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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. 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:Danosauruscreck reported by User:General Ization (Result: Warned)

Page: South Lebanon Army (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 01:43, 6 March 2022 (UTC) "Undid revision 1075481187 by General Ization (talk) see talk page"
2. 01:24, 6 March 2022 (UTC) "It says "Opponents". Read before reverting."
3. 01:21, 6 March 2022 (UTC) "Unsourced and incorrect. UN, Ireland and Netherlands not enemies of SLA."
4. 01:18, 6 March 2022 (UTC) "Absurd. Ireland an enemy? Yeah, sure. The UN was a neutral party."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 01:25, 6 March 2022 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on South Lebanon Army."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 01:58, 6 March 2022 (UTC) "/* Opponents */ re"

Comments:

3RR violation after LV4 warning. Also note that the article South Lebanon Army is subject to active arbitration remedies, including 1RR (which I acknowledge even I did not notice until after the edit war stopped). General Ization ^Talk 01:59, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

The article is also subject to a 30/500 edit restriction, criteria that Danosauruscreck does not meet. —C.Fred (talk) 03:01, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

• Result: User:Danosauruscreck is warned they may be blocked if they make any further edits at South Lebanon Army, which is restricted to extended confirmed users under WP:ARBPIA. I don't intend to block for the edits listed in this report because Danosauruscreck was removing nonsense (A prior edit by User:Eagleye1001 had classified the Irish peacekeeping force, officially neutral, into an enemy of the South Lebanon Army). This claim is what Danosauruscreck was removing). I will notify User:Eagleye1001 that they were mentioned here. EdJohnston (talk) 23:54, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

• @EdJohnston: I've CU-blocked Danosauruscreck.-- Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 00:10, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

I made the edit because of the Battle of At-Tiri. I know many of the veterans of the battle. The SLA tortured and killed two Irish soldiers. Eagleye1001 (talk) 18:25, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

User:Atlantico 000 reported by User:Walter Görlitz (Result: Blocked)

Page: Lukas Podolski (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Atlantico 000 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 16:48, 7 March 2022 (UTC) "Undid revision 1075776850 by Walter Görlitz (talk)VANDALISM! Lack of content + the user himself got a warning for withdrawing content in the discussion. See discussion."
2. 16:46, 7 March 2022 (UTC) "Undid revision 1075771857 by Walter Görlitz (talk) per: MOS:ETHNICITY, more: I saw your application and addressed it in the form of an objection. I do not understand your problem, since compliance with Wikipedia policy (MOS:ETHNICITY) has been established, and you yourself wrote that you have no problem with it (hence my surprise)."
3. 07:48, 7 March 2022 (UTC) "Two times renewed readiness to implement changes + compliance with the MOS: ETHNICITY policy. (see discussion)"
4. Consecutive edits made from 21:16, 6 March 2022 (UTC) to 21:19, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
   1. 21:16, 6 March 2022 (UTC) "remove nationality per MOS:ETHNICITY + per consensus reached in here Talk:Lukas_Podolski#Revived_in_2022"
   2. 21:19, 6 March 2022 (UTC) "ref for Podolski's birth name"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 16:15, 7 March 2022 (UTC) "General note: Unconstructive editing on Lukas Podolski."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 02:24, 7 March 2022 (UTC) "/* Revived in 2022 */ r"
2. 16:19, 7 March 2022 (UTC) "/* Revived in 2022 */ +"

Comments:

Editor is attempting to be WP:POINTY and refusing to back-down. The editor is also reverting WP:GF edits along with the point. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:50, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Objection, please read the discussion about Lukas Podolski. There, for many days, there has been a discussion about whether to remove the footballer's nationality from the lead. It has been shown that nationality should be removed in line with Wikipedia policy. There had been no consensus before; and I was deliberately waiting until the end of last week to make changes, and there was no vote against. It is more the user of Walter Görlitz who should be banned from further editing (per not referring to the arguments, forcing his point of view). Atlantico 000 (talk) 16:57, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

The editor warned me that I was edit warring and then went on to make the fourth revert. The editor seems to know the policy, yet elected to walk over the line. I am not sure how an objection can be offered. Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:03, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

And if you don't break the rules, what is currently on Podolski's website will be in line with Wikipedia's policy, the content of the discussion and the practice (per Matty Cash). Why write "the removal of nationality suits me well" (my paraphrase of your statement), and then be offended in a matter that is cosmetic and obvious. Atlantico 000 (talk) 17:45, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

I broke no rules. You were bold and made a claim to apply what you thought was the consensus. I reverted you and asked you to wait for an uninvolved editor to determine (which is what just happened).

I would like to remove nationality from all biographies. I think it breeds division and hatred (as you have demonstrated quite well) but I believe that consensus is more important than my own opinion. The project has determined that nationality is important (in some cases) and so I fall back to what the group want, not I want.

Now that the editor has commented, would you like to self-revert and avoid a block? Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:51, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Okay, abstaining from editing the article, I will opt for the changes while debating the discussion of the article. Atlantico 000 (talk) 18:24, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

The request was not to abstain from editing the article, it was reverting to the earlier revision, which is an option discussed at 3RR. By the time I posted here, that would have been difficult due to a single, intervening edit, and within a few minutes, impossible without a lot of effort due to two others. You then edit warred to remove the uninvolved editor's closing of the thread, three times, and found yourself blocked. Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:33, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

• Blocked – 72 hours by User:Favonian for disruptive editing. This editor, besides warring on the article, also reverted an RfC close three times on the talk page on March 7. EdJohnston (talk) 05:04, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

User:Saiful Trismegistus reported by User:MarshallKe (Result: Warned)

Page: Cat meat (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Saiful Trismegistus (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]
4. [5]
5. [6]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [7]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [8]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [9]

