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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.
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    User:75.120.252.74 reported by User:Livelikemusic (Result: Page protected)

    Page
    The Voice (U.S. TV series) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported
    75.120.252.74 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
    Previous version reverted to
    Diffs of the user's reverts
    1. 00:53, 19 October 2016 (UTC) "THIS IS A CLUTTER FREE WAY OF SEEING WHICH COACHES COACHED WHAT SEASONS!"
    2. 00:41, 19 October 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 745047563 by Livelikemusic (talk)"
    3. 00:27, 19 October 2016 (UTC) "Every other international version of the show has this table showing what judges judged which seasons, there is no reason why we shouldn't have one as well."
    4. 10:58, 18 October 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 744905628 by Musicedit98 (talk)"
    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning
    1. 00:32, 19 October 2016 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring. (TW)"
    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page


    Comments:

    User seems to not be here for constructive reasons, and instead, seems to be here to promote their own edits. User was warned on their user page, and still refuses to refrain from edit-warring on the topic. It was decided upon to not use the coaches' table, and instead, use a coaches' gallery. But this IP is refusing to accept this. Option was also discussed, previously, on page's talk page. livelikemusic talk! 00:56, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

    User:Froglich reported by User:FNAS (Result: Reporter blocked)

    Page: Dreams from My Real Father (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    How to Read Donald Duck (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) User being reported: Froglich (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts on Dreams from My Real Father:

    Long history of vandalism at How to Read Donald Duck, which Froglich turned into a pamphlet for his own views on Chilean history:

    1. (see also )

    More generally, I believe this user has a problem with assessing the reliability of sources. See, e.g., Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/White savior narrative in film (3rd nomination), where Froglich knows better than the "anencephalics who presently dictate academia" and his history of pushing climate change denial (see user talk page, under "Commie Chameleons").FNAS (talk) 10:30, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

    When you accuse me of vandalism, you're either stupid or you're lying. Which is it?--Froglich (talk) 03:01, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: (not by me)

    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: none. Having read Froglich's talk page, I conclude that his standard response to anything he doesn't agree with is verbal abuse (e.g. ), not any constructive attempt at a resolution. An admin has already concluded that () that 'this user has had way, way too many "final warnings" already' for making personal attacks on other editors. FNAS (talk) 10:30, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

    What does your talk page look like, FNAS? --Froglich (talk) 03:01, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
    Blocked; regardless of the actions by the user whom you consider an enemy (see WP:BATTLE, by the way), piling on attacks against him here is out of bounds. Nyttend (talk) 05:37, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
    Wow. I spent an hour looking through this and find the decision very surprising. Thanks FNAS, I didn't know / had forgotten about this book and was just reading Donald Duk on a recommendation from Ishmael Reed. It seemed like good election reading... I don't see why FNAS was blocked here. SashiRolls (talk) 18:07, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

    User:FkpCascais reported by User:Judist (Result: Page protected )

    Page: Serbs (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs), Slavs (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs), Balkans (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: FkpCascais (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)


    Previous version reverted to:


    Diffs of the user's reverts on Serbs:


    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:


    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: (not by me, it seemed nobody was going to respond there, I posted my view there)

    Comments:Edit-warring throughout articles. Plus - a personal attack. I asked the editor to explain the edits and the only explanation is calling me a sock (see the edit summary of the fourth revert).Judist (talk) 14:25, 19 October 2016 (UTC)

    Judist and User:Idksir (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) clear socking going on, using a further IP Special:Contributions/130.204.82.204. All these accounts should be blocked. Removal of sourced information and replacement with a weaker one just beause fits their bias, tendentious editing plus edit warring, disrespect for WP:BRD. FkpCascais (talk) 14:40, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
    Why hasn't the user been blocked? When I violate the 3rr, I am blocked. Are you alleging me for being a sockpuppet and removing any sourced information? When you fail to prove that, I suggest penalizing the accuser for a personal attack.Judist (talk) 12:01, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
    No, I haven't, I was limited with time these days and also I hoped an user more active on those articles who also noteced evidence of socking on their behalve would do it. There is one aspect which is important to mention. The editor accusing me here is providing phalse accusations. I didn't removed any sourced information, he is the one having a weak source and missusing it to fit their bias. Look at the edit summaries and the edits themselves here. He edited, he was reverted, and he edit-warred. He was reverted because his soource says "...most probably don't exceed..." and using it as if the author says it as a fact ommiting the "most probably". Another nice trick they use is to claim "Western authors claim..." when he only has that "most probably"-source, and also there are clearly other Western authors clearly claimiing the opposite. The issue has extensively been discussed in a specific subsection ar article's talk-page created specially for that issue, here: Talk:Serbs/Total number. So basically they ignore all strong sources found there, and think their source (not even specialised in the subject and actually claiming "msot probably" is the holly gral of the matter. Their purpose is not to find balance over the subject but just to cherry-pick sources and force their bias. FkpCascais (talk) 16:27, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

