Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring

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This page is for reporting active edit warriors and recent violations of restrictions like the three-revert rule. See this guide for instructions on creating diffs for this report. If you see that a user may be about to violate the three-revert rule, consider warning them by placing {{subst:uw-3rr}} on their user talk page. You must notify any user you have reported. You may use {{subst:An3-notice}} ~~~~ to do so. You can subscribe to a web feed of this page in either RSS or Atom format. Additional notes When reporting a user here, your own behavior will also be scrutinized. Be sure you understand WP:REVERT and the definitions below first. 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. 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 than 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. Sections older than 48 hours are archived by Lowercase sigmabot III.
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User:2600:1017:B803:5FCC:CD28:59F:21FF:CB3 reported by User:Dorsetonian (Result: Already blocked)

Page

Robert Hunter (lyricist) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

2600:1017:B803:5FCC:CD28:59F:21FF:CB3 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to

Diffs of the user's reverts

1. 19:26, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919086823 by Anaxial (talk)"
2. 19:26, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919086727 by Dorsetonian (talk)"
3. 19:25, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919086637 by Vanamonde93 (talk)"
4. 19:25, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919086585 by Anaxial (talk)"
5. 19:24, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919086456 by Anaxial (talk)"
6. 19:23, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919086379 by Vanamonde93 (talk)"
7. 19:23, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919086289 by Anaxial (talk)"
8. 19:21, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919086114 by Anaxial (talk)"
9. 19:20, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919085691 by Skywatcher68 (talk)"
10. 19:13, 1 October 2019 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

1. 19:26, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Robert Hunter (lyricist). (TW)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

Comments:

• Already blocked Vanamonde (Talk) 19:36, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

User:Mfwitten reported by User:The Mirror Cracked (Result: 2 weeks)

Page

Murder of Botham Jean (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

Mfwitten (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to

Diffs of the user's reverts

1. 23:06, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919117894 by EvergreenFir (talk) The information was never removed. It's still in the article. Please read the article and the talk page before making edits like this."
2. 22:08, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919109011 by Aranya (talk) See the talk page. That is the start of the edit war, not the version before the war."
3. 21:51, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919106587 by The Mirror Cracked (talk) Information moved. Talk page explains. DO NOT EDIT WAR. You have been warned."
4. 21:36, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919106120 by The Mirror Cracked (talk) It is not for us to decide whether it is central. Clearly, there is a dispute. Do you have a citation that it is central? If so, consider putting it in another sentence."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

1. 21:43, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "/* Inclusion of the skin color of Jean and Guyger */ new section"

Comments:

• User:Mfwitten is aware of the rules around edit warring - see [1]. They have now threatened to continue to edit war unless their preferred version of the article is kept [2]. The Mirror Cracked (talk) 23:11, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

• I believe the Talk:Murder_of_Botham_Jean adequately explains my position. I am the one who is trying to prevent further edit warring. Mfwitten (talk) 23:12, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

Blocked – for a period of 2 weeks. El_C 23:16, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

User:71.170.34.242 reported by User:Etzedek24 (Result: Blocked)

Page

George S. Benson (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

71.170.34.242 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to

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Diffs of the user's reverts

1. 3RR-breaking revert
2. 18:06, 2 October 2019 (UTC) "/* Career */ Opinion notes from a masters dissertation without appropriate context or other sources noted."
3. 21:03, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "/* Career */"
4. 18:21, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "/* Career */"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

1. 23:00, 1 October 2019 (UTC) "Caution: Removal of content, blanking on George S. Benson. (TW)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

Comments:

User is clearly engaged in politically motivated blanking mainly on this page but also a bit at Harding University a couple months ago. Other user warned on user talk as well.
EDIT: User has now violated 3RR, added diff above. Etzedek24 ^{(I'll talk at ya) (Check my track record)} 18:10, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 48 hours.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:45, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

User:Fyrael reported by User:Alex 21 (Result: Fully protected; both editors warned)

Page

Episode 100 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

Fyrael (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to

Diffs of the user's reverts

1. 14:28, 3 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919394238 by Alex 21 (talk) per previous summary and talk"
2. 14:16, 3 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919390903 by Alex 21 (talk) BRD does not apply, as there is no long-standing version of this. Another editor placed the first "100" episode, so would appear to agree with their relevance. You are outvoted on this"
3. 13:49, 3 October 2019 (UTC) "Undid revision 919232885 by Alex 21 (talk) and restored; more than one editor believes these should be here, so please continue the conversation on talk"
4. 15:14, 2 October 2019 (UTC) "not 100% sure we should include these, but if we have one we should have them all"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

1. 14:33, 3 October 2019 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule. (TW)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

1. 09:56, 2 October 2019 (UTC) "/* Disambiguation page */ Replying to Richhoncho (using reply-link)"

Comments:

The above editor is having clear issues with edit-warring over the content of a disambiguation page, having violated 3RR at the article at hand. To prevent further disruption, I have informed the editor that I refuse to edit-war with him/her[3], ceasing any further reverts against them as a civil editor, straight after they directly admitted that they were more than willing to partake in an edit-war simply for the sake of it[4]. I see no willingness in the editor to change or cease such behaviour, especially after they reverted their talk page warning with further personal attacks[5]. I do wish to discuss the topic at hand, but I believe the editor to only want to personally attack editors who disagree with them and happily engage in edit wars. -- /Alex/₂₁ 14:46, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

