User:Jim62sch/0RR
- To report a violation, see Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/0RR.
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 | This page in a nutshell: Edit warring is harmful. Wikipedians who revert a page that has been labeled by an administrator as a zero revert zone will be blocked from editing. |
The zero-revert rule (often referred to as 0RR) is a policy that applies to all Wikipedians, and is intended to prevent edit warring:
- An editor must not perform any reverts, in whole or in part, on a page labeled as a zero revert zone. Pages where edit-warring is perceived to be extreme can be so labeled by any administrator. A revert means undoing the actions of another editor, whether involving the same or different material each time.
Any editor who breaches the rule will be blocked from editing for up to 24 hours in the first instance, and longer for repeated or aggravated violations.
The rule applies per editor. The use of multiple accounts is not a legitimate way to avoid this limit, and reverts by multiple accounts are counted as reverts made by one editor. The rule otherwise applies to all editors individually.
The rule applies to the applicable page.
The need for this policy is to codify a precedent set by User:CBM regarding User:Odd nature at Template:Dominionism which is best clarified here. Applicable policies and guidelines for declaring Template:Dominionism a zero-revert zone were WP:EW, WP:BLOCK#Disruption, and User:Dmcdevit/Thoughts.
German Wikipedia also has far more stringent rules against edit-warring than English Wikipedia, and has found a 1RR rule or similar rules have been quite beneficial. German Wikipedia has not suffered any negative consequences from adoption of this policy.
The motivation for the zero-revert rule is to prevent edit warring. Edit warring is deleterious to the mission and orderliness of Wikipedia. It discourages and drives off many of our most dedicated contributors, and is damaging to the productivity and efficiency of efforts to write and mainstain Wikipedia.
The bottom line: do not participate in edit wars. Rather than reverting, discuss the matter with other editors. If an action really needs reverting that much, the administrator who labled the page will do so based on WP:CONSENSUS and WP:BLP.
What is a revert?[edit]
A revert, in this context, means undoing, in whole or in part, the actions of another editor or of other editors. This can include undoing edits to a page, deleting content or restoring deleted content, undoing page moves (sometimes called "move warring"), undoing administrative actions (sometimes called "wheel warring"), or recreating a page.
Enforcement[edit]
If an administrator considers that edit warring is taking place on an article and decides that implementation of the zero-revert rule is appropriate, they are required to place a notice on the article and on the talk page of every editor considered to be edit warring, each notice to state explicitly that any notified editor making a further edit which the admin considers to be a reversion will be blocked for a short time without further warning.
Editors who then violate the zero-revert rule, having been given the above notice, may be blocked from editing for up to 24 hours, or longer in the case of a repeated or aggravated violation. Many administrators use escalating block lengths for users with prior violations, and tend to consider other factors, like edit warring on multiple pages or incivility, when assigning a block. In the cases where multiple editors violate the rule, administrators should treat all sides equally.
Additionally, the rule is enforced by:
- educating editors who may not be aware of good Wikipedia practice in the matter; and
- peer pressure and leadership by example (see Wikipedia:Revert only when necessary and Wikipedia:Harmonious editing club).
Apparent breaches of the rule may be reported at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/0RR.