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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.

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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:2001:1388:19:A28B:E960:3B0E:5433:5E74 reported by User:General Ization (Result: Semi)

User being reported: 2001:1388:19:A28B:E960:3B0E:5433:5E74 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

[1]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

04:20, 14 April 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1218838406 by General Ization (talk)"
04:16, 14 April 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1218835910 by Oncamera (talk) 9.7 "either alone or in combination with another race", 3.7 alone, 9.7 - 3.7 = 6 (or 5.9 with decimals), it clearly says "two or more races (in combination) population 5.9 million""
03:16, 14 April 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1218783596 by Oncamera (talk) Read the USA article genius"
Consecutive edits made from 18:30, 13 April 2024 (UTC) to 18:33, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
1. 18:30, 13 April 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1218668350 by Oncamera (talk) Learn to do math"
2. 18:33, 13 April 2024 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

04:19, 14 April 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Indigenous peoples of the Americas."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Also WP:NPA. General Ization ^Talk 04:22, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Result: Semiprotected two months due to long term edit warring by a fluctuating IP. EdJohnston (talk) 17:45, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Chafe66 reported by User:Wk3v78k23tnsa (Result: Both pblocked two weeks)

Previous version reverted to: [2]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_I_Dream_of_Jeannie_episodes&action=history

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_I_Dream_of_Jeannie_episodes&action=history

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Chafe66&oldid=1218413567#I_Dream_of_Jeannie_plot_rewrites

Comments:
Advised user WP:MOSTV, MOS:TVPLOT, WP:MOSFILM, MOS:FILMPLOT, WP:PLOTSUM, MOS:PLOTLENGTH Wk3v78k23tnsa (talk) 14:59, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Both users are edit-warring; neither has violated 3RR.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:04, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Additionally, the two users are the only editors who have edited the article in the last few weeks in a continuous edit war, and neither has discussed the dispute on the article Talk page. I have therefore pblocked both editors for two weeks from editing the article.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:11, 14 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can we discuss it here? User Wk3v78k23tnsa sort of masquerades as an auto-message generator or WP admin (using terms above like "advised user" etc), and cites general WP pages without specifics and therefore pretty much uselessly. I believe I have a fairly good case against Wk3v78k23tnsa's bold edits. (A point against their edits, not a justification of an edit war, which I cop to.) Chafe66 (talk) 06:58, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already blocked by Bbb23. This is not the place for making a case against an editor. Take it to ANI. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 13:38, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:68.226.25.24 reported by User:Classicwiki (Result:Blocked for WP:DE)

User being reported: 68.226.25.24 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1
2

User:‎Mellk reported by User:Manyareasexpert (Result: Decline )

Previous version before the edit war: [3]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

[4]
[5]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [6]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Talk:2014 Crimean parliamentary election#Results

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

Comments:

There is an edit war ongoing at 2014 Crimean parliamentary election‎. Please revert the page to the version before the edit war and encourage editors to seek consensus, not to push their change using an edit war. ManyAreasExpert (talk) 11:29, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First revert was made on 16:07, 13 April 2024 and second revert was made on 11:11, 15 April 2024. This is not a 3RR violation. Mellk (talk) 11:44, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Declined. The editor didn't pass the 3RR limit, but more importantly, they are using the talk page now, which is promising. For now, nothing to do. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 13:31, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Dha BSMYR reported by User:Itssheenabautista (Result: Blocked one week for WP:DE)

Previous version reverted to: [8]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

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

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [15]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [16]

Comments:

User:Dha BSMYR has been adding non-notable subsidiary awards that mostly use non high-quality sources (Imdb) or plainly unsourced. Other editors have reverted the edits, but does not seem to have changed their behavior. Perhaps worth blocking as the editor is clearly WP:NOTHERE Itssheenabautista (talk) 13:16, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Update, user has been blocked for a week by an admin from the page protection group. Will raise in the future if behavior persists after the block has lapsed. Thank you. Itssheenabautista (talk) 13:22, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked – for a period of one week via RFPP, by me, for a pattern of disruptive editing. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 13:27, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Soumava2002, User:SGupta2003 reported by User:Mikeblas (Result:Decline, not a 3RR violation )

Page: Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: SGupta2003 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Soumava2002 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [17]

Diffs of the user's reverts: Currently:

Previously:

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

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [26]

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

[27]
[28]

Comments:
Previously reported at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/3RRArchive480#User:Jack_deGrasse_Tyson,_J._Doe,_et_al;_reported_by_User:Mikeblas_(Result:_Already_blocked), almost immediately closed as "already blocked". Problems persist, and I worry that I'm chasing sock puppets. Am I using the wrong notice board to request help with this issue?

