Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RRArchive159

User:Seksen iki yüz kırk beş reported by User:Athenean (Result: Stale)
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Each revert is to a different version, however there is a clear cut vio as there are four in total. First, SIYKB adds this, which is reverted by User:Dr.K.. SIYKB reverts Dr.K. (1st revert). Second, SIYKB removes this image, on spurious grounds, I revert him , he reverts back (2nd revert). Next, SYIKB adds the following text to a figure caption, but I remove it on the grounds that it is off-topic and the caption is getting out of hand. He then reverts my removal (3rd revert). At this point I leave warning on his page. His fourth revert undoes the a change I made to the wording a while back. That is a revert, and that's four in less than 24 hours.

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Comments: Seksen iki yuz kirk bes is concurrently edit-warring at here and here. There has been a pattern of tendentious and disruptive editing to Greco-Turkish topics of late. It's all about Turkish victims of Greeks and not much else. At Siege of Tripolitsa he cropped the infobox image to this  so he could add again to the article  to "focus" on the massacre. While not necessarily edit-warring, I find such edits indicative of a tendentious mindset and definitely not a good sign. I think a short block, with a warning of AE sanctions is in order. Athenean (talk) 23:18, 20 May 2011 (UTC)
 * ... in response to the edits on Greek victims of the Turks: . The other picture was cropped months ago (March 2011) for the Turkish article of Tripolitsa massacre, because of the request of the user who created the article there. And I cannot see a 3RR violation in the article of Greek genocide, a revert of the reliablity issue, a revert of the picture, and a revert of the caption. --Seksen (talk) 11:58, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * and there is no need to say that this edit is disruptive. As the name of the article is occupation, no other name should be used, and no need to change it. So 3 reverts at total. Nothing more. --Seksen (talk) 12:03, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I should again say that I am doing nothing different than our Greek (I guess, tell me if I am wrong) users are doing, and my pattern of contribution and revert count are not so different from some other users. Nothing is wrong about writing on Greco-Turkish issues anyway. --Seksen (talk) 17:10, 21 May 2011 (UTC)

(outdent) I note the edit-warring continues. As of this writing he is edit-warring at Occupation of Smyrna   (already 3 reverts today) and Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) , insistently and repeatedly calling other editors' edits "vandalism" on top that. This needs to stop. Athenean (talk) 17:33, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Removing cited material is vandalism. And the Greco-Turkish war reverts are 2 at total, the other reverts belong to the same edits by the same user, which had been done subsequently. --Seksen (talk) 20:32, 21 May 2011 (UTC)


 * "Removing cited material is vandalism" is an exaggeration and distortion of what the vandalism policy says. The mere fact that a piece of text has a source attached does not exempt that material from policies such as WP:UNDUE, WP:FRINGE, or WP:NPOV.  And if the source itself is not of good quality, it (along with the content which cites it) is still subject to WP:RS and related policies.  Please re-read WP:Vandalism (edit warring over content isn't vandalism) and WP:3RR (the exemption is only for reverting obvious vandalism).   Rich wales (talk · contribs) 20:57, 21 May 2011 (UTC)


 * By this point, it seems this report has gone stale. I do want to impress upon Seksen that repeatedly reverting is likely to get him blocked if he does it again in the future. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 12:00, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

User:WriterEditorPenn reported by User:HidariMigi (Result: 1 week)
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Note: above are principally part of an edit-warring campaign to remove content, reverting back to an editor's preferred, non-critical version of the article.

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Unfortunately, yet another single purpose account has appeared to "defend" the article for DontDateHimGirl.com against any criticism. Shortly after removal of the previous semi-protection last week, WriterEditorPenn appeared and rolled back/removed all critical content. This individual did so again in the series of reverts shown above. WriterEditorPenn has made no additions, improvements or corrections to the article. S/he has, however, posted inappropriate accusations, claiming that the removed, sourced content was from an editor who was "totally biased" and seeking "revenge." -- HidariMigi (talk) 00:19, 21 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Result: Warned. Report again if this continues. This is getting close to WP:VANDTYPES. Continued removals of sourced content with no talk discussion or edit summary may lead to a block. EdJohnston (talk) 15:12, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Sadly, this SPA editor has chosen to ignore such multiple warnings, and is currently removing sourced material again, without attempt at discussion, much less an edit summary. -- HidariMigi (talk) 16:16, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Result: Blocked one week. Lots of notice, lots of warnings, and the behavior continued. This editor appears to be a single-purpose account and they won't listen to anyone or negotiate with anyone. EdJohnston (talk) 21:13, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Sleetman reported by User:Guettarda (Result: Already blocked)
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Note that in the last edit the editor also restores material that s/he has been told is inappropriate for a BLP (something he has done repeatedly) - both the material from CAMERA's website and the Sam Harris blog post from HuffPo. Guettarda (talk) 23:34, 21 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Result: Already blocked. See WP:AN3. EdJohnston (talk) 15:43, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

User:74.192.46.84, User:74.192.42.102 reported by User:Richwales (Result: Semi)
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Comments: The user in question appears to have started using a new IP address. Note (in the talk page discussion) that there is reason to believe the same person previously edit-warred under a different IP address (and was blocked at that time). If this user is going to insist on his version of the material and refuses to acknowledge or participate in discussion on the article's talk page, it may be necessary to request long-term semi-protection. Rich wales (talk · contribs) 06:08, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

Further Comment: The IP continues to ignore any constructive discussion. This recent edit to the article's discussion page is largely a personal attack alleging a conspiracy among three editors that disagree with him/her. This type of personal attack led to first a 24 hour block and then a 48 hour block when the IP was using a different IP address (see User talk:74.192.7.135). Tom (North Shoreman) (talk) 23:04, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Result: Semiprotected one month. There is an actual 3RR violation by an IP-hopping editor, who very likely has two blocks already under a different IP address. Also a pattern of contentious editing by IPs who don't show much interest in getting talk-page consensus, that has been going on for about a month. If you want to argue a lot and be involved in reverting, getting an account is advised. The editors should consider opening an RfC to settle any long-term issues with this article. EdJohnston (talk) 00:26, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Odd that this occurs, after I responded on the Talk Page and alleged that RichWales, Tom NorthShoreman, and Will Beback coordinate their efforts to enforce their point of view which I specifically suggested "violates the spirit of Wikipedia's rules, much like sockpuppetry." The truth does not matter to these guys, enforcing their point of view must prevail at all costs. Richwales refused to negotiate, after using a bogus citation attributed to Professor Kermit Hall and posting redundant material. He then invites his friends Tom NorthShoreman to enter the discussion to back him up. Then Tom NorthShoreman claims three editors disagree with me and all the sudden Will Beback appears. Finally, when I respond to their posts, in a timely fashion, on the discussion page they resort to this shameful tactic. Life is too short to let a liars bother me. Now watch Tom NorthShoreman throw an editorial temper tantrum--I seen it before. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.192.46.84 (talk) 02:42, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

My apologies, Tom North Shoreman had Looneymonkey execute the temper tantrum on his behalf by deleting the entire entry which has been there for months. Clearly, these guys are only interested in indoctrinating readers with their own POV while they feign concern for the rules.74.192.46.84 (talk) 03:28, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Sleetman reported by User:Nomoskedasticity (Result: Already blocked by 2over0)
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Time reported: 07:31, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

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 * 1) 15:53, 21 May 2011  (edit summary: "readd criticism, you haven't explained why any of the criticisms shouldn't appear on the page")
 * 2) 16:02, 21 May 2011  (edit summary: "remove paragraph, sourced to unreliable source")
 * 3) 16:03, 21 May 2011  (edit summary: "entire paragraph source to unreliable source")
 * 4) 16:09, 21 May 2011  (edit summary: "where's the consensus that my problem is problematic???? stop making things up!!")
 * 5) 22:58, 21 May 2011  (edit summary: "re-add critical quotes...also deleted paragraph cited to an unreliable source")


 * Diff of warning: here

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The first edit restores "criticism" language and section heading, the latter first added by Sleetman several days earlier here. At 16:02/3, straightforward removals. At 16:09, an undo of Guettarda's immediately preceding edit here. And at 22:58, "re-add" and "delete". These are the highlights in a series that includes a number of other edits in this period.

—Nomoskedasticity (talk) 07:31, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Result -- already blocked, while I was preparing this report. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 07:34, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

User:88.109.19.52 and User:88.109.29.126 reported by User:Arthur Rubin (Result: Semi)
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Previous version reverted to: 21:13, May 21, 2011 [by IP 1]


 * 1st revert: 21:27, May 21, 2011 [as IP 1]
 * 2nd revert: 21:28, May 21, 2011 (reverting Cluebot) [as IP 1]
 * 3rd revert: 11:35, May 22, 2011 (reverting Grafen) [as IP 2]
 * 4th revert: 13:21, May 22, 2011 (reverting "incompent editor") [as IP 2]
 * 5th revert: 13:29, May 22, 2011 (reverting Joshua Issac) [as IP 2]
 * 6th revert: 13:35, May 22, 2011 (reverting Arthur Rubin) [as IP 2]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: 13:38, May 22, 2011

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments: All edits state the world will end / has ended on May 21, 2011, per 2011 end times prediction‎. Suggest the IPs be blocked until the end of October 21, 2011, by which time they will have undoubtably found something else to do. At the moment, they seem to have stopped, but they are likely to resume before I finish editing this. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 13:52, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Never mind. He [IP 2] | said he was going to stop for 24 hours, after being warned.  I still think he should be blocked until October 21, 2011, but it wouldn't be for a literal violation of WP:3RR or WP:EW, or even WP:NPA.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 13:58, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 88.109.16.00/21 is probably too large a block, anyway. Neither of those IPs had ever edited Wikiedia before, but there could very well be non-vandals in the range.  — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 15:26, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Result: Already semiprotected by User:Kuru. If you think editors from this range are causing problems with other articles, please provide diffs. At a quick glance I did not see problems elsewhere. EdJohnston (talk) 00:35, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

User:189.31.107.221 and many other IPs reported by User:SaskatchewanSenator (Result: Semi)
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Attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Talk:Rivaldo

Comments: All of these IPs resolve to Brasil Telecom.--SaskatchewanSenator (talk) 03:19, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Result: Semiprotected three months. A puzzling edit war. A large crowd of IPs have been reverting each other for weeks. Article can be unprotected when the fight is over, but I don't know how soon that will be. EdJohnston (talk) 04:04, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Hubertgrove reported by User:Tirronan (Result: 3-day protection)
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Comments:

Two months ago, I made an edit to the following article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands

The edit was a new section called 'Secret Service Trap'. This section dealt with the influence of British secret service codebreakers on the battle. This small - two paragraph edit - was properly verified and sourced. However, the facts that I presented were disputed by the editor Tirronan (the same editor who has reported me for 'Edit War' now). The editor Tirronan presents himself as an expert in naval warfare and in espionage techniques. He is one of the major contributors to the article. For the next six weeks, he argued that the edit was a "hoax". He continually threatened to report me and to ban me. He persistently reverted the edit. He tried to discredit my sources. Throughout, his intention seemed to rubbish my edit. He attacked me on my talk page and on the talk page of other editors who came to my (eg Jezhotwells (talk) )

You can see the "discussion" I had with him here in discussion page. I had to justify every sentence in my edit - the discussion extended to 7500 words!:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands#Secret_Service_Section

Eventually, I became exasperated at this harassment and requested the assistance of other editors. One of them suggested a compromise: that the "Secret Service Section" of the article be arranged in the following way:

That the section comrpise one large sub-section comprising the "mainstream" opinion.

That this be followed by a smaller sub-section summarising my edit which Tirronan insisted be presented as a "minority opinion".

I agreed to this. I wrote up the section as three paragraph text (two paragraphs for the "mainstream" opinion, one paragraph for the "minority" opinion). This section contained all the citations that Tirronan wanted. It removed some copy to which he objected. It dealt with British secret service code warfare as it related to the Battle of the Falkland Islands and to the pursuit and destruction of the remaining German ships following the battle.

I prepared this new section for the review of Tirronan and other contributors last week. I did this on the discussion page of the article. Tirronan made revisions which I accepted in entirety - and then made a final comment:

Perfect.Tirronan (talk) 13:39, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Today, I posted the section as previously agreed with Tirronan.

Immediately - within a few minutes of posting - I found that the section was edited by the editor Binksternet. His edit made a stylistic change and deleted a final sentence that he argued was irrelevant. He added TWO new sections to the Discussion page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands#.22Was_informed_that.22_vs_.22who_said_that.22

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands#Similarly..._Dresden

I undid this change - and placed my reasons, with citations and evidence, on the discussion page.

