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:Logosx127 reported by User:Pbritti (Result: RfC)

Page: Syro-Malabar Church (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Logosx127 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 01:54, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "It is sourced and backed by official records. If there's a satisfactory reason to no add it then prove it."
2. Consecutive edits made from 01:06, 15 June 2024 (UTC) to 00:54, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
   1. 01:06, 15 June 2024 (UTC) "Restoring status quo ante for dispute resolution"
   2. 00:54, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "Per evidence from official press release letter heads and church particular law provided in talk"
3. 16:25, 14 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1229043989 by Pbritti (talk) It is indeed the official name as obvious from almost all press releases and circulars. One example would be this post from the offical Fb page"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 02:23, 15 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Personal attack directed at a specific editor."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 01:32, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "/* Dispute 15 June */ Reply"

Comments:

This editor persistently refuses to follow the discussion process and constantly reverts their additions despite opposition, even when confronted with evidence presented by multiple editors. Despite ongoing discussion, they restored their preferred bold alterations just outside the 24 hour window. On the same page back in March, they engaged in the same refusal to accede to discussion (even accusing an appeal to the relevant WikiProject for a third opinion to be forum shopping). Additionally, please see their talk page history for recently deleted personal attacks and aspersions. Pbritti (talk) 02:02, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Please see March's ANI discussion for prior history of edit warring. Also note that this is a recently unblocked sockpuppet of another account that had been blocked three times for edit warring. ~ Pbritti (talk) 02:08, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

• I must totally disagree with this false allegation put forward by the editor recently involved in disputes with me. I have not been edit warring here. As you can see, I have neither reverted more than three times and the edits that I have done clearly did not break the 3RR rule. I am totally aware this must have been avoided as well but I mentioned this to clarify that I never intended in editing-warring in the first place.
• Actually I am the one who have originally opened the discussions in the talk page.[1] I have shared multiple sources to support my edits but the user is neither willing to assess the sources nor trying to create a dispute resolution. In such a condition, I restored the status quo ante.[2] The user meanwhile was trying to add their own preferred version disregarding even the status quo ante.[3]

Logosx127 (talk) 02:11, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

You regularly engage in tendentious editing, game the system, and wikilawyering. Back in the ANI, everyone involved noted how unwilling you were to concede to consensus or permit discussion. You've had enough rope. ~ Pbritti (talk) 02:14, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

I would also like to clarify that I was the one who initially wanted the administrators' intervention in this matter.[4] As soon as I clarified it, Pbritti maliciously added this complaint here. I have often had disputes with the same user on this and many other articles and I have so far taken the position of accepting the general consensus on all of these issues. Also remember that not all consensus has been against me, as this user's comments falsely suggest, many have been against this user. I am sure that this user is gaining an unfair advantage by referring disputes to certain WikiProjects and doing the entire discuss there. I believe these are attempts of forum shopping were they can gather support from like minded editors instead of neutral ones. I opposed it only because I already have this one complaint.Logosx127 (talk) 02:23, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Meanwhile Pbritti was repeatedly trying to disregard and manipulate the sources I provided in the talk page.[5][6][7][8] I can point that this behavior of the user has been the main reason why this dispute has gone on so long, and why I have had disputes with the same user multiple times. I am not saying that one should fully accept what the other says, but at least the evidence provided should be taken with the importance it deserves and without distortion. The user exhibited an exactly same behaviour in a past discussion in the same article talk page there I was able to discuss there properly as it was done on that article talk page itself. Logosx127 (talk) 02:46, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

• Administrators reviewing this report might wish to read User talk:Bbb23#Requesting undeletion.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:45, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Logosx127 has self-reverted. It doesn't appear likely that Logo and Pbritti will be able to resolve the dispute based on their sniping on the article Talk page. Therefore, I suggest they try another form of dispute resolution. WP:3o or an RfC might work.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:58, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Per Bbb23 and in lieu of Logosx127 doing so, I have initiated an RfC. All are welcome to comment. ~ Pbritti (talk) 17:28, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

