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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:Marvel2406 reported by User:Vestrian24Bio (Result: Both editors blocked 72 hours and alerted to CTOPS)

User being reported: Marvel2406 (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:

11:37, 20 March 2025 (UTC) "Caution: Manual of Style related issues (UV 0.1.6)"
12:01, 20 March 2025 (UTC) "ONLY Warning: Edit warring (UV 0.1.6)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

11:55, 20 March 2025 (UTC) on User talk:Marvel2406 "/* March 2025 */ Reply"

Comments:

Continual addition of flags to infobox in violation of MOS:INFOBOXFLAGS and against the existing consensus. Tried initiating discussion, but replied this. Vestrian24Bio 03:19, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Both editors blocked – for a period of 72 hours and alerted to WP:CT/CID. While Marvel clearly indicated on their talk page that they intended to disregard MOS:INFOBOXFLAGS because "it looks prettier that way", that attitude did not give Vestrian the right to revert endlessly as while policy was on their side that kind of reverting is not allowed under WP:3RRNO. Protection should have been requested, at least. I have also alerted both of to WP:CT/CID, which this comes under. Daniel Case (talk) 18:09, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:81.31.65.89 reported by User:Speederzzz (Result: Blocked one month)

User being reported: 81.31.65.89 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

11:52, 21 March 2025 (UTC) "Stop wasting time editing articles you admit you know nothing about."
11:50, 21 March 2025 (UTC) "Restored, as person objecting has admitted he knows nothing about this matter and has no basis for objecting"
11:19, 21 March 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1281605072 by Speederzzz (talk)"
11:13, 21 March 2025 (UTC) "That debate has already been settled - the name is in the article already. I'm simply pointing out that it should be right at the start."
11:07, 21 March 2025 (UTC) "His real name is a matter of public record - and is already in the article anyway."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

12:20, 21 March 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Potential three-revert rule violation see also uw-ew (RW 16.1)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

11:18, 21 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Deadname in lede? */ new section"

Comments:

Warning given on talk page by User:CipherRephic Speederzzz (Talk) (Stalk) 11:55, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User attempted to remove this entry. How they think this will help their case remains a mystery to all. CR (how's my driving? call 0865 88318) 12:02, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked – for a period of one month due to not only their edit warring, but their incivility, general bad attitude, and BLP violations requiring multiple RevDels. On top of that I had to put project banners, CTOPS, and other notices on the talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 18:24, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Real estate investment professional reported by User:MrOllie (Result: Blocked indef as a SOA)

User being reported: Real estate investment professional (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

16:54, 21 March 2025 (UTC) "No Mr Ollie, you are the one making the changes to perfectly neutral information, so until you get consensus from a user unrelated to you, the text remains."
16:46, 21 March 2025 (UTC) "Strongly disagree with MrOllie and want to initiate larger discussion on this."
15:20, 21 March 2025 (UTC) "Restored introductory paragraph, summarising the company's operations in non-promotional language as per: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_blatant_advertising"
17:51, 19 March 2025 (UTC) ""
17:46, 19 March 2025 (UTC) ""
17:41, 19 March 2025 (UTC) "I noticed this was reverted by MrOllie - Please note this is not promotional material, this is clearly describing the company's investment profile as per the cited sources."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

17:58, 19 March 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Using Wikipedia for advertising or promotion on Kennedy Wilson."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

16:41, 21 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Reverts to return promotional language */ new section"

Comments:

Single purpose editor edit warring to force promotional language into an article on a company. MrOllie (talk) 16:56, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

cool can we have more people review this please? Real estate investment professional (talk) 16:57, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I simply updated introductory paragraph as per more recent information and Mr. Ollie is dubbing as 'forcing promotional language' and is deleting all content of introductory paragraph bringing to a much pooper state than the previous version. Real estate investment professional (talk) 17:02, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Real estate investment professional: do you have a WP:COI with this company? It would seem you have some connection with it. EvergreenFir (talk) 17:21, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Guys, with all due respect again, I don't.. I work in the industry and I've been fixing or updating information on real estate articles every now and then when I see it. I just only recently decided to create an account. I feel like I've been attacked this time and just taking it a bit personally now.

