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Edit warring is a behavior, typically exemplified by the use of repeated edits to "win" a content dispute. It is different from a bold, revert, discuss (BRD) cycle. Reverting vandalism and banned users is not edit warring; at the same time, content disputes, even egregious point of view edits and other good-faith changes do not constitute vandalism. Administrators often must make a judgment call to identify edit warring when cooling disputes. Administrators currently use several measures to determine if a user is edit warring.

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User:Alsoriano97 reported by User:Araesmojo (Result: No action)

Previous version reverted to: "Difficult to post due to fast paced nature of Portal:Current_events Multiple days, same behavior. Examples from Sept. 19th shown below. Behavior has been ongoing for months."

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Adding second example of 3RR from 10/1/2021 (Edited 10/2/2021)Araesmojo (talk) 17:43, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal%3ACurrent_events%2F2021_May_12&type=revision&diff=1022949962&oldid=1022925020%7C

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Portal_talk:Current_events&oldid=1023348929

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AAlsoriano97&type=revision&diff=1045470261&oldid=1043461440

Comments:

Long standing issue with user Alsoriano97 on the page Portal Current Events that has proved difficult to resolve due to rapid pace of Portal Current Events, and the current page changing every day. User has a history of 3+ reverts on multiple days over multiple months and has often been enforcing their personal view of what Portal Current Events "should" contain. User has been warned previously, and had a long discussion on the talk page of Portal Current Events that has been linked. Discussion has further examples of revert behavior. Have also archived list of all stories on Portal Current Events redacted (usually with limited comment) at User:Araesmojo/News_Stories_Redacted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Araesmojo (talk • contribs) 17:43, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This dispute seems to be about similar changes that are made on multiple different days at Portal:Current events. At first sight it is not easy to follow. I've left a note on User:Alsoriano97's talk page and hope they will respond. EdJohnston (talk) 03:32, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Result: No action. If you think you have a dispute across multiple articles (not just one) you need good quality documentation. There is not enough evidence of abuse here. I asked User:Alsoriano97 if they wanted to respond, but they did not. Their filter log does have a lot of hits on 'deprecated source'. EdJohnston (talk) 18:17, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Tron4444444 reported by User:Sundayclose (Result: Partial block)

Previous version reverted to: [1]

Diffs of the user's reverts:
NOTE: Previous 3rr report on this user four days ago was archived today with no action. User apparently has taken this to mean that the edit warring can resume. Please see WP:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive441#User:Tron4444444 reported by User:Sundayclose (Result: ) for seven previous reverts from a few days ago. This editor appears to be an SPA who is WP:NOTHERE. I'm copying the reverts from the previous report. ~~Two Four~~Five additional reverts were made in the last 24 hours, for a total of ~~nine eleven~~ twelve reverts:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: Soft warning (first message on new talk page) 17:27, 29 September 2021; Stronger warning 23:03, September 29, 2021; User removes warning and responds that they don't have to follow the rules: 01:39, September 30, 2021; Third warning 14:36, October 4, 2021; Fourth warning 18:25, October 5, 2021

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [2]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: 19:07, October 4, 2021

Comments:
Sundayclose (talk) 19:10, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Result: User:Ponyo has indefinitely partial-blocked User:Tron4444444 from editing the article Midnight Mass (miniseries). EdJohnston (talk) 23:20, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

FYI

User has resumed the same disruption/edit warring at same page, and refusing to engage on tp. Now using Tron444444 (talk · contribs) (only has six "4"s instead of seven). - wolf 07:22, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Socks blocked, and original account's block changed to site-wide indef by JBW.-- Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 19:12, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:134.195.198.201 reported by User:Kansas Bear (Result: Semi)

Previous version reverted to: [3]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [8]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:IP has continued to revert 3 different editors.

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [diff]

Comments:

IP134.195.198.201 reverted me(I left after being reverted a 2nd time), making demands and not using the talk page until being reverted by the 3rd editor Noorullah21.

On the Battle of Anandpur (1704) said IP did not understand the word "capitulated" and edited warred[9][10][11] to include WP:OR(added a person dead since 1701) into that article. All of this AFTER being told multiple times to read the article talk page where I have quoted the source used and what it states concerning this particular siege/battle. Then they posted this in their edit summary.

"Sources do not mention Mughal Victory or Sikhs surrender either.

