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This page is for reporting active edit warriors and recent violations of restrictions like the three-revert rule. See this guide for instructions on creating diffs for this report. If you see that a user may be about to violate the three-revert rule, consider warning them by placing {{subst:uw-3rr}} on their user talk page. You must notify any user you have reported. You may use {{subst:An3-notice}} ~~~~ to do so. You can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format. Additional notes When reporting a user here, your own behavior will also be scrutinized. Be sure you understand WP:REVERT and the definitions below first. The format and contents of a 3RR/1RR report are important, use the "Click here to create a new report" button below to have a report template with the necessary fields to work from. Possible alternatives to filing here are dispute resolution, or a request for page protection. Violations of other restrictions, like WP:1RR violations, may also be brought here. Your report should include two reverts that occurred within a 24-hour period, and a link to where the 1RR restriction was imposed. Definition of edit warring 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. Definition of the three-revert rule (3RR) An editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Violations of this rule normally attract blocks of at least 24 hours. Any appearance of gaming the system by reverting a fourth time just outside the 24-hour slot is likely to be treated as a 3RR violation. See here for exemptions. Sections older than 48 hours are archived by Lowercase sigmabot III.
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User:Skornezy reported by User:Shadowwarrior8 (Result: Declined)

Page: Foreign policy of Bashar al-Assad (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Skornezy (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: 1

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. first instance of editwarring
2. On a round of editwarring spree removing large- amounts of sourced contents: 2, 3, 4, 5
3. Another round of editwarring unilaterally removing tons of content 6, 7
4. Latest round of editwarring despite numerous attempts to engage and warnings: 8, 9

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: 10, 11, 12, 13

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: 14

Diff of three warnings to user's talk page: first warning, second warning, third warning

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: 15

Comments:

Hello, I'm reporting a relatively new user who appears to have an active focus on removing long-standing, reliably sourced content in the article Foreign policy of Bashar al-Assad. Most of the low-quality edits made by the user are unsourced pro-dictatorship talking points, while the same person accuses other editors of making POV edits, using that as an excuse for literally academic censorship. "The NPOV policy does forbid the inclusion of editorial bias, but does not forbid properly sourced bias." WP:POVDELETION.

User:Skornezy has been constantly engaged in unilteral removal of well-sourced content in this page and has been making adhominem attacks against other editors. The sheer magnitude of persistent content removal may likely amount to Vandalism as well, so this behaviour probably should get reported there as well. Despite multiple warnings and attempts at engagement, the user stubbornly keeps removing large amount of content. The user has a general pattern of disruptive editing and edit warring behaviour throughout his timeline, as seen in the edit history of other pages like Syria–United States relations, Saddam Hussein, etc. Shadowwarrior8 (talk) 9:33, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

@Shadowwarrior8: I find it especially ironic that Shadowwarrior8 characterizes my edits as "low-quality [...] unsourced pro-dictatorship talking points," then—in the very next paragraph—accuses me of launching ad-hominem attacks. Skornezy (talk) 10:31, 18 September 2023 (UTC)

Declined After their revert war that generated this report, the two users have been discussing this on the talk page as they should. Daniel Case (talk) 05:10, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

User:Semsaaa reported by User:190.80.137.31 (Result: Warned)

Page: Crunchyroll LLC (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Semsaaa (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: 1

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5
5. 6

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

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

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

Comments:
See: WP:NOTHERE, Here I have a user who does not stop disruptively editing by reversing Sony-related articles, including Crunchyroll LLC and Sony Interactive Entertainment, which by the way seems strange to me why he mixes the subsidiary opening a parentheses to a Limited liability company with the infoboxes instead of leaving them as they were before leaving an edit summary first. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.80.137.31 (talk) 05:10, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

• Warned ~ ToBeFree (talk) 06:02, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

User:23.154.136.104 reported by User:Bbb23 (Result: Range blocked)

Page: Frank DeArmon Whitney (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 23.154.136.104 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 02:51, 21 September 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1176344246 by Bbb23 (talk)"
2. 02:33, 21 September 2023 (UTC) "A recent interview with Judge Frank Whitney"
3. 02:19, 21 September 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1176292561 by Affowler (talk)"
4. Consecutive edits made from 19:43, 20 September 2023 (UTC) to 20:16, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
   1. 19:43, 20 September 2023 (UTC) "Fixed the vandalism"
   2. 20:16, 20 September 2023 (UTC) "Adding reliable sources"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 02:55, 21 September 2023 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Frank DeArmon Whitne."
2. 02:56, 21 September 2023 (UTC) "/* September 2023 */ fix"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

