Draft:List of edit wars on Wikipedia

Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia which allows its users to write and edit articles via wiki software, which also allows users to revert each others edits. Conflicts between editors concerning content within articles may give rise to edit wars, in which a repeated exchange of opposing edits are published. Some edit wars have received media and academic coverage.

Background
Wikipedia is a free, collaborative, online encyclopedia which allows its users to write and edit articles via wiki software. The website allows provides a user-friendly interface for both editing on articles and reversing other users' edits. Conflicts over content within articles often arise among editors, which may result in edit wars. An edit war is a persistent exchange of edits representing conflicting views on a contested article,  or as defined by the website's policy: "when editors who disagree about the content of a page repeatedly override each other's edits." Edit wars are prohibited on Wikipedia and editors are encouraged to seek consensus through discussion, however administrative intervention may be applied if discussion is unfruitful in resolving the conflict. Generally, edit wars are provoked by the presence of highly controversial content, such as abortion or the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, but can also occur due to other disputed matters, such as the nationality of artist Francis Bacon.

Edit wars
Various edit wars have been received coverage outside the website, and media articles noting several wars have been published.