Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Protection policy (section)

== Requesting protection ==
Page protection can be requested at [[Wikipedia:Requests for page protection]]. Changes to a protected page should be proposed on the corresponding [[WP:Talk page|talk page]], and then (if necessary) requested by adding an [[WP:ER|edit request]]. From there, if the requested changes are uncontroversial or if there is [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] for them, the changes can be carried out by a user who can edit the page.

{{shortcut|WP:UNPROTPOL}}{{anchor|RemovingProtection}}Except in the case of [[Wikipedia:Office actions|office actions]] (see [[#Office actions|below]]), [[Wikipedia:AC|Arbitration Committee]] remedies, or pages in the MediaWiki namespace (see [[#Permanent protection|below]]), administrators may unprotect a page if the reason for its protection no longer applies, a reasonable period has elapsed, and there is no consensus that continued protection is necessary. Users can request unprotection or a reduction in protection level by asking the administrator who applied the protection on the administrator's user talk page. If the administrator is [[Wikipedia:List of administrators/Inactive|inactive]], no longer an administrator, or does not respond, then a [[WP:RFUP|request for reduction in protection level]] may be filed. Note that such requests will normally be declined if the protecting administrator is active and was not consulted first.

A log of protections and unprotections is available at [[Special:Log/protect]].