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:67.188.18.232 reported by User:Sumanuil (Result: Blocked 24h)

Page: Gerald Alexander (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 67.188.18.232 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 17:55, 24 January 2024
2. 04:33, 25 January 2024 (UTC) ""
3. 02:45, 25 January 2024 (UTC) ""
4. Consecutive edits made from 01:33, 25 January 2024 (UTC) to 01:34, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
   1. 01:33, 25 January 2024 (UTC) ""
   2. 01:34, 25 January 2024 (UTC) ""
   3. 01:34, 25 January 2024 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 01:28, 25 January 2024 (UTC) "/* January 2024 */ new section"
2. 02:24, 25 January 2024 (UTC) "/* January 2024 */"
3. 04:08, 25 January 2024 (UTC) "/* January 2024 */"
4. 04:17, 25 January 2024 (UTC) "/* January 2024 */"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Insists he's moved teams, refuses to provide a source other than a plain external link to Twitter. - Sumanuil. _{(talk to me)} 06:21, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Blocked – for a period of 24 hours Daniel Case (talk) 16:26, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

User:2A02:C7E:5C23:5A00:F810:28B3:CE4F:9DB1 reported by User:NoobThreePointOh (Result: /64 blocked for a week)

Page: Quetzalcoatlus (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 2A02:C7E:5C23:5A00:F810:28B3:CE4F:9DB1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. Consecutive edits made from 11:13, 25 January 2024 (UTC) to 11:13, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
   1. 11:13, 25 January 2024 (UTC) "I suspect there's a bot changing it to the outdated info."
   2. 11:13, 25 January 2024 (UTC) "Spelling error"
2. 11:11, 25 January 2024 (UTC) "Fixed."
3. Consecutive edits made from 11:07, 25 January 2024 (UTC) to 11:07, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
   1. 11:07, 25 January 2024 (UTC) "Trolls changing it..."
   2. 11:07, 25 January 2024 (UTC) "Spelling error"
4. 10:59, 25 January 2024 (UTC) "Update"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 11:10, 25 January 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Disruptive editing on Quetzalcoatlus."
2. 11:12, 25 January 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Quetzalcoatlus."
3. 11:31, 25 January 2024 (UTC) "Final warning notice on Quetzalcoatlus."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

User continues to keep making reverts on the page of adding unsourced info even after I warned them and said what they were adding wasn't true. I even told them that it was disruptive and they should stop, but they still continue to edit war. Please place a temporary block on this IP. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 11:33, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Blocked – for a period of one week Applied to 2A02:C7E:5C23:5A00:0:0:0:0/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)). Noob, while you made four reverts yourself, I consider this "obvious vandalism", not least because of the user's attitude, and therefore exempt under WP:3RRNO. Daniel Case (talk) 16:33, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for doing this. I guess some of it was partially my fault... but every time I reverted, that user would always test my patience by manually reverting my edits. Anyways, I'm relieved. Thanks again. NoobThreePointOh (talk) 17:49, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

When that happens, report after their fourth revert. Or request protection after one of yours. Daniel Case (talk) 17:27, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

User:M.Bitton reported by User:Tarl N. (Result: Declined)

Page: Christopher Columbus (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: M.Bitton (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: Most recent revert

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. First edit, being bold and neglecting to read last month's RFCs
2. Second edit, tagging the same text while discussion already in progress.
3. Third edit, restoring edit tags
4. Fourth edit, restoring edit tags yet again

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: Here. Per WP:DTR, gave an informal warning.

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Discussion section

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

Comments:

This is a recurring dispute, which seems to originate in ideological precepts. It arises every few months from a different editor, the last go-around only a month ago. Those discussion are still present in the current talk page in the form of two out of the three closed RFC discussions not even having been archived yet. I'm requesting administrator intervention here simply because we don't need yet another argument on this item so soon after the last one. Over the next 15 minutes or so, I will be adding a summary of the previously archived discussions to the current talk page section, because the editor doesn't seem to be willing to read them. Tarl N. (discuss) 01:41, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

You're being very disingenuous: being bold, starting a discussion and tagging (another bold edit to attract input) is what editors are supposed to do (besides, those were done more than 24 hours ago). The fact that you dismissed my valid and well explained concerns (while referring to them as it) speaks volumes about your ability to respect BRD. Honestly, this looks like another attempt at silencing anyone who questions your favourite version of an article that you seem to consider as your property. Rest assured, I will be inviting experienced editors to the article's talk page and then we'll see what you have to say about the issues concerning the policies and the guidelines. M.Bitton (talk) 02:06, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Beware of WP:CANVASS if you're planning on yet another RFC on the subject of calling Columbus Genoese vs. Italian. By my count, it would be the 5th such RFC in the last six months. Tarl N. (discuss) 02:26, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Don't you worry about that. Once done, you too will have the chance to discuss the specific issues that have been raised (about policy and guidelines). M.Bitton (talk) 02:32, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Declined Reverting another editor's good-faith addition of a {{disputed-inline}} tag and then reporting them for edit warring when they restore it with an active talk-page discussion going on is the height of chutzpah. I will not reward it with a block on the reported user. And that level of tendentious battleground editing really puts this dispute beyond the scope of this noticeboard. This is more for AN/I, and if Tarl N. continues down the path he seems to be treading, there really should be sanctions of some kind. Consider yourself warned. Daniel Case (talk) 17:37, 26 January 2024‎ (UTC)

