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:DivineWave reported by User:Austronesier (Result: Blocked one week)

Page: Indus Valley Civilisation (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 14:43, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "Added genetic data regarding harappan ancestry in present day indians along with multiple citations."
2. 14:07, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "Added genetic data regarding harappan ancestry in present day indians."
3. 13:48, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "Added the updated data regarding connection between the harappan ancestry and modern indian ancestry."
4. 12:26, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "I have updated latest genetic research and connection between harappan ancestry amd modern day populations."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 13:59, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Indus Valley Civilisation."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 14:14, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "/* Vandalism warning. */"

Comments:

Persistently adding the same content without following WP:ONUS. Disagreeing views are labelled "vandalism". From a post on my talk page I suspect they might be a block-evading sock. Austronesier (talk) 15:04, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Firstly opened a talk page for vandalism as the Austronesier without any discussion, kept on removing the content which is peer reviewed paper and conducted study by Harvard medical school geneticist Dr. David reich and his collaborations with CCMB,Hyderabad and published genetic data of modern day south Asians. I asked him to discuss on talk page but he just attacking me which you can clearly see in our talk page named vandalism alert. He falls into the definition of vandalism. Kindly help us out. Thanks. DivineWave (talk) 15:22, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Edit-warring to the max and not willing to grasp what vandalism means:[1]. –Austronesier (talk) 15:48, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Instead of attacking me with those words i suggest you to provide reliable source for your disgareements regarding your disagreements because this is official research which is being taught in educational institutions and acceptted by all scholars and it is peer reviewed. Research was done by Dr.David reich ,havard medical school scholar and geneticist along with CCMB,Hyderabad. Already i advised you to discuss on talk oage yet you are continuing attacking me instead of discussing with me and sharing your source. Kindky encourage fruitful discussions and dont use such strong language. Reporting will actually work against you .thanks. DivineWave (talk) 16:41, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of one week. Bbb23 (talk) 16:49, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

User:2601:207:200:464D:E9D2:E19C:B77A:772C reported by User:MarkH21 (Result: /64 blocked from article for two weeks for repeated copyvio as well as edit warring)

Page: Vietnamese language (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 2601:207:200:464D:E9D2:E19C:B77A:772C (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 17:39, 13 July 2024 (UTC) to 17:41, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
   1. 17:39, 13 July 2024 (UTC) ""
   2. 17:41, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "/* History */"
2. 16:49, 12 July 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1234040127 by Kanguole (talk) cite:Mark Alves https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358857488_Vietnamese_Language_History_Roots_and_Restructuring_VIDEO_httpswwwyoutubecomwatchvJyKWFm_TuZM is not a copyright violation in accordance to the Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107 (learn what is a copyright infringement means and fair use means). Any excuses contradict to the rest of Wikipedia."
3. Consecutive edits made from 22:58, 11 July 2024 (UTC) to 23:41, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
   1. 22:58, 11 July 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1233866004 by Kanguole (talk) Verbatim copy (?) Anything but better than authoritarianly getting rid of entire 2022 paper written in English by an English-speaking American professor, in a open English encyclopedia. No one shall stick with an flatty outdated 1912 source who used omitted word like annamite (n-w) ad infinitum"
   2. 22:59, 11 July 2024 (UTC) ""
   3. 23:04, 11 July 2024 (UTC) "/* History */"
   4. 23:41, 11 July 2024 (UTC) "/* Pure Vietnamese words */"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 17:51, 12 July 2024 (UTC) "Welcome to Wikipedia!"
2. 17:52, 12 July 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Vietnamese language."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Copyvio and edit-warring, including earlier as 2601:207:200:464D:4125:84A0:FC84:BF66 (talk · contribs · WHOIS) (same range as this one). — MarkH₂₁^talk 18:23, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Blocked – for a period of 2 weeks from article, due to the combination of edit warring, copyvio and attitude. Daniel Case (talk) 22:21, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Maurice20111 reported by User:Soetermans (Result: Blocked 24h for disruption)