Can we please look at this in an unbiased manner and just look at the information I updated/contributed to judge if it is promotional? Again I know there is a whole thread about "what about article X", but all company wikipedia articles outline what the business does in the opening paragraph (which by the way was also the case in this article - I simply just updated it to the latest information..)

Please let's not turn this into a personal thing, I come with the kindest intentions and my apologies for starting this edit war, but can we please just objectively look at the text in the context of all real estate related articles? Real estate investment professional (talk) 17:29, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Blocked indefinitely as a promotional-only account. The edit warring and combative mentality didn't help. Daniel Case (talk) 18:30, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How does the edit imply promotion? I see additional, useful information added by the user with legitimate reasons to revert. 216.121.182.128 (talk) 06:46, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

First, broadly, see WP:YESPROMO. Second, they insisted on adding in the lede more specific information about what their firm does that is, on Wikipedia, usually left to the body of the article. Third, apart from all this they promoted nothing so much as complete disregard for our edit-warring policy. Daniel Case (talk) 17:49, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum re "legitimate reasons to revert": See WP:3RRNO. That does not come under any of those exceptions. Daniel Case (talk) 17:51, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Dipper Dalmatian reported by User:2A0E:1D47:9085:D200:F4B1:B10C:1C9F:C0FB (Result: Nominator blocked 2 weeks)

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

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [1]

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

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

Comments:

Edit warring to remove content, leaving an incomplete sentence behind in the process. 2A0E:1D47:9085:D200:F4B1:B10C:1C9F:C0FB (talk) 20:34, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nominating editor blocked for 2 weeks ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:08, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Rcarter555 reported by User:Chick Pea Corea (Result: Nominator blocked 24 hours)

Page: Roman Polanski User being reported: Rcarter555

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

Diffs of the user's reverts:

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

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Roman_Polanski&oldid=1281843395

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Rcarter555&oldid=1281844565

Comments:

This user has violated the 3RR rule, claiming that he represents the consensus. The consensus on the page is: do not include charges in the first sentence but display them prominently. The user reverts to a lede that violates MOS (breaking the chronology of Polanski's biography). Chick Pea Corea (talk) 21:07, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Chick Pea Corea, would you please find something more constructive than jumping into conflicts with experienced editors on high-profile articles? Thanks. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:31, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nominating editor blocked – for a period of 24 hours ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:31, 22 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:2601:840:4200:BAE0:31F0:15B6:CFB7:3ADF reported by User:ESkog (Result: Already blocked)

User being reported: 2601:840:4200:BAE0:31F0:15B6:CFB7:3ADF (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

23:54, 22 March 2025 (UTC) ""
23:50, 22 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Species */"
23:45, 22 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Species */"
18:38, 22 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Species */"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

23:51, 22 March 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Opah."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Reverts are ongoing after the submission of this report. (ESkog)^(Talk) 00:04, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Already blocked ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:57, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Binksternet reported by User:Davejfudge

I originally altered an edit by User:Binksternet on Whomp That Sucker that cited a source that I saw as unfit for direct inclusion on a music review infobox because the rating that has no justification in the source material; I also later removed, as part of my another source added by User:Binksternet that had the same problem. I moved the first citation to the dedicated notes section for historical context, but didn't remove it, and I removed the second citation (starting with my first reversion) because it sorely lacks coverage.

He has now reverted my edit 3 times, and I have reverted twice. He now accuses me instead of reverting three times while we refuses to wait for concensus in the talk page, violating WP:ONUS. I am also accussed of WP:NPOV because the reviews I moved/removed coincidentally have lower reviews, despite that I have history of adding less-than-favorable reviews to albums I like better than the one in question (e.g. In Outer Space Sounds review). Davejfudge (talk) 17:04, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry about racking up three reverts. One was from yesterday evening which I thought was longer ago, and it fooled my count. I'll stick to the talk page discussion you started at Talk:Whomp That Sucker#Ratings that lack justification. Binksternet (talk) 17:10, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless of the time frame, I have not reverted your additions three times. The first edit you consider a revert was not a revert because I did not remove what you added. Davejfudge (talk) 17:14, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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. Bbb23 (talk) 18:10, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:2A00:23C7:8EED:4D00:64F3:8AE7:96A0:33F1 reported by User:Insanityclown1 (Result: )