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

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)

User:Alexqal reported by User:Fylindfotberserk (Result: Blocked indefinitely for sock puppetry)

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

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 21:14, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "removed unnecessary informations which were making this simple page look heavy, added notables"
2. 20:25, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "no need of garbage heap, only facts and crisp information has been added."
3. Diffs using socks - [9]
4. Diffs using socks - [10]

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 13:21, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Disruptive editing on Vikram Sarabhai."
2. 19:41, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "/* June 2024 */ Reply"
3. 20:29, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "Final warning: Vandalism on Gupta."
4. 21:24, 16 June 2024 (UTC) ""

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Keeps removing sourced content / sources and adds unsourced stuff. They have been doing it using multiple IDs [11] [12]. I've opened an SPI case here.

Also note similar edits/edit war by this ID and IPs [13] [14] [15] [16]. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 21:33, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

• I used the checkuser tool to confirm the sockpuppetry. I have blocked the account indefinitely as a sock. PhilKnight (talk) 22:02, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

@PhilKnight: Thanks. Please take a look at the SPI case I opened. Perhaps it needs to be moved/closed. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 22:16, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 22:27, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Chingis2024 reported by User:Auzandil (Result: Indefinitely blocked)

Page: Crimean Tatars (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Chingis2024 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [17]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [18]
2. [19]
3. [20]
4. [21]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [22] My warning

User:Adakiko Other users' warnings in last 24 hours:

[23]

[24]

[25]

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

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [26]

Comments:

• This user has repeatedly ignored MOS:INFOBOXFLAG and deleted various Wikipedia contents without providing any summary. They continue to ignore them despite warnings.

They have also violated the 3RR on Chuvash people, Volga Tatars, and many others. They may have ethnic nationalistic feelings. He keep changes word 'Turkic' with 'Tatar' or 'Kazakh', sometimes delete/change genetic studies on ethnic groups. Most of which without any summary. [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]

They have cited unrelated YouTube videos as sources. His edit summary is sometimes manipulative and don't represent the actual changes he did. Auzandil (talk) 00:42, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

• Indefinitely blocked.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:50, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

User:2601:18A:C500:330:0:0:0:0/64 reported by User:Generalrelative (Result: Range page-blocked for a year.)

Page: Nicholas Wade (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: 2601:18A:C500:330:0:0:0:0/64 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

a) [32] 06:16, 16 June 2024

b) [33] 19:48, 16 June 2024

c) [34] 19:46, 16 June 2024

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [35] Reverting to restore a) 06:27, 16 June 2024
2. [36] Reverting to restore b) 19:53, 16 June 2024
3. [37] Reverting to restore b) 01:34, 17 June 2024
4. [38] Reverting to restore c) 01:36, 17 June 2024

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [39]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [40]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [41]

Comments: Similar edit warring to substantially alter the POV against long-established consensus on A Troublesome Inheritance: [42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]. Note too that this topic is covered by the race and intelligence contentious topic area. Generalrelative (talk) 07:58, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: I was about to report this IP user at WP:AN/I for blatant POV-pushing but Generalrelative beat me to it. IP has edit-warred to push a disputed POV while ignoring an invitation to discuss their changes at Talk:A Troublesome Inheritance. —Sangdeboeuf (talk) 09:24, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

• Comment Not a 3RR violation; diffs number 3 and 4 are consecutive, so they count as one revert. I have, however, page-blocked the IP range from Nicholas Wade and A Troublesome Inheritance for one year for persistent tendentious editing. Bishonen | tålk 09:38, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Soosider3 reported by User:Czello (Result: Blocked 48 hours)

