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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.
    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:Slomzy0932 reported by User:Amaury (Result: Indefinitely blocked)

    Page: Olivia Rodrigo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: Slomzy0932 (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 11:21, 12 January 2025 (UTC) to 11:23, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
      1. 11:21, 12 January 2025 (UTC) ""
      2. 11:23, 12 January 2025 (UTC) ""

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:


    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:


    Comments:

    Excessive and unsourced genres. Warning at User talk:Slomzy0932#January 2025. See also, which Twinkle isn't including: [1] (initial edit), [2], [3], [4], and [5]. Edit warring over multiple days. Amaury • 11:55, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Malayologist reported by User:Austronesier (Result: Blocked 24h)

    Page: Indonesian cuisine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 18:25, 12 January 2025 (UTC) ""These are all poorly sourced" sources are taken from the respective wiki pages for each dish. They are properly sourced. The Arab, Indian, and Chinese sections were not even sourced, and you're okay with that."
    2. 17:11, 12 January 2025 (UTC) "Please note that there is more to the story than just Upin Ipin. I kindly request that you review the entire content before making any changes. Additionally, I would appreciate it if you could refrain from reverting the edits solely because of the inclusion of Upin Ipin, as it is only one aspect of the broader context."
    3. 16:36, 12 January 2025 (UTC) "Sourced"
    4. 15:28, 12 January 2025 (UTC) "Sourced: Ramly Burger and Roti John also popular"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 18:12, 12 January 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Indonesian cuisine."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    1. 18:24, 12 January 2025 (UTC) "/* Malaysian "influences" */ new section"
    2. 18:25, 12 January 2025 (UTC) "/* Malaysian "influences" */"

    Comments:

    Blocked – for a period of 24 hours Daniel Case (talk) 18:40, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:159.146.51.112 reported by User:Snowycats (Result: Blocked 72 hours)

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

    User being reported: 159.146.51.112 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 20:18, 12 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269002318 by NJZombie (talk)"
    2. 13:57, 12 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1268644937 by Remsense (talk)"
    3. 15:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1268644937 by Remsense (talk)"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:


    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:


    Comments:

    Already given multiple warnings ([6] and [7]) on WP:3RR, yet behavior ongoing. Snowycats (talk) 20:24, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Luganchanka reported by User:Morbidthoughts (Result: Blocked 48 hours)

    Page: Scott Ritter (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 19:55, 12 January 2025 (UTC) "Rollback to last version of this article approved by senior wikipedia editors, please go to talkpage and build consensus before further edits"
    2. 19:44, 12 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269045641 by NatGertler (talk) That is your opinion, take it to the talkpage to build consensus before any further reverts, and please remember Wikipedia policy on WP:Edit warring"
    3. 19:10, 12 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269040492 by NatGertler (talk) No WP:Edit warring please - take it to the talkpage to build consensus for your claim"
    4. 19:04, 12 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269039619 by NatGertler (talk) This will have to go to the talkpage, as at the moment it is looking like a concerted attempt by certain editors to whitewash a sexual offence. The current edit is absolutely ridiculous, making it look as if Ritter knew he was speaking to a police officer. To the talkpage."
    5. 06:49, 11 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1268635595 by Hemiauchenia (talk) No consensus reached on this on the talkpage, and this lead already approved by multiple senior editors"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning: 19:51, 12 January 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Scott Ritter."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    1. 19:24, 10 January 2025 (UTC) on Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard "/* Scott Ritter Biography - Noncompliance with MOS and BLP Guidelines */ new section"

    Comments:

    Left CTOPS notice on talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 20:27, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:RobinCarmody reported by User:Betty Logan (Result: Indefinitely pblocked from editing the article)

    Page: Twelfth Night (holiday) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: RobinCarmody (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to: [8]

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. [9]
    2. [10]
    3. [11]
    4. [12]
    5. [13] (added since this report was filed)


    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:
    Not a 3RR violation, but definitely slow-burn edit warning. RobinCarmody has repeatedly edited in redundant, clumsy and WP:POINTy phrasing into the sentence. I have explained why I don't think it is necessary or valid on the talk page. He is free to disagree of course, but a resolution cannot be reached by avoiding the dsicussion. After 20 years on Wikipedia he should know the ropes by now. Betty Logan (talk) 13:31, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    • Indefinitely pblocked. In addition to the edit-warring, the user's failure to discuss their edits on the article Talk page is concerning. Also, the user should use edit summaries, particularly when reverting other users. The user has some 16K edits, of which just a bit over 4% include edit summaries. Edit summaries are not required, but many unexplained edits are looked at with suspicion.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:13, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Janessian reported by User:Insanityclown1 (Result: blocked for 24 hours)

    Page: Murder of Wong Chik Yeok (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: Janessian (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:

    1. 20:19, 13 January 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:


    Comments:

    User:Janessian is repeatedly removing the same images. By my count they have manually reverted 6 or 7 times. Insanityclown1 (talk) 20:28, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I had in fact already decided to block before this report was filed. JBW (talk) 20:33, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Æ's old account wasn't working reported by User:Notwally (Result: p-block)

    Page: 2010: The Year We Make Contact (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: Æ's old account wasn't working (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 23:43, 13 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269289591 by Notwally (talk) Stop simping for Metacritic!"
    2. 23:37, 13 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269288727 by Notwally (talk) That sentence is unsourced. Get over it."
    3. 23:10, 13 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269182473 by Barry Wom (talk) Stop."
    4. 11:54, 13 January 2025 (UTC) "Don't start."
    5. 06:03, 13 January 2025 (UTC) "Omitting the sentence entirely like what we have done with The NeverEnding Story I feel might be the best strategy, seeing as both films have wildly differing RT and MC scores."