After a while, I found that Tirronan had restored the edit. His reasons were not clear. I reminded him that the original text was the one he had approved on Friday - "Perfect!". I once again, went through this argument point by point. I got the following answer:

Yes I disagree and your edit is reverted.Tirronan (talk) 23:53, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

I told him that he was using a spoiler edit to rubbish the section and that I would revert to the original text he had already accepted. He reverted the text again which I undid. I warned him that I would use the dispute resolution procedure if he had not undone the spoiler edit. Before that could happen, I was notified that I had been referred to an Edit Warring section. Here I am. I only reverted to the text that he had already approved less than two days ago!

Tirronan has told me he is a senior editor. He has been in a number of other disputes. I found his behaviour harrassing, bullying and deceitful. I genuinely have tried to be flexible and to offer compromises. I am glad that this issue will now be reviewed by other editors since I genuinely believe that Tirronan's behaviour in this case will be admonished. Hubertgrove (talk) 02:24, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

While the claims of content dispute are amusing, they have no place in the 3RR notice board. However if an admin cares to read the Secret Service Trap section there are ample examples of Civility violations, by said user again yours truly. However to make this case quickly Hubertgrove decided in his wisdom that he needed to revert again yet a 5th time here when I attempted to add additional cited content noting this in the talk page and noting in the edit that no revision took place whatsoever. Apparently I am not allowed to make edits to the article by Hubertgrove. I'm sick unto death of this fellows actions see Ownership of articles. His claim this time being that the section was out of context when in fact it covers a period starting in Sept, 1914 through a period ending in 1917, so I find myself at a bit of a loss.Tirronan (talk) 04:05, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment. Both parties have been edit warring, but Hubertgrove is the more guilty of kneejerk reversions, wholly unconsidered ones which restore an obvious misspelling. Binksternet (talk) 07:08, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * For three days, with warning. It was just good luck that both of you, Hubertgrove (especially) and Tirronan, avoided blocks. Please consider each other more and remember that WP:AN/3 is not a forum of dispute resolution. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk )

User:Jack11111 reported by User:ttonyb1 (Result: Warned)
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Attempts to resolve have been via edit summaries.  ttonyb (talk) 05:58, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Reluctant to block when the user is relatively inexperienced/hasn't been interacted with much, and has clearly been in bed the last while. I'll give the user a warning and keep an eye on it. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 15:35, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Pmanderson reported by User:Rememberway (Result: no vio)
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Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: (There's an entire thread started by somebody else other than me.)

Comments:

Mostly me actually undoing his edits, and another user Kwamikagami has reverted it on the policy page itself as well, and a further different user Tony has also expressed concern on the talk page: Wikipedia_talk:Article_titles where he started an entire thread on it. There genuinely seems no overall consensus for this on the talk page, So far as I've noticed, only one other user, Blueboar, has supported him, but Pmanderson (and to a rather lesser extent Blueboar) has been trying to simply edit war it through anyway. So that's three people that think it's a bad idea, and only two supporting it, but Pmanderson has evidently just gone to war to push it through, and they're no longer even responding on the talk page. They're at the point they don't care about establishing consensus for it; in fact (regrettably) Pmanderson in particular doesn't seem to have cared about consensus at any point.

He's repeatedly rewriting the policy and edit warring the policy literally to however he wants it, and is not supporting his edits well, he's been reverted by numerous people, and he's not caring about consensus.Rememberway (talk) 07:02, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

This is really, seriously not ever how it's supposed to work on policy pages!!!Rememberway (talk) 07:02, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

I just want him to start editing sensibly to be honest, and staying within consensus! He's more like 'I know the only answer I'm rewriting the policy, and I will edit war until you leave it like I wrote it.' All I've been trying to do is revert back the things that are obviously non consensus, but he just sticks them right back in again. He's made lots of other fairly dubious recent changes that I didn't even dare touch.

It may sound trivial 'generally' but in fact Pmanderson and blueboar seem to be trying to remove the policy by equivocating it out of existence, and without bothering to get consensus to do that. It went from a 'should be a noun' to 'preferred to be a noun' to 'generally preferred to be a noun' which probably doesn't mean anything at all any more. There's no way you could argue with a title not being a noun.Rememberway (talk) 07:02, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Quoting Rememberway: I just want him to start editing sensibly to be honest, and staying within consensus!. That should not too much to ask but is a sentiment that far too many editors have whenever they must interact with PMA. I suggest consideration be given to identifying particular types of venues on Wikipedia in which PMA simply gets himself into too much trouble and ban him from them for six months. He may be too much of a pain in WP-space such as MOSNUM and policy pages. Greg L (talk) 14:10, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * This is, of course, raking up irrelevant past grievances, something the instructions of this page frown upon. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:14, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

This is a report of six different edits, over a period of twelve days; all of them are alternatives - not always the same alternative - to an edit by the complaintant, who has always made the same one; he has therefore reverted more often than I have. No dates or times are given (this list begins and ends with edits on the same day, but they do not even resemble chronological order), nor did Rememberway bother to inform me himself. (Thanks for installing a bot.)

The "effort to resolve on the talk page" consists of this section in which three or four editors tell Rememberway that his preferred text doesn't belong in the nutshell,  depends on a non-consensus view of what article titles are, and is factually incorrect.

In short, this is a pretended conduct offence, invented to get a fringe view into Wikipedia. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:14, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 15:33, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

User:DerbyCountyinNZ reported by User:Jack11111 (Result: Declined)
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 * Reported user does not exist. -=- Adam Walker -=- 09:17, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note, I fixed the link to the user. It's still malformed, though. The Blade of the Northern Lights  ( 話して下さい ) 15:54, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * We of course would also have to block the reporter, and I note that the reported editor is not the only editor reverting Jack1111q at what I presume is the article, 2011 nor did he notify DerbyCountyinNZ. Another editor has warned Jack11111 Dougweller (talk) 16:25, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

User:24.128.247.159 reported by User:Tired time (Result: 24 hours)
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I know my actions were not perfect either, because I was too lazy to find out how I should behave in these kind of situations. I apologize for that. was a good poster of the film which since got automatically deleted because it was not used in the article for 7 days.--tired time (talk) 11:04, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Please also note that this is not the first time user makes edits claiming that a movie or a show won an award which it did not win:,. Also, it is not the first time he participates in edit warring. However you can not see that in his talk page because he always blanks it:, , , --tired time (talk) 11:17, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * No 3RR vio, but a block is probably needed to get this user's attention. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 15:49, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

User:OptimusPrimeRibs reported by User:Dreadstar (Result: 24 hours)
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 * 1st revert: 09:30, 23 May 2011 UTC
 * 2nd revert: 16:08, 23 May 2011 UTC
 * 3rd revert: 16:42, 23 May 2011 UTC
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User only has edits to the John Edward article, no others. Apparent disruptive WP:SPA account. User has indicated that he will continue edit warring until banned. Dreadstar ☥  17:12, 23 May 2011 (UTC) Sidebar comment: You pointed us to a clear cut edit war between you two. You at 3, them at 4. Them trying to scale back a controversial statement. North8000 (talk) 17:25, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * . Not necessarily an SPA; so don't use such words Dreadstar . User has indicated he will continue edit warring; and I agree; therefore, the block.  Wifione    .......  Leave a message  17:47, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Gerardw reported by User:Pangurban1 (Result: No Vio)
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 * This is now at a RFC and it takes two to edit war. You seem to be editing against the consensus so you should step carefully yourself. Spartaz Humbug! 02:57, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Dcupdates11 reported by User:AussieLegend (Result: 24h)
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Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: N/A. There have been numerous posts at User talk:Dcupdates11 trying to resolve various issues, including those related to this report, with this editor.

Comments:

Dcupdates11 has been editing disruptively at several articles virtually since he first started editing on 8 May 2011. Attempts to resolve numerous issues on his talk page have been fruitless so I started an ANI discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. However, Dcupdates11 has since breached 3RR at So Random!.

First and second reverts restored factual error and a previously removed uncited claim to the article. I'm unwilling to get into an edit-war so the content is still in the article. Dcupdates11 then added more unsourced claims to the article resulting in the third and fourth reverts. After this I warned the editor. The fourth revert included the use of a citation that does not in any way support the claims made so I tagged it with failed verification rather than deleting it, as I knew deletion would just prompt an edit-war. The fifth revert reverted that edit. A subsequent restoration of the tag by another editor was then reverted (sixth revert). All reversions were made over an eight hour period today. --AussieLegend (talk) 03:53, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Result: Blocked 24 hours for edit-warring. EdJohnston (talk) 04:11, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

User:189.31.107.221 and many other IPs reported by User:SaskatchewanSenator (Result: Semi)
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Attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Talk:Rivaldo

Comments: All of these IPs resolve to Brasil Telecom.--SaskatchewanSenator (talk) 03:19, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Result: Semiprotected three months. A puzzling edit war. A large crowd of IPs have been reverting each other for weeks. Article can be unprotected when the fight is over, but I don't know how soon that will be. EdJohnston (talk) 04:04, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Hubertgrove reported by User:Tirronan (Result: 3-day protection)
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Two months ago, I made an edit to the following article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands

The edit was a new section called 'Secret Service Trap'. This section dealt with the influence of British secret service codebreakers on the battle. This small - two paragraph edit - was properly verified and sourced. However, the facts that I presented were disputed by the editor Tirronan (the same editor who has reported me for 'Edit War' now). The editor Tirronan presents himself as an expert in naval warfare and in espionage techniques. He is one of the major contributors to the article. For the next six weeks, he argued that the edit was a "hoax". He continually threatened to report me and to ban me. He persistently reverted the edit. He tried to discredit my sources. Throughout, his intention seemed to rubbish my edit. He attacked me on my talk page and on the talk page of other editors who came to my (eg Jezhotwells (talk) )

You can see the "discussion" I had with him here in discussion page. I had to justify every sentence in my edit - the discussion extended to 7500 words!:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands#Secret_Service_Section

Eventually, I became exasperated at this harassment and requested the assistance of other editors. One of them suggested a compromise: that the "Secret Service Section" of the article be arranged in the following way:

That the section comrpise one large sub-section comprising the "mainstream" opinion.

That this be followed by a smaller sub-section summarising my edit which Tirronan insisted be presented as a "minority opinion".

I agreed to this. I wrote up the section as three paragraph text (two paragraphs for the "mainstream" opinion, one paragraph for the "minority" opinion). This section contained all the citations that Tirronan wanted. It removed some copy to which he objected. It dealt with British secret service code warfare as it related to the Battle of the Falkland Islands and to the pursuit and destruction of the remaining German ships following the battle.

I prepared this new section for the review of Tirronan and other contributors last week. I did this on the discussion page of the article. Tirronan made revisions which I accepted in entirety - and then made a final comment:

Perfect.Tirronan (talk) 13:39, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Today, I posted the section as previously agreed with Tirronan.

Immediately - within a few minutes of posting - I found that the section was edited by the editor Binksternet. His edit made a stylistic change and deleted a final sentence that he argued was irrelevant. He added TWO new sections to the Discussion page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands#.22Was_informed_that.22_vs_.22who_said_that.22

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands#Similarly..._Dresden

I undid this change - and placed my reasons, with citations and evidence, on the discussion page.

After a while, I found that Tirronan had restored the edit. His reasons were not clear. I reminded him that the original text was the one he had approved on Friday - "Perfect!". I once again, went through this argument point by point. I got the following answer:

Yes I disagree and your edit is reverted.Tirronan (talk) 23:53, 22 May 2011 (UTC)

I told him that he was using a spoiler edit to rubbish the section and that I would revert to the original text he had already accepted. He reverted the text again which I undid. I warned him that I would use the dispute resolution procedure if he had not undone the spoiler edit. Before that could happen, I was notified that I had been referred to an Edit Warring section. Here I am. I only reverted to the text that he had already approved less than two days ago!