User:Margen74 reported by User:Squatch347 (Result: Blocked indefinitely)

Page:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Babylon_Bee%7CThe Babylon Bee
User being reported: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Margen74%7CMargen74

Previous version reverted to: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Babylon_Bee&oldid=1197987911

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Babylon_Bee&diff=1199233040&oldid=1197987911
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Babylon_Bee&diff=next&oldid=1199321184

I'd also point out that this user has engaged in unconstructive editing recently on this page (sorry I'm not sure how to do diffs): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Babylon_Bee&diff=1196423488&oldid=1190100943 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Babylon_Bee&diff=next&oldid=1196454685

This isn't quite relevant here, but I'd also point out that he appears to have mimicked another user's profile page, including some access abilities I don't think are correct. His page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Margen74 Page he copied: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Seawolf35

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ASquatch347&diff=1199321689&oldid=1199233624

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

Post on Margen's page for this discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Margen74#Edit_Waring

Discussion on Seawolf's page about profile being stolen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Seawolf35#Margen74

Squatch347 (talk) 20:05, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Regardless of the merit of this report, they are WP:NOTHERE given their behavior thus far and should most likely be indeffed. I have notified them of this discussion. v/r - Seawolf35 ^T--C 20:11, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

They now attempted to remove the section on my talk concerning them. v/r - Seawolf35 ^T--C 20:18, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked indefinitely ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:16, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

User:Neutrality reported by User:UnregisteredSkeptic (Result: Declined – malformed report)

Page: Concealed carry in the United States (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Neutrality (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. [diff]
3. [diff]
4. [diff]

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

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [3]

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

Comments:

I am a Wikipedia editor and have attempted to add information to the above-linked Wikipedia article regarding recent studies on firearm usage and a correlation to crime rates in the United States. I have cited objective, governmentally-approved studies and set of conclusions to my edit in order to prove what has been found through research, however, the above-mentioned user has taken it upon themselves to revert my useful edits to the page while claiming that I derive my statistics from a supposed election-denying extremist and hyperlinking me to partisan webpages regarding the personal political opinions of this individual. I am requesting that an administrator or another Wikipedia moderator of sorts looks into this situation and resolves it promptly, as I do not appreciate having my fact-checked, cited, and verifiable work removed at the prompt desire of a random, partisan individual. UnregisteredSkeptic (talk) 23:59, 26 January 2024 (UTC)

Being new to leaving reports, I seem to have made an error and neglected to insert the link to the Wikipedia article in question. Here is the article: Concealed carry in the United States, and the name of the user being reported is "Neutrality." UnregisteredSkeptic (talk) 00:03, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

No discussion on the article's talk page. No edit warring notification to other user. Only two reverts by user:Neutrality. OP has now made the same edit a third time (and been reverted by a different editor. There is no edit warring here by Neutrality. UnregisteredSkeptic, discuss the edit on the article's talk page as has been requested, and don't restore the edit again. Meters (talk) 00:17, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

• Declined – malformed report. Please use the "Click here to create a new report" link at the top of this page, which gives a template report, and provide complete diffs. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:19, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

User:Braintic reported by User:Renewal6 (Result: )

Page: Deaths in 2024 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 22:11, 27 January 2024 (UTC) "/* 25 */"
2. 14:45, 27 January 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1199623449 by Alsoriano97 (talk)"
3. 09:42, 27 January 2024 (UTC) "/* 25 */"
4. 00:09, 27 January 2024 (UTC) "/* 25 */ It is NOT a modified description, it is the EXACT job title (where "of State" is optional)"
5. 12:55, 26 January 2024 (UTC) "/* 25 */ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Capital_letters#Titles_of_people"
6. 11:04, 26 January 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1199198324 by Renewal6 (talk) "Standard or commonly used names of an office are treated as proper names""
7. 10:51, 26 January 2024 (UTC) "/* 25 */ /* 25 */ Sanath Nishantha ... "Minister of State for Water Supply" is the NAME of the office. It is not "self-aggrandisement" to capitalise it, most of all because he is dead so anything done here cannot be self-anything."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 14:47, 27 January 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Potential three-revert rule violation see also uw-ew (RW 16.1)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments: This user made an eighth ([4]) and ninth ([5]) revert after being reported here. Renewal6 (talk) 06:00, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

