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. The format and contents of a 3RR/1RR report are important, use the "Click here to create a new report" button below to have a report template with the necessary fields to work from. 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 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. Sections older than 48 hours are archived by Lowercase sigmabot III.
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User:37.220.118.185 reported by User:R Prazeres (Result: Blocked for three months; block on range previously used similarly lengthened)

Page: Talk:University of al-Qarawiyyin (edit | subject | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 37.220.118.185 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 17:48, 4 December 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1188318128 by R Prazeres (talk)"
2. 12:47, 4 December 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1188285542 by Jonathan A Jones (talk)"
3. 12:25, 4 December 2023 (UTC) "/* I am confused */ Reply"
4. 11:16, 4 December 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1186986751 by R Prazeres (talk)"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

IP obviously being used for WP:BLOCKEVADE (see earlier ANI report here and another here), edit-warring to reinstate deleted disruptive comments on talk page. R Prazeres (talk) 18:12, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

Blocked – for a period of 3 months Block on range they had been using before being blocked also extended to same end date. Daniel Case (talk) 19:08, 4 December 2023 (UTC)

@Daniel Case They keep hopping IPs and they've now returned as 176.29.30.53 and 37.220.119.105 and resumed edit-warring on the same talk page (albeit over a new comment, not the old ones). Let me know if this needs a WP:ANI report for further action. R Prazeres (talk) 19:09, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

I've semiprotected it. —Cryptic 19:18, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

I have now extended my earlier block to the 37.220.118.0/23 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) range and lengthened it to six months. I have also blocked 176.29.30.53 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) for the same length of time. Daniel Case (talk) 21:03, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Thanks, but it now looks like 37.220.115.117 has joined the party, editing at the article page University of al-Qarawiyyin. Jonathan A Jones (talk) 13:48, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

Widened it to 37.220.112.0/20, which should be the whole isp. —Cryptic 14:25, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

User:HistoryofPashtuns reported by User:Fylindfotberserk (Result: Blocked 2 weeks)

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

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 18:50, 5 December 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1188466582 by Fylindfotberserk (talk)"
2. 15:09, 5 December 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1188275631 by Fylindfotberserk (talk)"
3. 21:47, 3 December 2023 (UTC) "/* Modern era */"
4. 20:59, 3 December 2023 (UTC) "/* Modern era */"
5. [1] -
6. [2]
7. [3]
8. [4]

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

The user keeps on removing or changing a particular image unilaterally in the WP:STABLE version. Seems to have a POV against inclusion of an image that has Mahatma Gandhi in it despite it being the stable version of image and the article. They were reverted multiple times by various editors including @HistoryofIran and Materialscientist: [5] [6] [7], but keeps on either removing the image [8] or changing it to their preferred cropped version that doesn't show Gandhi [9] [10] , and they don't seem to be interested in discussing per WP:BRD. The user has been warned multiple times for their disruptive behaviour in various articles including a leel 4 warning which is why I'd reported them to AIV few hours back after the first revert of today, instead of issuing another warning. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 19:38, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Edit warring continues [11]. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 19:40, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

Note that the user has removed a level-4 warning by Noorullah21 here. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 19:45, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

That's okay. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:48, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 2 weeks ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:48, 5 December 2023 (UTC)

User:Word0151 reported by User:GraziePrego (Result: Not blocked)

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

User being reported: Word0151 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 15:30, 5 December 2023 (UTC) "I have read. There is no point in having a table of persian loanwords, saying 'list of arabic loanwords'. you are being stubborn"
2. 12:32, 5 December 2023 (UTC) "what did you change, you can include in section under Persian , without spreading misinformation"
3. 12:09, 5 December 2023 (UTC) "By any chance are you going to create a section on latin and greek to just because sanskrit or english has borrowed from it. The citation is niether good, you need to give examples for direct borrowings from Arabic."
4. 03:24, 5 December 2023 (UTC) "Persian has borrowed those words from Arabic, not Hindi"
5. 02:52, 4 December 2023 (UTC) "Restored revision 1188194671 by Rolando 1208 (talk): These borrowings are from persian"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Consistent edit warring on Hindi. User has previously been warned for various other behaviours, including edit warring-like behaviour on Whiplash (2014 film). Warning was given on User's talk page, other users were also clear in their edit summaries that the user was being disruptive. Edits go far beyond 3RR. GraziePrego (talk) 00:06, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