Tirronan has told me he is a senior editor. He has been in a number of other disputes. I found his behaviour harrassing, bullying and deceitful. I genuinely have tried to be flexible and to offer compromises. I am glad that this issue will now be reviewed by other editors since I genuinely believe that Tirronan's behaviour in this case will be admonished. Hubertgrove (talk) 02:24, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

While the claims of content dispute are amusing, they have no place in the 3RR notice board. However if an admin cares to read the Secret Service Trap section there are ample examples of Civility violations, by said user again yours truly. However to make this case quickly Hubertgrove decided in his wisdom that he needed to revert again yet a 5th time here when I attempted to add additional cited content noting this in the talk page and noting in the edit that no revision took place whatsoever. Apparently I am not allowed to make edits to the article by Hubertgrove. I'm sick unto death of this fellows actions see Ownership of articles. His claim this time being that the section was out of context when in fact it covers a period starting in Sept, 1914 through a period ending in 1917, so I find myself at a bit of a loss.Tirronan (talk) 04:05, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment. Both parties have been edit warring, but Hubertgrove is the more guilty of kneejerk reversions, wholly unconsidered ones which restore an obvious misspelling. Binksternet (talk) 07:08, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * For three days, with warning. It was just good luck that both of you, Hubertgrove (especially) and Tirronan, avoided blocks. Please consider each other more and remember that WP:AN/3 is not a forum of dispute resolution. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk )

User:Jack11111 reported by User:ttonyb1 (Result: Warned)
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Attempts to resolve have been via edit summaries.  ttonyb (talk) 05:58, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Reluctant to block when the user is relatively inexperienced/hasn't been interacted with much, and has clearly been in bed the last while. I'll give the user a warning and keep an eye on it. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 15:35, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Pmanderson reported by User:Rememberway (Result: no vio)
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Mostly me actually undoing his edits, and another user Kwamikagami has reverted it on the policy page itself as well, and a further different user Tony has also expressed concern on the talk page: Wikipedia_talk:Article_titles where he started an entire thread on it. There genuinely seems no overall consensus for this on the talk page, So far as I've noticed, only one other user, Blueboar, has supported him, but Pmanderson (and to a rather lesser extent Blueboar) has been trying to simply edit war it through anyway. So that's three people that think it's a bad idea, and only two supporting it, but Pmanderson has evidently just gone to war to push it through, and they're no longer even responding on the talk page. They're at the point they don't care about establishing consensus for it; in fact (regrettably) Pmanderson in particular doesn't seem to have cared about consensus at any point.

He's repeatedly rewriting the policy and edit warring the policy literally to however he wants it, and is not supporting his edits well, he's been reverted by numerous people, and he's not caring about consensus.Rememberway (talk) 07:02, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

This is really, seriously not ever how it's supposed to work on policy pages!!!Rememberway (talk) 07:02, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

I just want him to start editing sensibly to be honest, and staying within consensus! He's more like 'I know the only answer I'm rewriting the policy, and I will edit war until you leave it like I wrote it.' All I've been trying to do is revert back the things that are obviously non consensus, but he just sticks them right back in again. He's made lots of other fairly dubious recent changes that I didn't even dare touch.

It may sound trivial 'generally' but in fact Pmanderson and blueboar seem to be trying to remove the policy by equivocating it out of existence, and without bothering to get consensus to do that. It went from a 'should be a noun' to 'preferred to be a noun' to 'generally preferred to be a noun' which probably doesn't mean anything at all any more. There's no way you could argue with a title not being a noun.Rememberway (talk) 07:02, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Quoting Rememberway: I just want him to start editing sensibly to be honest, and staying within consensus!. That should not too much to ask but is a sentiment that far too many editors have whenever they must interact with PMA. I suggest consideration be given to identifying particular types of venues on Wikipedia in which PMA simply gets himself into too much trouble and ban him from them for six months. He may be too much of a pain in WP-space such as MOSNUM and policy pages. Greg L (talk) 14:10, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * This is, of course, raking up irrelevant past grievances, something the instructions of this page frown upon. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:14, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

This is a report of six different edits, over a period of twelve days; all of them are alternatives - not always the same alternative - to an edit by the complaintant, who has always made the same one; he has therefore reverted more often than I have. No dates or times are given (this list begins and ends with edits on the same day, but they do not even resemble chronological order), nor did Rememberway bother to inform me himself. (Thanks for installing a bot.)

The "effort to resolve on the talk page" consists of this section in which three or four editors tell Rememberway that his preferred text doesn't belong in the nutshell,  depends on a non-consensus view of what article titles are, and is factually incorrect.

In short, this is a pretended conduct offence, invented to get a fringe view into Wikipedia. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 15:14, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 15:33, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

User:DerbyCountyinNZ reported by User:Jack11111 (Result: Declined)
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 * Reported user does not exist. -=- Adam Walker -=- 09:17, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note, I fixed the link to the user. It's still malformed, though. The Blade of the Northern Lights  ( 話して下さい ) 15:54, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * We of course would also have to block the reporter, and I note that the reported editor is not the only editor reverting Jack1111q at what I presume is the article, 2011 nor did he notify DerbyCountyinNZ. Another editor has warned Jack11111 Dougweller (talk) 16:25, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

User:24.128.247.159 reported by User:Tired time (Result: 24 hours)
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I know my actions were not perfect either, because I was too lazy to find out how I should behave in these kind of situations. I apologize for that. was a good poster of the film which since got automatically deleted because it was not used in the article for 7 days.--tired time (talk) 11:04, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

Please also note that this is not the first time user makes edits claiming that a movie or a show won an award which it did not win:,. Also, it is not the first time he participates in edit warring. However you can not see that in his talk page because he always blanks it:, , , --tired time (talk) 11:17, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * No 3RR vio, but a block is probably needed to get this user's attention. Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 15:49, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

User:OptimusPrimeRibs reported by User:Dreadstar (Result: 24 hours)
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User only has edits to the John Edward article, no others. Apparent disruptive WP:SPA account. User has indicated that he will continue edit warring until banned. Dreadstar ☥  17:12, 23 May 2011 (UTC) Sidebar comment: You pointed us to a clear cut edit war between you two. You at 3, them at 4. Them trying to scale back a controversial statement. North8000 (talk) 17:25, 23 May 2011 (UTC)
 * . Not necessarily an SPA; so don't use such words Dreadstar . User has indicated he will continue edit warring; and I agree; therefore, the block.  Wifione    .......  Leave a message  17:47, 23 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Gerardw reported by User:Pangurban1 (Result: No Vio)
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 * This is now at a RFC and it takes two to edit war. You seem to be editing against the consensus so you should step carefully yourself. Spartaz Humbug! 02:57, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Dcupdates11 reported by User:AussieLegend (Result: 24h)
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Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: N/A. There have been numerous posts at User talk:Dcupdates11 trying to resolve various issues, including those related to this report, with this editor.

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Dcupdates11 has been editing disruptively at several articles virtually since he first started editing on 8 May 2011. Attempts to resolve numerous issues on his talk page have been fruitless so I started an ANI discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. However, Dcupdates11 has since breached 3RR at So Random!.

First and second reverts restored factual error and a previously removed uncited claim to the article. I'm unwilling to get into an edit-war so the content is still in the article. Dcupdates11 then added more unsourced claims to the article resulting in the third and fourth reverts. After this I warned the editor. The fourth revert included the use of a citation that does not in any way support the claims made so I tagged it with failed verification rather than deleting it, as I knew deletion would just prompt an edit-war. The fifth revert reverted that edit. A subsequent restoration of the tag by another editor was then reverted (sixth revert). All reversions were made over an eight hour period today. --AussieLegend (talk) 03:53, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Result: Blocked 24 hours for edit-warring. EdJohnston (talk) 04:11, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

User:74.47.103.42 reported by User:GaryColemanFan (Result: Warned)
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The user is consistently trying to replace verifiable content with original research despite warnings. GaryColemanFan (talk) 04:36, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * . The IP hasn't reverted since the last time you warned them. So giving another warning for now. Do come back if this continues; it'll be an immediate block then.  Wifione    .......  Leave a message  18:33, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The last revert was 1 hour and 11 minutes after the 3rr warning, but if the IP is finished, I agree that we can call this finished. GaryColemanFan (talk) 22:15, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Gerardw reported by User:Pangurban1 (Result: page protected)
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User Gerardw has reverted and revised the work on this entry 3 times within the last 24 hours. I have repeatedly asked the user not to delete the work wholesale, but he continues to do so. The reasons he has given is that the work does not fall withing wikipedia guidelines of verifiability, but the materials deleted by him come mostly from sources like the Los Angeles Times. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pangurban1 (talk • contribs)
 * SarekOfVulcan (talk) 18:13, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

User:71.85.120.252 reported by User:Baseball Bugs (Result: Blocked for 48 hours and page protected)
With the semi-protection on Charles Whitman inexplicably removed, the IP has resumed his edit war. He's at about 5 reverts now, in the last 24 hours. Either block or semi-protect, or both, please. Thank you! ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:50, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Repaired header for report, please remember in the future that new reports go at the bottom of the page and please try to use the template provided to make the administrator's job easier. -=- Adam Walker -=- 07:48, 25 May 2011 (UTC)


 * * (all by another Admin) Dougweller (talk) 10:48, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

User:U21980 reported by User:Drmies (Result: Protected 2 Weeks)
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Comments: It's hard to see the forest for the trees; I came to this when this edit war was already going on. I issued 3rr warnings (User:Intoronto1125 issued one to this editor), and U21980 proceeded to revert again anyway. It is entirely possible that the other users crossed the line earlier, but not since the warnings were issued. Thank you, and good luck--please don't get a headache looking at the history. (I also put a note on the BLP noticeboard, by the way. Drmies (talk) 17:16, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Hot off the press: User:Link1914, another of the warriors, found it necessary to also revert, here, though plucking out the specific diffs of when this info was added and removed and added and removed and added and removed might be tricky. Happy days, Drmies (talk) 17:18, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * AND they're going at it on NXIVM as well. Drmies (talk) 17:19, 24 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi there, I apologize for what is actually occurring at these pages. The problem is my lack of knowledge of Wikipedia rules and that is something that I am responsible for. I have been trying to discuss these issues with the users in question, also posting for help on admin sites in order to get assistance with the constant edit warring that is going on. I know that action may be taken against me, and I apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused. I thought that information being added in that could not be cited was still able to be removed without violating any reverting rules that Wikipedia had, and apparently after having read them, I am in error there. Is there anyway for me to be given a second chance when it comes to this kind of thing? I have been posting on discussion boards and trying to help build consensus, but have rarely received responses when asked for them. I will stop reverting any changes and will strictly work on discussion pages for now to try and resolve the many disputes currently present on the pages.

Once again, I apologize for the inconvenience! — Preceding unsigned comment added by U21980 (talk • contribs) 17:27, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Why didn't you stop when InToronto asked you to on your talk page, or when I asked you to on the article talk page? Drmies (talk) 17:35, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi Drmies, once again I guess I just misunderstood what stopping actually consisted of, I thought that deleted uncited information from the page was not something that would have violated that. I guess I can chalk that up to inexperience though. Either way, I appreciate the role that you are playing in this as it will help the page hopefully gain a semblance of order. U21980 (talk) 17:47, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

In an attempt to chronicle the events that were occuring on these pages, I posted the following message to the admin noticeboard last night:

Request for Intervention in NXIVM/Keith Raniere/Clare Bronfman/Sara Bronfman pages - Users Link1914 and Keyser Sözetigho

Hi there, I am requested help on these pages especially due to the problematic edits inserted by users Link1914 and Keyser Sözetigho. In regards to the first user, he seems to be intent on adding information on the page that violates NPOV from blogs and forum posts. On top of that, his claims of living in New York and supposedly attending meetings of the organizations listed in the page make it seem like he has a personal vendetta against the individuals and organization. Keyser on the other hand does not insert the information from blog posts or forums, but has been adding uncited information. When asked to cite the information he has added (in this case - NXIVM's twelve rules) he has not complied and has not responded to my talk post in that regard. Keyser's early edits were especially problematic since there was no attempt to even make the content neutral in any sense. Keyser also posted that he believes that I am affiliated with these organizations and individuals since most of my edits are on these particular pages, blindly ignoring the fact that every single edit of his has been on the same page but for one purpose, to make NXIVM and the individuals affiliated with it look as bad as possible. These issues are especially frustrating since it takes so much time to clean the pages up while trying to maintain these pages as close to neutral as possible. I want to note that I am in no way affiliated with these individuals or NXIVM, but have basically built the pages from the ground up after noticing that there wasn't any information listed for them in Wikipedia. I just want to do my part in creating the best, neutral page that can be created in Wikipedia, a page that is built on consensus and not negatively biased claims. These individuals do not contribute to discussion pages, try to initiate conversations on talk pages, but make these edits with a clear agenda. I just want to work together with others to build consensus, not continue the editing wars which have consumed these pages in the past few days since the two aforementioned user accounts were created. I hope that you can assist me in this manner. Thank you for your help! U21980 (talk) 07:22, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

An example of what I was trying to explain above: http://saratogaindecline.blogspot.com/2011/05/nxivm-info-wars-battle-for-hearts-and.html The claim that I am a member of this organization is not true. The problem is that the people representing anti-Raniere/Bronfman/NXIVM views are not willing to be dispassionate when it comes to their contributions. Thanks again for your assistance!U21980 (talk) 07:47, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

- I have tried posting on their talk pages and discussion boards but was ignored, except by a post from Keyser accusing me of being a part of NXIVM, a claim that Link also put forth. They have made no attempt to try to make the page neutral and have used questionable sources for most of their material. Keyser posted NXIVM's rules without citation and Link cited them to a blog as well as making citations from forum posts. Anyways, I figured that this post would help explain my side of the story.