Page: Scottish National Party (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Soosider3 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 08:25, 17 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1229518057 by Czello (talk)Making this article consistent with other main parties in Scotland where Ideology in Infobox is consistent with Infobox usage, please feel free to use these 'citations' to expand the actual Ideology section in the article, that is the correct and appropriate place for them (if anywhere) 11.000 charetors in this revert sort of highlights the nonsense of these citations in th"
2. 07:17, 17 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1229517436 by Czello (talk)Reverted as this is Infobox, by all means enlarge in actual article but this is misuse of inforbox and swamps it, many so called Ideologies are no such thing, My approach here is consistent with articles on other main Parties in Scotland"
3. 06:37, 17 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1229469716 by Helper201 (talk)Misuse of Infobox to swamp it with so called "citations" many of which are unreachable and/or unrelated to subject in hand. If someone wants to move them into the text of teh article then by all means do so. Many of entries in Ideology are not ideology, again see previous discussion and use text in article to expand if desired."
4. Consecutive edits made from 18:34, 16 June 2024 (UTC) to 18:44, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
   1. 18:34, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "Removed superflous citations, this is Info box, meant to be short and high level information, please use text of article to expand on highlights"
   2. 18:36, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "Removed superflous citations, this is Info box, meant to be short and high level information, please use text of article to expand on highlights"
   3. 18:37, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "Removed superflous citations, this is Info box, meant to be short and high level information, please use text of article to expand on highlights"
   4. 18:38, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "Removed superflous citations, this is Info box, meant to be short and high level information, please use text of article to expand on highlights"
   5. 18:39, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "Removed superflous citations, this is Info box, meant to be short and high level information, please use text of article to expand on highlights"
   6. 18:40, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "Removed superflous citations, this is Info box, meant to be short and high level information, please use text of article to expand on highlights"
   7. 18:43, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "Removed superflous citations, this is Info box, meant to be short and high level information, please use text of article to expand on highlights"
   8. 18:44, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "Removed superflous citations, this is Info box, meant to be short and high level information, please use text of article to expand on highlights"
5. 18:32, 16 June 2024 (UTC) "Removed superflous citations, this is Info box, meant to be short and high level information, please use text of article to expand on highlights"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 07:20, 17 June 2024 (UTC) "/* 3RR */ new section"

Comments:

Edit warring against two users; has been asked to follow WP:BRD and was notified of WP:3RR before their final edit. — Czello ^(music) 08:46, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 48 hours. Bbb23 (talk) 14:05, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

User:80.3.122.252 reported by User:Andy Dingley (Result: Page protected)

Page: Bluebird K7 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: 80.3.122.252 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Various IPs, mostly 80.3.122.252, in a long-running edit-war over the recent history of Donald Campbell's water speed record boat Bluebird K7.

There is some very POV editing going on, with a total disregard of either the need for sourcing, or the sources that are available. This is very likely a spill over from an acrimonious real-life situation between a museum and the team who have spent years restoring the boat. It's also fairly widespread on Twitter. One of the parties here, @Nigel PG Dale: has a traceable IRL identity, is active on Twitter and has been expanding the article, not always perfectly according to local WP practice, but always with GF and a willingness to edit afterwards to meet WP's restrictions. Then they're just reverted or blanked by an IP who thinks they can write anything. And, being an anon IP, so far they can do.

More eyes needed. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:21, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Page protected for three months. This will keep the IPs off but allow Nigel to continue editing.

I saw that the IPs have also been busy on the Campbell page ... we can protect that, too, if need be. If it gets to the point of blocking the IPs, the 83.137 one, based on London, is dynamic so we will have to calculate a range. Daniel Case (talk) 19:29, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

User:125.165.201.184 reported by User:ObserveOwl (Result: blocked for a month)

Page: Maebe A. Girl (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 125.165.201.184 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 10:24, 17 June 2024 (UTC) ""
2. 10:22, 17 June 2024 (UTC) ""
3. 10:18, 17 June 2024 (UTC) ""
4. 10:16, 17 June 2024 (UTC) ""
5. 10:02, 17 June 2024 (UTC) ""
6. 04:58, 17 June 2024 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 10:19, 17 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Maebe A. Girl."
2. 10:22, 17 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Maebe A. Girl."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments: Blocked for a month. Edits were against policy on non-binary people. PhilKnight (talk) 10:35, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