I've filed this against 23.154.136.104 because they've been reverting the most recently, but this actually comes from Special:contributions/23.154.136.64/26 and the disruption goes back as far as August 14, 2023, with the most recent revert (the 5th revert, not listed above) was done by 23.154.136.86. I'm obviously WP:INVOLVED, but as far as any action goes, either the range should be blocked or the article semi-protected. Bbb23 (talk) 13:06, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

• Result: Blocked Special:Contributions/23.154.136.104/24 for two weeks for edit warring. EdJohnston (talk) 14:22, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

User:Sword313 reported by User:KhndzorUtogh (Result: Blocked two weeks)

Page: Davit Ishkhanyan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Grigory Martirosyan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Samvel Shahramanyan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Sword313 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [1]
2. [2]
3. [3]
4. [4]
5. [5]
6. [6]
7. [7]
8. [8]
9. [9]
10. [10]
11. [11]
12. [12]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [13], [14]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [15]

Comments:
User violated WP:3RR in three different articles. User has numerous warnings on their talks, including for edit-wars - they have been blocked for edit warring already. I think more strict sanctions should apply now, and given their previous edit-warring and being reported and blocked for edit-warring, their conduct exhibits WP:NOTHERE now. KhndzorUtogh (talk) 13:57, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of two weeks. Bbb23 (talk) 14:58, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

User:Epsilon Moron reported by User:Frietjes (Result: Partially blocked 1 month)

Page: Peterson–Žižek debate (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Epsilon Moron (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

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

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [16]
2. [17]
3. [18]
4. [19]
5. [20]
6. [21]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [22]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [23]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [24]

Comments:

• Partially blocked – for a period of 1 month ~ ToBeFree (talk) 20:58, 21 September 2023 (UTC)

User:Squared.Circle.Boxing reported by User:Megabits000 (Result: No violation)

Page: Ariana Grande (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Squared.Circle.Boxing (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [Ariana Grande: Difference between revisions ] Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [diff] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ariana_Grande&diff=prev&oldid=1176485190
2. [diff]https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ariana_Grande&diff=prev&oldid=1176368791
3. [diff]https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ariana_Grande&diff=prev&oldid=1176485190
4. [diff]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: User talk:Squared.Circle.Boxing history

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [erm. im not the one who is in the edit war, it only appears that they are warring and was reported in the CVN-wp-en Libera channel because one user was blacklisted and appeared often in the context of reverting edits by user 0mtwb9gd5wx who, in my opinion, did nothing wrong other than didnt discuss much with each other. closest they have is]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [25]

Comments:
User contributions for Squared.Circle.Boxing - Wikipedia look at 8:50-9:05pm est. also sorry if it isnt exactly what you are asking, first time i've actually reported one

Megabits000 (talk) 01:21, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Good attempt. Diff 1 is reverting a blatant retaliatory action; diff 2 is the initial unrelated revert (which remains unchallenged, ignoring the retaliatory revert); diff 3 is the same as diff 1. Any other editor (including the one I initially reverted) reverting this edit would be met by a talk page discussion. I won't succumb to childish disruption. – ².O.^Boxing 01:30, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

I do not see why parrot analytics is considered an unfit source in basically every single revert you did from about 8:47-9:10 and while i will concede that your first revert could be justified, it also seems that it is no less important than any other tidbit of information on many other aticles Megabits000 (talk) 01:45, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Source? No source is being added. An uninformative wikilink to The Global TV Demand Awards is being added, contrary to MOS:LINK. – ².O.^{Boxing 2}.O.^Boxing 01:58, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

hm... thank you for bringing that to my attention. the parrot analytics was to the rest of your reverts on 0mtwb9gd5wx that i (kind of still do) consider[ed] malicious (bad word for it, but words aren't my forte). i apologize for wasting your time

Megabits000 (talk) 02:12, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

Actually, why are you bringing up Parrot Analytics when your report is about Ariana Grande? An aroma is strengthening. I'll leave this to admins. – ².O.^Boxing 02:00, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

• 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. Acroterion (talk) 02:03, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

User:Pranay Chopde reported by User:IM3847 (Result: Blocked indefinitely)

Page: Parmar (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Pranay Chopde (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [26]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [27]
2. [28]
3. [29]
4. [30]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [31]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [32]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [33]

Comments:
Reported User had received warnings from Multiple Wikipedians: Materialscientist, FutureFlowsLoveYou & Doug Weller as seen at his Talk page. Even after a prolonged discussion at the article's talk page, he went on to edit and remove data from the page without any explanation. iMahesh (talk) 14:28, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

@IM3847: You failed to notify the user of this report. Please do so.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:58, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

I have now but am busy so not looking at this. There's a major POV issue and CIR with this editor. Doug Weller talk 15:53, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