    User:101.175.47.5 reported by User:GB fan (Result: Blocked)

    Page
    James Comey (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported
    101.175.47.5 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
    Previous version reverted to
    Diffs of the user's reverts
    1. 15:27, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 745326755 by Sportsfan 1234 (talk)"
    2. 13:53, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 745324649 by GB fan (talk)"
    3. 13:52, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 745324421 by GB fan (talk)"
    4. 13:51, 20 October 2016 (UTC) ""
    5. 13:39, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 745322332 by GB fan (talk)"
    6. 13:36, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 745317509 by Volunteer Marek (talk)"
    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning
    1. 13:50, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "/* October 2016 */ comment"
    2. 13:52, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "comment"
    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page


    Comments:

    User: ‎Lithopsian + User: Arianewiki1 reported by User:Arianewiki1 (Result: Page protected)

    Page: WR 31a (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

    User being reported: ‎Arianewiki1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Diffs of the user's reverts: See Too long to list.

    Comments:
    Please see article WR 31a regarding edit warring, and note the long history + Talk page . Editor User: ‎Lithopsian refuses to engage in Talk page and requests no contact by User: Arianewiki1 on own Talk page, continues to throw insults and perpetually reverts. Happy to suffer any consequences, but this clearly must end. Fed up. Help. Arianewiki1 (talk) 14:11, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

    Also. Evidence of "requests no contact by User: Arianewiki1" by User: ‎Lithopsian is here. Arianewiki1 (talk) 14:31, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

    • Page protected, Warned I could issue symmetric block against both of you for edit-warring, which both of you were clearly engaged in: but that would be a waste of time. Instead, I have protected the page; please come to a consensus on the talk. Also, @Arianewiki1 and Lithopsian: you are both warned that further edit-warring, on this page or other pages, with or without 3RR violations, may result in a block. You have escaped a block, but it is not because your activity was acceptable. Vanamonde (talk) 15:13, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

    User:Lithuanianlady reported by User:Zefr (Result: Both warned)

    Page
    Donald Gary Young (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported
    Lithuanianlady (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
    Previous version reverted to
    Diffs of the user's reverts
    1. 20:50, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 745385539 by Zefr (talk) WP:3RR WP:SOCK"
    2. 20:21, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 745385539 by Zefr (talk) wikipedia allows publications to be listed on biographies"
    3. 20:15, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 745384377 by Zefr (talk) they can also be listed on his bibliography as shown in the bibliography examples"
    4. 19:47, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "adding published works, followed example Charles Darwin Biography and Bibliography for template, accepted form, and accuracy https://en.wikipedia.org/Charles_Darwin_bibliography, https://en.wikipedia.org/Charles_Darwin#Works"
    5. 16:56, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "Undid revision 745352740 by Zefr (talk)"
    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning
    1. 19:52, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "General note: Unconstructive editing on Donald Gary Young. (TW)"
    2. 20:26, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "WP:3RR"
    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page
    1. 20:31, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "removed book info as duplicate of subject's website"
    2. 20:49, 20 October 2016 (UTC) "/* Bibliography content in the article */ book is first entry on his personal website"
    Comments:

    User has made >10 disputed edits in one 24 hr period, despite warnings of WP:3RR and invitation to resolve on the Talk page. Zefr (talk) 20:55, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

    User:Zefr, can you explain why you are filing this report while you appear to have easily broken WP:3RR on this article on October 20? The other party is certainly keeping up with you, but blocking both would be the simplest action. Do you think there is any exception to 3RR which applies to your edits? EdJohnston (talk) 22:41, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
    Thanks for the opportunity to reply. I followed the recommended anti-war process by 1) taking the edits to the Talk page, 2) advising and warning User:Lithuanianlady on her Talk page, 3) providing edit comments intended to be instructive and constructive for not one but several different edits, and 4) seeking another editor's input, now on the Talk:Donald Gary Young page. Simply, I was trying to work through this with an editor, User:Lithuanianlady, determined to have her way, apparently with a nearly singular focus on this one topic. I encourage her to edit other articles constructively. --Zefr (talk) 23:15, 20 October 2016 (UTC)
    These good intentions don't exempt you from WP:3RR. If I am the closer, you can avoid a block if you will promise to make no more edits on this article without a prior consensus in your favor on the talk page. EdJohnston (talk) 01:56, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    Agree, of course, and a discussion at Talk:Donald Gary Young is underway. Same guidance should apply for User:Lithuanianlady. --Zefr (talk) 02:27, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    EdJohnston Thank you for your comments, and I acknowledge the reply and will not make further changes withouth prior consensus on the talk page. --Lithuanianlady (talk) 17:42, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