Once again, I apologize for the inconvenience!U21980 (talk) 18:02, 24 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I have been watching the edit war develop and it looks like we have a very serious case of people who are hostile to NXIVM coming on and trying to edit war. This is especially the case after a blog in upperstate accused some of the editors (myself included) of being members of NXIVM. The author of that blog encouraged its anti-NXIVM readers to come over and start posting. This whole-you-work-for-NXIVM bunk is a pretty unsubstantiated rumor on their part, but hardly surprising, given the antipathy for whatever reason some folks have against this admittedly strange program. Again, we should treat this stuff like any other old page and try to put up as much factual, not biased, and not slanted information as possible so people can understand NXIVM and Raniere. I don't have a bone to pick in this fight, but I do want the page to be nice and pretty AND ACCURATE. I recommend locking it if people can't behave.JamesChambers666 (talk) 18:32, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Page will be unprotected 2 weeks from this notice. -=- Adam Walker -=- 11:43, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Really UB I thought we were making progress.All I want is a fair and balanced edit. I see you too are obsessed with Saratoga in decline and I wonder where you came to believe I was a former student? Not sure where you got that one. I have friends who took courses some say cult some not. I will put my money on the 6 various media outlets who call it a cult over NXIVM promotional material.I don't think their propaganda is neutral do you?Link1914 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 03:26, 26 May 2011 (UTC).

IP editor reported by Fut.Perf. (Result: semiprotected)
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User being reported: dynamic IP user: (Identity of all three IPs seems clear from contribution profile and style; same aggressive tone, same broken English.)

Previous version reverted to: various versions; all are re-adding unnecessary disambiguation links back in

Reverts between 20 and 24 May; the last four are a 3RR vio:
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Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Talk:Greek. Again, note unconstructive postings by IP.

Fut.Perf. ☼ 18:25, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

* IP can get an account and discuss if need be. Casliber (talk · contribs) 10:21, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

User:John Foxe reported by User:Routerone (Result: Both 24h)
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For a long time now John Foxe has claimed some sort of absolute authority over the content of this page, he reverts every single uncontroversial edit made to it by numerous editors, whom he does not agree with. He seems to have became the arbitrator of what is ultimately allowed into the article and what isn't, this an almost 3 year along conflict involving dozens of editors. I was attempting to some necessary and uncontroversial changes to the page and he continually reverted me with the rude edit summary "take complaints to the talk page", I then did justify my edits on the talkpage and another editor made a respective compromise edit  and after discussion he quickly reverted it back to his own version.

He has now violated WP:3RR in attempting to defend his own version of the page and has not engaged in any dicussions. I did leave a warning before he made the 3rd edit, which he was quick to remove. Rather than falling into his trap of me reverting him for a 3rd time, I am ceasing my editing here to report him to avoid rulebreaking on my own behalf. Routerone (talk) 19:23, 24 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Admin note both editors are clearly edit warring, aside from which side of 3RR they are on. I got involved by putting up a compromise lede and requested short-term full page protection, which is probably better than a scorched-earth approach of blocking one or more editors. (I'd normally full-prot myself but I put up the compromise content instead, so I'm "involved"). Other issues (such as ownership) should be handled with WP:DR after sufficient talkpage discussion, which hasn't taken place. (ec- both users are discussing on the talk page, but this shouldn't be accompanied by revert-warring and user-warning templates) tedder (talk) 19:34, 24 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I have not actually violated WP:3RR however. I have ended editing the page in the risk of doing so. He will continue to revert me as long as he lives. My edits were not problematic, yet he is content to revert anything that goes into that page which is different to the way he has wrote it. I did mention my changes on the talkpage and he continued to revert me. I initially reverted back because I do not believe he has a justification to revert them, does a summary saying "take your complaints to the talk page" sound like a justifying revert to you? Its an immediate assertion of authority! Routerone (talk) 19:38, 24 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 3RR is only one form of edit warring. Again, I'd encourage taking the editor-specific issues to edit-specific steps of WP:DR, and discuss the content on the talk page. tedder (talk) 19:57, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

I would point out that this is the 4th time in the last month that John Foxe has violated 3RR with regards to content disputes on this page. --FyzixFighter (talk) 06:12, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Result: Both editors blocked 24h for edit warring. The article came off two weeks of full protection on May 12, and it appears that a long-term war is continuing. Foxe has been heavily reverting this article for a long time, and Routerone was his main opponent in the latest episode. Routerone was warring even if he didn't cross 3RR. I am reluctant to put back full protection on the article when it was tried so recently without stopping the fight. EdJohnston (talk) 04:56, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Cyperuspapyrus reported by User:Oleola (Result: Warned both)
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I removed rubbish and unreferenced info, and the way this guy is acting is below any decency. Oleola (talk) 11:50, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
 * It's hard to tell, but this edit suggests that Cyperuspapyrus has given up the fight. Since Oleola is continuing to revert well past 3RR, attention now switches to him. I've asking him to promise to stop reverting. EdJohnston (talk) 16:58, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Result: Warned. Per a comment on my talk page, Oleola has agreed to take a break from editing this article for seven days. We are trusting that Cyperuspapyrus has also got the message about edit warring. If not, further action may follow. EdJohnston (talk) 18:04, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Mattyjacky/User:18.252.5.59 reported by User:Medeis (Result: Protected)
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 * IP:
 * Registered User:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: See comments here and here.

Note that the registered user carries on the IP user's arguments on the talk page, indicating their identity.

Please note that these edits are apparently part of a web campaign to pursue a POV at wikipedia ("the battlefield has shifted to wikipedia. Need help") described in this ANI report. (Since these pages have been deleted, I cannot provide diffs.) Assuming the IP user is involved I suggest that should be taken into account for any sanctions.

Comments:

Please also note the user's blatant willful vandalism of this very AN3 page . μηδείς (talk) 04:09, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * If this article is, as you indicated, part of the web campaign, semi-protection may be called for here in addition to or instead of sanctions to the reported editors. —C.Fred (talk) 04:09, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * There have been other edits to that page adding material from the deleted pages addressed at the ANI report above . I do not oppose semi protection of Chinaman (term) in addition to strong sanctions, which are clearly warranted given the user's multiple edits with two different single purpose accounts to avoid 3RR and his carefully premeditated vandalism of this very AN3 report. μηδείς (talk) 04:19, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Deleting Medeis's report was faulty. I planed to use his/her report as a template and add a new one. As a new user, I am in the process of being more familiar with wikipedia policies. I will take responsibilities of having revised his/her report by fault. The user Medeis has conducted many personal attacks and made above-mentioned false accusations. I have indicated on the discussion page that ''I agree that it is counterproductive to argue with you indefinitely. I'd like to raise this to a third party evaluation. Mattyjacky (talk) 02:28, 26 May 2011 (UTC)''. From the 3rd reverting rule, both Medeis and I were involved in an editing war. I call for a complete review and a third party opinion on the debate in the talk page. His statement of carefully premeditated vandalism is a personal attack. On his imaginary false statement about the association of my ID and the IP address. This can be easily disproved by administrative board by checking the log. Thanks. Mattyjacky (talk) 04:58, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * For a "new user" (who has indeed had two single use accounts in less than two days, the second being formed immediately after the first had garnered several warnings) Mattyjacky is very familiar with the use of templates, language such as "NPOV" and "personal attacks", etc.


 * Regardless, Mattyjacky was warned, and understood the warning given he placed the same on my talk page, yet has four reverts under his registered name in less than 24 hours. μηδείς (talk) 05:15, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Medeis made 4 revert within 24 hours

1rd

2nd

3rd

4th

Thanks for your compliment about me not being a new user and thanks for praising my familiarity with "NPOV" and "personal attacks", etc. Mattyjacky (talk) 05:30, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Please refer to the talk page and see that the lengthy debate was between the two of Medeis and me. BTW, the link provided by Medeis above seems to contain a new controversy with reliable sources from a famous university website. He/she has suggested that there was a campaign about trying to include this incident. However, I will step away from that discussion since this controversial incident has never been relevant to any of my edits. My statement here is that in the lead of the article Medeis used biased judgmental language from one side of some controversies that are listed in the controversies session. This seems to result from his/her personal taste of mitigating the derisive meaning of a racial slur. I was just trying to convince him that in describing controversies in the lead, causing controversies is a better wording than without intention, which is the precise statement of the offender (not the people being offended) in these controversies. Mattyjacky (talk) 05:18, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Please note, since MattyJacky/18.252.5.59 implies that it is untrue, that the editor is likely one and the same is shown by the highly unlikely coincidence of his same day one after the other appearance on the same page, his seamlessly continued arguments on the article's talk page, and his use of the same idiosyncratic address, "To Medeis:" "To Stradivarius:", to begin many of his comments. μηδείς (talk) 14:16, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Mr/Mrs Medeis: I should not let me fall into another editing war with you again. I'll leave the point to the administrative board. You have associated me with a lot of (and ever-increasing) names already. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattyjacky (talk • contribs) 06:51, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Result: Article fully protected seven days. There is a related discussion at ANI. If the off-wiki campaign resumes after protection expires, we can make a new plan then. EdJohnston (talk) 14:35, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Medeis reported by User:Mattyjacky (Result: Already protected)
Page:

User being reported:

I call for a complete review and a third party opinion on the debate in the talk page. Medeis's reports can lead to relevant links.

Medeis has made 4 revert within 24 hours

1rd 2nd 3rd 4th  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattyjacky (talk • contribs) 05:24, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Previous version reverted to: [diff preferred, link permitted]

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

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

Comments:

There seems to be something wrong with MattyJacky's diffs. In any case, this edit of mine was the removal of material about a living person which had been removed from at least four deleted articles mentioned in this ANI. Also be aware that while no editor beside this user has reverted my edits, which are based on a concern for balance, among other things, the accusing editor's edits have been reverted by three separate editors   beside myself, along with the accusation that my motivation is racism. μηδείς (talk) 06:10, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

Mr./Mrs Medeis often makes personal attacks exemplified as above. Please also review this talk page to check his interactions with other users.

Also, Mr./Mrs Medeis is clearly involving in a online campaign, but with an opposite opinion. As indicated by C.Fred, Mr./Mrs Medeis with his awareness should have made this page protected, instead of participating the (counter)campaign and falsely assume that anyone who has a different opinion is from the "enemy". In the talk page, he has indicated that he is Chinese and not familiar with California, this explains his ability to find the campaign link in the Chinese language. However, his racism accusation above is simply absurd and is a blatant personal attack. I don't believe he has a neutral standpoint in editing the article. He/she had already provided a source of the online campaign.Mattyjacky (talk) 06:40, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Result: Article protected. See WP:AN3 for the closure. EdJohnston (talk) 14:39, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Danceking5 reported by User:Qwyrxian (Result: one week)
Page:

User being reported:

Previous version reverted to:


 * 1st revert:
 * 2nd revert:
 * 3rd revert:
 * 4th revert:
 * 5th revert:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: and : Note that the 4th revert probably came before the user received the first warning, thus the pass and clarifying of the warning in the second diff.

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: I am not involved in this issue directly (saw it come up on ANI). I do see that Roux has attempted significant discussion at both Talk:Trance music and User Talk:Danceking5

Comments: Qwyrxian (talk) 06:25, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Just adding, WP:ANI is the link to the thread on ANI discussing the multiple problems with this user. I'm trying my best here but my AGF is gone. → ROUX   ₪  06:31, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Originally added a 48 hour block thinking it was lenient but I missed his last revert. He's clearly reading edit summaries and his talk page. A week might given him time to think more deeply about both the warnings and the good advice accompanied with offers of help that he's been given. Dougweller (talk) 06:52, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Zefr reported by User:Mark Marathon (Result: 24 h both)
Page:

User being reported:

Previous version reverted to: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morinda_citrifolia&oldid=430175733


 * 1st revert: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morinda_citrifolia&action=historysubmit&diff=430738051&oldid=430719772
 * 2nd revert: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morinda_citrifolia&action=historysubmit&diff=430787083&oldid=430785043
 * 3rd revert: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morinda_citrifolia&action=historysubmit&diff=430796162&oldid=430791147
 * 4th revert: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morinda_citrifolia&action=historysubmit&diff=430919178&oldid=430805555

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

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

Comments:


 * The author, Mark Marathon, persists in trying to establish that a rare tropical fruit is consumed in Australia, without using source material. I am simply requesting his evidence for such a claim, and had removed his material until he provides it. Nothing has been provided to date.--Zefr (talk) 12:39, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * 1)You did not request material. Initially you stated that the categories added no value. Then you stated that the article did not mention that the species exists in Australia or that it was consumed by Aborigines. Finally you actually deleted the sections which stated that the food was consumed by Aborigines, while retaining the information that the species is native to NE Australia. You deleted that section in order to be able to delete the "Bush Food" category tag, yet you also deleted the "Flora of Queensland tag for some reason. Clearly you wanted to delete the category tags for reasons known only to yourself, and you keep inventing reasons to do so
 * 2 The evidence has been provided. As I have noted, there are at least 3 references in the list that support those assertions.
 * 3 It isn't my evidence you are requesting. I did not make the edits that state that the species is native to NE Australia nor that it was consumed by Aborigines. All I added was the categories, which for some reason you are hell bent on deleting.
 * 4) If you do wish to "request evidence" on a topic, you should add tags. You should never delete material simply because you are ignorant of the subject.
 * Even the use of tags should be sparing. Wikipedia is meant to be readable, not intensely footnoted. The plant is edible, it is eaten throughout its native range. There is really little to be gained by your requests that we list every single group that eats it and provide references to the same.Mark Marathon (talk) 13:14, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Both editors have been edit-warring. Once your blocks expire, please seek third opinions instead of continuing to revert each other.  Sandstein   15:39, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

User:rpeh reported by User:Tom soldier (Result: 24 h)
Page:

User being reported:

Previous version reverted to: [diff preferred, link permitted]


 * 1st revert:
 * 2nd revert:
 * 3rd revert:
 * 4th revert:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Keeps reverting infobox to the version without Albert of Saxony, on the talkpage sticks to his belief that "corps commanders do no belong to the infobox", does not respond to questions "Why?".

