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Efficiency in page moves related to AfC activities. Sulfurboy (talk) 06:04, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for your work done at AfC. This won't be a solution to every problem that you have that requires G6 speedy deletion, but should be useful nonetheless.  Done -- Reconrabbit (talk) 15:49, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Was previously accepted here, but I "soft vanished" which removed all perms. I have since unvanished & resumed editing & been otherwise declared fine to repursue perms since in good standing per Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Archive382#Restoring_user_rights_for_unvanished_editors. Returning to the same, would aid in AFC publishing & other non-controversial page moves ISO that. Used to patrol WP:RM/TR which I've just also submitted a request in — IVORK Talk 14:19, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Found 180 edits by IVORK on Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests (0.12% of the total edits made to the page) - RM/TR logIVORK Talk 14:21, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
 Done Primefac (talk) 23:03, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

I am requesting the page mover permission to assist me with my work as a new page reviewer, Articles for Creation reviewer, and article creator. First, I am a new page reviewer who regularly reviews submissions at AfC and have needed to request speedy deletion of redirects on some occasions. This permission will allow me to complete these moves in a single revision. Second, also related to my new page reviewer responsibilities, I sometimes need to WP:DRAFTIFY articles, and when I do this, I have to request speedy deletion for cross-namespace redirects. This permission will allow me to avoid leaving behind a redirect that needs to be deleted with suppressredirect. Third, if I am writing new articles and I am not translating from another language wiki with ContentTranslation, I may work on drafts in user space, and I may need to have redirects deleted for drafts I write in user space. Z. Patterson (talk) 22:24, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

 Not done @Z. Patterson: you've only reviewed 36 articles at AfC, moved 78 pages (of which 12 were draftifications), made 0 edits to RM/TR, participated in very few RMs, and only published 6 articles to mainspace. voorts (talk/contributions) 22:50, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

I am requesting the page mover right to assist with technical page moves, resolving improper moves, and cleaning up title redirects (such as at WP:RM/TR) without needing to tag pages for speedy deletion.

Note regarding cross-wiki history: I had a past block on Wikimedia Commons due to image copyright/licensing issues, but I am not currently blocked on any project and my English Wikipedia account is in good standing. The permission will be used strictly for local article title maintenance and naming convention compliance. Elison Pokhrel TALK 14:12, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

@Elison Pokhrel:  Not done you have only made 7 edits at RM/TR. voorts (talk/contributions) 14:35, 6 August 2026 (UTC)


Pending changes reviewer

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I am requesting the pending changes reviewer permission to assist with maintaining the quality of articles on English Wikipedia. My contributions have primarily focused on expanding and improving articles by adding reliable, independent sources, improving references, and organizing content in accordance with Wikipedia's content policies. 0ximjub43r (talk) 22:12, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

I am familiar with Wikipedia and its guidelines; occasionally come across pending changes I'd like to review. MSWS (talk) 03:18, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

Reason for requesting pending changes reviewer rights I would like to be able to review edits that are on pending changes pages, as well as unprotected pages. I have 900 edits now, which a good number of them are anti-vandal edits. I also feel that I have a good knowledge on Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, and I feel I could use that knowledge on pending changes pages as well as unprotected pages. MathMan4 (talk) 06:03, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

I would like to review pending changes encountered during recent edits patrol. I am familiar with Wikipedia's content policies. Mascius (talk) 18:28, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

In my recent changes patrols, I semi-frequently come across pending changes. If the changes are vandalism, I revert them, but I would also like the ability to accept good pending changes while I'm at it. I already have rollback, extended confirmed, and over 1.6k edits. I also have read and am familiar with the relevant policies. FlammablePizza (talk) 21:20, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

I would like to have pending changes reviewer rights, because I occasionally come across pending changes that I am interested in accepting/not accepting on the recent changes page. I have experience with the necessary policies from actions like patrolling recent changes, writing articles that go through the AfC process to get accepted, and DyK and GA participation. Bungle491 (talk) 19:54, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

I have made a few thousand edits now, many of which are in blp/ antivandalism, and i very regularly see pending changes that i feel i have the skills and knowledge to appropriately approve or deny, and generally think this is a good way i can continue to help contribute to wikipedia. i have read the relevant guidelines and feel my experience applies pretty directly to evaluating all the criteria except copyright, but i am more than willing and able to learn and have been reading up on the copyright policies in advance of sending this request. Jackjd0 (talk) 20:02, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

 Done Staraction (talk · contribs) 04:51, 7 August 2026 (UTC)


Rollback

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I would like to request Rollback rights. My last request was on 18 May. According to previous advice, I have tried to follow a clear workflow, including issuing warnings and reporting Vandalism, Block evasion, and Disruptive editing at AIV, RFPP, and AN/EW. In addition, I use Twinkle for warnings, reports, and reverts. AriuCH (talk) 18:27, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

