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    • 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.

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    User:2804:14C:5B76:8A98:0:0:0:742 reported by User:Sadrabp (Result: No violation; page protected for six months)

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    Page: Brenda Romero (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: 2804:14C:5B76:8A98:0:0:0:742 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to: [1]

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. [2]
    2. [3]
    3. [4]

    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [5]

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [6]

    Comments:

    The user repeatedly adds the phrase "is John Romero's wife" to the first sentence while refusing to engage in any discussion. Siev (talk) 22:10, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding that I have requested page protection for the article for the same reason, as the IPs adding this text are changing. Tacyarg (talk) 19:16, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    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. Page protection might be better. Daniel Case (talk) 22:11, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Page protected And that is in fact what I did when it was requested at RFPP. Six months. Daniel Case (talk) 22:17, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:180.222.69.207 reported by User:Flat Out (Result: Blocked 24h)

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    Page: Me & U (Cassie song) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: 180.222.69.207 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 03:49, 4 April 2025 (UTC) ""
    2. 03:45, 4 April 2025 (UTC) ""
    3. 03:24, 4 April 2025 (UTC) ""
    4. 03:17, 4 April 2025 (UTC) ""

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 03:47, 4 April 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Me & U (Cassie song)."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:


    Comments:

    The user keeps on trying to add the statement of this song being on “GTA 5 Non Stop Pop Radio”, without any source. They have been asked multiple times to provide a source and still refuse to do so.

    It’s not that the claim is incorrect (the song is actually in GTA 5), but if there’s no reliable secondary source stating that fact, then it’s not notable enough for inclusion in the article. ApexParagon (talk) 05:36, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Blocked – for a period of 24 hours Daniel Case (talk) 18:53, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:109.107.227.215 reported by User:Hy Brasil (Result: Blocked 24h)

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    Page: Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: 109.107.227.215 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 20:51, 5 April 2025 (UTC) "/* Reception */This level of detail is already sufficient for this topic, any other information doesn't relate to the content of the original work at all."
    2. 20:34, 5 April 2025 (UTC) "/* Reception */"
    3. 20:22, 5 April 2025 (UTC) ""
    4. 20:04, 5 April 2025 (UTC) "/* Reception */"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 20:40, 5 April 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: See Talk:Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki


    Comments: Blocked – for a period of 24 hours Daniel Case (talk) 22:22, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:AnExtraEditor reported by User:TarnishedPath (Result: Both blocked)

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    Page: Canadian Indian residential school gravesites (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 18:06, 5 April 2025 (UTC) "Sean Carelton and Reid are who dismissed mass grave hoax. Please take to talk page if you have specific objections ("not an improvement" is not engaging in the edit explanation and an example of disruptive editing)."
    2. 02:52, 5 April 2025 (UTC) "policy compliant edit. lots of work went into this. like Moxy has done, plz engage on talk page with *specific* thoughts for fixes & improvements or issues. a ton of minor edits as well like formatting and wiki linking done here. so again, step by step let's work on it; blank slate reverts don't help any1!"
    3. 00:37, 5 April 2025 (UTC) "sorry finished edit after a reversion. computer getting laggy as hell. but this is mostly TarnishedPath's edits mixed with my full ones. again, let me know in talk page what ya think if any specifics."
    4. 23:29, 4 April 2025 (UTC) "making incremental edits so that it's easier to deal with. see Talk page for reasons why, and happy to discuss fixes or edits there. given the hostility on the page in the past, plz be specific in objections, and no personal attacks."

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 02:55, 5 April 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Canadian Indian residential school gravesites."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    1. 13:48, 5 April 2025 (UTC) "/* Do other editors here support the blank slate reversions of the recent edits? */ Reply"

    Comments:

    Editor was recently indeffed for this exact behaviour and then unblocked by @ToBeFree on the condition that the behaviour not continue. Refer to this discussion TarnishedPathtalk 00:20, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Pinging @ToBeFree as I don't think my ping above worked. TarnishedPathtalk 00:22, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Darkwebhistory reported by User:Pink Bee (Result: P-Blocked indefinitely)

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    Page: Archetyp Market (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: Darkwebhistory (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to: This is roughly the version they like to maintain, but it's not exact, since the reverts are all manual (see below).