    User:1Sire reported by User:Cheetoburrito (Result:)

    Page
    T.I. discography (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported
    1Sire (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)
    Previous version reverted to
    Diffs of the user's reverts


    User:Snooganssnoogans reported by User:Elvey (Result: )

    Page: Clinton Foundation (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: Snooganssnoogans (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)


    Previous version reverted to:


    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. Special:Diff/744789969
    2. Special:Diff/744793647



    1. Diff of edit warring / 1RR warning: ({{2016 US Election AE}})
    2. Another edit warring / 1RR warning: advocacy
    3. Diff of another edit warring / 3RR warning: and there are many more on the user's talk page.
    4. Another edit warring warning:
    5. Another edit warring warning:
    6. etc: "edit war" appears on the user's talk page TWENTY-THREE times.
    7. Addendum: I haven't looked through AE archives, but Per SR's comment below, I'm guessing there has been even more warning regarding 1RR there.

    Talk page discussion: (Failed. No acknowledgment of or apology for the violation!)


    Comments:


    Looking at the user talk page, I see a pattern. The edit warring needs to be made to stop.

    (i) I did not realize that the Clinton Foundation page was under 1RR. I wouldn't have done it had I known. (ii) Anyway, the original revert was perfectly reasonable and the user who added the content originally and then restored the content is a loon who has been banned from editing on the Jill Stein page (note that many of the 'edit warring' warnings on my talk page come from this lunatic regarding my encounters with him/her on the Jill Stein page - this user was eventually topic-banned for repeated violations of wikipedia rules). Having been topic-banned from Jill Stein, the user is now going from Clinton article to Clinton article to add a bunch of nonsense, some of which I have reverted. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 10:11, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    Thank you for reporting this, Elvey, I've tried to draw the user's behavior to admin's attention before, but the evidence always seemed to be too detailed, so it didn't get read. I cannot defend myself from the ad hominem attacks because of a gag-rule, so I'll just ask that Snooganssnoogans drop the stick and stop casting aspersions. I had planned to let consensus emerge from the talk page without reporting the incident after close consultation of WP:BULB and WP:WIKISPEAK, but it's certainly just as well that you brought it up here. SashiRolls (talk) 17:56, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    I would ask that Snooganssnoogans be sanctioned for the many blatant personal attacks on SashiRolls, above, in addition to the bright line violation I've identified. We'll see if there's any retraction using strike or {{tl:rpa}} before that happens. WP:CIVIL isn't just a good idea. It's policy.--Elvey 21:06, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    • Proposal: weekend block. I would ask that an admin carefully weigh the claim "I did not realize that the Clinton Foundation page was under 1RR." against the evidence - 1)of FAR more than adequate notification regarding 1RR, and 2) of attitude when notified of it.
    I wouldn't bring this here if it looked like an isolated incident; it would be different if there wasn't A)frequent edit warring, etc, B)no apology, and C)more defending of the sanction-able behavior above.
    --Elvey 21:06, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    • First, there's no doubting SashiRolls' off-kilter editing behavior (just read the proceedings that got the user topic-banned). I feel perfectly within my right to call the user a loon based on the user's record, which includes repeated harassment on my talk page. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 22:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    • Second, I do know that politicians' pages are 1RR (I edit extensively on several politicians' pages). I didn't know the same applied to the Clinton charity. I was under the impression that it would be under the same rules as any other non-profit. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 22:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    • Third, the accusations of frequent edit warring are false. Most of those accusations stem from my interactions with SashiRolls on the Jill Stein page, a page that he/she eventually got a topic-ban on. After SashiRolls got booted off the Jill Stein, the page returned to normal, with normal editor interactions. My interactions with other editors have been perfectly normal. Interestingly, the only one initiating edit wars and removing long-standing content on the Jill Stein page for ridiculous reasons has been you for the last few days. I've mostly left it alone though. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 22:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    • Fourth, the only edit warring I did was when I was new to politicians' pages (and new to highly active pages where it was necessary to revert content regularly): I wasn't aware of 3RR, which applied in May/June 2016. After being cautioned, I of course obliged by the rule. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 22:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    • Fifth, I don't shy away from calling things what they are. Vaccine fear-mongering is a shitty position. SashiRolls following me from page to page to make bizarre edits on issues he/she knows nothing about (Icelandic politics), I do consider "sabotage". Snooganssnoogans (talk) 22:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    • Sixth, my account is definitely not dedicated to political edits. I started out editing to add academic content, and still do. It's just that news about the election gets published more rapidly than the studies that would make a worthwhile contribution to Misplaced Pages. If you were to actually check my history, you'd see that I've written almost whole pages and large sections from scratch (some that come to mind: coup d'etat, "immigration: economic effects", "human capital flight: advantages", "human capital flight: disadvantages", "immigration and crime", "resource curse"), with nearly all edits consisting of academic research. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 22:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    • Seventh, Survey Monkey is a C- rated pollster on FiveThirtyEight. I'm frankly not the biggest fan but as it stands, it's one of few comprehensive polls we have about a recent event, which makes a totally worthwhile contribution to the page that I added it to. I added the tweet from a reliable journalist, because I was short on time and wanted to add it to the page before I forgot about it. Thankfully, because Misplaced Pages is full of great editors, some other editor added a full citation and provided a better source than the tweet for the same content. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 22:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    • Eight, as the admins are reading this, I think they should be aware that there are forums on the Internet where conspiracy theorists and Jill Stein supporters talk about me, disparage my intentions and discuss getting me thrown of Misplaced Pages (SashiRolls posted on one such forum under the same username as one of his/her sockpuppet accounts - yes, SashiRolls also got temporarily blocked from Misplaced Pages for using sockpuppet accounts). I don't know Elvey's intentions, but I think it's worthwhile to point out that the user only started to edit on the Jill Stein page a few days ago, immediately tries to get me sanctioned for edits on unrelated pages, runs through my history, and recites the same claims that SashiRolls raised against me repeatedly (and frankly uses very similar language and editing styles). Elvey's edits on the Jill Stein page are also very similar to the types of edits that SashiRolls tended to do (disruptive edits, combative interactions with other editors, inability to back up claims, a tendency to speak in word salads). Those familiar with SashiRolls' editing behavior (those involved in his/her Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement but also with specific experience of the editor's editing style) might want to chip in: @Neutrality: + @Timothyjosephwood: + @Clpo13:, @Tryptofish: . Snooganssnoogans (talk) 22:01, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

