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{{moss|Make discussion love, not edit war.}} | |||
{{sc|T:NO WARS}} | |||
{{lock}}An '''edit war''' occurs when editors who disagree about the content of a page repeatedly override each other's contributions, rather than trying to resolve the disagreement by discussion on the article's talk page or in the [[Forum:Index|Forums]]. Edit warring is unconstructive and creates animosity between editors, making it harder to reach a consensus. | |||
An edit war is considered a "war" if you revert edits on an article '''4 times''' within '''36 hours'''. For the purposes of this policy, the initial edit which becomes the subject of the edit war (e.g. the one that is then reverted and subsequently unreverted) is counted as a revert for the editor that made it.{{note|Therefore, the maximum sequence of reverts that could be made between 2 editors without violating policy is as follows: | |||
# Editor A makes an edit (1 revert for A) | |||
# Editor B reverts that edit, removing the edit (1 revert for B) | |||
# Editor A reverts this, restoring their edit (2 reverts for A) | |||
# Editor B reverts that, restoring the pre-edit state of the page (2 revert for B) | |||
An edit war is considered a "war" if you revert edits on an article '''4 times''' within '''36 hours'''. | # Editor A reverts this, restoring their edit (3 reverts for A) | ||
# Editor B reverts this, restoring the pre-edit state of the page (3 reverts for B) | |||
# Editor A reverts this, restoring their edit (4 reverts for A) | |||
# Editor B reverts this, restoring the pre-edit state of the page (4 reverts for B) | |||
The end result is that the page ends up as it was before Editor A's initial edit, inline with [[T:BOUND]].}} | |||
Users who engage in edit wars risk being [[Tardis:Blocking policy|blocked]]. Other measures will also include the page or pages in question being [[Tardis:Protection policy|fully protected]] to prevent any editing until the issue is resolved. | Users who engage in edit wars risk being [[Tardis:Blocking policy|blocked]]. Other measures will also include the page or pages in question being [[Tardis:Protection policy|fully protected]] to prevent any editing until the issue is resolved. | ||
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In all situations '''discussion''' is should be the norm, not an edit war or admin action (in the form of protection or blocking). | In all situations '''discussion''' is should be the norm, not an edit war or admin action (in the form of protection or blocking). | ||
===What isn't an edit war=== | === What isn't an edit war === | ||
*Reverting your own edits. | * Reverting your own edits. | ||
*Reverting '''obvious''' [[Tardis:Vandalism policy|vandalism]]. | * Reverting '''obvious''' [[Tardis:Vandalism policy|vandalism]]. | ||
*Reverting or removal of breaches of our [[Tardis:Image use policy| | * Reverting or removal of breaches of our [[Tardis:Image use policy|image use]] or [[Tardis:Video policy|video policy]]. | ||
*Removing [[Tardis:Plagiarism|Plagiarism]]. | * Removing [[Tardis:Plagiarism|Plagiarism]]. | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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==See also== | == See also == | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Editing policy|Wikipedia's Editing policy]] | * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Editing policy|Wikipedia's Editing policy]] | ||
[[Category:Policies]] | [[Category:Policies|Editing]] | ||
