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Our '''editing policy''' concerns itself with how to handle conflicts between users about the editing of individual articles. This policy is firmly aimed at preventing what are known as '''edit wars'''. | Our '''editing policy''' concerns itself with how to handle conflicts between users about the editing of individual articles. This policy is firmly aimed at preventing what are known as '''edit wars'''. | ||
==Edit wars== | == Edit wars == | ||
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 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. | ||
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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|image use]] or [[Tardis:Video policy|video 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]]. | ||
==See also== | == See also == | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Editing policy|Wikipedia's Editing policy]] | * [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Editing policy|Wikipedia's Editing policy]] | ||
[[Category:Policies]] | [[Category:Policies]] | ||
