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:Lightningwhitefox reported by User:Btspurplegalaxy (Result: Blocked one week)

Page: Hanni (singer) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Lightningwhitefox (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. 08:33, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "General note: Unconstructive editing on Hanni (singer)."
2. 08:33, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Caution: Unconstructive editing on Hanni (singer)."
3. 08:40, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Disruptive editing (UV 0.1.5)"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

The editor has been given warnings but continues to be disruptive. Btspurplegalaxy 💬 🖊️ 08:44, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

You're the one who is unconstructive. The reference is misleading and is false. Hanni Pham can not have dual citizenship as she was born in Australia and can only obtain one citizenship. She can not be a dual national with Vietnam, as she doesn't have the Vietnam passport. https://www.aph.gov.au/~/media/Committees/economics_ctte/estimates/sup_1516/Treasury/answers/SBT148-150_Ludwig_Attachment.pdf

in 2004 when she was born. The law only states that she can be an Australian citizenship .

Where is your evidence that she has Vietnamese nationality or ever lived there. Nationality means you are a citizen of that country. Lightningwhitefox (talk) 08:55, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

You don't even discuss this over talk but just revert my changes calling it warnings and distruptive when you don't even discuss it. You have no evidence that she is dual national. The article is a opinion piece and doesn't prove she is dual national. Lightningwhitefox (talk) 12:11, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of one week. Bbb23 (talk) 12:45, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

  I have also left a CTOPS notice on the talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 18:40, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

User:62.28.104.240 reported by User:AntiDionysius (Result: Page blocked 1 week)

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

User being reported: 62.28.104.240 (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 15:57, 1 July 2024 (UTC) to 16:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
   1. 15:57, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Previous user erased names for no reason. Links to Jonathan Drori (Michael Drory, and thomas Drory:"
   2. 16:00, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Previous Edit Summary was stopped mid-sentence. Previous user erased people with no reason even though they followed Wiki guidelines. A link to Jonathan Drori (https://jondrori.co.uk/biography/) Michael Drory (https://www.cdw.com/content/cdw/en/about/overview/our-leadership/michael-drory.html) and Thomas Drory (https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/crime-broadsides/catalog/46-990081198110203941). As can be seen, this surname does not only relate to people who have Jewish or Israeli heritage."
2. 15:48, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Again, noted. Now the names are not mentioned under the 'notable people' list. Hence, according to Wikipedia rules 8as also mentioned prior by another user) there is no reason to take them off."
3. 15:38, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Noted. A link that directs to those people has been added. Again, mentioning only people who are Israeli or have Israeli/Jewish heritage is misleading, as not every person with this surname falls under that category."
4. 15:28, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Previous comment of other user noted; other names restored too. Just because someone doesn't have a wiki page doesn't mean they are not notable, and just because someone does have a wiki page doesn't mean they are. Listing only names of Israelis is misleading and gives the impression that it´s only a surname that only Israelis have or that exist in Israel, which isn´t the case (a.k.a Jonathan Drori, thomas Drory)"
5. Consecutive edits made from 13:50, 1 July 2024 (UTC) to 14:59, 1 July 2024 (UTC)
   1. 13:50, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Addition of Thomas Drory"
   2. 14:04, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Typo edit"
   3. 14:59, 1 July 2024 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 15:31, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Notice: Adding inappropriate entries to lists on Drori."
2. 15:41, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Drori."
3. 15:51, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Disruptive editing on Drori."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

User is either unaware or ignoring talk page messages. Frankly, they've also had the list notability policy explained to them very clearly and are simply ignoring it, but I figured it would be better to bring it here than to try to handle this unilaterally. AntiDionysius (talk) 16:08, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 1 week from the article in question. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 18:14, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

User:SojournerJim reported by User:Firefangledfeathers (Result: indefinite partial block)

Page: Christianity and homosexuality (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 17:44, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Undid obvious bias. Wikipedia content should be neutral, clear, and encyclopedic."
2. 17:36, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Blatant POV issues. Activists misrepresenting the facts."
3. 16:19, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Added citations and proof texts. Corrected vandalism by previous author."
4. 06:49, 1 July 2024 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 17:40, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "escalated NPOV warning and 3rr warning"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 17:40, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "/* July 24 edits */ new section"

Comments:

Obviously problematic content, saying for example "For all questions such as this, the supreme guide in Christianity is the Bible. Do not trust what people on the internet say ABOUT the Bible, go straight to the source (the Bible) to see for yourself what it has to say!" Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 17:46, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