Automated comment This user has had 2 requests for rollback declined or withdrawn in the past 90 days (). MusikBot talk 18:30, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

I've recently been using SWViewer and Twinkle to revert vandalism, so this permission would be very useful for me. I'm already very familiar with how it works, as I already have this permission on other Wikimedia projects. -- 🐦‍🔥 Aws 💬 Talk 14:23, 12 July 2026 (UTC)

I would like to request Rollback permissions firstly in order to make use of tools like Huggle & AntiVandal. Secondly rollback permissions will allow me to increase the speed of my workflow as most of it consists of RC patrolling edits by unregistered & new accounts. My contribution history demonstrates that I have multiple months of RC Patrol experience and no history of edit warring. At the time of writing this I have 656 live edits of which 220 are in the Main namespace and 262 are in the User Talk namespace, this shows my track record of consistently notifying editors when reverting their edits. Vydrakk (talk) 10:03, 15 July 2026 (UTC)

I would like to request my Rollback rights. My previous request on June 15 was declined because I was blocked for making disruptive edits. Since I'm autoconfirmed, I use Twinkle to revert the edits which was vandalized by the IPs (or later TAs). Thomasfan1916[built buses?] 20:15, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

I am requesting permanent rollback rights after a 1 month trial in the past, as well as my recent 3 month trial. Over the course of the past few months, I have served as a CVUA instructor, and have continued using antivandalism tools like Wikishield and CVPI to prevent vandalism from infecting the wiki. Norellia.sh(talk) 08:29, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

Automated comment This user was granted temporary rollback rights by HJ Mitchell (expires 00:00, 31 July 2026 (UTC)). MusikBot talk 08:30, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

I would like to request rollback rights. I check the recent changes page a couple times a day and I use Twinkle currently to revert vandalism. I have over 200 mainspace edits as well as extended-confirmed permissions. I always use warning templates after reverting edits and make reports to AIV when necessary. Rollback would help me look through recent changes much more effectively with tools such as Interceptor or WikiShield. If not permanent, a month-long trial run of rollback would also work, so that I could reapply eventually. Bungle491 (talk) 06:27, 28 July 2026 (UTC)

I have antivandalism experience and I am requesting rollback permissions to be better equipped to fight vandals. My track record shows that I'm good at differentiating between vandalism and good faith edits, and responding accordingly. - Otherwise (Talk?) 02:50, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

Reason for requesting rollback rights I have 900 edits now, which a lot of them are reverting vandalism and ensuring pages follow Wikipedia's quality guidelines. I feel that being able to rollback pages/edits will help me ensure that Wikipedia's quality standards are being met, especially when a user has made multiple poor-quality edits. MathMan4 (talk) 05:57, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

Having rollback rights would also allow me to use AntiVandal, which would be useful for reverting vandalism. MathMan4 (talk) 06:49, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Reason for requesting rollback rights, I mainly edit reality shows and there are constantly fan edits. I have to revert in most cases to stable one but it unfortunately also includes some good edits. Overall, extra hard work. Rollback will definitely help me. :) Tenshi Uisu (talk) 16:05, 30 July 2026 (UTC)

Been on wp for almost a year now with 5000 edits, already use Twinkle on a regular basis and would be useful when I'm reviewing pages. Fortek67 (talk) 12:13, 31 July 2026 (UTC)

I would like to request rollback rights as it will help me fight vandalism. I currently use Twinkle and I would like to use tools such as CVPI to revert vandalism quicker. Alpha Beta Delta Lambda (talk) 22:00, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Articles are often subjected to persistent vandalism by unregistered IP users or even newly registered users. Such edits are frequently spotted while patrolling recent changes. Reverting these edits using the Twinkle gadget is quite cumbersome. I know when to use rollback. Mathew D'Marco (talk) 17:33, 4 August 2026 (UTC)

I am requesting the rollback permission to help efficiently revert blatant vandalism and construct history fixes. I understand that rollback is only for clear vandalism and not for content disputes. Elison Pokhrel TALK 14:52, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Automated comment This user has had 1 request for rollback declined or withdrawn in the past 90 days (). MusikBot talk 15:00, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

Template editor

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I recently possessed the template editor right, but it expired on July 1. I would like to request permanent template editor rights. I have met all the criteria for granting. I also am willing to prove I can be responsible again with possessing the template editor right permanently. CharlesEditor23 (talk) 05:13, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