I believe this editor may not be competent in English, having not understood what "capitulated" means. --Kansas Bear (talk) 22:12, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Editor Kansas Bear wasn't being civil on the discussion page on Battle of Anandpur and nor was there any discussion about term capitulated as I clearly mentioned that I was reading different page of reference (914 as I did quick search after downloading pdf file). I am very well aware of the term but Kansas Bear has own personal view which has no fact to it. Later, Kansas Bear, made the change and the change wasn't reverted on Battle of Anandpur page. Only thing I would recommend is for Kansas Bear to be civil on discussion page and not to try to escalate the dispute. He even told me to talk to admin if I have issue with him being uncivil. 134.195.198.201 (talk) 23:37, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

as far as Afghan Sikh wars is concerned, there is talk page discussion on the article's page with another user Noorullah21. Its joint effort in improving the article with updated sources, fixes and information from both editors. The discussion changes and fixes are ongoing. 134.195.198.201 (talk) 12:21, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Result: Page indefinitely semiprotected due to a long term problem. There is edit warring from multiple IPs. See also an AN3 complaint from January, 2021. Afghan–Sikh wars are mentioned in four SPI complaints over the years. To certain editors it appears very important to credit the true victor in the various real-world battles. The SPI complaints show that large rangeblocks have been used in the past to deal with these IPs. EdJohnston (talk) 23:39, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:102.250.3.69 reported by User:JeffUK (Result: No violation)

User being reported: 102.250.3.69 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Clearly edit warring on the page, original change also by User:102.250.3.82 clearly related, user warned on both IP addresses. Last edit to Tatum article re-adding the same new entry as well as vandalising other entries to prove a point violating WP:POINT, and clearly WP:NOTHERE JeffUK (talk) 15:33, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No violation – there must be four or more reverts within a 24 hour period for the 3-Revert Rule to apply; the links you have provided do not meet these criteria. Further, the IP was not warned about 3RR before the report was filed. Also, it's been a few hours since the last revert. If the reverts were to resume, under the same IP or a different one, then you may re-report it here. —C.Fred (talk) 17:45, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Porhacer reported by User:Elenora.C (Result: Both warned; then blocked indef)

Previous version reverted to: [12]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1
2
3
4

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [13]

Comments:

Porhacer is a user who is known for acts of vandalism on Spanish Wikipedia from which he has been banned and is known for other acts like the edition wars. He returns here in a more moderate way to continue his actions on Camilo Sesto's page by removing a reliable secondary source, and therefore referenced information. And this, 4 times in a row. Despite a warning on the talk page. --Elenora.C (talk) 17:03, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Both of you are edit-warring, and neither has yet violated 3RR. @Elenora.C and Porhace: you are both warned that if you continue to edit-war, you risk being blocked without notice.--Bbb23 (talk) 17:16, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Bbb23: Porhacer removes a referenced info; here are Camilo Sesto's certifications. Here you will find more information about the source. This debate has already taken place on the Spanish wikipedia. Porhacer is known there to remove referenced information and sometimes to replace it with fakenews or personal reviews. Please believe in my sincere participation in wikipedia.--Elenora.C (talk) 17:31, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Elenora.C: The Spanish Wikipedia is a separate project from the English Wikipedia; decisions made there do not automatically carry over to here. In some cases, our policies may be very different from theirs. —C.Fred (talk) 17:36, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

However, in this case the user does appear to be continuing the behaviour that got them indeffed at es.wiki (chartsinfos is not a reliable source) and therefore I have blocked them here as well. Black Kite (talk) 17:40, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@C.Fred: Thank you for your answer. I know it well, but I prefer to specify it. @Black Kited: Why is chartsinfos not a reliable source? ?--Elenora.C (talk) 17:46, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's an aggregator for other charts, and also accepts crowd-sourced information ([14]). They also admit that their data may nt be completely reliable ([15]). Black Kite (talk) 17:50, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:DominicReymysterio619 reported by User:Czello (Result: )

User being reported: DominicReymysterio619 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

17:27, 5 October 2021 (UTC) "/* The New Day (2014–2020) */"
21:25, 4 October 2021 (UTC) "/* The New Day (2014–present) */"
12:42, 4 October 2021 (UTC) "/* The New Day (2014–2020) */"
01:54, 4 October 2021 (UTC) "/* The New Day (2014–present) */"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

17:21, 5 October 2021 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Big E (wrestler)."

Comments: User has been notified his edits are incorrect in edit summaries and as part of the talk page message. — Czello ^{(Please tag me in replies)} 18:33, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Akhetan76 reported by User:Tenryuu (Result: Warned)

User being reported: Akhetan76 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

17:34, 5 October 2021 (UTC) "Undid revision 1048372580 by Tenryuu (talk)"
16:56, 5 October 2021 (UTC) "Undid revision 1048367180 by Tenryuu (talk)"
16:30, 5 October 2021 (UTC) "Undid revision 1048359007 by Tenryuu (talk)"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

16:51, 5 October 2021 (UTC) "Warning"
17:16, 5 October 2021 (UTC) "Final Warning: Using Wikipedia for advertising or promotion (RW 16.1)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

17:41, 5 October 2021 (UTC) "/* Stop adding promotional content */ new topic (CD)"

Comments:

Reported user is the subject of the article (as declared in this revision's edit summary) who has been adding promotional and unsourced content. There's also an IP whose sole contribution is a reversion; while I can't say for certain the IP is Akhetan76, the timing makes me think it is. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 18:49, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've left a COI notice on the user's Talk page and warned them that if they make any more edits to the article directly, they will be blocked.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:58, 5 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like he's reverted the article after Bbb23's warning. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 02:48, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:107.88.177.34 reported by User:x4n6 (Result: )