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. Really, this board is for clear 4 reverts in 24 hours or it is very obvious they are gaming the system, not for discussions or deeper analysis. Protracted problems should go to ANI. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 13:36, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, yes, but remember this article is in a designated contentious topic. If edit warring continues, 1RR might be worth considering. Daniel Case (talk) 17:45, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Pixel-Lead453 reported by User:Russ Woodroofe (Result: Sock blocked )

User being reported: Pixel-Lead453 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Consecutive edits made from 20:47, 15 April 2024 (UTC) to 20:48, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
1. 20:47, 15 April 2024 (UTC) "Intentionally inflammatory section header; Russ Woodroofe engaging in vandalism"
2. 20:48, 15 April 2024 (UTC) "Content is not sourced; Russ Woodroofe engaging in vandalism"
20:40, 15 April 2024 (UTC) "Intentionally inflammatory section header"
20:32, 15 April 2024 (UTC) "Intentionally inflammatory section header"
20:26, 15 April 2024 (UTC) "Departure from Crandall University: Header improvement"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

20:38, 15 April 2024 (UTC) "/* April 2024 */ 3rr warning"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

No-Falcon-4996 was blocked by ScottishFinnishRadish for vandalism. Immediately thereafter, a similarly-named editor Pixel-Lead453 appeared and started pushing similar edits. There are plenty of reasons for a block: vandalism, block-evasion, etc. But edit-warring (violation of the 3RR rule) will do. Note that the article has recently been at WP:BLPN, and gotten attention from seasoned editors there, so BLP issues are unlikely to apply. (I now see that I am in technical violation of WP:3RR myself, having once reverted the earlier account, but I believe that it falls under the vandalism exception, particularly as the earlier account was just blocked for vandalism.) Russ Woodroofe (talk) 20:56, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Pixel-Lead453 was blocked as a sock. This can be closed. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 22:08, 15 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Already blocked Dennis Brown - 2¢ 00:42, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:FeldmarschallGneisenau reported by User:Zenomonoz (Result: Blocked from article for 72 hours)

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

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [33][34]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [35]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [36]

Comments:

Repeated attempts to insert FOIA documents / primary material as a source. Zenomonoz (talk) 04:55, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Public records are reliable sources. Or are you implying that public records contain lies and are not reliable for some reason? Freedom of Information allows us to witness true information from the Government. I suspect this user is engaged in advocacy and whitewashing. His "cabal approved" self-label is telling. Possible breaking of WP:NOTADVOCACY merits an investigation of its own.FeldmarschallGneisenau (talk) 01:27, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note for investigating admins: there was some discussion with evidence for possible sockpuppetry at [37]. NicolausPrime (talk) 00:36, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dear @NicolausPrime, if there was evidence, it wouldn't be closed. Someone tried to frame me as someone else and failed. Idk why you would brag about failure. Despicable well-poisoning.FeldmarschallGneisenau (talk) 01:32, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked – for a period of 72 hours from the article. I have done this because, while edit warring occurred and no other editor would be liable since they were in good faith upholding the BLP exemption under WP:3RRNO, the idea that primary sources ≠ reliable sources is belied by many of our own policies. To wit, under WP:PRIMARY: "A primary source may be used on Wikipedia only to make straightforward, descriptive statements of facts that can be verified by any educated person with access to the primary source but without further, specialized knowledge." This seems compatible with using government documents (which again, are not always primary sources) to support the subject's birth date and place as that can easily be verified by looking at those documents. I would also commend Zenomonoz's attention to WP:PRIMARYNOTBAD: "'Primary' is not, and should not be, a bit of jargon used by Wikipedians to mean 'bad' or 'unreliable' or 'unusable'."

I do think there's a case to be made—and it should be made on the talk page, or through discussion at RS/N—that these documents might be acceptable sources here. Daniel Case (talk) 01:52, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fine. Point taken. Thanks for showing that primary sources can be used in straightforward matters of fact. However just to note, I have not witnessed Zenomonoz's attention to WP:PRIMARYNOTBAD, the opposite in fact.FeldmarschallGneisenau (talk) 02:16, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe WP:PRIMARYNOTBAD here is overridden by WP:BLPPRIMARY, which states "Do not use trial transcripts and other court records, or other public documents, to support assertions about a living person." (bolding mine). NicolausPrime (talk) 02:29, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Daniel Case re: primary source. This wasn't a govt document confirming his birth name. It is a request to the DNI submitted by the journalist Julia Black (see requester column on right). Black is the one alleging this is his birth name, presumably from an old unsourced version of his Wikipedia entry. Black makes no mention of this alleged birth name in her eventual reporting. In summary: no government agency has actually confirmed this is birth name. Zenomonoz (talk) 02:41, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:OCDD reported by User:Someonewhoisusinginternet (Result: No violation)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [43]

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

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [44]

Comments:
I have warned them several times [45][46][47] but they never responded to any warning. Someonewhoisusinginternet (talk) 10:19, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Both users have reverted 3x in the last 24 hours. Neither has started a discussion on the article Talk page. Good job, both of you.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:29, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I started a discussion on their talk page but they didn't respond. Someonewhoisusinginternet (talk) 13:34, 16 April 2024 (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. I think that at this point the best thing to do would be full-protect the article for a while, but I'm not willing to do that without someone requesting it (also, it's necessary to set a watchlist ping when doing so as we cannot currently layer protections, so the existing indef semi will have to be reset when the full protect expires). Daniel Case (talk) 02:06, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Jinjin_Sa reported by User:Deshmukh.3851 (Result: Indefinitely pblocked)