Could you point to a few examples of where you have used the right on high-risk templates in the past few months?  Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:35, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
Yes. I have used the template editor right on Module:Gridiron color/data & Module:College color/data, which are both high-risk templates. Here's the edit diff from May 22, 2026 from when I previously had the WP:TPE right and used it to change the HTML hex color codes for the Canadian Football League (CFL)'s Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Here's the edit diff from April 29, 2026 from when I previously had the template editor right and used it to change the historical HTML color codes for the National Football League (NFL)'s Dallas Cowboys. Here's the edit diff from March 29, 2026 from when I previously had the template editor right and used it to change the URL source reference for the California Golden Bears. CharlesEditor23 (talk) 03:40, 26 July 2026 (UTC)
Are the examples I've provided sufficient enough? The main reason why I'm requesting WP:TPE right is so I may be able to make changes to high risk templates such as Module:Gridiron color/data & Module:College color/data. I'm happy to answer any & all other questions. CharlesEditor23 (talk) 16:47, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
I will note I haven't had a chance to look at them yet; please be patient. Primefac (talk) 21:53, 28 July 2026 (UTC)
I will note I am somewhat concerned about a lack of forethought and/or sandboxing, specifically:
That being said, there does appear to be a reasonable amount of sandboxing for some of these changes (e.g. Special:Diff/1348021134), and I am very appreciative of the descriptive edit summaries (With a courtesy ping to WikiOriginal-9 who edits the same modules without any summaries). As I think I've said before, no one is perfect (my talk page is a perfect example of that), and (so far) no one seems to have noticed or cared about the occasionally-rapid-reverts of changes. I'd like to wait to hear what MSGJ thinks about this since they asked the initial follow-up question, but I think at the moment I am tentatively an accept. Primefac (talk) 13:20, 2 August 2026 (UTC)

Hello! My bot CutlassBot is applying the {{Deprecated archive}} template (recently protected). I’d like template editor permission while the bot is doing its run to apply the template so that I can handle any issues that come up for example, I have one change request pending at Module talk:Deprecated archive. I don’t intend to change any other high risk templates during this run. This is my first template so I don’t meet the guideline criteria. Alternatively, maybe we remove the protection from the module, but I think it’s lower risk to grant me the editor privileges for 3 months. Thanks for considering! Dw31415 (talk) 07:27, 3 August 2026 (UTC)

Automated comment This user has 41 edits in the template and module namespaces. MusikBot talk 07:30, 3 August 2026 (UTC)
If pppery is okay with it I'll just drop the protection for a bit; you're the creator and so I assume that you'll keep a good eye on it. Primefac (talk) 22:15, 5 August 2026 (UTC)
I was doing a periodic batch check of all templates with at least 5000 transclusions, and don't have much stake in this specific template. I wish we applied more categorical rules and had less of a culture of exceptions when applying protections based on transclusion count, but for better or worse we do have a culture of exceptions so there's no harm in adding one more (in other words, lowering the protection is fine with me). * Pppery * in solidarity 01:12, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
Done, cheers. If you feel like having that discussion at some point, I think that would be a really productive brainstorm (even if it's just a casual thing on my talk page), as it's an interesting idea. Primefac (talk) 09:11, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
Dw31415, is the above satisfactory? Primefac (talk) 09:11, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
I think the requester needs Module:Deprecated archive unprotected. The template page should probably be TE-protected, since it just calls the module and there is no reason to change it. I have implemented an edit request for the module, but the requester, who created the module, will probably need to debug it (carefully, since it is transcluded in 20K pages now). – Jonesey95 (talk) 12:37, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
Oh, right, duh. Primefac (talk) 21:23, 6 August 2026 (UTC)

I am requesting template editor to assist with maintenance on citation templates, infobox templates, and edit notices. I have experience in creating templates, such as Template:Gunbuster, Template:CRID, and Template:WikiProject Anime and manga top icon; and with fixing templates such as Template:NDLPID. I successfully got edit requests for Template:Nutshell and some edit notice templates. Another thing I plan to do with the template editor permission is to create edit notices that appear on talk pages, particularly for contentious topics or English language variants used. I adhere to safe template and module editing practices. Z. Patterson (talk) 22:24, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

Standard Guidelines review:
  1. Green tickY (guideline: >1 year, applicant: 3+)
  2. Green tickY (guideline: >1000 edits, applicant: ~9500)
  3. Green tickY (guideline: >150 template edits, applicant: 152)
  4. Green tickY (guideline: !<6 months, applicant: N/A)
  5. Red XN (guideline: 3 sandboxes, applicant: 2)
  6. Red XN (guideline: 5 requests, applicant: 1)
Primefac (talk) 22:36, 5 August 2026 (UTC)
 Not done for lack of need and (potentially more importantly) a lack of demonstrated proficiency; I note the nutshell edit was reverted, and there are more declined requests than accepted. As a minor note, this editor is also applying for WP:PGM which should give them the ability to create editnotices. Primefac (talk) 22:36, 5 August 2026 (UTC)

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