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:Magi Merlin reported by User:SandyGeorgia (Result: Blocked 24 hours)

Page: 2024 Venezuelan presidential election (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Magi Merlin (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: 17:31 June 27

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 17:45 [1]
2. 18:35 [2]
3. 18:50 [3]
4. 19:04 [4]

... and continuing still to add non-RS.

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 17:42 [5]
2. 17:52 [6]
3. 18:41 [7]
4. 18:42 [8]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 17:55 [9]
2. 18:43 [10]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [11]

Comments:
AN SPA who is blanking well cited text (eg New York Times), using primary sources that do not meet WP:RS to further one POV, and removing {{cn}} tags. See recent ArbCase on Venezuelan politics and likelihood of whitewashing of Election articles to reflect one POV; secondary sources indicate the POV being pushed by newly created "pollsters", which are dismissed by reliable secondary sources. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 19:28, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 24 hours Aoidh (talk) 22:03, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Albertatiran reported by User:Belomaad (Result: No violation)

Page: Umm Kulthum bint Ali (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Albertatiran (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [12]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [13]
2. [14]
3. [15]
4. [16]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [17]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [18]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [19]

Comments:

This user ignores other fellow editors and sees no other alternative but to engage in edit warring. This behaviour is repeated in almost all the articles he edits. Usually users are very cooperative and help one another in fixing issues of the edits of the other users. But this one is interested in nothing but sharing his own point of view. Belomaad (talk) 00:27, 28 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. Only two reverts and not very recent. If this continues more regularly, without any discussion on the talk page, this can be reconsidered. Daniel Case (talk) 04:26, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

User:DTSheikh reported by User:SheriffIsInTown (Result: Indefinitely blocked)

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

Previous version reverted to: [20]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [21]
2. [22]
3. [23]
4. [24]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [25]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [26]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [27]

Comments:

This user has been engaging in an edit war on this article for several months. They periodically return to revert it to their preferred version. I initiated a discussion on the article's talk page to address the issue, and another user, User:Saqib, suggested a resolution. I accepted this third opinion, but the user in question continues to edit war without participating in the talk. Previously, they engaged in similar behavior as an IP, and once the article was protected, they resumed as DTSheikh. Despite being familiar with the edit-warring policy and having received warnings from User:Untamed1910 on another article, their actions remain disruptive. They return after some time to revert various articles to their preferred versions. Their behavior indicates that they are WP:NOTHERE, as they also used unencyclopedic language and engaged in an edit war on Pervez Musharraf. Further warnings are unlikely to be effective. I am reporting them for general long-term edit-warring behavior and not for violation of three-revert rule. Sheriff | ☎ 911 | 16:14, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

• Indefinitely blocked.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:22, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

  I have also left a CTOPS notice on the talk page, since the article is under a long semi per ARBIPA. Daniel Case (talk) 19:07, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

User:Hbzbmb reported by User:Sportsfan 1234 (Result: Declined)

Page: India at the 2024 Summer Olympics (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Hbzbmb (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 20:24, 29 June 2024 (UTC) to 20:25, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
   1. 20:24, 29 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1231706924 by Sportsfan 1234 (talk)"
   2. 20:24, 29 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1231706527 by Sportsfan 1234 (talk)"
   3. 20:24, 29 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1231706494 by Sportsfan 1234 (talk)"
   4. 20:25, 29 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1231706413 by Sportsfan 1234 (talk)"
2. Consecutive edits made from 18:34, 29 June 2024 (UTC) to 18:44, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
   1. 18:34, 29 June 2024 (UTC) "No reason to remove additional useful information of quotas."
   2. 18:43, 29 June 2024 (UTC) "Unnecessary and unexplained edit"
   3. 18:44, 29 June 2024 (UTC) ""
3. Consecutive edits made from 14:23, 28 June 2024 (UTC) to 14:27, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
   1. 14:23, 28 June 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1231338736 by Sportsfan 1234 (talk)"
   2. 14:27, 28 June 2024 (UTC) "/* Competitors and Quotas*/"
   3. 14:27, 28 June 2024 (UTC) "/* Competitors and Quotas */"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 18:27, 29 June 2024 (UTC) "Caution: Unconstructive editing on India at the 2024 Summer Olympics."
2. 20:16, 29 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Disruptive editing on India at the 2024 Summer Olympics."
3. 20:34, 29 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on India at the 2024 Summer Olympics."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 20:18, 29 June 2024 (UTC) "/* Competitors */ new section"

Comments: This user has been warned for previous disruptive editing [28] and [29] Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 20:39, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

• In general, multiple consecutive edits that are uninterrupted by anyone (i.e. a series of consecutive edits) are considered to be one edit for the purpose of WP:3RR. For that reason, I don't see a 3RR violation per se, but I do see what appears to a form of plain edit warring. I am unhappy that there is limited discussion from the respondent, who made the initial bold edit that has been contested in this dispute.
  @Hbzbmb: Please self-revert your contested changes pending discussion on the talk page, in line with the standard guidance relating to the Bold-revert-discuss editing framework, and please engage in discussion on the relevant article's talk page when your edits are contested. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 21:17, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

