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:Seba guarino reported by User:Soetermans (Result: No violation Blocked 24h + 72h + indef)

Page: SpongeBob SquarePants (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 17:32, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "/* top */"
2. 17:17, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "/* top */"
3. 16:47, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "/* top */"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 17:29, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "General note: Unconstructive editing on SpongeBob SquarePants."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

New user insists on adding an unnecessary shorthand for a TV series. Three reverts in less than an hour. I myself just hit the undo button again, but reverted myself. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 17:52, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

No violation – there must be four or more reverts within a 24 hour period for the 3-Revert Rule to apply; the links you have provided do not meet these criteria. The first edit isn't a revert, so only two. And they've stopped since then. Daniel Case (talk) 18:37, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Hey Daniel Case, please check again. Behaviour continues. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 19:52, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Also continuing reverting on Teletubbies. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 19:54, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Blocked – for a period of 24 hours Still didn't violate 3RR on either article, but I didn't know they were doing this on more than one article, which is different. Daniel Case (talk) 20:32, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Blocked – for a period of 72 hours after they went right back to this following the block's expiration. Daniel Case (talk) 22:13, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

They've returned with the same edits after the 72-hour block expired [1] [2] Barry Wom (talk) 15:57, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked indefinitely Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 16:11, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Hatekor76 reported by User:PetraMagna (Result: Blocked indefinitely)

Page: Yejin Choi (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Hatekor76 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 06:34, 22 June 2024 (UTC) ""
2. 12:11, 21 June 2024 (UTC) ""
3. 07:58, 21 June 2024 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 18:27, 21 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Addition of unsourced or improperly cited material on Yejin Choi."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Several attempts have been made in edit summaries to let the user provide a source to no avail. The user also has a record of removing content, changing numbers, and altering dates in other articles without an edit summary. PetraMagna (talk) 09:47, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked indefinitely ~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:07, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Montigliani reported by User:Miria~01 (Result: Blocked one week)

Page: Super League Greece (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Montigliani (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: 08:43, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 20:02, 22 June 2024 (UTC) "/* top */"
2. 17:43, 22 June 2024 (UTC) "/* top */"
3. 15:37, 22 June 2024 (UTC) "/* top */"
4. 15:03, 22 June 2024 (UTC) "/* top */

'Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: 20:25, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: 20:33, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

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

Comments:

The user is trying to force his point of view against the consensus without evidence and is ignoring any sources or arguments from other users. Miria~01 (talk) 18:40, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of one week. Bbb23 (talk) 18:50, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

User:AHI-3000 reported by User:Manyareasexpert (Result: Declined)

Page: Stepan Bandera (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: AHI-3000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [3]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [4]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [5] , [6] , [7] , [8] , [9], [10]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Talk:Stepan Bandera/Archive 4#Misleading categories

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [11]

Comments:

The editor has a track record of pushing contested article categories with edit war.
Some warnings they received: [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] .

It's hard to track warnings received by the editor, since they remove the warnings received from their talk page without archiving them.

Latest episode: edit [17] that was reverted, they then undo [18] the revert without discussing it.

Edit [19] which was reverted, they then return [20] the edit without discussing it.

The latest article is also within Eastern Europe contentious topic, but I'm not sure if they received a CT warning in a past. ManyAreasExpert (talk) 19:09, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

What's your point? These are all separate and unrelated disputes from the past that were resolved. AHI-3000 (talk) 19:56, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

My response to your response [21] which I couldn't post since you deleted it: I'm sorry but if I would know another way to stop you from pushing your changes with edit war, I would use it. You can always undo your changes and start discussing them on a talk page per WP:CONS however. ManyAreasExpert (talk) 20:03, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

Declined It sounds as if this is more a matter for AN/I. Daniel Case (talk) 20:55, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Nickodamus reported by User:TechnoSquirrel69 (Result: Partially blocked 2 weeks)

Page: Studio Ghibli (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 19:42, 22 June 2024 (UTC) "/* Feature films */"
2. 17:50, 22 June 2024 (UTC) "/* Feature films */ There are inaccuracies in the list"
3. 16:42, 22 June 2024 (UTC) "/* Feature films */"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 18:37, 22 June 2024 (UTC) "Notice: Edit warring stronger wording (RW 16.1)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Multiple warnings and invitations to the talk page notwithstanding, this user has unfortunately been persistent in restoring their preferred revision. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 19:44, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

