Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring

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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:Skylax30 reported by User:Ktrimi991 (Result: Warned)

Page: Souliotes (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Skylax30 (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. [1]
2. [2]
3. [3]
4. [4]
5. [5]
6. [6]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [7], [8]

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

Comments:

Has been asked by several editors to explain their concerns on the talk page. A discussion to improve the article was started by other editors, however warring continues. Apart from the reverts provided above, Skylax30 has made other reverts in other parts of the article with the same nationalistic POV. I suspect he has tried to canvass other editors for help [9]. Skylax30 was blocked lately on both the English and Greek Wikipedia. Ktrimi991 (talk) 10:55, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

Skylax30 seems to have some 20 blocks on his block log on the Greek Wikipedia. Ktrimi991 (talk) 11:16, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

Skylax30 is now warring on the same content on Arvanites. Reverted an administrator and placed a message on my talk page. Ktrimi991 (talk) 11:52, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

After Skylax30 was told that some content he tried to add to Souliotes is sourced to a book that is very old and its usage should be discussed, he tried to add it to Arvanites. After he was rv three times on the latter article, Skylax30 created an article to make use of that source [10]. Ktrimi991 (talk) 12:29, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

The article is now deleted. Skylax30 placed a comment on the talk page of Arvanites, and without waiting for consensus created that article. Ktrimi991 (talk) 15:05, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

Skylax30 has been told on the talk page of Arvanites that his claim does not find support by other editors, sth told to him during warring on Souliotes as well, because that claim is strong and sourced to a very old book. However, Skylax30, after failing to add that claim on the two said articles, just a few minutes ago asked for his recently created article to be undeleted because Understandably, people of Albanian ethnicity are not happy with this.. Since he has been trying to add the same POV on several articles for a week or so, I am not sure what should I and five other editors (only one of them Albanian, two others are Greeks, as a matter of fact) who have opposed that POV do. @EdJohnston: @NeilN: You placed some messages on his talk page. It would be good if you find a stable solution to this because I got tired of reporting here about Skylax30. Cheers, Ktrimi991 (talk) 22:03, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

• Result: Warned. User:Skylax30 may be blocked if they make any further reverts about people of Albanian descent (such as Souliotes and Arvanites) unless they have received a prior consensus on the talk page. EdJohnston (talk) 01:55, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

User:John from Idegon reported by User:Namiba (Result: Declined)

Page: Myers Park High School (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: John from Idegon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [11]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [12]
2. [13]
3. [14]
4. [15]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [16] Also see attempt to resolve dispute for another warning.

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [17]

Comments:At first, the editor said it needed a citation. Then they said it was uncited in the article itself. Then they said the FBI papers were not a secondary source. I provided another primary source. Despite being warned, the editor persisted and reverted the edits for times.

Result: Declined. The sources look marginal. Consider asking at WP:RSN whether the claimed sources are enough to establish that Robert F. Stern attended the school. Certainly a source that you provide only in an edit summary is not sufficient; it has to be in the article and it should qualify as a publication. EdJohnston (talk) 14:37, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

User:Breachdyke reported by User:Alexbrn (Result: Blocked)

Page

Chronic fatigue syndrome (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

Breachdyke (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to

Diffs of the user's reverts

1. 15:23, 15 June 2018 (UTC) "Added information on the position of two US Federal health agencies regarding the efficacy of CBT and GET in ME/CFS."
2. Consecutive edits made from 10:56, 15 June 2018 (UTC) to 11:12, 15 June 2018 (UTC)
   1. 10:56, 15 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 845963185 by Kleuske (talk)"
   2. 11:12, 15 June 2018 (UTC) "Added explanatory information on basis of position taken by the NIH and the AHRQ."
3. 10:02, 15 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 845863878 by Ward20 (talk). To suppress the views of the AHRQ (which are supported by the NIH in respect of the Oxford criteria) is absurd in light of NPOV: "which means representing fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without editorial bias, ALL OF THE SIGNIFICANT VIEWS THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED BY RELIABLE SOURCES ON A TOPIC." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view"
4. 16:41, 14 June 2018 (UTC) "Terms used in wikipedia text ought to match supporting references; AHRQ is unequivocal that insufficient evidence for GET when Oxford definition excluded: "By excluding the three trials using the Oxford (Sharpe, 1991) case definition for inclusion, there would be insufficient evidence of the effectiveness of GET on any outcome (1 trial, n=49)" (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK379582/)."
5. Consecutive edits made from 17:45, 13 June 2018 (UTC) to 18:01, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
   1. 17:45, 13 June 2018 (UTC) "Referenced the position of the AHRQ with respect to CBT and GET for ME/CFS, noting the relevance of the Oxford criteria."
   2. 17:50, 13 June 2018 (UTC) "The references cited in support of this statement have to do specifically with GET, and therefore the statement should specifically state GET rather than a general notion of gradually increasing activity suited to individual capacity."
   3. 18:01, 13 June 2018 (UTC) "Inserted information regarding the CDC position, as given on their website, regarding CBT/GET for ME/CFS."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