• Not blocked. The situation is stable enough at the moment, with Rolando 1208 waiting for a consensus (Special:Diff/1188508113) and being required to do so (WP:ONUS), the latest removal being smaller than before, the latest re-addition by GraziePrego lacking any actual justification (Special:Diff/1188524930), and Austronesier possibly having found a compromise (Special:Diff/1188627246) that hasn't been reverted yet. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:44, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

  @ToBeFree Why is the onus on me? It was the stable version before November 30, when Word decided to remove it. Rolando 1208 (talk) 19:49, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

  Rolando 1208, the responsibility for achieving consensus for inclusion is on those seeking to include disputed content. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:53, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

  As a point, this disputed section has been a part of the article since December 2022. Rolando was not the first to add it, and it’s been there for a year, surely that’s consensus for inclusion?

  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hindi&oldid=1127703539

  GraziePrego (talk) 21:09, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

  GraziePrego, an edit has presumed consensus until it is disputed or reverted. That happened, so the form of presumed consensus you're referring to has ceased to exist with the beginning of the dispute. Suddenly, there is disagreement, and it should be resolved by discussion, not reverting to a disputed revision. Especially if the only reason for that revert is "edit warring". ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:41, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

  I have added a CTOPS notice to the talk page ... (the article has been indef semi for over two years, in any event). Daniel Case (talk) 21:10, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

User:هؤی reported by User:Aintabli (Result: Blocked indefinitely)

Page: Gilan province (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 11:39, 6 December 2023 (UTC) ""
2. 20:31, 5 December 2023 (UTC) ""
3. 19:49, 5 December 2023 (UTC) ""
4. 19:40, 5 December 2023 (UTC) "are you in Gilan? we can see eachother if you want boy😘"
5. 19:21, 5 December 2023 (UTC) ""
6. 23:28, 23 November 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1186503122 by Semsûrî (talk)"
7. 13:00, 23 November 2023 (UTC) "Undid revision 1186480442 by Golden (talk)"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 04:03, 6 December 2023 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring."
2. 04:06, 6 December 2023 (UTC) "Caution: Personal attack directed at a specific editor on User talk:Semsûrî."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

• The personal attack warning was for this message they left on Semsûrî's talkpage. Aintabli (talk) 19:54, 6 December 2023 (UTC)
• Blocked indefinitely ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:58, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

  CTOPS notice added to talk page Daniel Case (talk) 21:13, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

User:184.146.4.40 reported by User:Ternera (Result: Blocked 1 month)

Page:  

User being reported: 184.146.4.40 (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. 21:58, 6 December 2023 (UTC) "Note: Adding unreferenced information about living persons (UV 0.1.5)"
2. 22:02, 6 December 2023 (UTC) "Note: Unconstructive editing (UV 0.1.5)"
3. 22:04, 6 December 2023 (UTC) "Caution: Addition of unsourced or improperly cited material (UV 0.1.5)"
4. 22:05, 6 December 2023 (UTC) "Reverting edit(s) by 184.146.4.40 (talk) to rev. 1188665388 by Ternera: Unexplained content removal (UV 0.1.5)"
5. 22:08, 6 December 2023 (UTC) "Warning: Addition of unsourced or improperly cited material (UV 0.1.5)"
6. 22:10, 6 December 2023 (UTC) "Final Warning: Addition of unsourced or improperly cited material (UV 0.1.5)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

They are changing DOB's of people on multiple changes and refund to provide a source for this change. When I bring it up on their talk page, they blank it. Ternera (talk) 22:16, 6 December 2023 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 1 month Materialscientist (talk) 00:15, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

  I'm not going to question the block per se since it was a valid response to their editing, but, @Ternera: removing warnings from their talk page is perfectly permissible. Daniel Case (talk) 21:46, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

  Thank you for this information. I was previously unaware that it is allowed and I'll keep that in mind for the future! Ternera (talk) 21:58, 7 December 2023 (UTC)