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 23:34, 13 January 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on 2010: The Year We Make Contact."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    1. 04:24, 6 January 2025 (UTC) on Talk:2010: The Year We Make Contact "/* Unsourced content in lead */ r"

    Comments:

    This editor was banned last week for 7 days after 5 reverts about this same content (link). They have now made 5 reverts again today, the first day that their block ended. They have barely contributed to the extensive talk page discussion, where other editors have been working towards a consensus. – notwally (talk) 23:47, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Yes, I will discuss the issue on the talk page. Getting a little impulsive with these reverts. Æ's old account wasn't working (talk) 23:49, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    You are already at 5 reverts on the day your block for making 5 reverts about the same content ended, and now you are also sending out 3RR notices to other editors such as me [17] (despite me only reverting twice, as there were 2 other editors who also reverted you today). The talk page discussion has been ongoing for over a month, and I think your contribution there so far speak for themselves. – notwally (talk) 23:54, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    You only seem to focus on my contributions to reverting the changes, not my contributions to the talk page discussion. If you want this edit war to end, best you stop by on the talk page to do some civil discussion. Æ's old account wasn't working (talk) 00:00, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Æ, you made your first contribution to the talk page discussion three minutes before writing this reply. You aren't really in a position to demands others "stop by on the talk page" when it took four reverts from three different editors before you did the same. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 00:04, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I guess my ADHD brain thinks reverting is better than discussion on the talk page. At this point I don't even know why I keep edit warring. Maybe I have inherited this "bludgeoning" from my father. Don't know anymore. I just don't.
    Help me. I don't think I can take it anymore. I have gone mentally insane. Æ's old account wasn't working (talk) 00:14, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It's difficult to say why any of us edit war, but you're not alone in it. I think the best option is to just keep going. Consider doing a different task or finding another article to work on in the meantime; you've made plenty of good contributions here, so keep doing that. Find something that makes you happy. Just remember, it's not the end of the world. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 00:29, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Problem is, all of my edits get reverted. I can't figure out why. I am stuck in a permanent edit war on every article I touch, whether I like it or not. HELP! Æ's old account wasn't working (talk) 00:36, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    All of them. On every article I edit. All of them get reverted. Æ's old account wasn't working (talk) 00:36, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    That's not entirely true; looking at your contributions, I see many edits that were not reverted. In any case, you should consider reversions an opportunity to build your knowledge; discuss on the talk page and explain your edits. You may learn something to keep in mind for the future, or you might teach something to someone else. It's always better to respond to reversion with discussion than with more reversion. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 00:46, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Understood. Æ's old account wasn't working (talk) 00:48, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Do you even take my edits into consideration? Æ's old account wasn't working (talk) 00:03, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • Since Æ's old account wasn't working cannot keep himself from reverting on this article even after having been previously blocked from edit warring at the same article, I've partially blocked him from the article for a month. If he gets talk page consensus for the disputed edits prior to the block expiring let me know and I'll lift the block.-- Ponyobons mots 00:10, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:2600:1001:B129:3A84:31C2:67F3:252:DDAA reported by User:Unblock-un on hold (Result: /64 range blocked)

    Page: Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia Day 2025 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: 2600:1001:B129:3A84:31C2:67F3:252:DDAA (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 00:59, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269301049 by Cyrobyte (talk)"
    2. 00:59, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269300990 by Cyrobyte (talk)"
    3. 00:59, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269300962 by Cyrobyte (talk)"
    4. 00:58, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269300833 by Cyrobyte (talk)"
    5. 00:55, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269300443 by Cyrobyte (talk)"
    6. 00:54, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269300383 by Cyrobyte (talk)"
    7. 00:54, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269300328 by Cyrobyte (talk)"
    8. 00:53, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269300251 by Cyrobyte (talk)"
    9. 00:53, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269300207 by Cyrobyte (talk)"
    10. 00:52, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269300147 by Cyrobyte (talk)"
    11. 00:52, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1269300072 by Cyrobyte (talk)"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 00:53, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Removal of content, blanking."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:


    Comments:

    User:Baldoz reported by User:Cerebral726 (Result: Blocked 48 hours)

    Page: Scuderia Ferrari (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 21:05, 14 January 2025 (UTC) ""
    2. 20:58, 14 January 2025 (UTC) ""
    3. 20:26, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Fixed discrepancies made by user Lobo151"
    4. [18]
    5. [19]
    6. [20]
    7. [21]

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 20:53, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Notice: Edit warring softer wording for newcomers (RW 16.1)"
    2. 20:58, 14 January 2025 (UTC) "Notice: Edit warring stronger wording (RW 16.1)"

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:


    Comments:

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