  Thank you. I have replied to your message on the talk page, explaining the issue. I agree with the value of discussion when edits are contested. In this case, User:Sportsfan 1234 removed useful information that added value to the page and which was added by another user. This removal was done without any explanation. Therefore, I restored the useful information (added by a third user) explaining that it was useful and that it was being removed by User:Sportsfan 1234 without any discussion. User:Sportsfan 1234's response (from the very post) was not to engage in any discussion but to tell me that my editing rights might be removed. Hbzbmb (talk) 21:57, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

  For sake of posterity, I am linking your reply, which appears to have been at your user talk page rather than the article's talk page. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 06:39, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Declined per discussion above. Daniel Case (talk) 04:48, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

User:TheProEditor11 reported by 2409:4073:4E39:D390:658F:4C46:47CF:ACFC (Result: Range of reporter blocked for 48h)

Page: Gazetted officer (India) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: TheProEditor11 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: diff

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. diff
2. diff
3. diff
4. diff
5. diff
6. diff

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

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: diff

Comments:
Edit warring by overlooking Wikipedia policies. The user disregards WP:NOTDIRECTORY by adding excessive listings, much of which is largely unsourced as well, with remaining poorly sourced with blogs like legodesk.com. Furthermore, the user adds fictitious references to make it look like it has been sourced, which does not even support the vast majority of the original research. Interestingly, the article itself fails WP:GNG. The user treats this article as a directory rather than as an encyclopedic article. 2409:4073:4E39:D390:658F:4C46:47CF:ACFC (talk) 10:29, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

My question to you is you can remove the uncited data but why are you removing every data/blanking out it?? There are several things which are cited with very reliable sources like the sources from official government website, news agencies like The Hindu, Amar Ujala, Times of India which are not only nationally but internationally accepted?? That's why, I also reported you in my previous noticeboard edit. TheProEditor11 (talk) 11:43, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

You have even removed the cited titular things which should always be part of encyclopedia like "Gazetted appointment", "ordinary/extraordinary notifiations", departmental details, publisher, authority, etc LITERALLY EVERYTHING. Some are cited by official Acts (Indian Laws) too. You have removed pay commission clarifications, differentiation between Group A and Group B Gazetted, etc.. TheProEditor11 (talk) 11:46, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Additionally, you, in your reversion, has written Notaries as gazetted.. Recheck it, Notaries are never gazetted although there appointments are posted in official gazette. Check Notaries Act, 1952 TheProEditor11 (talk) 11:48, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

My request to you again is don't edit war and DON'T REMOVE CITED THINGS (I already told you some important citations of it). TheProEditor11 (talk) 11:49, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Additionally, TheProEditor11 publicly reveals that his name is Sanatan Kumar Sinha, who is a guitarist, YouTuber, and belongs to the Chitraguptavanshi Kayastha caste. This goes in line with User:Sanatan Kumar Sinha who has the same description, who was once blocked for self-promotion. Both started by editing Anand Kumar [30][31]. Additionally, editor ANJANBANIKAGARTALA may or may not be related, similar self-promotion, edited Anand Kumar, and was active between the above two editors timeframe. TheProEditor11 was previously engaged in promotion of his own caste - [32][33][34], [35].--2409:4073:4E39:D390:658F:4C46:47CF:ACFC (talk) 10:29, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

Duhh!! I publicly reveal that my name is Sanatan Kumar Sinha but I also accept that I am not affiliated with the User:Sanatan Kumar Sinha and that additional editor ANJANABANIAGARTALA. That might be coincidence that editing starter was Anand Kumar because I edit on vast topics. That allegation on me that I promoted my own caste is completely baseless. I added the particular subcaste Ambastha to it which I had less knowledge at that time which was also later reverted by Respected Ekdalian, whom I consider as my Wiki guru and only due to him, I started to know about the value of references to articles, which can be clearly seen in my talk page!! If you can see then look into it that I have more than 1300 genuine edits which I did in a time span of more than one year because I edit Wiki in my free time! TheProEditor11 (talk) 11:36, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

I openly invite the checkusers, IP checkers etc to look into my IP and the IP and details of those two users, with whom, I have no affiliations at all.. TheProEditor11 (talk) 11:41, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

I am not from Bihar, I don't have channel named Sanatan's Learning House. I have joined YouTube on 05th of July 2020. I invite every checkuser, administrator to verify it. TheProEditor11 (talk) 11:53, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

• Special:contributions/2409:4073:4E00:0:0:0:0:0/40 blocked for 48 hours.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:24, 30 June 2024 (UTC)

User:ZipthatChop reported by User:Cookiemonster1618 (Result: Blocked one week)

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

Previous version reverted to: [36]

Diffs of the new user's reverts: [37]

[38]

[39]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Indirect attacks by calling me a 'Yoruba tribalist' for reverting their edits at the Hausa talk page [40]

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

This User has been continuing to add unsourced information and remove citation links and disambiguation links at the Hausa people page after multiple warnings on their talk page. It is likely that they are also a sockpuppet account of another IP user whom I reverted their edit for adding the same unsourced information. [42] Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 05:38, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of one week. Bbb23 (talk) 12:51, 1 July 2024 (UTC)

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)

User:Ric36 reported by User:GSK (Result: )

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)