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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:Skr561 reported by User:shadowwarrior8 (Result: Both blocked 24 hours for violating 1RR)

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    Page: 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: Skr561 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to: [1]

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 12:31, 3 April 2025 (UTC): ("There is no evidence that pro-Assad elements massacred civilians...")
    2. 12:27, 5 April 2025 (UTC): ("The Human Rights and Humanitarian Action Monitoring Committee,...")
    3. 12:52, 5 April 2025 (UTC): ("No edit summary")
    4. 18:48, 5 April 2025 (UTC): ("No edit summary")
    5. 20:49, 5 April 2025 (UTC): ("No edit summary")
    6. 09:18, 6 April 2025 (UTC): ("No edit summary")

    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. [2]
    2. [3]

    Diff of attempts to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    1. [4]
    2. [5]

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [6]

    Comments: The new comer user Skr561 has fiercely engaged in editwarring tactics in the page, despite multiple warnings and attempts to discuss in the talk page. Furthermore, Skr561's last 5 editwarring reverts occurred within a period of less than 21 hours.
    Shadowwarrior8 (talk) 10:16, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Both editors blocked – for a period of 24 hours since this article is under community sanctions and both went way across the 1RR line. Daniel Case (talk) 18:07, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:HistoryofIran reported by User:TarantaBabu (Result: No violation, article protected)

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    Page: Safavid Iran (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    Page: Safi-ad-Din Ardabili (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: HistoryofIran (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

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

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 20:01, 6 April 2025 HistoryofIran deleted the edits I previously contributed to the article without providing any justification
    2. 19:48, 6 April 2025
    3. 19:43, 6 April 2025 I request administrator review of these cross-page reverts and the editor’s refusal to engage in genuine consensus-building, as this pattern risks harming the encyclopedia’s integrity.
    4. 23:32, 13 February 2025 @ Safi-ad-Din Ardabili This revert contradicts Wikipedia’s policy of good faith collaboration and resolving disputes through discussion. I urged @HistoryofIran to either justify the revert or engage in consensus-building. However, HistoryofIran didn't.


    In February, after HistoryofIran reverted my edit, I attempted to seek consensus on the talk page but was unsuccessful. I initiated a discussion on the talk page to seek consensus with @HistoryOfIran. However, as documented on the talk page, it was not possible to reach mutual agreement with @HistoryOfIran."

    According to Wikipedia:Edit warring "Editors engaged in a dispute should reach consensus or pursue dispute resolution rather than edit war. Edit warring is unconstructive, creates animosity between editors, makes consensus harder to reach, and causes confusion for readers."

    I have escalated this matter to the [noticeboard] for further review. Given the complexity of the issue, one editor provided partial input as a third-party perspective. However, this partial contribution did not resolve the underlying dispute or establish a clear consensus, as evidenced by the ongoing discussion.


    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [ 19:48, 6 April 2025 ] "Despite all my efforts, HistoryofIran issued an edit warring warning to deter me, which I believe was intended to intimidate rather than resolve the dispute constructively."


    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [ 13:20, 14 February 2025 ]

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [7]


    Comments:


    Given the lack of progress, I request administrator intervention or mediation to resolve this matter in accordance with Wikipedia’s dispute resolution guidelines. TarantaBabu (talk)

    More WP:GAMING by TarantaBabu, I didn't even violate WP:3RR. As is already apparent, diff from February is about a completely different article (Safi-ad-Din Ardabili), where I attempted to talk to them [8], which was futile, as they were more interested in being combatative, seemingly more interested in getting a "gotcha" moment against me, just like now, just like in the noticeboard [9] where they "escalated" (more WP:GAMING) matters to and suddenly vanished after my response, which included calling them out for blatantly lying to make me look bad, as they are doing here. I'm sure TarantaBabu was already aware of this, but they themselves have reverted four times in just one of those articles (Safavid Iran) article since March [10] [11] [12] [13] in relation to the same subject. So by their logic, they should appear even worse off here. But then again, they only need that "gotcha" moment against me, editing collaboratively seems secondary, if not less. I can go into depths about this if needed, but that would perhaps be more relevant in a WP:ANI report of them. Anyhow, I would argue WP:OUCH here. --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:53, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:3RR: "Even without a 3RR violation, an administrator may still act if they believe a user's behavior constitutes edit warring, and any user may report edit warring with or without 3RR being breached. The rule is not an entitlement to revert a page a specific number of times." TarantaBabu (talk) 23:09, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello TarantaBabu, which response do you expect to this report? Page protection? You both being blocked, which is a higher damage to the established editor than to your 13-edits-per-year account? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 09:51, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Why should I be blocked? Just because I don't have edits in English Wikipedia, does that make me wrong on this report. The edits are there. Cited, sourced. Those are contributes to the articles. They fit with WP policies. HistoryofIran violates Wikipedia:Ownership of content by reverting my edits. HistoryofIran is removing my contributions through edit warring.
    A thorough review of edits, talk page, and noticeboard will resolve this dispute. TarantaBabu (talk) 11:55, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    A good chunk of your 66 edits is your WP:GAMING reports of me (you have already made 2) and ceaseless WP:ASPERSIONS like this comment. Can you please stop? HistoryofIran (talk) 14:01, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    • No violation, article protected. The only article at play here is Safavid Iran on which both editors have reverted three times, so I have protected it for a couple of weeks for discussion to take place. I note that the article has been semi-protected multiple times and has attracted various sockpuppets in the past. There is only one revert on the other article (see WP:BRD), so nothing to do there. Black Kite (talk) 12:29, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Eeismail reported by User:Hypnôs (Result: 48 hours)