• I've locked the article for one week. It was either that or block both edit-warriors, Alex 21 and Fyrael. After the protection expires, I don't expect to see either editor touch the page, although they are welcome to discuss the issue constructively on the article Talk page. Consider my expectation a warning to both.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:48, 3 October 2019 (UTC)

  Bbb23, so the comment of "I will, however, join you in the edit war" is completely acceptable, where an editor admits that they are happy to violate policy in spite of the other editor deliberately stating that they will not edit war with them? I'll be sure to add that to WP:EW. -- /Alex/₂₁ 02:02, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

  Post report:

  [6] (Reverting the impish little cherub again)

  [7] (Undid revision 919396479 by Alex 21 (talk) reverting the child. You should check out WP:DTR, although we both know you're not so good at reading policies)

  [8] "So childish", "I will, however, join you in the edit war over those other entries"

  Unacceptable behaviour. There is clearly no intent to discuss this civilly or "constructively". -- /Alex/₂₁ 04:44, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

To be clear, the 3rd point is not post-report, and in fact was included in the report. The other two are edit summaries when I removed this user's equally combative messages left on my own talk page, to which they had pursued me. -- Fyrael (talk) 05:07, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

• I am fine with the admin actions here. We both warred and broke 3R and I additionally didn't follow BRD. Initially when my entries were reverted I was not going to restore them because I do normally respect BRD, but I became inflamed when Alex attempted to purposely mislead other discussion participants by claiming that the additions didn't exist. So I convinced myself I wasn't really breaking BRD, and on came the edit warring, etc. Thankfully I became busy at that point and haven't been back to my computer until now, so I'm fine now and will not touch the main page anymore.

To Alex 21, I wish I could believe that you simply "wish to discuss the topic at hand", but that's not what I've seen. When you try to mislead others as stated above, declare the issue as "solved" in the middle of discussion, and ask questions that all involved know the answer to like "why have primary topics at all", it leads me to conclude that you are as much interested in provoking other editors as you are in discussion. And considering the action chosen by the admins, it seems like they also see through your ridiculous innocent act you put on in your initial report here. The ridicule and relishing in reporting me added in your last talk page addition probably didn't help. -- Fyrael (talk) 05:02, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

• User:Fyrael: Mocking your opponent in edit summaries is a quick way of finding out whether admins feel like enforcing the WP:No personal attacks rule. You have claimed that Alex 21 is a child and is unable to read policies. Your sarcasm clearly exceeds that of Alex 21. I trust that your words were a momentary lapse and from now on you will avoid ridiculing the other party. EdJohnston (talk) 05:27, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

Fyrael, you have been warned by two administrators. Please strike through and adjust your responses accordingly. Also note the editor's continued refusal to continue the discussion - hard to discuss the content when one editor refuses to. -- /Alex/₂₁ 05:43, 4 October 2019 (UTC)

User:184.146.207.178 reported by User:FilmandTVFan28 (Result: )

Page

Peter Rabbit (film) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported

184.146.207.178 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · edit filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to

Diffs of the user's reverts

1. Consecutive edits made from 00:40, 4 October 2019 (UTC) to 00:41, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
   1. 00:40, 4 October 2019 (UTC) ""
   2. 00:41, 4 October 2019 (UTC) ""
2. Consecutive edits made from 00:38, 4 October 2019 (UTC) to 00:39, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
   1. 00:38, 4 October 2019 (UTC) ""
   2. 00:39, 4 October 2019 (UTC) ""
3. Consecutive edits made from 00:37, 4 October 2019 (UTC) to 00:37, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
   1. 00:37, 4 October 2019 (UTC) ""
   2. 00:37, 4 October 2019 (UTC) ""
4. Consecutive edits made from 00:34, 4 October 2019 (UTC) to 00:35, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
   1. 00:34, 4 October 2019 (UTC) ""
   2. 00:35, 4 October 2019 (UTC) ""
5. Consecutive edits made from 00:33, 4 October 2019 (UTC) to 00:34, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
   1. 00:33, 4 October 2019 (UTC) ""
   2. 00:34, 4 October 2019 (UTC) "/* Release */"
6. Consecutive edits made from 00:29, 4 October 2019 (UTC) to 00:32, 4 October 2019 (UTC)
   1. 00:29, 4 October 2019 (UTC) ""
   2. 00:30, 4 October 2019 (UTC) ""
   3. 00:32, 4 October 2019 (UTC) "/* Sequel */"
7. Consecutive edits made from 04:39, 2 October 2019 (UTC) to 04:47, 2 October 2019 (UTC)
   1. 04:39, 2 October 2019 (UTC) ""
   2. 04:40, 2 October 2019 (UTC) ""
   3. 04:41, 2 October 2019 (UTC) "/* Sequel */"
   4. 04:42, 2 October 2019 (UTC) "/* Sequel */"
   5. 04:44, 2 October 2019 (UTC) "/* Sequel */"
   6. 04:46, 2 October 2019 (UTC) "/* Sequel */"
   7. 04:47, 2 October 2019 (UTC) "/* Sequel */"
   8. 04:47, 2 October 2019 (UTC) "/* Sequel */"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning

1. 00:42, 4 October 2019 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Peter Rabbit (film). (TW)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page

Comments: