User:Polygnotus/Scripts/Editwars

Editwars
Description	Detects and displays editwars in the sidebar
Author	Polygnotus
Updated	April 25, 2026; (4 months ago)
Source	User:Polygnotus/Scripts/Editwars.js

This script displays a list of ongoing editwars in the sidebar. When the article is protected or one of the parties is blocked they get filtered out. The data gets updated approximately every 5 minutes.

Installation

First install User:Enterprisey/script-installer, then come back to this page and click the blue "Install" button at the bottom of the infobox on the right.

Or install it manually by adding the below code to your Special:MyPage/common.js file:

{{subst:iusc|User:Polygnotus/Scripts/Editwars.js}}

Features

It respect maxlag and uses exponential backoff
It uses SHA1 hashes to determine if the same revision appears multiple times in the recent history
It uses a list of trusted users and caches block status to reduce API calls
It only updates the list if the page titles change, not if only the number of reversions changes
It excludes pages where editwars are unlikely (e.g. .js files) or where only 1 editor was active recently
It uses healthchecks.io to notify me if anything breaks

Limitations

The data is, at most ~5 minutes old. I may add an option for an on-demand refresh at some point. Possibly.

How to deal with editwars

Throw {{uw-3rr}} on the talkpage of anyone who is new
If they don't stop after being warned, report them at WP:3RRN
If necessary (repeated editwarring from multiple ips/accounts) ask for protection on WP:RFPP

Database report

There is also Wikipedia:Database reports/Potential edit-warring or disruption updated by SDZeroBot but it runs just once per 24 hours and doesn't do the filtering.