Page: Quavo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Maurice20111 (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 05:45, 14 July 2024 (UTC) to 05:46, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
   1. 05:45, 14 July 2024 (UTC) ""
   2. 05:46, 14 July 2024 (UTC) ""
2. 23:30, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "I changed his occupations as it said."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 06:58, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "Caution: Formatting, date, language, etc (Manual of style) on Jay-Z."
2. 07:17, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "Lead style"
3. 05:40, 14 July 2024 (UTC) "Final warning notice."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

New user who has been changing leads of articles about hip hop artists. Messages and warnings have not worked. WP:COMMUNICATION is required but they have ignores all messages on their talk page. Please take a look at their contributions, I picked one article but they did so on several. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 07:24, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Pinging CFA and Paul Erik. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 07:30, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Yes, attempts to communicate with and warn this user have not worked. A block is needed; probably indef. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 15:00, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Blocked – for a period of 24 hours As noted, what we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach. So you get what we had here last week, which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. And I don't like it any more than you men. (Cue arpeggiated acoustic guitar strumming, with whistling) Daniel Case (talk) 21:30, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Ethereum-05 reported by User:Annh07 (Result: Blocked from article for 72 hours)

Page: 2024 MLS All-Star Game (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Ethereum-05 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 05:23, 14 July 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1234240033 by Annh07 (talk)"
2. 08:58, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1234227179 by Jay eyem (talk)"
3. 22:00, 12 July 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1233977611 by Jay eyem (talk)"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 22:20, 12 July 2024 (UTC) "Caution: Unconstructive editing on 2024 MLS All-Star Game."
2. 09:23, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on 2024 MLS All-Star Game."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Revert edits multiple times without discussion. Ethereum-05 repeatedly changed the nationality of Maarten Paes even though the player has not yet played for the Indonesian national team. The article about this player has been protected because of disruptive edits related to his nationality. Annh07 (talk) 10:32, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

Blocked – for a period of 72 hours from article. Daniel Case (talk) 21:37, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Nutty1821 reported by User:FlightTime Phone (Result: No violation)

Page: Chanel West Coast (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Nutty1821 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 14:42, 14 July 2024 (UTC) "Using slander"
2. 14:38, 14 July 2024 (UTC) "Her Mothers personal information and no permission to use that information"
3. 14:20, 14 July 2024 (UTC) ""
4. 21:25, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "Career"
5. Consecutive edits made from 17:05, 13 July 2024 (UTC) to 21:18, 13 July 2024 (UTC)
   1. 17:05, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "/* Early life */"
   2. 21:12, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "Personal information"
   3. 21:18, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "Career"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 21:19, 13 July 2024 (UTC) "Caution: Disruption 2."
2. 14:34, 14 July 2024 (UTC) "Final warning: Removal of content, blanking on Chanel West Coast."
3. 14:41, 14 July 2024 (UTC) "Only warning: Ownership of articles on Chanel West Coast."
4. 14:44, 14 July 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Chanel West Coast."
5. 14:44, 14 July 2024 (UTC) "/* July 2024 */ + section header"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

• See talk page responses to warnings. - FlightTime Phone (open channel) 14:52, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

No violation Sometimes jerkass has a point. Hollywood Mask, the source linked to the material Nutty keeps removing, gives the subject's mother's nickname but says nothing about her having been an adult-film actress. Furthermore, I am not sure this publication has been identified as a reliable source for BLP or indeed any content here. Lastly I am not sure that, even if true and reliably sourced, the subject's non-notable mother's previous career is relevant to the article about her daughter.