Previous version reverted to: [diff preferred, link permitted]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [25], [26]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [27], [28], [29], [30]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [diff]

Comments:
IP persists in removing reliably sourced content and refuses to stop despite repeated warnings. X4n6 (talk) 00:24, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This user has also recently revealed another IP that it uses. 107.88.177.19 That IP also had to be recently reverted by an admin on a different article. See here. X4n6 (talk) 22:20, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Omniscopic reported by User:TrangaBellam (Result: Block)

User being reported: Omniscopic (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

03:59, 6 October 2021 (UTC) "Removed politically biased edits based on a single magazine article"
17:40, 5 October 2021 (UTC) ""
04:29, 5 October 2021 (UTC) ""
03:45, 5 October 2021 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

17:49, 5 October 2021 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Sanjeev Sanyal."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

17:13, 5 October 2021 (UTC) "/* DUEness */ Replying to TrangaBellam (using reply-link)"
17:54, 5 October 2021 (UTC) "/* Disputed Content */ ed"

Comments:

Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Dineshwilson. TrangaBellam (talk) 07:53, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked – 48 hours. Edit warring to add promotional language. "Best-selling writer and polymath" is not a phrase often found in Wikipedia. EdJohnston (talk) 14:13, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Nazran225 reported by User:Chipmunkdavis (Result: )

User being reported: Nazran225 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Malaysian language:

Malaysia:

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

[43] 25 September
15:36, 4 October 2021 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on user talk page: [44]

Comments:

Slow moving but persistent and mostly unexplained edit warring across Malaysian language and Malaysia. Also now pushing the same view on Malay language [45]. CMD (talk) 15:24, 6 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:LucrativeOffer reported by User:Aman.kumar.goel (Result: )

Previous version reverted to: [diff preferred, link permitted]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [46]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [47]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [48]

Comments:

6 reverts involving the insertion of same POV on lead in less than 4 hours. This is a clear breach of 3RR. Aman Kumar Goel ^(Talk) 10:42, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's only three reverts, the first three diffs, the rest were regular edits. I was careful not to breach 3RR. On the other hand, User:Aman.kumar.goel has been edit warring and misrepresenting sources in the article. He is already on 3RR, [49], [50], [51]. LucrativeOffer (talk) 10:50, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You were careful with gaming WP:3RR as you note that "I was careful not to breach 3RR", but you have ultimately made 6 reverts involving the addition of the same POV i.e. "Old Dhaka in modern-day Bangladesh" on all 6 reverts you have made. To say that I violated 3RR but you haven't violated 3RR just shows your poor understanding of the entire dispute in question. Aman Kumar Goel ^(Talk) 11:15, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

These are not reverts. Why are you making a false claim? You are literally claiming every edit is a revert which is not. Reverts have tags like "Undo" or "Manual revert", there is no such tags on three of the diffs you showed. LucrativeOffer (talk) 11:21, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You consider only those edits to be revert that "have tags like "Undo" or "Manual revert"". Thanks for proving my point regarding your attempts to game WP:3RR but ultimately failing to do so. Aman Kumar Goel ^(Talk) 11:27, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The diff for edit warring warning doesn't show any link to WP:EW or WP:3RR, how is that even a valid warning? Za-ari-masen (talk) 11:55, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

User:Aman.kumar.goel reported by User:Za-ari-masen (Result: )

Previous version reverted to: [diff preferred, link permitted]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [52]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [53]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: Pinged on this page.

Comments:

@Aman.kumar.goel: has been continuously edit warring on the article, tag-teaming with others and gaming WP:3RR. The diffs are just the recent reverts, there is a long history of unabated edit-warring by this user as shown by their previous blocks. The user seems to have no intention of listening to other parties and exhibiting clear WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT on the talk page which essentially makes it nearly impossible to reach a consensus with them. Za-ari-masen (talk) 11:52, 7 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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 ::*These are not reverts. Why are you making a false claim? You are literally claiming every edit is a revert which is not. Reverts have tags like "Undo" or "Manual revert", there is no such tags on three of the diffs you showed. [[User:LucrativeOffer|LucrativeOffer]] ([[User talk:LucrativeOffer|talk]]) 11:21, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 :::*You consider only those edits to be revert that "''have tags like "Undo" or "Manual revert"''". Thanks for proving my point regarding your attempts to game [[WP:3RR]] but ultimately failing to do so. '''[[User:Aman.kumar.goel|Aman Kumar Goel]]''' <sup>(''[[User talk:Aman.kumar.goel|Talk]]'')</sup> 11:27, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
+*'''Comment''' The diff for edit warring warning doesn't show any link to [[WP:EW]] or [[WP:3RR]], how is that even a valid warning? [[User:Za-ari-masen|Za-ari-masen]] ([[User talk:Za-ari-masen|talk]]) 11:55, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 == [[User:Aman.kumar.goel]] reported by [[User:Za-ari-masen]] (Result: ) ==

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