I have blocked them indefinitely from the Christianity and homosexuality article. PhilKnight (talk) 17:54, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

I have also added a CTOPS notice to the article talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 21:29, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Ric36 reported by User:GSK (Result: Warned user(s))

Page: Grand Theft Auto VI (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Ric36 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 20:22, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1232074161 by GSK (talk)"
2. 20:08, 1 July 2024 (UTC) ""
3. 19:57, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "/* Development */"
4. 17:55, 1 July 2024 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 20:20, 1 July 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Grand Theft Auto VI."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

While I agree the edits were disruptive, I think it's important to note that this edit (the third one listed above) was not a revert—so this was definitely edit warring (and poor communication), but not yet WP:4RR. – Rhain ☔ (he/him) 22:09, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Ric36, Special:Diff/1232093236 seems to imply that you understand the issue and will not continue to revert; is this correct? Would you mind taking a moment to describe what made you revert repeatedly earlier / what changed? Thank you very much in advance! ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:48, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

Yes. It seems like other users felt like I used some unnecessary wording in the article. While my edits were subtle they were still used as disruptive and unneeded for the article. Ric36 (talk) 00:03, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Okay, thanks for the clarification. If you would still like to make the same edit, please start a discussion on the article's talk page instead. See WP:Dispute resolution for details and further advice about such conflicts. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 09:10, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

• Warned ~ ToBeFree (talk) 09:10, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Salibou reported by User:Cookiemonster1618 (Result: Page-blocked 1 week)

Page: Zaghawa people (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts: [1] [2]

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning: [3]

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [4] Claims they 'Think there are no Zakhawa people in Libya', when the cited sources show that there are ethnic Zaghawa people in Libya.

Comments:

This User has been removing sourced information at the Zaghawa people for a few days now and has been engaging in an edit war. When I reverted their edit the second time I gave them a warning on their talk page but they continued to remove the information. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 05:16, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 1 week Page block from the article in question. Cookiemonster1618, it would help to add a citation that does not have a dead url. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 17:38, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

  Hi @Firefangledfeathers you said the citation link for the Zaghawa population in Libya is dead but it is still working. It is likely that you couldn't view it because either your not subscribed to Ethnologue or your internet is bad. It is still working though. Thank You. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 17:46, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

  Gotcha. If you're able to access the source, it would help if you could briefly quote—in the citation template—the part that supports the Libyan population. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 17:49, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

  Sure Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 18:09, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

  I dont know how to add it so I'll give you the direct quote and you can add it. Here it is: "User Population: 9,400 in Libya (2020)." Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 18:19, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Thebestforever210 reported by User:Nswix (Result: Blocked indefinitely)

Page: Jon Jones (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Thebestforever210 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 20:41, 3 July 2024 (UTC) "Sources state he is 'the greatest mma fighter of all time' and is ranked so. Now stop changing and reverting changes that have cites and sources or I'll ask for you to have a mark."
2. 20:32, 3 July 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1232453329 by Nswix (talk)"
3. 20:08, 3 July 2024 (UTC) "The sources cite him as the greatest. Leaving it as the greatest. Not 'one of' every outlet calls him the greatest."
4. 16:29, 3 July 2024 (UTC) "Every Source lists him as the greatest MMA artist of all time, no reason to not give him that same credit here."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 20:39, 3 July 2024 (UTC) "Caution: Unconstructive editing on Jon Jones."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

All his edits are changing pages from 'one of the greatest' to the much more subjective 'greatest ever'. Nswix (talk) 20:47, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

SEE! Now he's lying, I wrote 'Jon Jones is regarded as the greatest of all time' I didn't write 'Greatest ever'. Also, I provided sources, so now I changed it to 'Widely regarded as the greatest of all time' which is true, now I provided sources and This guy keeps changing what is stated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thebestforever210 (talk • contribs) 20:50, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Continuing to edit war after responding to a noticeboard report about it is... unusual. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:10, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked indefinitely ~ ToBeFree (talk) 22:10, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Newpicarchive reported by User:TheWikiholic (Result: )

Page: List of best-selling music artists (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Newpicarchive (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [5]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [6]
2. [7]
3. [8]
4. [9]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [10]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: # [11]

1. [12]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [13]

Comments:
This user is continuing to restore his version even though it was reverted by two different users.— TheWikiholic (talk) 23:00, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi TheWikiholic, why are you filing a report 7 hours after your warning and 15 hours after the user's latest edit? ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:28, 3 July 2024 (UTC)