User:Blueboar/drafts - WP:Your contribution has been reverted... now what?

A NOTE by the author: This Draft Wikipedia Essay is aimed at giving advice to editors (especially new editors) who have had their contributions reverted. There are several Essays and Policy/guideline provisions that address when (and when not) to revert other people's edits and what kinds of edit summaries should be given when reverting - all focused on advising the person doing the reverting. I have noticed, however, that we don't have anything that addresses reverts from the other side... we have nothing that gives advice to those editors who have had their contributions reverted. This potential essay is an attempt to address this omission.

A revert occurs when an editor returns a page to a previous version, undoing an edit or group of edits. The most common form of revert is when an editor wishes to remove a recent vandalism edit. However, there are many other reasons why one editor might revert the edits of another.

Don't take it personally
Being reverted can feel a bit like a slap in the face - a summary rejection of your contribution. However, it is important to remember that the revert was probably not intended that way. Remember that Wikipedia is a collaborative effort, and editors will not always agree with each other. Reverts are part of the normal ebb and flow of editing articles. Every editor will have a contribution reverted sooner or later.

Don't Panic
You may have spend a long time working on your contribution... researching material, rewriting an article, Your contribution has not disappeared into the ether and has not been lost forever. It has been saved in the article history, and (with some specific exceptions for material which is legally problematic) can easily be retrieved.