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:72.49.25.113 reported by User:Tacyarg (Result: Blocked one month)

Page: Jessica Kirkland (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 72.49.25.113 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 23:04, 29 November 2024 (UTC) "True facts"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

User has just had a block of 7 days ended for repeatedly adding unsourced content to this BLP, and has immediately added the information again. User says they represent Kirkland's team. Many warnings on their Talk page. Tacyarg (talk) 23:15, 29 November 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of one month. Bbb23 (talk) 00:24, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

User:SassyDetective1999 reported by User:Thebiguglyalien (Result: Blocked indefinitely)

Page: Sarah Yorke Jackson (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: SassyDetective1999 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: Special:PermaLink/1260075547

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. Special:Diff/1260235999
2. Special:Diff/1260300600
3. Special:Diff/1260300864
4. Special:Diff/1260308140

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: Special:Diff/1260116595

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Special:Diff/1260088900

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: Special:Diff/1260310056

Comments:
Adding unsourced content, acknowledges they do not have a citation in their edit summaries. Similar behavior at Jane Irwin Harrison but hasn't violated the three revert rule there. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 01:39, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Already blocked by Daniel Case, but SassyDetective1999's contributions seem so strange and hoax-y that I made the 24-hour block indefinite. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 03:26, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked indefinitely ~ ToBeFree (talk) 03:26, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

User:2A02:85F:F083:4636:D005:C438:C941:2657 reported by User:BlueboyLINY (Result: Declined)

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

User being reported: 2A02:85F:F083:4636:D005:C438:C941:2657 (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 04:39, 30 November 2024 (UTC) to 04:45, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
   1. 04:39, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1260332031 by BlueboyLINY (talk)"
   2. 04:45, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "Partial self-rv."
2. 02:44, 30 November 2024 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 04:54, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Mike Berry (singer)."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments: Note user who made the report started edit-warring. A similar behaviour of theirs was also noticed at Joe Talbot article, with them making no attempt to reach a consensus at article's talk page and merely blind-reverting.2A02:85F:F083:4636:D005:C438:C941:2657 (talk) 04:58, 30 November 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. As such, this report is declined. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 01:46, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

User:2A02:85F:F083:4636:D005:C438:C941:2657 reported by User:BlueboyLINY (Result: Declined)

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

User being reported: 2A02:85F:F083:4636:D005:C438:C941:2657 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 04:39, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1260331869 by BlueboyLINY (talk)"
2. 01:48, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "Nope"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 04:54, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Mike Berry (singer)."
2. 04:56, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "Notifying about edit warring noticeboard discussion."
3. 04:58, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on John Hanson (singer)."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments: Note user who made the report started edit-warring. A similar behaviour of theirs was also noticed at Joe Talbot article, with them making no attempt to reach a consensus at article's talk page and merely blind-reverting. 2A02:85F:F083:4636:D005:C438:C941:2657 (talk) 05:03, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

I am going to note that there appears to be another Greek IP from the same ISP ("Vodafone-Panafon Hellenic Telecommunications Company SA") who had edited the page the day before, and whose edits were reverted by the reporter. But, even if this was the same as the reported IP, there wouldn't be a clear-cut WP:3RR violation here, and I'm inclined to simply decline this report with advice for both of you to take this to the talk page, where changes like this should be discussed when contested. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 01:44, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

• Declined in light of the above. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 01:44, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

User:Cerium4B reported by User:Upd Edit (Result: Issue resolved)

Page: Shahi Jama Masjid (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Cerium4B (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 20:59, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "Restored revision 1260237535 by Aliyiya5903 (talk): Please don’t vandalise this article, previously multiple users have reverted your edits."
2. 20:03, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "Reverted 1 edit by Upd Edit (talk) to last revision by Cerium4B"
3. 19:43, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "Restored revision 1260237535 by Aliyiya5903 (talk): Please refrain from disruptive editing Upd Edit"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 20:07, 30 November 2024 (UTC) ""
2. 20:51, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "/* Edit warring without participating in discussion at the talk page */ Reply"
3. 21:05, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "/* Edit warring without participating in discussion at the talk page */ Reply"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 20:14, 30 November 2024 (UTC) on Talk:Sambhal Jama Masjid "/* Removal of sourced content */ Reply"

Comments:

Despite multiple requests, there is a total refusal to even cursorily participate at the talk page discussion.