So, for the several reasons given above, Nutty's edits easily meet the 3RR exception for unsourced or dubiously sourced negative information about a living person. FlightTime, I think you owe them an apology. Daniel Case (talk) 21:53, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

User:65.183.146.241 reported by User:Paul Erik (Result: Blocked 2 weeks)

Page: Ruth Westheimer (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
User being reported: 65.183.146.241 (talk · contribs · WHOIS)

Previous version reverted to: [2]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [3]
2. [4]
3. [5]
4. [6]
5. [7]
6. [8]
7. [9]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [10]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [11]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [12]

Comments: Persistently misrepresenting what Dr. Ruth is known for. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 16:56, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 2 weeks ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:47, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Epicgenius reported by User:Capmo (Result: No violation)

Page: Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Epicgenius (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: several versions, he always changes the article after reverting me.

Diffs of my edits that were reverted:

1. [13] (June 26)
2. [14] (July 3)
3. [15] (July 10)
4. [16] (July 11)

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [17]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [18]

Comments:
I was reading this article on June 26 and noticed that facade appeared several times in it. Considering that it's a loanword from French, where it's spelled façade with a cedilla, and considering that the English Wikipedia article also uses the spelling with a cedilla, I edited the article to apply this spelling. There are possibly hundreds of other articles that may be using the spelling without a cedilla, I'm not trying to impose my POV and changing all of them. I did it on this particular article because I genuinely thought it was an improvement, but the user does not accept it at all. He reverted me four times and then accused *me* of edit warring, on the talk page. He insists that facade is the correct spelling and that there needs to be an "article-level consensus" on the subject for it to be changed. I'm not asking for a block on the user, I just would like someone else to weigh in on this discussion. I particularly think that façade is a more suitable spelling and that the user is imposing his POV and acting as the "owner" of the article, but I will accept whichever solution is proposed by a neutral third party. Regards, —capmo (talk) 19:23, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

• The relevant guideline here is WP:DIACRITICS. Which version the Wikipedia article uses is irrelevant; which version do the sources about this article use? (There is no violation of WP:3RR here, by the way, due to the long period over which the reverts were made). Black Kite (talk) 19:41, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

  @Black Kite, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission source does not use a diacritic, and neither does the National Park Service source. There is a PhD dissertation that seems to use both spellings interchangeably, but most of the other news sources don't seem to use any diacritics.

  Capmo is trying to impose his preferred spelling of the article by citing an RM at Talk:Façade, even though there was specifically no consensus for either spelling. Since the Gertrude Rhinelander Waldo House article's sources consistently use the spelling "facade", and since "facade" is not an incorrect spelling in American English, I changed it back to that spelling. When I pointed that out on the talk page, Capmo accused me of reverting the spelling "based solely on your personal taste". After I made additional comments on the talk page, pointing out that "facade" is a proper spelling, he refused to further engage, and instead filed this edit warring report. He also claimed that "consensus was already reached at façade, we don't need another one", even though the previous RM ended in a decision of "no consensus".

  I should also note that I didn't revert him after July 10 - there was no fourth revert. This edit-warring report seems to be specious, as I did discuss on the talk page, but Capmo refused to respond other than to say that I was imposing my own POV into the article, which I was not. – Epicgenius (talk) 20:09, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

User:23.93.183.31 reported by User:WikiOriginal-9 (Result: Blocked 2 weeks)

Page: Tyrod Taylor (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 23.93.183.31 (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:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

• Blocked – for a period of 2 weeks ~ ToBeFree (talk) 21:49, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Skets33 reported by User:Cookiemonster1618 (Result: Pages already protected)

Page: Fula people (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Skets33 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [19]

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [20]

User questions 'Do you have a cited source that confirms the percentage of Fallata people in Sudan and Mauritania? Can you provide a cited source which confirms a percentage higher to the o.4% for Sudan? After explaining to them on their talk page as well as mine that there are clearly cited sources that mention the population figures for Fulani in Sudan and Mauritania, they preceded to change population numbers repeteadly based on their own estimates and ignored cited sources. Cookiemonster1618 (talk) 23:53, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

• Hi Cookiemonster1618, you're late. The pages Hausa people and Fula people are already protected. Now please open a discussion on the article's talk page. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:10, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
• Page protected ~ ToBeFree (talk) 00:10, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Mztourist reported by User:Historyman1944 (Result: Reporter blocked for 72h for abuse of process)