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Delhi_University_Students_Union&oldid=1182284806: [diff preferred, link permitted]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [57] [58] [59]

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

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

Comments:
User Jinjin Sa is spamming to the level of vandal the unofficial and unsourced information. The information is related to the unofficial office bearers viz. Sports President, Sports Secretary, Cultural Secretary, Cultural President, etc. The DUSU consists of four office bearers and the Office Bearers are not authorised to appoint or create any other post or designation. Further, I am unable to hyperlink the user being reported so the link to her/his talk page is - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jinjin_Sa.

iAshwinDeshmukh Deshmukh.3851 talk 11:20, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Indefinitely pblocked from editing the article. Technically, this report is stale, but the user is an obvious WP:SPA who is clearly affiliated with the student union (see their previous username), and shouldn't be editing the article directly at all, let alone edit-warring over changes they wish to make.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:21, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Suyodhana 95 reported by User:Fylindfotberserk (Result: Partially blocked 2 weeks)

User being reported: Suyodhana 95 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Consecutive edits made from 14:05, 16 April 2024 (UTC) to 14:19, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
1. 14:05, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Transport */"
2. 14:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC) ""
3. 14:19, 16 April 2024 (UTC) ""
Consecutive edits made from 13:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC) to 13:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
1. 13:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Transport */Non anglicised the names of the towns. Changed Bijapur to Vijayapura, due to multiple "Bijapur" cities across India."
2. 13:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Transport */"
12:43, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Transport */Removed the anglicised names and replaces them with Native names in ENGLISH. No INDIC SCRIPT"
Consecutive edits made from 07:42, 16 April 2024 (UTC) to 07:51, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
1. 07:42, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Transport */"
2. 07:48, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Transport */"
3. 07:49, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Transport */"
4. 07:51, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Transport */"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

12:23, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Common name */ new section"
12:55, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "Reply"
12:55, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Common name */"
12:58, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Common name */ tweak"
13:22, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Common name */ Reply"
13:25, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Chikmagalur."
13:51, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Common name */ Reply"
14:04, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Common name */ Reply"
14:09, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* Common name */ Comment"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Keeps repeatedly changing the WP:COMMONNAMEs in Chikmagalur and other articles, despite multiple warnings in the talk page and edit summaries. Possible WP:CIR issue as they seem to confuse WP:COMMONNAME with another policy WP:NOINDICSCRIPT [60]. WP:BATTLEGROUND behavior and chronic case of Whataboutism as demonstrated here and here. Also note the declaration of future vandalism through IP if blocked [61], excerpt - "I assure you It will not stop unless my IP address is blocked from editing.". Pinging Deepfriedokra - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:48, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Older diffs of them not following WP:COMMONNAME [62], followed by my edits [63]; [64] (mine [65]). In other articles [66] (mine [67]), [68]. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:48, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Fylindfotberserk. Regarding the possible block evasion announcement, I'd say it's more likely that the user thought blocks are generally IP-based rather than account based. To avoid confusion and bad excuses, I have added a warning to the partial block. Please let me know if the disruption continues. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:46, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Partially blocked – for a period of 2 weeks ~ ToBeFree (talk) 18:46, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Absolutely. Thanks ToBeFree. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 19:51, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User:Wicorbottt reported by User:Pbritti (Result: Partially blocked 2 weeks)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

08:44, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "updated Ukraine section"
21:03, 14 April 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1218947528 by Pbritti (talk) Every single word is backed up by quotes. Tone is neutral."
20:42, 14 April 2024 (UTC) "restored vandalism by Pbritti"
20:13, 14 April 2024 (UTC) "Ukraine update"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

15:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC) "/* April 2024 */ Final warning"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

21:15, 14 April 2024 (UTC) "/* NPOV on Ukraine */ new section"

Comments:

Editor was warned for edit warring to restore POV/original research content on the BLP in question. They have been repeatedly warned about falsely accusing other editors of vandalism, an action they have repeated despite these warnings. Further, they engaged in now-oversighted harassment on their talk page. Their only engagement in the article talk page discussion has been to reiterate their accusations of vandalism; after making this accusation, they again restored the content without any consensus to do so. Pbritti (talk) 19:27, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Partially blocked – for a period of 2 weeks ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:14, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@ToBeFree: regarding the indefinite semi-protection to Mike Johnson (Louisiana politician), I can ping you just in case you miss restoring it. ~ Pbritti (talk) 23:13, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Pbritti, a talk page message would be wonderful. I've set up a calendar entry but who knows if I'll still use the same calendar program in a year. Thank you very much! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:29, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Here's to all of us being around next year (and remembering!). ~ Pbritti (talk) 00:06, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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