    User:Valerius Tygart reported by User:Jytdog (Result: )

    Page: Low level laser therapy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: Valerius Tygart (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)


    This follows on earlier report here - the result of which was page protection. Upon lifting of page protection, Valerius went right back to adding some of same content.

    Previous version reverted to: diff


    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. diff
    2. diff


    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: ; current one is here


    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Talk continued at the talk page following last dispute, here: Talk:Low_level_laser_therapy#Changes.3F.

    Comments:

     Valerius was defiant/combative with respect to that four other editors were saying there, see specific comments here and here and here for example.  The intent to continue the edit war that led to PP without getting consensus is very clear. Jytdog (talk) 16:05, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
    

    User:Zourich reported by User:Laveol (Result: Blocked)

    Page: PFC CSKA Sofia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: Zourich (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)


    Previous version reverted to:


    Diffs of the user's reverts:



    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:


    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Talk:PFC_CSKA_Sofia#CSKA-Sofia_and_CSKA_Sofia. The user in question refuses to take part in any discussion.

    Comments:
    Although the user has not strictly violated 3RR, he has made a total of 6 reverts in two days. Further, he refuses to use the talkpage, and even claims there was no consensus over the article's version on the talkpage, defines others' edits as vandalism (as evident from the diffs above), etc. He even removed the 3RR warning from his talkpage. He is an experienced editor who has a habit of deleting warnings and has used multiple accounts in the past. This might be the case with his current account as it only became active after an absence of 4 years. He only re-appeared when another user with a similar behaviour needed someone to help him in edit-warring over the PFC CSKA Sofia article. --Laveol 18:24, 21 October 2016 (UTC)

    I have blocked the user for a period of 36 hours. If the actions continue after that, a longer block may be applicable. Regards, AustralianRupert (talk) 21:20, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
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