Tom soldier (talk) 09:55, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Tom soldier continues to exhibit ignorance of basic WP policies. In this case, #4 is clearly not a revert - I inserted accurate, cited content as I had already indicated I was going to do on the talk page. rpeh •T•C•E• 10:03, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * wp:3RR A "revert" means any edit (or administrative action) that reverses the actions of other editors, in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material. It can involve as little as one word." In case #4 do not dispute your improving of the Prussian side, I dispute your continuous removal of Albert from the Austrian side, while simultaneously ignoring my requests on the article talk page why a corps commander should not be included in the infobox.Tom soldier (talk) 10:15, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I've answered your questions several times: the fact you never bother to read my replies fully is neither here nor there. You're actually welcoming my addition while at the same time reporting me for edit warring? Please realise how stupid that is then go away and stop bothering me. rpeh •T•C•E• 10:17, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
 * No, you did not answer my question at all. Tom soldier (talk) 10:22, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I give up. This user has no WP:COMPETENCE, which makes any dealings with him impossible. rpeh •T•C•E• 10:28, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * The repeated removal of Albert of Saxony violates WP:3RR.  Sandstein   15:32, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

N/A reported by User:Mhym (Result: N/A)
Comments:

There is quite a bit of edit warring happening on that page, with participants violating 3RR rather than discussing things on the talk page. While I am uninvolved, at the very least anons should be blocked and others warned. Mhym (talk) 01:26, 27 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Hey, would you mind re-adding the report using the template provided? It makes it easier for dealing with the reports and allows the automated report bot to notify users about reports against them! -=- Adam Walker -=- 06:02, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Fountainviewkid reported by User:BelloWello (Result: 1 week)
Page:

User being reported:


 * 1st revert:
 * 2nd revert:
 * 3rd revert:
 * 4th revert:
 * 5th revert:
 * 6th revert:
 * 7th revert:

Comment: there are many more, on my talk page, these are just the simplest ones since he actually hit revert, if I included the others, I would assume the number comes close to twenty.  b  W  18:09, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Don't I have the right to remove my signature?Fountainviewkid 18:10, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Page:

User being reported:

Previous version reverted to:


 * 1st revert:
 * 2nd revert: - not really a revert, but was done to mitigate previous edit.
 * 3rd revert:

Has previously been blocked for 3RR, is well aware of 1RR sanctions on the page. I also gave him an opportunity to self revert which he removed from his page and then left a demand to stay off his page on my page.

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: all over talk page.

Comments:

If someone could please notify him, that would be great. He told me to stay of his page, and I don't want to be accused of WP:HARASSing him.  b  W  16:34, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Hey Bello, you're the one who started this edit war and you began Reverting as soon as the procedure went to effect. Anyone who has any questions just take a look at the page history. Bello had made several controversial reverts within the last 24 hours. Fountainviewkid (talk) 17:30, 27 May 2011 (UTC) Fountainviewkid 17:29, 27 May 2011 (UTC
 * Then create a report, because I only see one revert.  b  W  17:31, 27 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Notifications for created reports on WP:AN/EW are fully automated by User:NekoBot, so you don't need to worry about being accused of anything, see here ^^ -=- Adam Walker -=- 16:47, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I just saw that, when did that bot start working? Or have always I been wasting my time by posting notifications manually? b  W  16:53, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The bot was first approved for a trial 5 days ago, and is since running on an extended trial until 1 June, after that I believe a decision will be made on whether to approve it or not. There's a notice on the talk page about it. -=- Adam Walker -=- 16:59, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Note, this editor was previously blocked twice for edit warring, the first for 24 hours, the second for 48 hours. Furthermore, note that yesterday, this editor gamed the system by canvassing others make edits he wanted after he used his 1RR.  b  W  16:53, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The reporting editor is currently engaged in an edit war where he is refusing to allow the deletion of a post from his Talk page. I posted a sentence I do not want on his talk page, and he keep re-adding it using my signature. I just want to get off his Talk page, but he keeps reverting it and edit warring. If I were to be blocked then he should be as well for even more edit warring. Fountainviewkid 17:44, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Please note that WP:3RR specifically exempts pages within your own userspace. My talk page is in MY userspace, hence, I am exempt from 3RR on my talk page. You, on the other hand, are not. So now that you bring it up, to the reporting admin, please block the disruption on my userspace. Thanks!  b  W  17:54, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Please tell BW to stop using my signature on his talk page. I removed a comment that I posted and I would like to keep it that way. Fountainviewkid 17:58, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The appropriate noticeboard for that would be the wikiquette alerts. I'm simply trying to maintain the integrity of my talk page and prevent an editor from removing a post which I want archived along with everything else.  b  W  18:01, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I redacted the post and would like to keep it that way. I also don't want my signature stolen. Fountainviewkid 18:04, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The user is permitted to manage their talk page and any comments left on there under WP:TPG, please do refrain from WP:HARASSing the user by persistantly reverting on their talk page. -=- Adam Walker -=- 18:05, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Wait, so he can keep my signature? I deleted my comment. I don't want it on there with my signature. He doesn't have the right to use my signature right? Fountainviewkid 18:08, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Please see TPG and the Own Comments section. -=- Adam Walker -=- 18:12, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Okay so basically I can delete, I just need to do it in the proper format and put something like "stupid comment"? Because that's the impression I'm getting. Fountainviewkid 18:15, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * No. I want it to stay on my talk page to be archived, I can do that.  b  W  18:19, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Quoting the page: "Contact the person(s) who replied (through their talk page) and ask if it is okay to delete or change your text.", the first level 1 bullet point under the Own Comments section. -=- Adam Walker -=- 18:20, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The answer is no, obviously.  b  W  18:23, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Comment - This sounds like a major case of Wikilawyering where both parties need to be dealt with. Technically Fountainviewkid is deleting their comment, but it first deleted within a minute of placing it on the page. Self reverts are one of the main principles of WP, to say you can't have second thoughts within a minute of placing something on someone's page sounds due to the Talk page guidelines goes against that ideal. The Talk page guidelines specifically talk about not deleting things once they have been quoted and things like that. Nobody within a minute was quoting that item. It sounds like both parties are in the wrong here. Both parties continued the edit war, but Fountainviewkid should have the right to remove a post within a minute of posting it.Marauder40 (talk) 18:23, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * It's my talk page. Aren't I allowed to revert whatever I want on my talk page?  b  W  18:26, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * You mean I can't self-revert Bello? Fountainviewkid 18:27, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure, but not on my talk page. I'd like to see a source for "Self reverts are one of the main principles of WP." Finally, I am not subject to 3RR on my own talk page.  b  W  18:31, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Where does it say I can't self-revert. This seems to be more of a gray area. I've read the links provided but they don't really discuss a situation like this where an immediately self-revert occurs. Fountainviewkid 18:44, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * either way, you shouldn't be edit warring on my talk page. That's the point of this report.  b  W  18:48, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * If it's all the same to the reporter and the reported users, why not wait until an administrator comments and take it from there, or as stated on the WP:AIV take it to dispute resolution -=- Adam Walker -=- 18:49, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * It looks to me like there's ongoing animosity between both of you. I have to ask whether allowing him to remove comments he himself placed on your Talk page is going to escalate or defuse that animosity. Based on what I'm seeing here and elsewhere, the best course of action might in fact be for both of you to step back, or more accurately, step away from each other. --Alan the Roving Ambassador (talk) 18:53, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Sure, I'll be happy to step away. To be honest the comment in question was "stay off my page". I was asking Bello not to comment on mine as he had asked me to do on his. I then realized this was stupid so I self-reverted. After that he reverted that revert and then we ended up with this. How do we get to DR though? I'm willing to get this over with by a fair admin. Fountainviewkid 18:55, 27 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment - I'd be happy to go through dispute resolution, but first, I believe there is the matter of edit warring my talk page and violating 3RR on it, as well as violating 1RR on SAU.  b  W  18:59, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 3rr guidelines say "The following actions are not counted as reverts for the purposes of 3RR: Reverting your own actions ("self-reverting"). As for SAU, you've violated the 1RR. That's pretty clear. Fountainviewkid 19:02, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Then file a report buddy, get your difs together. I did NOT violate 1RR.  b  W  19:06, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Really Bello? Then how do you explain all those edits adding "fundamentalist" and other changes and then re-adding them? Are you seriously denying you did not violate 1 RR at SAU article? If so the facts beg to differ. Fountainviewkid 19:10, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Then POST THEM! I did NOT violate 1RR on the article. I added an additional sources.  b  W  19:10, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Okay. You were allowed 1 RR. Here's the first one . Then you made this revert against the wording that had been agreed to, There was also this revert (addition) of a controversial description . That was before I did my 1 RR. After I did mine you did then did , and . Fountainviewkid 19:15, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 1st one was not within 24 hours. 2nd one was not a revert, it was new wording and there was no discussion on the wording. 3rd one was novel content, that source was brand new as was that paragraph. 4th was definitely a revert (that was my 1RR). 5th was not a revert, it was just saving a reference which you (accidentally, I assume) deleted while deleting something in the infobox during your second revert of the day. Unfortunately, that citation was used in a later paragraph, so I went and reattached it to that section.  b  W  19:24, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The new wording was a revert. You changed it to make it sound more positive towards Cottrell and Gladson. As for "novel content", additions of controversial descriptions, especially while being discussed is not exactly following the policies of WP. You reverted for more than once in the 24 hour period. Your addition of "historic Adventist" as a description is also controversial . This was also a revert . I think that makes something like 7 RR in 24 hours. Fountainviewkid 19:28, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Controversial does not make a 1RR violation. The new wording was NOT a revert as it was novel content. The addition of "conservative" to the infobox was novel, and had never been done before. It is also supported by numerous sources in the article. The final one was consecutive with the previous revert. As you know, consecutive reverts count as one.  b  W  19:31, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * It was a 1 RR violation. You had previously tried to add "historic Adventist" at an earlier time. It was removed. You then just recently "reverted" by re-adding it in. Additionally you've been engaging in quite a bit of wikilawyering. Fountainviewkid 19:32, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Please provide a dif to where I previously added "historic" in parenthesis to the infobox. I certainly do NOT remember that.  b  W  19:35, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The edits at 15:53 and 16:19 on Southern Adventist University are clear reverts, no grey at all. The display on BW's talk page is simply appalling behavior for both parties. I have blocked FVW for a week. I think it is time to stop playing games.  Kuru   (talk)  19:57, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Brian Boru is awesome reported by User:129.33.19.254 (Result: )
Page:

User being reported:

Time reported: 17:08, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Diffs are listed from oldest to newest, dates are in UTC


 * 1) 01:51, 27 May 2011  (edit summary: "Undid revision 429440836 by 129.33.19.254 (talk)")
 * 2) 12:24, 27 May 2011  (edit summary: "Undid revision 431131357 by 108.69.80.43 (talk)")
 * 3) 16:34, 27 May 2011  (edit summary: "Undid revision 431188255 by 129.33.19.254 (talk)")

This user is a habitual edit warrior, and I have had numerous problems with him before, reverting without discussing. 129.33.19.254 (talk) 17:08, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

—129.33.19.254 (talk) 17:08, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Omar2788 reported by User:O Fenian (Result: 24h)
Page:

User being reported:

Previous version reverted to:


 * 1st revert:
 * 2nd revert:
 * 3rd revert:
 * 4th revert:
 * 5th revert:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Editor has been edit warring against multiple editors for over a week. O Fenian (talk) 20:14, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Editor continues to revert against consensus, and with uncitable images of statues and unidentified people. Has finally engaged in discussion, which will hopefully end the reverts. R OBERT M FROM LI &#124; TK/CN 01:31, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Result: Blocked 24 hours for edit warring. EdJohnston (talk) 03:46, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Erikeltic reported by User:Jake Fuersturm (Result: No violation)
Page:

User being reported:

Previous version reverted to: and


 * 1st revert:
 * 2nd revert:
 * 3rd revert:
 * 4th revert: (slight difference from the first three, as I had edited the formatting in-between in an attempt to reach a compromise, otherwise the content is identical)
 * 5th revert:


 * 1) Note: reversion nos. 1 and 2 were posted by a different editor, however the content of reversions nos. 3 and 4 posted by Erikeltic are the same as nos. 1 and 2, and therefore is a continuation of the same edit war, pushing it into a 4th reversion overall
 * 2) Note: reversion no. 5 is an unrelated reversion to the same article as per "Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert."