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 18:54, 7 November 2024 "Restored vandalized wiki"
    2. 19:19, 10 November 2024 "The sources are current and valid, as they are cited in other articles. The changes made lack any evidence to support or refute the information. Currently, it stands as vandalism"
    3. 17:28, 25 November 2024 "This is the correct version. all new edits dont have any cites or anything . it is vandalism at this point"
    4. 16:47, 2 December 2024 "All other edits before hand are not correct. again vandalism"
    5. 02:43, 6 April 2025 "Going back to the basics and what was published when i created this wiki"

    These are all manual visual reverts: the user appears to keep a copy of "their" version of the page somewhere, and reverts back to it by copying and pasting it back in.

    Diff of edit warring warning: Warned by Grayfell on 3 December 2024 (diff).

    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Grayfell pinged them on 11 November 2024 (diff) mentioning their edit warring behaviour, and received no response.

    I (under my old username) first pinged them later that day (diff) in a message which mentioned the edit warring, but was actually addressed to Grayfell because it was about a mistaken revert of one of my edits. As it was not addressed to Darkwebhistory, I can understand that they did not respond.

    However, on 25 November 2024 (diff), I directly addressed them, asking them to [p]lease stop reverting [...] the whole page. Grayfell reminded them that they do not own this article, and do not get to decide that edits you don't agree with are vandalism. The conversation continued until 3 December, without any input from Darkwebhistory, despite them being pinged several times.

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

    Comments:
    There appears to be a lot of WP:OWN going on here, with no attempt to engage in any discussion. There has been a lot of work to improve both the content and references of the article since the version that Darkwebhistory keeps reverting to, and they undo all of these changes every time they revert.

    (I'd find this editing pattern problematic anyway, but there does seem to be another potential reason besides simple ownership. An IP user pointed out on 11 November 2024 (diff) that Darkwebhistory seems to have significant ties to the sources that are used in the version of the page they keep reinstating. Most significantly, darknetdiscussions.com (which has been down for some time now) seems to be their own website. I'm here about the editing, though, not that.)

    Thanks. Pink Bee (talk) 05:52, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:2407:4D00:7C02:1B5A:D597:7440:A940:5318 reported by User:AirshipJungleman29 (Result: Blocked 72 hours)

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    Page: Kublai Khan (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: 2407:4D00:7C02:1B5A:D597:7440:A940:5318 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 08:01, 6 April 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1284218470 by Qiushufang (talk)- explain it properly for what reason you kept a false information, or you’re just afraid to discuss about it in Talk:Yuan dynasty "
    2. 07:54, 6 April 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1284218207 by AirshipJungleman29 (talk) - could you deny that the Yuan dynasty was merely a division of the Mongolian empire?"
    3. 07:50, 6 April 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1284217742 by Remsense (talk)- I’m talking about the correct information, Kublai was Mongolian !"
    4. 07:47, 6 April 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1284216786 by Remsense (talk)- okay let’s talk about it in talk: Yuan dynasty"
    5. 07:38, 6 April 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1284214961 by Remsense (talk)- The state was a Mongolian regime, China was just a region absorbed into the Empire by Mongol conquest"
    6. 07:21, 6 April 2025 (UTC) "The regime was a division of Mongolian empire, not properly Chinese"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:


    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    1. 07:54, 6 April 2025 (UTC) "/* Yuan China vs Mongol Yuan */ new section"

    Comments:

    User:Skr561 reported by User:shadowwarrior8 (Result: )

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    Page: 2025 massacres of Syrian Alawites (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: Skr561 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to: [7]

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 12:31, 3 April 2025 (UTC): ("There is no evidence that pro-Assad elements massacred civilians...")
    2. 12:27, 5 April 2025 (UTC): ("The Human Rights and Humanitarian Action Monitoring Committee,...")
    3. 12:52, 5 April 2025 (UTC): ("No edit summary")
    4. 18:48, 5 April 2025 (UTC): ("No edit summary")
    5. 20:49, 5 April 2025 (UTC): ("No edit summary")
    6. 09:18, 6 April 2025 (UTC): ("No edit summary")

    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. [8]
    2. [9]

    Diff of attempts to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    1. [10]
    2. [11]

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

    Comments: The new comer user Skr561 has fiercely engaged in editwarring tactics in the page, despite multiple warnings and attempts to discuss in the talk page. Furthermore, Skr561's last 5 editwarring reverts occurred within a period of less than 21 hours.
    Shadowwarrior8 (talk) 10:16, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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