For that reason I have also put a CTOPS notice on the talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 19:32, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

And I have RevDel'ed the edits. Daniel Case (talk) 19:33, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. PhilKnight (talk) 19:53, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Moxy reported by User:Saltsjöbaden (Result: No violation)

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

The user is removing a section under Culture, regarding the Cultural Autonomies Act, with a different reasoning given every time. The latest revert claiming "racism" is especially difficult to respond to, as this is both untrue and also irrelevant to the topic.

Latest stable version: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Estonia&oldid=1229021045

Reverts:

• Revert one
• Revert two
• Revert three

Saltsjöbaden (talk) 17:41, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

• No violation. Bbb23 (talk) 17:47, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

User:2001:1308:2DF2:D100:81E4:2A17:7CB9:289D reported by User:FlightTime (Result: )

Page: I Hate Everything About You (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 2001:1308:2DF2:D100:81E4:2A17:7CB9:289D (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 00:39, 18 June 2024 (UTC) ""
2. Consecutive edits made from 00:31, 18 June 2024 (UTC) to 00:38, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
   1. 00:31, 18 June 2024 (UTC) "The Song was recorded in April 2002"
   2. 00:38, 18 June 2024 (UTC) "Song recorded from January to March 2002."
3. Consecutive edits made from 23:46, 17 June 2024 (UTC) to 00:06, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
   1. 23:46, 17 June 2024 (UTC) "The song was recorded in May 2002."
   2. 00:05, 18 June 2024 (UTC) "It was Officially recorded from January to March 2002."
   3. 00:06, 18 June 2024 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 00:39, 18 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Addition of unsourced or improperly cited material on I Hate Everything About You."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

User:BBWritersInc reported by User:Notwally (Result: Indefinitely blocked)

Page: Justin Chart (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 09:25, 18 June 2024 (UTC) "No."
2. 09:22, 18 June 2024 (UTC) "No."
3. 09:20, 18 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1229709918 by Notwally (talk)"
4. 02:17, 18 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1229228479 by Notwally (talk)"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 09:24, 18 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Justin Chart."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 09:31, 18 June 2024 (UTC) "/* Promotional editing */ new section"

Comments:

Based on their latest response, it does not appear they are going to use the talk page. They are a single-purpose account that has only made 8 edits, all to this page. Their username looks like it's a company as well [50]. – notwally (talk) 09:36, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

Fifth revert. Came to report this user, seen that there's already a report open. I agree with OP that this seems to clearly be paid editing. — Czello ^(music) 12:33, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

• Indefinitely blocked for promotional username, undisclosed paid editing, and edit-warring.--Bbb23 (talk) 15:41, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

User:GylonVisagie reported by User:Czello (Result: Blocked for 1 month)

Page: WrestleMania XL (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 14:00, 18 June 2024 (UTC) ""
2. 13:57, 18 June 2024 (UTC) ""
3. 13:43, 18 June 2024 (UTC) ""
4. 10:48, 18 June 2024 (UTC) "Added the attendance that was announced, if it's inaccurate, then write "disputed attendence""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 13:59, 18 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on WrestleMania XL."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [51]

Comments:

This comes less than 24 hours after their last block expired. They've also made multiple personal attacks[52][53] and have said they intend to keep edit warring and don't get about being 'banned'[54][55]. Clearly WP:NOTHERE. — Czello ^(music) 14:07, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 1 month for edit warring and personal attacks. Jauerback^dude?/_dude. 14:10, 18 June 2024 (UTC)

  Thanks. Given their recent comments I wouldn't expect them to be improved after a month, but I suppose we'll see. — Czello ^(music) 14:12, 18 June 2024 (UTC)