User being reported: 2A00:23C7:8EED:4D00:64F3:8AE7:96A0:33F1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Simply patience 405 (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 19:58, 23 March 2025 (UTC) to 19:59, 23 March 2025 (UTC)
1. 19:58, 23 March 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1281993755 by Pigsonthewing (talk) Undone as disruptive evidence. Not 'advertisement' - Previous editor referenced their source where they should. These are standard festival facts as seen on other festival Wiki pages - please visit for reference"
2. 19:59, 23 March 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1281993089 by Pigsonthewing (talk) Undone as disruptive evidence. Not 'advertisement' - Previous editor referenced their source where they should. These are standard festival facts as seen on other festival Wiki pages - please visit for reference"
17:37, 23 March 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1281978059 by Insanityclown1 (talk) I have undone this revision as these points about the event are more than reasonable and backed up with references. They are similar to information listed on other event pages"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

20:13, 23 March 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Using Wikipedia for advertising or promotion."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Pretty sure that this is the user simply patience 405 editing while logged out. The user has been taken to ANI, but the behavior is continuing. Insanityclown1 (talk) 20:16, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Binksternet reported by User:Davejfudge (Result: )

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

Diffs of the user's reverts:

[diff] 03:41, 23 March 2025 "restoring All Music Guide rating. This rating was given by the book's editors, not Ned Raggett""
[diff] 16:31, 23 March 2025 Reverted 2 edits by Davejfudge (talk): Rv... The 2-star book rating came from the editors Woodstra, Erlewine and Bogdanov. The 3.5 star review came from the later website, with no attribution. They are two different ratings and are both valid.
[diff] 16:34, 23 March 2025 Reverted 1 edit by Davejfudge (talk): Rv per WP:NPOV

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [2]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: 11:56, 23 March 2025

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Whomp_That_Sucker&oldid=1281940158

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

Comments:

Binksternet added two sources to the music review infobox. Both ratings linked to sources that never discussed the album in any length, where the All Music book reference was context for how the current AllMusic website had a different rating. I moved the first one to the notes section without removing the citation, and updated both sources to have more properly cited credits (e.g. wrong publisher), writing in the edit comments that I was unsure of the validity of the second source's inclusion. No reversion up to that point. I additionally mention my skepticism of the inclusion of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music source on the talk page, waiting for concensus instead of removing it for the time being.

Two days later (important), Binksternet reverts the All Music Guide book rating back to the table, giving a justification that my previous edit addressed already.

I restored my previous edit and removed the Encyclopedia reference since Binksternet didn't reply in the talk page, but still inviting him to reply.

Binksternet reverts this, then going to the talk page to accuse me of bias (specifically WP:NPOV), assuming I acted out of bad faith, of "jumping through hoops" because the ratings in question coincidentally happen to be lower, despite the justifications I gave (See my addition of the Sounds review for In Outer Space, the same artist). I really don't care about listing a bad review. I just care about not including sources that give less than a passing mention to the material unless, in the case of the first AllMusic rating, it is a small piece of context for the modern review that just needs a tweak to how it's incorporated.

I revert this, then Binksternet makes his third reversion.

Sorry for the long explanation, but it feels so demoralizing because I thought that I tried everything I could to get concensus or a dialogue, but my reversions were met with accusations and assumptions that I acted purely out of bad faith, and that the music rating template's lack of specificity on what constitutes a reasonable source, rather than a policy, was justification enough for everything. On my talk page, Binksternet also told me I could be banned. To be clear, I don't know if I technically violated the rule myself, because by the time by last reversion came, although Binksternet reverted three times within 24 hours at that point, my penultimate reversion was done in two smaller chunks. I'll accept whatever decision comes my way and I apologize if I've done any wrong here myself. == Notice of edit warring noticeboard discussion ==

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion involving you at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring regarding a possible violation of Wikipedia's policy on edit warring. Thank you. Davejfudge (talk) 20:25, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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