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: and

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: and

Here's the links to the full discussions diff'd above: and

Comments:


 * 1) Erikeltic insists that it's not an edit war just because multiple editors "oppose the inclusion of these edits".
 * 2) Erikeltic is a habitual edit warrior, as evidenced by two previous blocks for violations of WP:3R here (a scant two weeks ago) and here

-- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 05:08, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * You seem to be claiming that another editor's reverts count against him? That's a fairly innovative position.  The last revert also contains a copyright dispute claim, which is generally given a wide berth until the claim is settled.  Kuru   (talk)  05:17, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Disagree - it's quite clear that the identical reversion has been made, and given the short time span between the first pair of reversions and the second pair of reversion it is reasonable to link them even if not posted by the same editor. It's tantamount to gaming the system to avoid going offside on WP:3R. The two previous blocks have also established a pattern of behaviour. Furthermore, I did discuss the issue of "tag-teaming" already .  Respectfully, I request that you reconsider your decision, which was reached in barely five minutes. -- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 05:23, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * In regards to the copyright dispute claim, it would have made more sense to go directly to an AfD on the image in question, rather than posting an additional reversion to the article itself. He only posted the db-filecopyvio when I suggested the alternative course of action. -- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 05:31, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry you're confused. If you're claiming they are the same editor, then please take your report to WP:SPI.  If you're claiming that the two editor's edits should count as a "group 3RR" violation, then no.  It's not gaming the system, it appears to be two people that disagree with one other one who is pretty close to a 3RR violation himself.  Kuru   (talk)  05:33, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure how my TWO reversions (i.e. restorations) is in any way close to the FOUR required to put me offside. -- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 05:42, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * 23:54 is a partial revert (restoring a ref removed in the previous edit), 21:20 and 19:40 are two simple reverts and labeled as such, 19:23 removed the extra verbiage added by Mattbuck in the previous edit. That's four in about four hours.  Do you understand the nature of the problem and will you avoid editing the article for the next 24 hours, or is preventative action needed?  Kuru   (talk)  05:50, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't agree that 23:54 is a partial revert, because the deletion in the previous edit caused a claim that was left intact in the article to be UNSOURCED, which I believe Wikipedia tends to discourage
 * I also don't agree that 19:23 is a revert, as the edit did not seek to restore a previous reversion, but instead made a tangential change.
 * By my count, I am at TWO - if you're saying that I'm at FOUR, then NO, I don't understand the nature of the problem
 * If you are suggesting I be blocked from editing the Spock article for 24 hours, I would contend that it is unnecessary as a further reversion of the two edits in question really WOULD put me into numbers 3 and 4, respectively. Furthermore, it would be grossly unreasonable as my edits are no more tendentious that Erik's, and in fact I was the one who tried to bring the dispute to an end by initiating a talk page discussion. FURTHERMORE, Erik insisted on posting a revert a full TWO HOURS AFTER that discussion had already been initiated!! -- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 06:26, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm reading this as you will refrain from further reverts. I assure you that the other two edits revert the actions of other editors.  I remain concerned that your understanding of the edit warring policy is flawed, and it is likely that you will need to slow the pace of your editing to avoid a re-appearance at this notice board.  You may also note that it is indeed possible to discuss issues without using bold, all-caps, and red fonts to sound important; it just makes you look fervent when you do that and does little to build credibility.  Kuru   (talk)  14:05, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I assure you, I slowed the pace of my editing considerably (from ~30-40 edits/day a couple of months ago, to ~10 edits/week now (the flurry of activity over the past day has been an exception, for obvious reasons)), but you'll excuse me if I actually care enough to take a stand on something I feel strongly about. I feel no need to be "less fervent" about my editing, but since that seems to be the prevailing attitude around here, I'm not surprised at the ongoing issues Wikipedia has been experiencing with declining editorship.
 * Not sure how using emphasis is for making one "sound important" - but it does help to draw attention when comments can be easily lost in a rapidly expanding discussion thread -- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 14:30, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Further reversions - what would be the point? Don't forget that I'm the one who initiated discussion - Erik's the one who chose to post a reversion subsequent to that, but that seems to have been forgotten -- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 14:44, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Look at the time stamps; I posted the db-filecopyvio before I even read your suggestion, which I found highly amusing. Erikeltic ( Talk ) 05:34, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The time stamps are both as of 23:23, 28 May 2011 [ and, so you definitely didn't post before me. What IS amusing is that your reversion took place 36 minutes earlier. -- [[User:Jake Fuersturm|Jake Fuersturm]] (talk) 05:41, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * So let me get this staight:
 * 1. You think another editor's revert should count against me for a 3RR.
 * 2. The time index is IDENTICAL, but claim I only did nominated your file because you suggested it to me in the first place.
 * 3. An old block from 2009 and another 24 hour block from a couple of weeks ago is evidence of me being an "edit warrior".
 * 4. I should not be permitted to have an opinion in Spock because I--and others--have not felt the need to change its content until after your recent edits.
 * Does that about sum up your issues tonight?  Erikeltic ( Talk ) 05:47, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That should be obvious. Yes.  Because you were well aware of a potential edit war brewing, and chose to involve yourself in the same edit anyways.
 * My suggestion definitely didn't come afterwards.
 * A reasonable editor would have learned after the first violation.
 * Of course you're entitled to your opinion, but since you're so fond of quoting WP:BRD, then why is it that I'm the one who had to initiate "D" after your multiple reverts? AND, you still insisted on posting a revert a full TWO HOURS AFTER the discussion had already been initiated!!  -- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 05:58, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I reverted twice. Are you suggesting that Mike and I are "in cahoots" or something?  What about David?  It would seem from where I'm sitting that consensus is against your position and you are unhappy about it due to your clear feelings}} about the article.  Filing a 3RR is not the way to go to "silence" another editor and their position.  Furthermore, digging into my past edits does not [[WP:AGF|assume good faith or foster any type of collaboration now does it?  I would also caution you against uncivil and unnecessary comments like those you made here.   Erikeltic ( Talk ) 05:30, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * What about David??? He hasn't posted any recent edits, why are you dragging his name into this?
 * Anwyays, you reverted twice, but you were well aware of the two previous reverts which were the same as the ones you made. I'm not suggesting cahoots, but rather a gross disregard for the edit history (but given that you seem to show so much deference to Mike .... we'll let the other editors decide ....).
 * Also, as per the guidelines clearly stated above "If you are reporting a long term edit warrior, please provide diffs of recent disruptive behavior, along with any relevant discussions and warnings." I only looked into your history because it was required of me. -- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 05:35, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * On the subject of WP:OWN, what do you call this comment of yours? -- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 06:32, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Sarcasm.  Erikeltic</B> ( Talk ) 11:26, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Sarcasm's not terribly civil -- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 13:01, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Guys, please do not continue a dispute here. An admin's already given a result; if you disagree with it, please take it up with the closing admin. Continue your dispute with each other at the relevant talk page. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 13:07, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The closing admin is well aware of my disagreement (see thread above) -- Jake Fuersturm (talk) 13:13, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

User:BelloWello reported by User:Lionelt (Result: 1 week)
Page:

User being reported:

Previous version reverted to:


 * 1st revert:
 * 2nd revert:
 * 3rd revert: n/a - this article subject to 1RR
 * 4th revert: n/a - this article subject to 1RR

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:


 * As stated by MtKing, this is a content dispute, not subject to WP:BLP. BLP is for contentious material. This attribution issue does not rise to the level of a WP:BLP revert. Per WP:3RRNO he should've gone to the WP:BLPN noticeboard. Bello was advised not to rely on BLP in this case, and he did so anyway. Lionel (talk) 06:25, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * While this is a sound editorial change, this is an extreme stretch of WP:BLP which has the appearance of circumventing the 1RR restriction on that page. I would urge BW to revert this change and allow another editor to make it.  Kuru   (talk)  14:09, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * You're the 3rd editor to point out that this revert is not BLP--and he hasn't self reverted--and no block. "Sound editorial change? Maybe not according to Mathsci. "Just another beautiful day in Bellopedia. Lionel (talk) 22:20, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry, I just saw this. Kuru, did you read my explanation on the talk page of the article as well as the edit summaries that are contained within what Lionelt posted? If you still think that BLP does not apply (or that it was "an 'extreme' stretch") I would like to hear your rationale. Thank you for not jumping to conclusions based on Lionelt's misleading report (without discussing the edit with me) in his campaign to get me topic banned.  b  W  01:54, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Further to the above User:BelloWello has again transgressed the 1RR on the page with this edit less than 24hs after his last one, I have asked him to stop editing the page for the time being. Mtking (talk) 02:12, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That was more than 24 hours after my first revert. I still believe that the WP:BLP one is exempt, unless someone can show me how that was not a violation, which nobody has done. Again, this would be much clearer if one would read the full rationale on the talk page and provide a rationale as to why the rather clear false attribution to a living person should stand.  b  W  02:15, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Notice how Bello is attempting to insult me by referring to me with the female pronoun "her." From his previous account he is well aware that I am male. This was his trademark insult at his previous account. He used it frequently to degrade editors he perceived to be enemies, as well as admins. Lionel (talk) 05:20, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Corrected. Just a simple oversight, not meant to be insulting, I do not consider you an "enemy." I aim to treat all editors with good faith. I do, however, find it insulting that you find a female pronoun an insult. If you would like, you are welcome to call me a female pronoun whenever you like.  b  W  05:24, 30 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Result: Blocked one week for violating the 1RR restriction recently imposed on this article and for long-term edit warring. The BLP exemption from 3RR is very narrowly worded and in my judgment this is not covered by that exemption. I'm imposing a one-week block since BW has just returned to editing after being blocked for nine days. The 24 May unblock was premised on an expectation of better behavior in the future, and came with a warning against further edit warring. Other admins should feel free to adjust the block length in either direction. Continued reverting after a lengthy discussion at ANI (in which BW participated) tends to frustrate our usual scheme for dispute resolution. EdJohnston (talk) 05:32, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

User:120.20.51.50 reported by Neil N  <sup style="font-family:Calibri;"> talk to me  (Result: 31 hours)
Page:

User being reported:

Time reported: 15:31, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Diffs are listed from oldest to newest, dates are in UTC


 * 1) 15:04, 29 May 2011  (edit summary: "")
 * 2) 15:10, 29 May 2011  (edit summary: "edited to remove original editors personal beliefs and bias toward the subject as it was written without any fact or reference to back it up.")
 * 3) 15:16, 29 May 2011  (edit summary: "left leaning atheist vandals opinions not based in fact have been removed")
 * 4) 15:19, 29 May 2011  (edit summary: "Undid revision 431497280 by NeilN (talk)")
 * 5) 15:25, 29 May 2011  (edit summary: "removal of biased atheist propaganda with reference to more atheist propaganda not based in any fact.")

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Various warnings at User talk:120.20.51.50

-- Neil N  <sup style="font-family:Calibri;"> talk to me  15:31, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Graduated to ordinary vandalism with this and got blocked for 31 hours. Favonian (talk) 15:42, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Kristhehistorian reported by User:Favonian (Result: 24 hours)
Page:

User being reported:

Previous version reverted to:


 * 1st revert:
 * 2nd revert:
 * 3rd revert:
 * 4th revert:
 * 5th revert:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

User is clearly the same as. Favonian (talk) 16:02, 29 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Self admits to being the IP; was warned about 3RR. Kuru   (talk)  16:20, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

various 99.180.128.0/19 anons reported by User:Arthur Rubin (Result: )
Page:

Users being reported:

Previous version reverted to: 19:00, May 25, 2011


 * 1st revert: 22:57, May 28, 2011 (as IP 1)
 * 2nd revert: 00:46, May 29, 2011 (as IP 2)
 * 3rd revert: 02:41, May 29, 2011 (as IP 3)
 * 4th revert: 18:42, May 29, 2011 (as IP 4)

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: difficult. I'm sure someone in the 99.181 range has been warned before.