[18]

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

see Talk:Chronic fatigue syndrome#Exercise again

Comments:

And even after this report has been filed, Breachdyke is continuing to edit war.[19]

• Blocked – 24 hours. User:Breachdyke continued to revert at Chronic fatigue syndrome while this complaint was open, and after receiving plenty of notice. EdJohnston (talk) 16:50, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

User:Tyagiaman reported by User:Chrissymad (Result: Blocked for 24 hours)

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

Previous version reverted to: diff

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. diff
2. diff
3. diff
4. diff
5. diff

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: link, link

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

Comments:

User has been told several times in the past 2 days but several different editors why they are being reverted, but has repeatedly told editors not to edit as they don't know what they're talking about and has violated WP:CIVIL Despite warnings spanning over the course of years, as well as explanation, the behavior continues. (PS: unrelated but twinkle 3rr reporting appears to be broken.) CHRISSYMAD ❯❯❯¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 15:56, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 24 hours Nick (talk) 16:10, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

User:47.39.225.163 reported by User:Ifnord (Result: Blocked 31 hours)

Page

Brian Kemp (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

47.39.225.163 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to

Diffs of the user's reverts

1. 16:08, 15 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846000473 by JackintheBox (talk)"
2. 16:08, 15 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846000402 by JackintheBox (talk)"
3. 16:06, 15 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846000238 by Ifnord (talk)"
4. 16:05, 15 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 845999743 by Ifnord (talk)"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

1. 16:03, 15 June 2018 (UTC) "General note: Removal of content, blanking on Brian Kemp. (TW)"
2. 16:06, 15 June 2018 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Brian Kemp. (TW)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

1. 16:10, 15 June 2018 (UTC) "/* Firearm pointing controversy */ new section"

Comments:

User keeps reverting, also deleted this tread from WP:3RRNB. Redalert2fan (talk) 16:19, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 31 hours Widr (talk) 16:36, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

User:49.146.44.118 reported by User:TBMNY (Result: Blocked 31 hours)

Page

 

User being reported

49.146.44.118 (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:

Engaging in several edit wars and posting disruptive content. TBMNY (talk) 19:06, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 31 hours Widr (talk) 19:13, 15 June 2018 (UTC)

User:138.130.234.8 reported by User:Yeenosaurus (Result: Blocks, Semi)

Page

Church of Scientology International (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

138.130.234.8 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to

Diffs of the user's reverts

1. 03:08, 16 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846071419 by Yeenosaurus (talk)"
2. 02:53, 16 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846050618 by Yeenosaurus (talk) The word 'cult' is the appropriate term for the organization. It's not derogatory, it is simply the correct word use. If you don't like it then I'm happy to discuss changing the policy, but in the meantime let's allow correct English terminology it's appropriate place."
3. 15:09, 14 June 2018 (UTC) "Clarity correction"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

1. 03:05, 16 June 2018 (UTC) "add"

Comments:

• Result: Two IPs blocked 24 hours each and page semiprotected one month. This article is covered by discretionary sanctions under WP:ARBSCI. EdJohnston (talk) 00:15, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

User:2602:306:8b8c:29a0:9c33:ba9d:d7d6:172f reported by User:matthew_hk (Result: Semi)