The latest revert was #3, so not a 3RR violation yet EvergreenFir (talk) 19:46, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

• Partially blocked – for a period of 2 weeks ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:26, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

User:47.227.82.255 reported by User:Doniago (Result: Page protected)

Page: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 47.227.82.255 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 04:02, 23 June 2024 (UTC) "Almost eveything was wrong. This article had some of the most ridiculous claims. This album did no sell 30 million copies. It did not outsell EVERY ALBUM EVER RECORDED. (🤣). It was never the best selling album in Atlantic’s catalogue (Led Zeppelin was on Atlantic . Lmao). It did not sell 8 million in its fist year Nor was it the best selling album of 1968. Eveything was completely false and totally ridiculous. Obviously the publicist for this band keeps adding it in. And I’ll contin..."
2. 13:01, 21 June 2024 (UTC) "The album did not sell 30 million copies. That statement is completely false and misleading. Check the best selling albums of all time. This album is NOT on it. It did not sell 30 million. That false content has been removed."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 17:49, 21 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 17:50, 21 June 2024 (UTC) "/* 30 million copies? */ new section"

Comments:

IP (possible sock as well per Talk page) repeatedly deleting text without sufficient explanation or discussion. DonIago (talk) 05:19, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

• Page protected ~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:25, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

User:153.107.26.88 reported by User:FlightTime (Result:IP blocked 72 hours)

Page: Rube Goldberg machine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 153.107.26.88 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 23:50, 23 June 2024 (UTC) ""
2. 23:50, 23 June 2024 (UTC) ""
3. 23:49, 23 June 2024 (UTC) ""
4. 23:48, 23 June 2024 (UTC) ""
5. Consecutive edits made from 23:45, 23 June 2024 (UTC) to 23:46, 23 June 2024 (UTC)
   1. 23:45, 23 June 2024 (UTC) ""
   2. 23:45, 23 June 2024 (UTC) ""
   3. 23:46, 23 June 2024 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments: This was not edit warring. The IP was instead vandalizing the article, and had already been reported at AIV [22]. IP was blocked for 72 hours by user: Ad Orientem. Meters (talk) 07:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

User:2601:681:6183:1ED0:386F:646B:AD35:4308 reported by User:WikiOriginal-9 (Result: )

Page: Todd Helton (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 2601:681:6183:1ED0:386F:646B:AD35:4308 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 02:53, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Todd Helton"
2. 02:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Todd Helton"
3. 02:20, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Todd Helton"
4. 02:08, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Todd Helton"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 02:24, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Todd Helton."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

The IP has been doing this for months. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 03:38, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

Not sure if these are also related to the above: Special:Contributions/2601:681:6180:D140:B9C6:5DBC:9A45:A64C and Special:Contributions/2601:681:6180:D140:4D9D:2BF:A09B:A50. Bringingthewood (talk) 03:57, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

I know I’ve been seeing this for a good while, so I peeked at the page histories. I noticed this editing pattern on Mark Teixeira and Todd Helton going back to June 2020. There are a few other entries involved. Uses the article name or the entire opening sentence as an edit summary. Appears to despise the word former. Sometimes removes the blue links from the lead. Responsible for pretty much the whole protection log on Helton. No sign of a desire for collaboration. Larry Hockett (Talk) 04:32, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

User:2603:8081:B00:A900:D11D:4771:FE60:6104 reported by User:Sumanuil (Result: )

Page: Canaan Dog (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 2603:8081:B00:A900:D11D:4771:FE60:6104 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 04:41, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Changed text for accurate information. Isreal365News is not a reliable source and the source used fabricates that Canaan Dogs were proven to roam the Middle East 9,000 years ago. Article sciencedirect is sourced from Isreal365News and states that dogs resembling Canaan were depicted on wall art in the area."
2. 04:28, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Corrected misinformation and added a reliable source. Old source used is unreliable, it cited a web page that claimed the dog to be the oldest breed in Isreal area. This is not correct, the Canaan dog was first bred in the early 20th century. The old citation made a false claim from another source that says that rock art found in Neolithic times depict dogs reminiscent of Canaan, but is not proven to be the same breed."
3. 04:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Correcting misinformation and changing source to a more reliable citation."
4. 18:43, 23 June 2024 "Corrected misinformation by including source of corrected origin of the Canaan dog breed."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 02:42, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "/* June 2024 */ new section"
2. 04:23, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "/* June 2024 */"
3. 04:30, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "/* June 2024 */"
4. 04:33, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "/* June 2024 */"
5. 04:46, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Canaan Dog."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments: WP:IDONTLIKETHEM ≠ "misinformation". This sort of thing happens all the time with this article. Does it require protecting as part of Wikipedia:Contentious_topics/Arab–Israeli_conflict? - Sumanuil. _{(talk to me)} 04:56, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Rwalfrey reported by User:MarioProtIV (Result: Blocked 48h)