Page: Battle of Chosin Reservoir (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Mztourist (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir&oldid=1234077424 [diff preferred, link permitted]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir&oldid=1233640280 [diff]
2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir&oldid=1232523247 [diff]
3. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir&oldid=1231940466 [diff]
4. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir&oldid=1233845665 [diff]

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

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir?markasread=319932475&markasreadwiki=enwiki#c-Mztourist-20240714144200-Jack_Upland-20240713032500 Historyman1944Historyman1944 (talk) 04:17, 15 July 2024 (UTC) [diff]

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

Comments: User Mztourist has repeatedly changed the outcome of this battle to “see aftermath” when realistically it should be “Chinese victory”. This battle was a definitive Chinese victory and I believe that Mztourist is trying to downplay the Chinese accomplishment by making the result less clear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Historyman1944 (talk • contribs) 04:22, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

• I don't see how this violates 3RR; each are on a different day. And, the most recent diff presented was 4 days ago, so this looks stale. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 04:24, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Requesting a WP:BOOMERANG block for WP:REVENGE by SPA User:Historyman1944. I had already warned them about edit-warring on their Talk Page : [21]; raised the matter for discussion on the subject talk page: Talk:Battle of Chosin Reservoir#Outcome July 2024 and reported them for continued edit-warring: [22] for which they were blocked: [23]. Mztourist (talk) 04:45, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Pinging Bbb23 as the previous blocking administrator. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 04:49, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

I don’t see how what I did was any different than what you’re doing currently. You are continuing to change the result back and forth as I am and somehow I am in the wrong? The only reason I got blocked was because you ran to go cry to the administrator because things weren’t going exactly your way Historyman1944 (talk) 05:19, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

• I've blocked Historyman1944 for 72h for abuse of process. I blocked Historyman and Mztourist on July 12 for 48h each for edit-warring at this article. Since expiration of those blocks, neither user has edited the article. This is a WP:POINTy filing by Historyman and a waste of everyone's time.--Bbb23 (talk) 12:36, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Orangeblack1894 reported by User:Kovcszaln6 (Result: Blocked 72h)

Page: Chris Barton (businessman) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Orangeblack1894 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 13:30, 15 July 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1234655731 by Kovcszaln6 (talk)"
2. 13:28, 15 July 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1234655475 by Joyous! (talk)"
3. 13:26, 15 July 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1234655193 by Joyous! (talk) Irrelevant - still not notable"
4. 13:24, 15 July 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1234653870 by Kovcszaln6 (talk) NOT A NOTABLE PERSON"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 13:29, 15 July 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Chris Barton (businessman)."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 13:27, 15 July 2024 (UTC) on User talk:Orangeblack1894 "refer to wp:afd"

Comments: Blanked the page 7 times. Kovcszaln6 (talk) 13:34, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked 72h for vandalism.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:04, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

User:ActionHeroesAreReal reported by User:Firefangledfeathers (Result: Blocked 48 hours)

Page: Donald Trump (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 16:17, 15 July 2024 (UTC) "Trimmed; lead already too long"
2. 13:28, 15 July 2024 (UTC) "Trimmed, lead already too long"
3. 13:25, 15 July 2024 (UTC) "Undid revision 1234654326 by FMSky (talk)"
4. 13:14, 15 July 2024 (UTC) "Trimmed: lead already too long"
5. 16:49, 14 July 2024 (UTC) "Trimmed; Lead already too long"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

• Warned at 13:25, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Even if you don't count the first removal as a revert, AHAR has breached 3RR. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 16:24, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Beat me to the report. The article is also enforced BRD by AE. Which they broke long ago, while failing to engage in any discussion anywhere after being reverted by 5 different people. PackMecEng (talk) 16:31, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 48 hours. Bbb23 (talk) 17:17, 15 July 2024 (UTC)