Page: ZTE (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: 2602:306:8b8c:29a0:9c33:ba9d:d7d6:172f (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

aka 2602:306:8B8C:29A0:BD3A:4340:C9DD:3FEB (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), 2602:306:8b8c:29a0:556a:d51c:d5c3:311e (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. Special:Diff/846123290
2. Special:Diff/846125351
3. Special:Diff/846125668
4. Special:Diff/846126374
5. Special:Diff/846128205

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

• Special:Diff/846128363

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

• nil; attempt to "discuss" in user talk page and discuss it is RS or not in Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#Article by a professor of Columbia University

Comments:
Unfortunately some people think it is not a pure vandalism but edit warring. So i had to report myself and the "opponent" . The ip keep on censoring the content of "state-ownership" of ZTE which i citing an article by a professor of Columbia University. The ip claimed it is "original research". After "discussion" in my talk page and his talk page, as we as after i adding http://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2150979/china-us-zte-deal-calm-storm and https://www.ft.com/content/24c998b4-416c-11e8-803a-295c97e6fd0b as citation, he still remove the content without adding an valid reason, and did not reply to the comment that i added the fourth source https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2.15.12drake_testimony.pdf Matthew_hk tc 14:54, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

User:matthew_hk reported by User:Matthew hk

Page: ZTE (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: matthew_hk (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. Special:Diff/846118607
2. Special:Diff/846125255
3. Special:Diff/846125385
4. Special:Diff/846126011

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

• Special:Diff/846129438 by 108.53.187.44

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

• nil, see above

Comments:

The fifth revert was done by Araratic (Special:Diff/846127361) with the following edit summary: "There is no original research done by him. The research is done by Milhaupt, which is the reliable source cited for the information. See WP:OR" Matthew_hk tc 15:04, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

• Result: Page semiprotected one month. The first IP listed (who reverted five times) is also blocked by User:Oshwah. More than one IP seems to have been participating. EdJohnston (talk) 00:49, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

User:Zapnath9 reported by User:Gazoth (Result: Already blocked)

Page: Naga people (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Zapnath9 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: Special:Diff/845407690

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. Special:Diff/846026351
2. Special:Diff/846052988
3. Special:Diff/846068309
4. Special:Diff/846127691

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: First warning by me, second warning by Batternut. The warnings were acknowledged by deletion.

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: I started a discussion, user in question responded once but did not respond to further questions. The fourth revert happened after this point.

Comments:

• Zapnath9 has just been blocked for 24hrs for edit warring. (A result of my reporting them to AIV - I hadn't seen this report.) Batternut (talk) 17:50, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

Already blocked – 24 hours by User:Ronhjones for edit warring, though per AIV rather than this board. EdJohnston (talk) 00:04, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

User:Sapphorain reported by User:Johnbod (Result: Blocked)

Page: Jean-Étienne Liotard (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Sapphorain (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [20]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [21]
2. [22]
3. [23]
4. [24]
5. [25]
6. [26]

- just the last 24 hours, diffs go back several days before.

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [27]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: - Discussions at Talk:Jean-Étienne_Liotard#Precisions_on_nationality, at great length at the related Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2018_June_10#Category:Engravers_from_the_Republic_of_Geneva and on his talk page and other article talk pages. Several editors have argued against him and reverted him.

Comments:
He has removed the Swiss nationality from ALL articles in ALL the sub-cats he has created for Category:People from the Republic of Geneva (1541–1815) and reverted everyone who changes them back. Johnbod (talk) 23:55, 16 June 2018 (UTC)

This is a lie. When the person died after 1815 he/she then became Swiss and I left the Swiss categories. Sapphorain (talk) 07:15, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Ok, nearly all - glad to see you admit the rest. Johnbod (talk) 14:22, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

Blocked – 48 hours. The six diffs given in this report (since 14 June) show Sapphorain repeatedly changing 'Swiss' to 'Genevan' for the nationality of Liotard. This appears to be a pattern of long-term edit warring to insist that certain people are Genevan rather than Swiss. This matter needs a calm search for consensus rather than warring. User:Johnbod opened a discussion here on 10 June but Sapphorain isn't waiting for the result. EdJohnston (talk) 15:06, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

