Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring

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• When reporting a user here, your own behavior will also be scrutinized. Be sure you understand WP:REVERT and the definitions below first.
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• 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.

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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:Kimpi reported by User:Sangdeboeuf (Result: Blocked 24 hours indefinitely)

Page: The Final Experiment (expedition) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Kimpi (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: 02:35, 26 March 2025

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 21:55, 28 March 2025
2. 00:09, 29 March 2025
3. 00:18, 29 March 2025
4. 00:31, 29 March 2025
5. 00:47, 29 March 2025

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: 00:10, 29 March 2025

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: 00:37, 29 March 2025

Comments:
User is spamming page with WP:ATTACK material, citing a random law firm's web page. Evidently a disgruntled flat earther who wants to "expose" the expedition. Falls within WP:CT/BLP topic area. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 00:42, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

• The user has been blocked for 24h for edit-warring by Aoidh. I would have blocked indefinitely.--Bbb23 (talk) 01:47, 29 March 2025 (UTC)
• Blocked – for a period of 24 hours. @Bbb23: I highly considered it, but I'm hopeful a 24 hour block will be enough to cause them to move on to more productive editing. However, any reoccurrence or reintroduction of this content should result in an indef, which is something I'll try to keep an eye on. - Aoidh (talk) 01:57, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

  Now an indef for doubling down on this per Special:Permalink/1282863045#March 2025 2. - Aoidh (talk) 02:16, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

User:Yubn678 and 2400:1a00:b040::/43 reported by User:Jay8g (Result: Page protected)

Page: Kaura (dance) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported:

• Yubn678 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
• 2400:1a00:b040::/43 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [1]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Yubn678:

1. [2]
2. [3]
3. [4]
4. [5]
5. [6]

IP:

1. [7]
2. [8]
3. [9]
4. [10]
5. [11]
6. [12]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: Yubn678, IP

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Neither user has made any attempts to discuss

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: Yubn678, IP

Comments:

The same users are also edit-warring on Ghatu (dance). Jay8g [V•T•E] 08:11, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Page protected In full, for a day by ESKog. Daniel Case (talk) 17:34, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

User:2600:387:15:2734:0:0:0:4 reported by User:FlightTime (Result: )

Page: Richard Chamberlain (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 2600:387:15:2734:0:0:0:4 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 21:02, 31 March 2025 (UTC) "Encyclopedic trivia"
2. Consecutive edits made from 20:33, 31 March 2025 (UTC) to 20:35, 31 March 2025 (UTC)
   1. 20:33, 31 March 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1283327380 by Alachuckthebuck (talk)"
   2. 20:35, 31 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Personal life and death */"
3. 20:26, 31 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Personal life and death */"
4. 20:22, 31 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Personal life and death */"
5. 19:44, 31 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Personal life and death */"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

And again - FlightTime (open channel) 21:22, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

User:2804:14C:5B76:8A98:0:0:0:742 reported by User:Sadrabp (Result: )

Page: Brenda Romero (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: 2804:14C:5B76:8A98:0:0:0:742 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [13]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [14]
2. [15]
3. [16]

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

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [18]

Comments:

The user repeatedly adds the phrase "is John Romero's wife" to the first sentence while refusing to engage in any discussion. Siev (talk) 22:10, 31 March 2025 (UTC)

User:Transparencytruth reported by User:Tacyarg (Result: )

Page: Sophie Chandauka (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 13:52, 1 April 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1283431267 by DeCausa (talk)"
2. 13:38, 1 April 2025 (UTC) "justifiable edits, refering to subject's biography and substantiated articles"
3. Consecutive edits made from 12:19, 1 April 2025 (UTC) to 13:26, 1 April 2025 (UTC)
   1. 12:19, 1 April 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1283419953 by DeCausa (talk)"
   2. 12:27, 1 April 2025 (UTC) ""
   3. 12:29, 1 April 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1282570882 by DeCausa (talk)"
   4. 13:11, 1 April 2025 (UTC) "specified date, corrected erroneous timeline"
   5. 13:26, 1 April 2025 (UTC) "added citations and financial statements"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Repeated edits to Sophie Chandauka; edits are not all sourced - some have external links instead, not all text is supported by the refs that are given, and edits state what appears to be a particular point of view, with some opinion or WP:SYNTH. Editor has been warned by another editor about edit warring, but has re-added the information twice since then. There are relevant discussions on the Talk page which this user could join. Tacyarg (talk) 15:06, 1 April 2025 (UTC)