Comments:
User has also been making repeated reverts on Dog meat. MarshallKe (talk) 19:28, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Added latest revert MarshallKe (talk) 21:39, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

• Result: User:Saiful Trismegistus is warned they may be blocked if they revert again at either Cat meat or Dog meat without first getting a consensus in their favor on the talk page. The user should also be aware of our policy on WP:No legal threats. EdJohnston (talk) 19:34, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

User:Cristiansr 99 reported by User:Emir of Wikipedia (Result: Blocked)

Page: List of most-followed Twitch channels (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Cristiansr 99 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 20:26, 8 March 2022 (UTC) "Undid revision 1075996565 by Emir of Wikipedia (talk)"
2. 20:20, 8 March 2022 (UTC) "Undid revision 1075994740 by Emir of Wikipedia (talk)"
3. 20:06, 8 March 2022 (UTC) "Restored deleted column. Do not delete, add sources instead"
4. 20:25, 7 March 2022 (UTC) "Restored deleted column without any real reason. Do not delete, add sources instead"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 19:18, 8 March 2022 (UTC) "/* March 2022 */ trim"
2. 20:12, 8 March 2022 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on List of most-followed Twitch channels."
3. 20:22, 8 March 2022 (UTC) "/* March 2022 */"
4. 20:26, 8 March 2022 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on List of most-followed Twitch channels."
5. 20:28, 8 March 2022 (UTC) "/* March 2022 */ fix indent level"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 20:13, 8 March 2022 (UTC) "/* Vandalism in this page */"
2. 20:15, 8 March 2022 (UTC) "/* Vandalism in this page */ Rename to Unsourced country data"
3. 20:24, 8 March 2022 (UTC) "/* Unsourced country data */"
4. 20:29, 8 March 2022 (UTC) "/* Unsourced country data */"

Comments: Blocked by Ponyo. --Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 20:39, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

User:Wikiwikiguyguy reported by User:Praxidicae (Result: Warned)

Page: Japanese domestic market (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 15:48, 9 March 2022 (UTC) "Some of it is actually sources and referenced,

Some.of it would be sourced by now of people didn't mess.around with this page so much.

I am trying to fix this.page but people keep.deleting information.

Why not help find sources instead of being.lazy and deleting everything?

I will just keep adding info and.sources no.matyer how often people delete it.

Which is hard with the time.I spend at work and how often people delete things or add false information to this pages.

However I will kee..."

1. 15:38, 9 March 2022 (UTC) ""
2. 14:55, 9 March 2022 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 15:41, 9 March 2022 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Japanese domestic market."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

This user continues to add largely unsourced swaths of text that are either redundant or unencyclopedic to the aforementioned article. CUPIDICAE💕 16:07, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

• Result: User:Wikiwikiguyguy is warned they may be blocked if they revert again at Japanese domestic market without first getting a consensus in their favor on the article talk page. EdJohnston (talk) 19:39, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

User:2409:4073:181:516:54A5:A7FF:FE6A:E1EA reported by User:Emir Shane (Result: )

Page: NGK (film) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 2409:4073:181:516:54A5:A7FF:FE6A:E1EA (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 15:57, 9 March 2022 (UTC) "Undid revision 1076140957 by Emir Shane (talk) Revert vandalism. Check properly"
2. Consecutive edits made from 15:40, 9 March 2022 (UTC) to 15:40, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
   1. 15:40, 9 March 2022 (UTC) "Undid revision 1075943249 by Xplore Master (talk)"
   2. 15:40, 9 March 2022 (UTC) "Undid revision 1075943165 by Xplore Master (talk) Vandalism"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 15:45, 9 March 2022 (UTC) "Caution: Unconstructive editing on NGK (film)."
2. 16:01, 9 March 2022 (UTC) "Warning: Vandalism on NGK (film)."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

User:Dmford13 reported by User:Moxy (Result: Blocked)

Page: Washington, D.C. (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Dmford13 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 16:52, 9 March 2022 (UTC) "Undid revision 1076149941 by Moxy (talk)"
2. 16:31, 9 March 2022 (UTC) "Undid revision 1076147839 by Moxy (talk)"
3. 16:22, 9 March 2022 (UTC) "Undid revision 1076146524 by Moxy (talk)"
4. 16:13, 9 March 2022 (UTC) "Undid revision 1076141138 by Moxy (talk)"
5. 13:30, March 9, 2022 (UTC)

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 15:54, 9 March 2022 (UTC) "/* Washington, D.C. */ new section"
2. 16:25, 9 March 2022 (UTC) "/* Washington, D.C. */"
3. [10] 3RV warning

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 16:35, 9 March 2022 (UTC) on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents "/* User:Dmford13 */ new section"

Comments:

Not sure what more I can do...have linked the policies in question to no avail. have talk ongoing on there talk page...and article talk (with a few others). Think all done in good faith but the are causing serious accibility problems to the article as per WP:SANDWICH and WP:GALLERY. Also adding odd linking to catagories for section see also links. FA arrticle not the place to learn the Wikiways. Block or page protectioin? Just need them to understand what they are doing and join talks over just editing Moxy- 17:01, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

• I tried to discuss and reason with the user but they're only here to push their own edits, regardless of whether they're good, bad, in between and does not wish to collaborate as per their statements on their talk page: I have worked hard to improve an article that lacked detail and information. I will go through it and will update it to improve it. But people like you are why some articles are so weak. You won't let us improve them. Dmford13 (talk) 1:40 pm, Today (UTC−5) and then Block me if you want. CUPIDICAE💕 18:44, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

Blocked – 31 hours for edit warring per the simultaneous complaint at ANI. EdJohnston (talk) 19:30, 9 March 2022 (UTC)