Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Administrator instructions

Administrator instructions for Requests for Page Protection:

1. Review request to see if protection/unprotection is warranted under the Wikipedia:Protection policy
2. Mark reviewed requests using {{RFPP}} (see below) so that a bot may recognize and archive those entries
3. Carry out the protection/unprotection and mark the article with the proper protection template (see below)

Response templates

This template is used for responding to requests for page protection at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Please remember to indent your response at least once, or the bot won't flag it as fulfilled.

Result	Code	Normalized code
Checking to see if protection is necessary.	:{{subst:RFPP|ch}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|chck}} ~~~~
Semi-protected for a period of X, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.	:{{subst:RFPP|s|X}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|semi|X}} ~~~~
Pending-changes protected for a period of X, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.	:{{subst:RFPP|pd|X}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|pend|X}} ~~~~
Fully protected for a period of X, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.	:{{subst:RFPP|p|X}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|full|X}} ~~~~
Move protected for a period of X, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.	:{{subst:RFPP|m|X}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|move|X}} ~~~~
Creation protected for a period of X, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.	:{{subst:RFPP|t|X}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|salt|X}} ~~~~
Template protected for a period of X, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.	:{{subst:RFPP|tp|X}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|temp|X}} ~~~~
Extended confirmed protected for a period of X, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.	:{{subst:RFPP|ec|X}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|excp|X}} ~~~~
Done	:{{subst:RFPP|do}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|done}} ~~~~
Not done	:{{subst:RFPP|no}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|notd}} ~~~~
Declined	:{{subst:RFPP|d}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|deny}} ~~~~
Declined – No changes to the current protection level are required at this point in time.	:{{subst:RFPP|pf}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|cpif}} ~~~~
Declined – This page isn't currently protected.	:{{subst:RFPP|notp}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|notprot}} ~~~~
Declined – Not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection.	:{{subst:RFPP|nea}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|nact}} ~~~~
Declined – Likely collateral damage as one or several users who are making improvements would be affected by the requested protection.	:{{subst:RFPP|co}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|coll}} ~~~~
Declined – Warn the user appropriately then report them to AIV or ANI if they continue.	:{{subst:RFPP|aiv}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|raiv}} ~~~~
Declined – Pages are not protected preemptively.	:{{subst:RFPP|np}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|npre}} ~~~~
Declined – This template is not used widely enough to be considered a high-risk template.	:{{subst:RFPP|nhr}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|nhrt}} ~~~~
Declined – Content dispute. Please use the article's talk page or other forms of dispute resolution.	:{{subst:RFPP|dr}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|disp}} ~~~~
Declined – User talk pages are not protected except in response to severe or continued vandalism.	:{{subst:RFPP|ut}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|usta}} ~~~~
Declined – Pending changes protection should not be used on pages with a high edit rate.	:{{subst:RFPP|her}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|rate}} ~~~~
User(s) blocked: Example (talk · contribs) blocked by Example2.	:{{subst:RFPP|b|Example|Example2}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|bloc|Example|Example2}} ~~~~
User(s) partially blocked: Example (talk · contribs) blocked by Example2 (from WP:Example).	:{{subst:RFPP|b|Example|Example2|5=WP:Example}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|bloc|Example|Example2|5=WP:Example}} ~~~~
User(s) re-blocked with talk page editing disallowed by Example.	:{{subst:RFPP|tb|Example}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|tabl|Example}} ~~~~
Unprotected	:{{subst:RFPP|u}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|unpr}} ~~~~
Not unprotected	:{{subst:RFPP|nu}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|noun}} ~~~~
Not unprotected – Please create a sourced version of this article in a subpage or your userspace. When this is done, please make the request again, or ask any administrator to move the page for you.	:{{subst:RFPP|cr}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|nucr}} ~~~~
Not unprotected – Please use an edit request to request specific changes to be made to the protected page.	:{{subst:RFPP|er}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|edre}} ~~~~
Already unprotected by administrator Example.	:{{subst:RFPP|au|Example}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|isun|Example}} ~~~~
Already protected by administrator Example.	:{{subst:RFPP|ap|Example}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|ispr|Example}} ~~~~
Already done by administrator Example.	:{{subst:RFPP|ad|Example}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|isdo|Example}} ~~~~
Question:	:{{subst:RFPP|q}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|ques}} ~~~~
Note:	:{{subst:RFPP|n}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|note}} ~~~~
Requesting immediate archiving...	:{{subst:RFPP|ar}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|arch}} ~~~~
Withdrawn by requestor	:{{subst:RFPP|w}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|withdrawn}} ~~~~
Consider the edit warring noticeboard – This is a case of possible edit-warring by one or two users.	:{{subst:RFPP|ew}} ~~~~	:{{subst:RFPP|an3}} ~~~~

If the page has been protected (the s, p, t or m option) with an expiration, then a second optional parameter that accepts the duration can be specified. For example, {{RFPP|p|1 week}} produces:

Fully protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.

Notes

{{subst:RFPP|full|1 week|<reason>}}

Fully protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected.

{{subst:RFPP|isun|<reason>}}

Already unprotected by administrator [nil <reason>].

This template supports "indefinite" in the duration field where applicable. "indef", "infinite" and "infinitely" are synonyms.

{{subst:RFPP|semi|indefinite|<reason>}}

Semi-protected indefinitely.

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 {{admin}} links. For example, {{RFPP|ap|Master of Puppets}} produces:

Already protected by administrator Master of Puppets.