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    Page: New Kingdom of Egypt (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: Eeismail (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to: [14]

    Diffs of the user's reverts: 4 IP edits with similar content preceded these:

    1. [15]
    2. [16]
    3. [17]
    4. [18]
    5. [19]
    6. [20]
    7. [21]
    8. [22]

    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [23]

    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [24]

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [25]

    Comments:


    Hypnôs (talk) 21:21, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Blocked – for a period of 48 hours Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 21:35, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:LimeorLemon reported by User:Ogress (Result: Indef )

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    Page: Bob Avakian (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. Consecutive edits made from 02:31, 9 April 2025 (UTC) to 02:33, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
      1. 02:31, 9 April 2025 (UTC) "slanderous edit removed"
      2. 02:33, 9 April 2025 (UTC) ""
    2. 16:35, 8 April 2025 (UTC) "slander, once again"
    3. 17:08, 7 April 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1283875751 by Sircheezball (talk)"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. [26]

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    1. [27]

    Comments:

    User's only edits are of Bob Avakian with a side comment on Avakian's RCP. User is edit warring and others have given warning Ogress 02:45, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Blocked indefinitely from the article. The user has a sustained history of reverting edits and removing content with the edit summary "vandalism", contrary to WP:NOTVANDAL. Also, claiming exemptions because of BLP can be controversial, and still result in a block. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 11:23, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Avatar317 reported by User:Ms5678t (Result: Nominator indefinitely blocked)

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    Page: Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: Avatar317 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

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

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Low-Income_Housing_Tax_Credit&oldid=1284656038
    2. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Low-Income_Housing_Tax_Credit&oldid=1283511942
    3. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Low-Income_Housing_Tax_Credit&oldid=1283510516
    4. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Low-Income_Housing_Tax_Credit&oldid=1282235092


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

    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Low-Income_Housing_Tax_Credit

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Avatar317

    Comments: 

    I have been accused of being a COI editor (I am only an affordable housing advocate) and all edits have been reverted by this editor repeatedly without attempts to discuss.

    User:35.139.154.158 reported by User:GommehGaming101 (Result: Blocked one month)

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    Page: List of national fruits (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: 35.139.154.158 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. Consecutive edits made from 17:58, 9 April 2025 (UTC) to 17:59, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
      1. 17:58, 9 April 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1284781898 by Doll Allison (talk) it was all unsourced/dubious...feel free to re-add with sources"
      2. 17:59, 9 April 2025 (UTC) "WP:CITOGENESIS...the source specifically talks about looking this up on google and getting a result from wikipedia"
    2. 17:53, 9 April 2025 (UTC) "the WP:BURDEN for finding a source is on those who wish to add or restore content...feel free to re-add entries with citations...especially bad is when a source is unreliable and/or doesn't back up the claim made"
    3. 17:40, 9 April 2025 (UTC) "not supported by the source (which lists a different variety than pictured anyway)"
    4. 17:38, 9 April 2025 (UTC) "missed one"
    5. Consecutive edits made from 17:25, 9 April 2025 (UTC) to 17:37, 9 April 2025 (UTC)
      1. 17:25, 9 April 2025 (UTC) "unsourced"
      2. 17:36, 9 April 2025 (UTC) "rm unsourced entries"
      3. 17:37, 9 April 2025 (UTC) "rm entries sourced to symbolhunt.com...some random website, not an RS"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 17:45, 9 April 2025 (UTC) "General note: Unconstructive editing on List of national fruits."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    1. 17:40, 9 April 2025 (UTC) on List of national fruits "Undid revision 1284779652 by 35.139.154.158 (talk) stop it. Take it to the talk page."

    Comments:

    not really sure if I was supposed to do anything else but this person refused to discuss on the talk page after I asked them to stop edit warring. These edits were probably good faith, but still edit warring and I think they also violate 3RR. Gommeh (talk/contribs) 18:06, 9 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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