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Two main usages of the term '''edit war''' have emerged within Wikipedia. Some people consider that an edit war is when two or more contributors repeatedly [[Wikipedia:How to revert a page to an earlier version|revert]] one another's edits to an article. Others subscribe to a much broader definition, encompassing any situation in which two or more authors repeatedly edit an article extensively. Subscribers to the second definition consider the first definition to be a ''revert duel'', a special case of an edit war. This second usage is harder to identify clearly, and individuals sometimes disagree on whether a particular editing episode constitutes edit warfare. |
Two main usages of the term '''edit war''' have emerged within Wikipedia. Some people consider that an edit war is when two or more contributors repeatedly [[Wikipedia:How to revert a page to an earlier version|revert]] one another's edits to an article. Others subscribe to a much broader definition, encompassing any situation in which two or more authors repeatedly edit an article extensively. Subscribers to the second definition consider the first definition to be a ''revert duel'', a special case of an edit war. This second usage is harder to identify clearly, and individuals sometimes disagree on whether a particular editing episode constitutes edit warfare. |
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Regardless whether or not the activity should properly be called an "edit war", most users consider sustained episodes of animated cut-and-thrust editing to be undesirable, and if they observe it happening and can't talk the parties out of it or encourage them to enter the [[wikipedia:dispute resolution|dispute resolution]] process, they may [[Wikipedia:Requests for page protection|request protection]] of the article to enforce a [[Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot|cool down]] period. Users who persist in this behaviour may be subject to the [[Wikipedia:quickpolls|quickpoll]] procedure or, in severe cases, [[Wikipedia:arbitration|arbitration]]. |
Regardless of whether or not the activity should properly be called an "edit war", most users consider sustained episodes of animated cut-and-thrust editing to be undesirable, and if they observe it happening and can't talk the parties out of it or encourage them to enter the [[wikipedia:dispute resolution|dispute resolution]] process, they may [[Wikipedia:Requests for page protection|request protection]] of the article to enforce a [[Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot|cool down]] period. Users who persist in this behaviour may be subject to the [[Wikipedia:quickpolls|quickpoll]] procedure or, in severe cases, [[Wikipedia:arbitration|arbitration]]. |
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Revision as of 09:01, 27 September 2004
Two main usages of the term edit war have emerged within Wikipedia. Some people consider that an edit war is when two or more contributors repeatedly revert one another's edits to an article. Others subscribe to a much broader definition, encompassing any situation in which two or more authors repeatedly edit an article extensively. Subscribers to the second definition consider the first definition to be a revert duel, a special case of an edit war. This second usage is harder to identify clearly, and individuals sometimes disagree on whether a particular editing episode constitutes edit warfare.
Regardless of whether or not the activity should properly be called an "edit war", most users consider sustained episodes of animated cut-and-thrust editing to be undesirable, and if they observe it happening and can't talk the parties out of it or encourage them to enter the dispute resolution process, they may request protection of the article to enforce a cool down period. Users who persist in this behaviour may be subject to the quickpoll procedure or, in severe cases, arbitration.