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: I'm getting tired of trying to resolve disputes with these non-English-speaking link-spamming IP editors, still, I tried, at 11:29, May 29, 2011 and 19:16, May 29, 2011.

Comments: After further consideration, I removed the entire sentence with the disputed Wikilinks, as an unsourced opinion about the motives of a living person. But perhaps something can be done about the IPs. — Arthur Rubin (talk) 20:33, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Note also that I violated 3RR also, but self-reverted, before deciding to delete as a BLP violation. — Arthur Rubin  (talk) 20:34, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Shurusheero reported by Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) (Result: 24h)
Page:

User being reported:

Time reported: 20:44, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Diffs are listed from oldest to newest, dates are in UTC


 * 1) 19:21, 25 May 2011  (edit summary: "/* As pretexts for war */ added 9/11 false flag attacl")
 * 2) 19:24, 25 May 2011  (edit summary: "Undid revision 430894720 by Gogo Dodo (talk)")
 * 3) 19:25, 25 May 2011  (edit summary: "/* As pretexts for war */  added the gulf of tonkin incident")
 * 4) 05:38, 26 May 2011  (edit summary: "rev/ The only conspiracy theorist here is you")
 * 5) 15:40, 26 May 2011  (edit summary: "Undid revision 430969703 by 71.201.236.190 (talk)")
 * 6) 15:32, 28 May 2011  (edit summary: "put back the proven and sourced facts")
 * 7) 22:02, 28 May 2011  (edit summary: "rev Wikiacc")
 * 8) 09:53, 29 May 2011  (edit summary: "/* As pretexts for war */  added gulf of tonkin and 9/11")


 * Diff of warning: here and here

—Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 20:44, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Comments: This is not a 3RR report, but an edit-warring report. Shurusheero has edited the False flag article exclusively, and solely for the purpose of adding the September 11 attacks and Gulf of Tonkin incident to it. He's been reverted by 5 different editors, and warned, but has continued. Jayjg <small style="color:darkgreen;">(talk) 20:44, 29 May 2011 (UTC)
 * and placed on formal notice of ARB911 sanctions. Courcelles 00:35, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Brian Boru is awesome reported by User:Tommyjb (Result: 24 hours)
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User being reported:

Previous version reverted to:


 * 1st revert:
 * 2nd revert:
 * 3rd revert:

Diff of user-talk-page warning:

Comments:

Please excuse my ignorance, but I'm not sure what to do here, so I am asking for advice. Here is what happened:


 * 1) The user removed some content without giving a reason.
 * 2) I reverted this, saying "Content removed without stating reason", and added a warning on the user's talk page.
 * 3) The user then undid my revert, and also blanked his talk page.

— Tommyjb  Talk!  (21:34, 29 May 2011)


 * User has already been reported for WP:3RR violation here. -=- Adam Walker -=- 00:50, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment Looking through the edit history, I attempted to find a reason for the removal, and could not. I reverted the removal, and it was almost instantly removed again, twice.  I posted a message on his talk page asking him why the content was being removed, which was then removed from his talk page with the vague edit summary no more bibiliography (which explains what he did, but not why.  Editors are allowed to blank their talk page as per WP:REMOVED, but removing an article's content, and continuously reverting to "his" version without an explanation is not in line with the collaboration that Wikipedia is supposed to be.  Even if his edits are the "correct" edits, and he has a perfectly good reason for the removal, if nobody else knows why, all it does it creates problems (such as unnecessary back and forth editing that could be solved by something as small as an explanation).   - <b style="white-space:nowrap;text-shadow:#9932CD 0em 0em 0.4em,#800080 -0.2em -0.2em 0.4em,#000000 0.2em 0.2em 0.4em;color:#e0e0e0">SudoGhost</b>&trade; 00:19, 30 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment I believe a consensus was reached somewhere to remove bibliographical information from comics-related pages, but I'm not sure where, and Brian Boru is awesome isn't helping anyone (including himself) with his constant reverts and the fact that he rarely (if ever) uses talk pages or edit summaries to explain what he's doing, so I think there's a real problem here. All he needs to do is briefly explain what he's doing and where the consensus was reached, but he virtually never does so. DeadpoolRP (talk) 02:03, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, this is a plain 3RR violation committed by an editor who almost never participates on talk pages. I recommend a block and would do so myself, except I issued his last block three years ago. It is better if another admin looks into the matter. Brian made five identical edits to remove the bibliography section from this article beginning at 20:45 on 29 May (UTC). EdJohnston (talk) 03:54, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, Ed is correct on all counts, so I've blocked Brian Boru is awesome. Since his most recent block was three years ago, I've blocked for only 24 hours rather than escalating. Brief note to the reporter: You listed only three reverts, but four are necessary for a 3RR violation. I was able to find four easily enough in this case, but in the future, you should be sure to include four to be sure the closing admin can follow your report. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 05:41, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

User:173.2.46.41 reported by User:Ronz (Result: 31h)
Page:

User being reported:

All edits made by this ip to article space are reverts to Blood type diet

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: 5 May 2011

Discussions related to dispute on article talk page: Talk:Blood_type_diet Talk:Blood_type_diet --Ronz (talk) 03:44, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I have reverted and warned this IP as well and he continues to make the same edits. Attempts to engage him on the talk page have led to soapboxing.  Aside from the discussion posted by User:Ronz, there is also another section above entitled "POV" which I believe is the same user based on the arguments and writing style.   N <sup style="color:red;">o f o rmation  <sup style="color:black;">Talk  04:09, 30 May 2011 (UTC)


 * -- slakr \ talk / 11:13, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Iamgymman123 reported by User:Shovon76 (Result: warned / blocked)
Page:

User being reported:

Previous version reverted to:


 * 1st revert:
 * 2nd revert:
 * 3rd revert:
 * 4th revert:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

I have tried to engage the editor in discussion, both at his talk page as well as the article's talk page. Have suggested him to go through the diff. WP policies, to which the editor has not paid any attention. I have not reverted the latest edits by the user and wanted an uninvolved admin/experienced user to take a look. Thanks. Shovon (talk) 13:47, 30 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Both editors have engaged in edit-warring, repeatedly reverting each other. Consequently:
 * Iamgymman123 is . I see no evidence of a previous warning against edit-warring, which I think is a requirement for a block.
 * Shovon76 is . By making this request, Shovon76 has demonstrated their knowledge of the edit-warring policy, so no warning is necessary for them. Also, at, Shovon76 has mischaracterized a content disagreeement as vandalism, see WP:NOTVAND.  Sandstein   21:53, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

User:113.166.111.12 reported by User:HXL49 (Result: 24h and semi)
Page:

User being reported:

Previous version reverted to: [diff preferred, link permitted]


 * 1st revert:
 * 2nd revert:
 * 3rd revert:
 * 4th revert:
 * 5th revert:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: N/A. I have not touched that page for 16 days. Note that although the IP in the first 2 reverts may be numerically different, it is most definitely the same person, given the insistence and persistence on changing every instance of "South China" to "East Vietnam", which violates WP:COMMONNAME and is POV pushing... &mdash; HXL's Roundtable  and  Record  15:32, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Comments:


 * and semiprotected for a month.  Sandstein   21:41, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Fatty2k10 reported by User:Jasmeet 181 (Result: stale)
Page:

User being reported:

Previous version reverted to: [diff preferred, link permitted]


 * 1nd revert:
 * 2rd revert:
 * 3th revert:
 * 4th revert:
 * 5th revert:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

The user has also tried to make the changes while adding new content. I have twice tried to start a discussion with them rather than using templates, as Casliber had told me that it would not be helpful, but the user simply removes them. I didn't edit for a day to allow for a cooling off period. The user did finally contact me after their third revert of the day but when I disagreed referring to MoS and another editor made similar changes to mine, Fatty2k10 simply sent me an edit warring/3RR warning instead of continuing with discussions as requested. Fatty2k10 has previously been blocked twice for editing warring, including a 3RR violation. The user is currently claiming to have retired but has being doing so a long time. - Jasmeet_181 (talk) 19:10, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Comments:


 * Fatty2k10, please keep in mind that your own observations are original research, and that edit warring is still verboten even in the case where you are objectively correct. Please listen to the advice on your talkpage and the other article talkpage - there are some sage words there that will make editing here a great deal more fun. - 2/0 (cont.) 12:14, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Wee Curry Monster reported by User:209.36.57.10 (Result: declined)
Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Falkland_Islands#History_Section

User being reported:

Time reported: 21:50, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

These are discussion page comments, not page edits – user has reverted discussion posts 3 times today, Revision History of Talk: Falkland Islands has been modified to show only one instance which I’m reporting below, date is in UTC


 * 1) 20:57, 29 May 2011  (edit summary: "Undid revision 431535620 by 209.36.57.10 (talk)") rv disruptive banned editor

''User is a habitual EW who, with a group of other editors, has for years violated WP:GAMES with several users to establish a POV slant in violation of WP:NPOV. Engaging in discussion with them goes nowhere, only their chosen citations and interpretations count as they back up each others’ conclusions. This user particularly has a habit of citing arbitrary WP:OR reasons for excluding other editors, i.e. saying “your argument is not robust / simplistic / irrelevant / WP:FRINGE, etc”. He then proceeds to question why editors don’t WP:AGF and eventually deletes new editors’ comments from even the Talk page, and today he has violated 3RR insofar as my posts are concerned. He regularly violates WP:RFC as evidenced by the following discussion threads:
 * "Sub-optimal" July 2007,
 * "Nootka Sound Conventions vs. Argentine POV" September 2007,
 * "Phrasing and Sourcing" Jan 2009,
 * "CIA World Factbook" August 2009,
 * "Respecting while rejecting Argentine claims" Feb 2009,
 * "Starting Over" April 2009,
 * "Units of Measurment" August 2009,
 * "Revision of the History Section" January 2010,
 * "Falklands is a Non-Self-Governing Territorry" Dec 2010,
 * "UN Resolutions and more Argentinian references need to be included in this article" Feb 2010,
 * "Invasion?" Feb 2010,
 * "British bias and edit warring and POV pushing" June 2009

User has even reverted my discussion posts on the Talk page of Langus-TxT, I have warned user but his disruptive behavior continues; please intervene.''209.36.57.10 (talk) 00:02, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * What banned editor is the IP supposed to be? Can anyone link to a sock report? EdJohnston (talk) 03:41, 30 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Admin intervention has been sought and provided already, in that Talk:Falkland Islands is now semi-protected (roughly an hour before this report). This is in order to prevent the IP from continuing to WP:SOAPBOX on this article.


 * Note the disruptive nature of the edit concerned: it is a raft of personal attacks and is essentially an attempt to discourage editors from contributing. This is plainly not constructive.  I suggest that similar attempts above be collapsed or removed.


 * Note also the contents of User talk:209.36.57.10 and his previous edits (from December-January), where the IP cites his intention to recruit meatpuppets and to edit war until "the earth crashes into the sun".