User:47.222.179.138 reported by User:Simplexity22 (Result: )

Page

James Dashner (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

47.222.179.138 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to

Diffs of the user's reverts

1. 03:26, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Irrelevant Information"
2. 03:24, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Irrelevant Iinformation"
3. 03:20, 17 June 2018 (UTC) ""
4. 03:16, 17 June 2018 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

1. 03:25, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on James Dashner. (TW)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

Comments:

User:Hippo43 reported by User:Jmorrison230582 (Result: )

Page: Administration and liquidation of The Rangers Football Club plc (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Hippo43 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: Previous version

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 10:47, 13 June
2. 12:10, 13 June
3. 16:53, 13 June

As Hippo43 had made three reverts, I put a warning on their talk page (diff, 17:21 on 13 June) and explained on the article talk page why the material should be included (diff, 17:31 on 13 June). Hippo43 has not engaged with this and has now reverted again (diff) which appears to be gaming the system. Jmorrison230582 (talk) 06:30, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

User:46.211.114.123 reported by User:INeedSupport (Result: Blocked 24 hours)

Page

2018 24 Hours of Le Mans (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

46.211.114.123 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to

Diffs of the user's reverts

1. 14:26, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "The reason is accurate section divided by subseries instead of huge results layout"
2. 14:18, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846257542 by The359 (talk) - restored correct entry section. Main WEC season article has both entry list and results sections"
3. Consecutive edits made from 14:09, 17 June 2018 (UTC) to 14:12, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
   1. 14:09, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846256767 by The359 (talk) - try to built the results using this comfortable layout, don't use the huge three-floor section for results"
   2. 14:12, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846257040 by The359 (talk) - sortability doesnt work correctly here, two rows for each driver after sorting"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

1. 14:12, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring. (TW)"
2. 14:28, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. (TW)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

1. 14:31, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "/* Content dispute */ new section"
2. 14:31, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "fix"

Comments:

I assumed that a user is using two IPs on that article. If you look at the history of the article, you see two IPs there doing the same reverts. INeedSupport^{(Care free to give me support?)} 14:35, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 24 hours Latest IP blocked. Article semied. NeilN ^{talk to me} 14:53, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

User:The359 reported by User:INeedSupport (Result: Blocked 24 hours)

Page

2018 24 Hours of Le Mans (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

The359 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to

Diffs of the user's reverts

1. 14:30, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846258915 by 46.211.114.123 (talk) Not keeping another large table here for your convenience. WP:ILIKEIT is not a valid reason. The information is already listed by class in the entry list offered externally."
2. 14:22, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846258045 by 46.211.114.123 (talk) Which has nothing to do with this article, as entries for the WEC change on a race to race basis, and the full race results are not listed on the WEC article. No valid reason has been offered for keeping a redundant chart. If you want to mention specific series, use prose, as is done on 2017 24 Hours of Le Mans and all previous years."
3. 14:13, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846257174 by 46.211.114.123 (talk) These are not results, the race is over. The entry list is redundant, and removed."
4. 14:06, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846256323 by 46.211.154.39 (talk) Please see all previous Le Mans articles. Entry list is removed. Use outside references for the entry list."
5. 13:59, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846255884 by 46.211.154.39 (talk) Not keep a chart for some WeatherTech and ELMS icons. Text can be used instead of a chart."
6. 13:54, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Undid revision 846255418 by 46.211.154.39 (talk) Redundant list, the entries are already listed in the results. Entry list is suitable pre-race, results are for post-race."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

1. 14:15, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans. (TW)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

1. 14:31, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "/* Content dispute */ new section"
2. 14:31, 17 June 2018 (UTC) "fix"

Comments:

User has been blocked for edit warring before once. INeedSupport^{(Care free to give me support?)} 14:37, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

This action of removing a chart has been repeated on these race articles every single year for the past 10 years or so. There is almost always some WP:SPA that feels like reverting this, typically under the reasoning of WP:ILIKEIT.

Also, I'd point out that the SPA user is changing IP addresses, yet is not listed here? The³5₉ (Talk) 14:45, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 24 hours NeilN ^{talk to me} 14:54, 17 June 2018 (UTC)