In his last revert, Cerium noted "multiple [two] experienced editors" who reverted me: of them, one (Aliyiya5903) has 90 edits and didn't bother to come to the talk page (like Cerium) while the other (CipherRephic) has about 500 and mistakenly mass-rollbacked my edits (via RedWarn) on correctly spotting a MOS violation at my last edit. That I have been accused of "vandalism" by Cerium, I leave it to the judgement of administrators to decide if my sourced additions qualified such a label and deserved to be rollbacked. Upd Edit (talk) 21:14, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

After about fifteen minutes of this report, he has templated me to not edit war; never mind that I didn't revert him anymore. Unsurprisingly, he is yet to show up at the article talk page. I am requesting an indefinite block until he understands that t/p discussion is NOT an optional component while editing Wikipedia. Upd Edit (talk) 21:38, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Now, I have been reported to AIV in what is clearly a POINTy retaliation because I haven't edited/reverted anything in the meanwhile. Obviously, there continues to be crickets at the article talk page. Upd Edit (talk) 22:03, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

My content has been reinstated by an experienced editor. Thanks! Upd Edit (talk) 07:53, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

User:Drisha herjee reported by User:Ratnahastin (Result: Blocked 48 hours)

Page: Ahir clans (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 12:50, 1 December 2024
2. Consecutive edits made from 07:06, 1 December 2024 (UTC) to 07:12, 1 December 2024 (UTC)
   1. 07:06, 1 December 2024 (UTC) "/* Clans */ check the link, these are valid sources and clearly state yaduvanshi ahir,,,, please stop the vandalism"
   2. 07:12, 1 December 2024 (UTC) "/* Dauwa */ admin said discuss, also you are usinr Raj era sources which are not reliable as per wikipedia policy"
3. 17:59, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "/* Dauwa */ these are based on unreliable raj based sources"
4. Consecutive edits made from 02:20, 30 November 2024 (UTC) to 02:34, 30 November 2024 (UTC)
   1. 02:20, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "actually admins have made this edit, the sources are reliable,,,, university of chicago, JN university, london school of economics, OXFORD all are reliable sources,,, do not vandalise"
   2. 02:34, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "raj sources from 1900 is unreliable,,, put scholarly works only, do not indulge in vandalism"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 02:44, 30 November 2024 (UTC) "/* Introduction to contentious topics */ cmt"
2. 04:04, 1 December 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Ahir clans."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Constant edit warring by WP:NOTHERE caste SPA despite the warning. They are still edit warring despite being reported here [1] and has filed a retaliatory SPI report against me.- Ratnahastin (talk) 07:19, 1 December 2024 (UTC)- Ratnahastin (talk) 07:24, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 48 hours. Bbb23 (talk) 16:33, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

User:Dympies reported by User:Vanamonde93 (Result: Partially blocked 2 weeks)

Page: 2019 Balakot airstrike (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 00:50, 2 December 2024 (UTC) "Restored revision 1260608241 by AnomieBOT (talk): Matter already raised at talk page. F&f, you need to respond there. Foreign Policy itself says claim "appear" to be false citing two "anonymous" officials. Pentagon cornered itself from the report; so nothing is official. Not enough to give verdict in lead."
2. 17:59, 1 December 2024 (UTC) "Restored my last version, see talk page"
3. 15:11, 1 December 2024 (UTC) "Undid, Query- by whom? As if there exists a universally accepted agency which give conclusive verdicts on such disputes! The journal itself sites a newspaper source"
4. 15:04, 1 December 2024 (UTC) "Removed template; my query remained unanswered for long. Replaced citation with a neutral wording."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

I would perhaps have let 3RR slide, given that Dympies opened a talk page discussion, but the fourth revert is a bit too far given the history of warnings and sanctions. Vanamonde93 (talk) 02:06, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Opening a talk page discussion is good, continuing to revert afterwards isn't ... ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:35, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

• Partially blocked – for a period of 2 weeks ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:36, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
• Dympies, you may be interested in the WP:DISCFAIL essay. One of the few helpful essays I've seen so far. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:36, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

User:Hujjat al-Umari reported by User:WikiEnthusiast1001 (Result: )

Page: Family of Imran Khan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Hujjat al-Umari (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [2]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [3]
2. [4]
3. [5]
4. [diff]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [6]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [7] While I did not attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page, I did warn them previously. WikiEnthusiast1001 (talk) 03:26, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [8]

Comments:
The user is persistently disruptive, engaging in frequent edits and vandalism on the Family of Imran Khan. They justify removing the "Turkish Kurdistan origin" from the infobox by claiming, "This origin from Turkish Kurdistan is highly disputed and is only a theory of a certain author." However, where is this claim of it being "highly disputed" substantiated? The origin is explicitly mentioned in Peter Oborne's award-winning book about the family, Wounded Tiger. Furthermore, their claim that they are only removing the Turkish Kurdistan origin is misleading—they are also removing Tyrian from the "Alleged Children" section and creating a new section about Tyrian under Imran's children. This could potentially indicate a WP:NOTHERE situation. Also, this page has been vandalized in the past, as shown here, here, and here WikiEnthusiast1001 (talk) 03:26, 2 December 2024 (UTC)