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This page is for reporting active edit warriors and recent violations of restrictions like the three-revert rule.

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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.

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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.

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User:Robinepowell reported by User:Tango (Result: 24 Hours - per [1] by Jaranda)

Three-revert rule violation on

Previous version reverted to: Something a long way back, this edit war has been going on for some time. These are the most recent reverts:

1st revert: 17:15, 27 July 2007
2nd revert: 19:11, 27 July 2007
3rd revert: 21:35, 27 July 2007
4th revert: 00:16, 28 July 2007

This user has repeated replaced "Vancouver, Canada" with "Vancouver, British Columbia" despite multiple users reverting and requesting discussion. --Tango 01:47, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:Someguy0830 reported by User:66.92.74.246 (Result:Blocked, 48 hours)

Three-revert rule violation on Ben 10 (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I added a minor edit to a section title, making it easier to find information contained within a sub-page in Ben 10. Someguy0830 has continually reverted it to what he has decided is 'correct' without getting any other reader's feedback. He then threatened me twice, which is shown on my IP address user page. I responded to his threats saying that I was making a usability change and that he was not the sole editor of the entry. If you look through the entry's history you'll see that Someguy0830 has reverted many, many people's entries whenever he doesn't like them. 66.92.74.246 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) 07:32, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: Please show diffs. Nat Tang ^{ta | co | em} 08:01, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This is for 3RR violations only, for simple vandalism complants, please go to WP:AIV. Nat Tang ^{ta | co | em} 08:01, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: The "Threats" mentioned by the IP are UW warning templates. Nat Tang ^{ta | co | em} 08:04, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: Someguy0830 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was issued a 3RR warning: [2]. Nat Tang ^{ta | co | em} 08:18, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked – Someguy0830 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has been blocked for 2 days for a serious, second-time breach of the 3-Revert Rule. This was partly due to the information given here; however, in future please fill out a request here as directed at the bottom of the page, or your report may be ignored ~ Anthøny 13:30, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please see also the reverse - the IP's broken the rule and properly warned too. (See [3] [4] [5][6] Will ^(talk) 16:59, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The page has been fully-protected, pending dispute resolution (which will now be advised for both the IP and account) ~ Anthøny 17:22, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked – the IP has been blocked for 10 hours, for a WP:3RR violation ~ Anthøny 18:25, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:G2bambino reported by Lonewolf BC (Result: No block)

Three-revert rule violation on

Previous version reverted to: 18:47, 27 July in first two reverts. Otherwise, see the individual reverts.

1st revert: 01:30, 28 July, to 18:47, 27 July
2nd revert: 12:53, to 18:47, 27 July (then a consecutive edit, 12:55, 28 July)
3rd revert: 16:54, to 12:55, 28 July (then further consecutive edits to 17:01)
4th revert: 17:17, to 17:01 (then further consecutive edits to 17:22)
5th revert: 22:44 (well after this report was first made, and notice of it given)

- Note: G2bambino (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was not issued a 3RR warning, only informed that he was reported. Nat Tang ^{ta | co | em} 22:33, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Note The other users (User:Lonewolf BC and User:Jonathan David Makepeace) were performing direct, unreasoned, undiscussed, and abbrasive reverts of mostly long-standing material, lacking any demonstration of cooperation. In the meantime I have tried to address JDM's concerns after he finally provided some reasoning at Talk:Monarchy in Canada. Lonewolf, I suspect, has been attempting to entrap me in a 3RR breach. Anyway, I'll consider this the warning that was never placed on my talk. --G2bambino 22:53, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Only new users have to be warned. Experienced users are expected to know the rules. --Tango 23:33, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Indeed. A user that has been blocked less than 2 weeks ago for WP:3RR should know the rules.--Stephan Schulz 23:56, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - Well, I hope the complexity of this matter will be taken into consideration; ie. each and every edit by all three parties involved. I hope it will then be seen that I was indeed working to protect the content from mostly counter-policy, unexplained, tag-team reverts, and after each of my own reverts immediately worked properly, unlike the other users' blatant deletions, to reword the content to address the concerns of one of the other users. I have, in fact, seemed to have now placated User:Jonathan David Makepeace, thus, I hope, resolving the issue. --G2bambino 00:41, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article protected for one week. Enjoy your weekend, gentlemen, and loom for common ground before resuming editing. If further edit-wars ensue, I will not hesitate to block all participants. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 00:49, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User:DavidShankBone reported by User:Chichichihua (Result:)

Three-revert rule violation on

Previous version reverted to: VersionTime

1st revert: [7]

2nd revert: [8]

3rd revert: [9]

4th revert: [10]

was warned about behavior but continues to revert to an image of his own silly looking dog, which he claims is a "champion chihuahua" Chichichihua 22:23, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

- Note: DavidShankBone (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was not issued a 3RR warning. Nat Tang ^{ta | co | em} 22:46, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Example

===[[User:NAME_OF_USER]] reported by [[User:YOUR_NAME]] (Result:)===
*[[Wikipedia:Three-revert rule|Three-revert rule]] violation on
{{Article|ARTICLE_NAME}}. {{3RRV|NAME_OF_USER}}: Time reported: ~~~~~

*Previous version reverted to: [http://VersionLink VersionTime]

<!-- If all the reverts are the same, please just provide the version-reverted-to.
For more complex reverts it may be necessary to provide a previous-version for each revert
and/or the actual words (in bold) that are being reverted or reverted to -->
*1st revert: [http://DIFFS DIFFTIME]
*2nd revert: [http://DIFFS DIFFTIME]
*3rd revert: [http://DIFFS DIFFTIME]
*4th revert: [http://DIFFS DIFFTIME]

*Necessary for newer users: A diff of 3RR warning issued before the last reported reversion.
Your report will be ignored if it is not placed properly.
*Diff of 3RR warning: [http://DIFFS DIFFTIME]

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