User:The Banner reported by User:Re34646 (Result: No violation)

Page: Comparison of EM simulation software (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: The Banner (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. 27 January 2024 Removed edits that he considered 'not notable' because there was not a Wikipedia article on them.
2. 27 November 2023 Removed edits that he considered 'not notable' because there was not a Wikipedia article on them.
3. 18 August 2023 Removed edits because there was no Wikipedia article related to that software package
4. 20 September 2020 Added requirement to list that they must have 'their own article on Wikipedia'. He labeled this 'Clarified criteria for inclusion of software on the page.'
5. 17 Jun 2020 Removed edits because they were 'without a Wikipedia article' on them.
6. 17 November 2019 Removed edits because there was not a Wikipedia article on them.
7. 10 September 2019 Removed programs 'without article, deemed not notable.'
8. 2 September 2019 Removed edits that he considered 'not notable' because there was not a Wikipedia article on them.
9. 20 December 2018 He removed edits 'without own article' that he deemed 'not notable'.
10. 5 December 2018 Removed edits because there was not a Wikipedia article on them.
11. 23 October 2018 Removed edits that he considered 'not notable' because there was not a Wikipedia article on them.
12. 9 June 2018 Removed edits that he considered 'not notable' because there was not a Wikipedia article on them.
13. 10 October 2014 Removed edits that he considered 'not notable' because there was not a Wikipedia article on them.

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

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [6]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [7]

Comments: It is possible The Banner believes that the Wikipedia definition of 'notable' means that something has to have an article on Wikipedia. This is not the definition of notable which I found on Wikipedia.

The repeated behavior of deleting others contributions, and telling them to 'write an article' doesn't achieve the goals of Wikipedia. It seems they are trying to control the content of that page, whether it is an innocent misunderstanding or not. And it certainly isn't helping increase the value of information on that page.Re34646 (talk) 00:21, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

Please read WP:CSC. But IMHO, this is retaliating for this removal of a non-notable package, added by Re34646. The Banner talk 00:49, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

• No violation. Bbb23 (talk) 01:18, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

User:Master106 reported by User:Someonewhoisusinginternet (Result: )

Page: List of Pokémon anime characters (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Master106 (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. [8]
2. [9]
3. [10]
4. [11]
5. [12]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

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

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [13]

Comments:

Can you please work with me instead of just reporting me? Master106 (talk) 06:34, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

User:Inteqaam reported by User:Soetermans (Result: )

Page: Bangladesh (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 09:53, 28 January 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1199946313 by Soetermans (talk) Your messing with the 2022 census results and combining it with a 2015 survey which soesn't even talk mention tge 86% figure and this is being discussed join the discusstion and stop reverting."
2. 09:41, 28 January 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1199917903 by Yung Yohan (talk) Stop messing with the census the survey doesnt even talk abpit irreligion as not religious is not about irreligion and tge survey is from gallup is older then the census."
3. 00:13, 28 January 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1199785140 by Yung Yohan (talk) Your removing the census results with a older survey stop that."
4. 21:32, 27 January 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1199712866 by Yung Yohan (talk) The 2022 census is more credible then a 2015 census and not religious is not linked to" irreligion""
5. 18:02, 27 January 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1199595094 by Soetermans (talk) The gallup survey doesn't state that it says 0% or less than 1% said they were atheist while the 2022 census said 91% of the country is muslim not 86%"
6. Consecutive edits made from 12:37, 27 January 2024 (UTC) to 12:41, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
   1. 12:37, 27 January 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1199338520 by Yung Yohan (talk)"
   2. 12:38, 27 January 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1199336553 by Yung Yohan (talk) The survey doesn't state that"
   3. 12:41, 27 January 2024 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 12:53, 27 January 2024 (UTC) "Caution: Unconstructive editing."
2. 18:43, 27 January 2024 (UTC) "BRD"
3. 09:48, 28 January 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring."
4. 09:49, 28 January 2024 (UTC) "/* January 2024 */ re"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

All I did was revert the edits the other user made as they used a 2015 survey and removed the 2022 census results for only Islam as the 2022 census 91% said they were muslim while the gallup survey mentions no religion by name as just says 93% said they were religious, 5 said they were not religious and 0% said they were atheist and 1% did not reply. The user then changed the figure of the 91% from the 2022 census and changed it to 86% which is not mentioned in the survey and no religion was mentioned by name.

When I corrected it you reverted those changes and now the other user has done the same a discussion was started on their userpage which they did reply to but still made the edit and you didn't even leave a warning for them.

I read the rules now I wasn't aware if I get punished I see its my fault I should have discussed it but I did leave edit summaries I thought that was discussing the issue if not I get it.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Inteqaam (talk • contribs) 10:04, 28 January 2024 (UTC)