Page: Tornado records (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 14:16, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1230751974 by MarioProtIV (talk) No basis provided for undoing my revision."
2. Consecutive edits made from 14:11, 24 June 2024 (UTC) to 14:12, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
   1. 14:11, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1230751325 by WeatherWriter (talk)"
   2. 14:12, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1230751413 by WeatherWriter (talk)"
3. Consecutive edits made from 14:07, 24 June 2024 (UTC) to 14:08, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
   1. 14:07, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1230750883 by WeatherWriter (talk) There is no basis for undoing my edit provided by the user."
   2. 14:08, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1230750839 by WeatherWriter (talk) There is no basis provided for undoing my edit."
4. Consecutive edits made from 13:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC) to 13:59, 24 June 2024 (UTC)
   1. 13:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "The source does not say 321 MPH was the max PROBABLE wind speed. It could be max possible. Your source does not support your edit."
   2. 13:45, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "No max likely wind speed listed for bridge creek-moore tornado. Key term is MAX LIKELY."
   3. 13:59, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "No "most likely" max wind speed stated in the source provided for the 2013 El Reno tornado."
5. 13:05, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1230739961 by WeatherWriter (talk) The 321 MPH figure is NOT listed in the source to be max PROBABLE or MAX POSSIBLE. Therefore any edits based on this paper alone are unjustified sans confirmation of what that 321 MPH figure refers to. It also does not contain a range, which all DOW measurements contain. For all we know 321 is just the high end of that range."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Continues to rapidly revert edits and violating WP:3RR far too many times. No attempt at all to resolve via talk page. Was told by WeatherWriter to stop and given reasons to stop but has continued to do so unabated. MarioProtIV (^talk/_contribs) 14:24, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

The editor is new, and it wasn't explained to them that edit warring is not allowed. PhilKnight (talk) 14:32, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

As Mario presses the undo for every revision I make within second,s while providing no valid reason. Rwalfrey (talk) 14:34, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

I will block you if you continue to edit war. PhilKnight (talk) 14:38, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked 48 hours. PhilKnight, at 14:17, Rwalfrey was warned about edit-warring. At 14:23, Rwalfrey responded "Gotcha and understood. No worries." At 14:37 they reverted at the article.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:50, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

User:77.29.65.141 reported by User:Chaotic Enby (Result: )

Page: Danela Arsovska (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 77.29.65.141 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 18:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1230786803 by Gaismagorm (talk)biased information"
2. 18:17, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1230786619 by Jingiby (talk) undo the fasism of JINGBY"
3. 18:15, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1230786194 by Chaotic Enby (talk)biased infomartion there is it it is explained"
4. 18:12, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1230783910 by LakesideMiners (talk) biased information"
5. 17:54, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1230783178 by AgisdeSparte (talk) not true that not adhering to neutral point of view (HG) WIKIPEDIA IS BIASED AGUESNT MACEDONIANS THAT IS THE FACT THAT HURT THIS FASIST WIKIPEDIA WIKIPEDIA=FASISM AND FALSE INFORMATION AND FAKE NEWS WITH BIASED INFORMATION"
6. 17:51, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1230782957 by AgisdeSparte (talk)"
7. 17:50, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "/* Political career */ removed bias information"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 18:14, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "Final Warning: Unexplained content removal (RW 16.1)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 18:19, 24 June 2024 (UTC) "/* Repeated content removal */ new topic"

Comments:

Unwillingness to discuss on talk page, repeatedly calls Wikipedia "fascist" in edit summaries (see also Special:Diff/1230783754). Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 18:22, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

As a note I have just reported them to AVI. LakesideMiners^{Come Talk To Me!} 18:25, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

And they have been blocked LakesideMiners^{Come Talk To Me!} 18:26, 24 June 2024 (UTC)