• Blocked indefinitely ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:56, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

User:2A01:B747:73:344:553E:23CA:78E4:5D50 reported by User:Notrealname1234 (Result: Already blocked)

Page: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Proto-Indo-European deities (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 2A01:B747:73:344:553E:23CA:78E4:5D50 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 16:28, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1176573156 by Notrealname1234 (talk)"
2. 16:27, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1176573089 by LizardJr8 (talk)"
3. 16:27, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1176573029 by Notrealname1234 (talk)"
4. 16:26, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1176572760 by Dudhhr (talk)"
5. 16:24, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1176572677 by Dudhhr (talk)"
6. 16:23, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1176572579 by Dudhhr (talk)"
7. 16:22, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1176572347 by Dudhhr (talk)"
8. 16:21, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1176572130 by Dudhhr (talk)"
9. 16:17, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1176564154 by Favonian (talk)"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 16:27, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "Final Warning: Disruptive editing (RW 16.1)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

• Already blocked ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:52, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

User:47.232.208.73 reported by User:Notrealname1234 (Result: Already blocked)

Page: Satrapy of Armenia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 47.232.208.73 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 21:11, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "Rv back to History of Iran edit"
2. 20:40, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1176605664 by TimothyBlue (talk) rv vandalism"
3. 19:41, 22 September 2023 (UTC) ""
4. 18:24, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1176589277 by HistoryofIran (talk)"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 21:17, 22 September 2023 (UTC) "General note: Addition of unsourced or improperly cited material on Satrapy of Armenia."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

• IP47.232.208.73 appears to be edit-warring over numerous articles.[34][35] --Kansas Bear (talk) 22:37, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
• Already blocked ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:51, 22 September 2023 (UTC)

User:Leechjoel9 reported by User:محرر البوق (Result: )

Page: Medri Bahri (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Leechjoel9 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [36]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [37]
2. [38]
3. [39]
4. [40]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [41]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [42]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [43]

Comments:
Probably one of the most frustrating users I've ever had to deal with on Wikipedia. He seems to have a very long history when it comes to edit warring and has been blocked multiples times in the past. Additionally, their talk page history includes warnings from various users regarding unproductive editing and engagement in edit wars. Mind you that articles related to the Horn of Africa is a contentious topic enacted in Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Horn of Africa. Possible WP:NOTHERE activity. محرر البوق (talk) 16:02, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

User:محرر البوق have been edit warring and reverting Medri Bahri article eight times. User removes sources content, refuses to acknoweledge the basisc of the article, for instance that the area/kingdom lasted untill the 1890s which common knowledge, it have never been consted before untill user User:محرر البوق decided to annex 500 years of it's history to the Kingdom of Ethiopia. This is a clear voilation of WP:NPOV, in offorts to save content, sources and protect the page I reverted the users edit and asked user to get consensus before making such controversial changes. The user have refused and re-added content eitght times and still keeps on pushing this view. The user also refuses to acknoweledge the RFC outcomes, edits and disussion in the past by previous users. The user has no consensus which have been explained in the talk page of the article [44] and the user is single handedly pushing these views. The article have a history of edit wars and socketpuppetry. I have filed an SPI ([45]) which is open since I belive this user is the same user acting as a socket, since similar views are being pushed by this user. I have also contacted two users ([46],[47]) who are editors to the article from the past and who are familiar with the RFC of the article and to the existing consensus. One of them even filed the SPI against the blocked sock. I did warn the user [48] and politely urged the user refraining from making these changes and form consensus first but the user hasn't listened and preceeded doing these changes several times after this warning.

Here are the reverts by User:محرر البوق:

1. [49]
2. [50]
3. [51]
4. [52]
5. [53]
6. [54]
7. [55]
8. [56]

I strongly disagree with User:محرر البوق claims and this is a boomerang. I myself was on the way of reporting User:محرر البوق which I stated in my second last edit, but the user in a last desperate attempt opened this ANI. I will save you the time and not open a new ANI. I think the user that should be blocked is User:محرر البوق. Leechjoel9 (talk) 17:00, 23 September 2023 (UTC)

User:FMSky reported by User:Andrew Englehart (Result: )

Page: Tim Ballard (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: FMSky (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [57]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [58]
2. [59]
3. [60]
4. [61]
5. [62]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [63]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [64]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [65]

Comments:
I saw that at least 4 editors have added or reverted removals of the material in question, and FMSky continues to unilaterally try to impose his version onto the lead. The talk page discussion is a lot of FMSky using half-truths and circular logic. I'm unconvinced, and consensus is to include the well-sourced sentence in the lead. Andrew Englehart (talk) 00:22, 24 September 2023 (UTC)