 * IPs and accounts reverting to a similar soapboxing rant in December and January were:
 * User:AndeanThunder
 * 66.177.19.78
 * 166.137.9.162
 * 166.137.9.165
 * 166.137.9.249
 * 166.137.11.153
 * 166.137.11.221
 * 186.122.217.13
 * 186.124.60.14
 * 209.36.57.10
 * 209.36.57.248
 * All, with the possible exception of AndeanThunder, are believed to be the same individual. There is some evidence (that I would prefer not to reveal on Wikipedia) that the IPs may be User:Alex79818 AKA User:Smackyrod.  But regardless, it is the IP that is the more disruptive. Pfainuk talk 08:48, 30 May 2011 (UTC)


 * -- slakr \ talk / 11:09, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

I had nothing to do with this but this is the 2nd time has accused me of SP'ing or having multiple accounts. There won't be a third. Judging from the article's discussion history, apparently he's made many more enemies than me over the years and if he has any evidence against me he can present it in the ArbCom case I've just initiated over this article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case#Involved_parties

Though I have been absent for some time in the EN Falklands article. Thanks for peaking my interest again - I'll enjoy this thoroughly. Whomever the sockpuppet is, please stop and join the arb process.Alex79818 (talk) 22:18, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Financeguy222 reported by User:Icerat (Result:4 days to both)
Page:

User being reported:

Previous version reverted to:


 * 1st revert:
 * 2nd revert:
 * 3rd revert:
 * 4th revert:

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

User:Financeguy222 is an SPA whose edits are primarily related to Amway and directly related topics (eg Amway, Amway Australia, Network TwentyOne, XS Energy Drink, Adaptogens, Peter Island, Libby Trickett, Chloe Maxwell) virtually always pushing a "critical" POV and including removal of non-controversial sourced material that may be considered to put the company in a "positive light". In the current circumstances he has been insisting on adding a disparaging statement about Network TwentyOne using a primary source UK court document in a case in which the company was not involved. I listed the issue on RS/N for discussion and the consensus was that the source was not appropriate. The user rejects Noticeboard consensus and simply reverts removal of the unsupported material. The user has a history of tendentious editing and refusing to engage in constructive dialogue and working towards consensus including submitting bogus COI claims to try and silence opposition to his POV editing. His very first edit on the current article was to remove an external link to a 3rd party organisation supporting company and replace it with an external link to a personal blog (believed to be his) critical of the company.. All attempts by me to engage in constructive, consensus building dialogue with this user have failed. --Icerat (talk) 14:17, 30 May 2011 (UTC)


 * My username can be substituted with Icerat with almost every statement above (except his edits in Amway related articles are in the thousands! The contentious issue is currently in talk, and unresolved, yet Icerat is using provocation to continually edit war and push POV, and accused my many of COI and POV, not only myselfFinanceguy222 (talk) 14:34, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I have been repeatedly accused of COI by a small number of editors known to have an anti-multilevel marketing perspective, yes. And the accusations have been rejected not only multiple times on the COI/Noticeboard but also twice by independent admins during formal dispute resolution. Yet this user persists in that type of "attack the editor" approach rather than consensus building and utilising of noticeboards to obtain other opinions. Contrary to his claims, my *total* number of edits in the wikipedia articles space is currently 868 spread over 4 years . This month alone that's been on 15 different articles, of which edits on 5 articles have been related to Amway. Interestingly I've made more edits on talk pages than in articles, in an effort to obtain consensus. In contrast Financeguy222 has made 155 article edits in just over a year, nearly 4 times his edits on article talk page . Only 17 of those 155 edits have not been directly related to Amway (and pushing a critical POV) --Icerat (talk) 15:12, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * There is a long-term dispute between these two guys. This is a new 3RR violation by Financeguy222. Icerat did not technically break 3RR but he made four reverts in 36 hours and he was the only one reverting back. This qualifies him for an edit-warring block. For a previous simultaneous 3RR, I issued 48 hours to both. Icerat's use of a noticeboard could make us more sympathetic to his position, but it doesn't excuse a revert war. Since I made the blocks last time around, it is best if another admin close this. Blocks of both Icerat and Financeguy222 of at least double the previous length might be considered. Repeated flouting of 3RR suggests either great determination or socking. It shows that the person has no fear of consequences. Whatever COI situation may or may not exist doesn't excuse this kind of behavior by either party. EdJohnston (talk) 15:31, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * With respect, 4 reverts over 36 hours, of material rejected on the noticeboard, and with other edits in between, and *after* being the one to submit it for noticeboard consideration following FG222 editwarring isn't quite the equivalent of Financeguy222's four reverts in 13 hours with no intervening edits. I would however very very very much like independent editor assistance on this and related articles. I'm trying to achieve consensus on talk and via noticeboards but it simply gets ignored every single time. --Icerat (talk) 15:49, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm obliged to comment on this because I have witnessed a recurrent pattern of disruptive behavior in Icerat's part, and it seems to be escalating to a crescendo in the past couple of weeks. In addition to the recurrent pattern of edit warring, the user is now wikistalking me on Juice Plus and John A. Wise and POV pushing while ignoring the consensus of other editors on several Talk and noticeboard pages (eg, ]). This user has become a major liability to WP and is unnecessarily eating up resources. A long block (or ban) would be appropriate IMO. Rhode Island Red (talk) 18:54, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * What is unnecessarily eating up resources is users like FG222 and RIR who constantly ignore polices, including serious ones like WP:BLP, falsely claiming consensus is reached in their favour, and resorting to personal attacks of the kind here, meaning virtually every single edit that does not fit their fringe POV needs to be submitted through noticeboards, which they then ignore and mischaracterize. It's worth noting that RIR, while happily pointing out my two technical 3RR issues (born out of exasperation), has conveniently not mentioned he recently emerged from a 6 month ban, and threatened with permanent, for precisely this kind of behaviour already on the Juice Plus article,, and is currently ignoring direct requests from three different admins to not edit that article . --Icerat (talk) 19:06, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Look here mudslinging edit warrior, I was blocked (not banned); it wasn't recent; it has nothing to do with your conduct problems or edit warring, and it was levied because I inadvertently outed a Juice Plus distributor who had been vandalizing the article and editing contentiously (including a non stop barrage of personal attacks against me) for years. I learned from the inadvertent error and as a result I have been careful not to out you, although like many others I am 100% convinced that you have a COI and should be blocked or banned because of it and your chronic incapability to work harmoniusly with other editors and to respect WP policy. Next time, I'll simply take it directly to the admins privately so that the COI issue and disruption can be dealt with without the risk of outting. During your next block, which appears to be inevitable, take some time to rethink your tactics and find some new articles to work on where you'll be less likely to be chronically disruptive. Sayonara. Rhode Island Red (talk) 19:19, 30 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Once again, I'm in agreement with EdJohnston, pretty much exactly per his rationale above. Therefore, I've blocked both editors for four days. A note to both: You both claim consensus is on your side, but the fact that you're each carrying out a one-man edit war for your preferred version makes me suspect both your claims to consensus are inaccurate. If consensus is really with you, you shouldn't need to edit war in this manner. Heimstern Läufer (talk) 12:43, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Solopiel reported by User:Hohum (Result: warned)
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Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: - User has been warned and blocked for the same disruption.

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: (same link as warning)

Comments:

This user has been warring over essentially the same edit since January. Has been blocked for same twice, restarts after block expires. ( Hohum  @ ) 17:12, 30 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment: the https links break popups and are not dated, which makes the case unnecessarily difficult to review IMHO. An improved presentation of the case might result in faster action.  Sandstein   21:38, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Observing that all of your diffs are for Iraq War, I've skipped checking the diffs and looked at the article history. Almost every revert is on a different day, and Solopiel never even gets close to 3RR.  The only block that would be effective would be a long-term block, and we generally don't issue those for 3RR, as 3RR blocks are short and meant to stop a temporary problem.  I don't feel comfortable issuing a longer block for an issue that really should be discussed first.  Would advise that you bring this up at WP:ANI Nyttend (talk) 23:14, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I thought this board was for long term edit warriors as well? It seems to indicate that in the listing instructions. ( Hohum  @ ) 01:43, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Changed links to http to fix popup issue. ( Hohum  @ ) 01:53, 31 May 2011 (UTC)


 * For relatively clear cut cases of WP:EW even without WP:3RR, this board should be fine. Since nobody seems to be discussing these edits, I am going to try a firm nudge in the direction of the talkpage. Hohum, I encourage you to participate there as well. As Solopiel has quite clearly been edit warring for quite a while, including some of the same material as just prior to their previous block a few weeks ago, I support a longer block (a month or so, maybe) in the event of any further edit warring. - 2/0 (cont.) 13:20, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Seksen iki yüz kırk beş reported by User:Athenean (Result: Blocked 31h)
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Previous version reverted to: See explanation below, rv to two different versions


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Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Comments: Fresh from a block for edit-warring just last week, SIYKB has again broken 3RR. His first revert is a revert to this version by User:Basilwiki. He restored the same text ("and elements of the (mainland) Greek Army"). However, when I add something from the same source, it is not to his liking and he removes it. His second revert is so quick that I am not even finished adding, so then he reverts again (3rd revert), and then one more. His reasoning goes something like this: The source is Greek, therefore it can be used to "confess" that coup in Cyprus had backing from mainland Greece, however, for the same reason it cannot be used to source Turkish intentions. One can only describe this as tendentious editing. He has reverted 4 times in 30 minutes, so a clear cut vio, and on the back of a block for the same exact kind of behavior a week ago. I believe a warning of arbitration enforcement is in order in order in addition to a block. Athenean (talk) 22:05, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked for 31 hours. I'm not sure that this qualifies for 3RR, since I believe that it requires the same thing to be reverted four times; however, this is an obvious case of edit warring, and we're definitely allowed to block for edit warring when 3RR isn't technically violated.  Nyttend (talk) 23:09, 30 May 2011 (UTC)
 * From WP: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." --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:02, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

User:NYyankees51 reported by User:Binksternet (Result: 72 h)
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User being reported:

Previous version reverted to: May 25, 2011


 * 1RR sanctions on abortion-related topics:
 * 1st revert: 12:28, May 31, 2011. Changing "pointing out that" to "saying".
 * 2nd revert: 12:39, May 31, 2011. Changing "pointing out that" to "saying".


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This article, like all abortion-topic articles, is subject to 1RR editing restrictions. Thus, the infraction was incurred so quickly that there was no time to warn the user beforehand or solve the problem by way of talk page discussion. NYyankees51 is well aware of the 1RR status of the article as it was marked as being under such sanctions a few months ago. NYyankees51 makes many edits to abortion-related articles and was reminded of the 1RR sanctions last month on April 28 and on April 19. Binksternet (talk) 13:59, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Blocked for 72 hours. Nyttend (talk) 16:08, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Shouldn't Binksternet be blocked as well for making multiple reverts? This is a clear content dispute and Binksternet has also violated the 1RR.  Arzel (talk) 18:43, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Nope, definitely no recent 1-revert-per-24-hour-period violation. However, if you want to provide diffs showing a longer-term pattern of edit warring on this article, that could be sustainable. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:01, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Looking at the history, it's clear that both editors are engaged in a slow-motion edit war on this article. The only difference is that Yankee happened to slip and make 2 reverts within 24 hours. There's also some subtle POV-pushing on the latest item, with Binker insisting on the wording "pointed out" instead of "saying", thus trying to give some editorial weight to a reference. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:33, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That's not subtle POV pushing, that is an acknowledgment of the authority of the top scholar in the field, Ann D. Gordon, who is not challenged by any other scholar but only by political activists who themselves are the POV pushers. Gordon's scholarship represents the unassailable ivory tower position. Binksternet (talk) 20:35, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
 * "Unasailable ivory tower position." In other words, editorializing and POV-pushing. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 22:20, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

User:Eclipsemullet reported by User:RolandR (Result: Both 24)
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Previous version reverted to:


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Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: ,

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 * That wasn't a BLP violation. Courcelles 19:44, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

Why not? George Galloway is a living person? PatGallacher (talk) 20:11, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

User:Trustjs reported by User:TransporterMan (Result: hold)
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User being reported:  Time reported: 19:23, 1 June 2011 (UTC)

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1. 06:30, 1 June 2011  (edit summary: "") 2. 07:03, 1 June 2011  (edit summary: "←Redirected page to ISO 9001")
 * (In #2 user initially reverted to redirect page to itself, then in the two following diffs — which are not in themselves reverts — to a nonexistant article, and then to new article created from the text introduced in edit #1 above:)
 * 2B. 07:04, 1 June 2011  (edit summary: "←Redirected page to ISO 9001 EMS")
 * 2C. 07:04, 1 June 2011  (edit summary: "←Redirected page to ISO 9001 QMS")

3. 15:04, 1 June 2011  (edit summary: "Undid revision 431998466 by C.Fred (talk)")


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User is engaging in related and similar EW behavior at ISO 9001 QMS, but has not violated 3RR

— TransporterMan ( TALK ) 19:23, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't see any reverts (or deleted reverts) after that warning; it's entirely possible he had no idea the policy was there. Can we hold on this until he reverts again?  Kuru   (talk)  01:16, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes. I suspect that the deletion of ISO 9001 QMS may have solved the problem, but we'll see. Thanks, anyway. Regards, TransporterMan  ( TALK ) 01:45, 2 June 2011 (UTC)

User:Seksen iki yüz kırk beş reported by User:Athenean (Result: 1 week)
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User being reported:

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Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: Has been blocked twice already for 3RR in last few days, no further warnings necessary

Comments: Fresh from a 3RR block on May 31st (the report is still visible on this page above), this user is now edit-warring by over his posting of an edit-warring template on another user's talkpage. He is also reverting across multiple articles      (this is a revert to this  version). All this pretty much the moment his previous block expired. This is getting out of control and needs to stop. Seems like the previous block had no effect. At this point I also think a formal warning of WP:AE sanctions (either ARBMAC, DIGWUREN) seems definitely in order. Athenean (talk) 00:50, 2 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Editors are generally allowed to remove warnings from their talk page; really not sure what the warning was even for - the edit warring from a few days ago? Odd.  Will look at the AE options, but I usually don't mess with that.  Kuru   (talk)  01:04, 2 June 2011 (UTC)