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Administrators: Please do not hesitate to move disputes to user talk pages. Your report will not be dealt with if you do not follow the instructions for new reports correctly.''' {{Noticeboard header|navbox=yes|anstyle=yes|title=Welcome to the edit warring noticeboard|pagename=Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring|newsection=yes|newsectionpreload=Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring/Example|newsectionpreloadtitle=%5B%5BUser:%3C%21--+Place+the+name+of+the+user+you+are+reporting+here+--%3E%5D%5D+reported+by+%5B%5BUser:{{urlencode:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}%5D%5D+(Result:+)|newsectioneditintro=Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Edit_warring/Editintro|newsectiontext=Click here to create a new report|shortcut=WP:AN/3|shortcut2=WP:AN3|shortcut3=WP:AN/EW|shortcut4=WP:ANEW|shortcut5=WP:AN/3RR|1= {{Noticeboard links}} {{(!}} style="margin:auto; width:100%; background:transparent;" {{!}} width="90%" {{!}} {{skip to talk}} {{!}} width="10%" {{!}} {{Shortcut|WP:AN3|WP:AN3RR}} {{!)}} {{(!}} style="background:transparent; width:100%; border: 2px ridge #CAE1FF; " ! style="width: 50%; background-color: #CAE1FF; font-size: 125%;" {{!}} Are you in the right place? ! style="width: 50%; background-color: #CAE1FF; font-size: 125%;" {{!}} The Three-Revert Rule {{!-}} style="vertical-align: top; background-color: #F0F8FF;" {{!}} This page is for any user to report apparent violations of the three-revert rule in current or recent editing disputes. Please feel free to leave a message or report a violation.

If you find yourself in a revert war, you should ensure that the "other side" is aware of the three-revert rule, especially if they are new, by leaving a warning about the rule on their talk page, for example using the template {{subst: uw-3rr | Article }}. Administrators are unlikely to block a user who has never been warned. If you report a 3RR violation here it is good form to inform the person you are reporting of this on their talk page and provide a link to this page: WP:AN/3RR. Consider the arguments of the "other side": perhaps you can provide an edit that satisfies both sides. Consider also trying Dispute resolution without asking that your "opponent" be blocked for 3RR violation.

To report a violation, make a copy of the example template at the bottom of the article, append that copy to the bottom of the violations section, and fill out that copy. Please do not edit the original. Remember to sign and date all contributions, using the Wikipedia special form " ~ ", which translates into a signature and a time stamp automatically. The page archivers really need the time information.

Administrators: Once you have dealt with a report please make a note so that other administrators don't waste time responding to it. You can use {{tl|AN3}} to assist in doing so.

What might happen
If an edit war has caused a page and user to be listed here, administrators will take one or more of the following actions: Administrators reserve the right to deal with each report according to their discretion in order to best resolve the matter. Please remember that the 3RR applies to reverts after the third within a 24-hour period (not calendar day); it does not include self-reverts or reverts to deal with simple vandalism (see also what vandalism is not). In addition, removal of unsourced or poorly sourced negative material about living people is an exception to the rule, by the Biographies of Living People policy. Other exceptions are described at WP:3RR. Administrators will look over and discuss whether a user has truly violated the three-revert rule, and take appropriate blocking action if necessary.
 * No action, if, in their opinion, taking action may exacerbate the situation or they believe the situation is not serious enough
 * One or more users may be blocked
 * One or more pages may be protected or semi-protected
 * The matter may be referred to other venues of dispute resolution
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Note that the test applied to determine simple vandalism is usually quite strict; adding or removing POV or fact tags is not simple vandalism.

Just because someone has violated the three-revert rule does not mean they will be blocked. It is up to the administrator's discretion whether to take action. Conversely, just because someone has not violated the 3RR does not mean that they will not be blocked. Revert warring is disruptive, and the 3RR is not an entitlement to three "free" reverts per day.

Quoted from Three-revert rule:


 * An editor must not perform more than three reverts, in whole or in part, on a single page within a 24-hour period. A revert means undoing the actions of another editor, whether involving the same or different material each time.


 * Editors who violate the three-revert rule may be blocked from editing for up to 24 hours, or longer in the case of a repeated or aggravated violation. Many administrators use escalating block lengths for users with prior violations, and tend to consider other factors, like edit warring on multiple pages or incivility, when assigning a block.

Considering due process, if after ten days a report still has an empty Result field, any editor is allowed to delete the report, with the conclusive presumption that no 3RR violation has occurred.

What the three-revert rule does not cover
This is not the page for dealing with vandalism (please review that page for the definition of what constitutes vandalism): if you find yourself reverting edits due to simple vandalism, you should list that person at Administrator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV).

Please also be aware that this page is not the place to bring disputes over content, or reports of abusive behaviour &mdash; we aren't referees, and have limited authority to deal with abusive editors. We have a dispute resolution procedure (WP:DR) which we recommend you follow. If you bring such disputes here, we will usually advise you to take them elsewhere, such as Requests for mediation, requests for comment (WP:RFC), or Requests for arbitration (WP:RFAR).

We really do mean this; this is not the page to bring up accusations of bad faith, or pushing a point of view. Many administrators do have a modicum of intelligence, and are capable of making decisions without the help of huge complaints about the user's general behavior. Just give us the article, the diffs, a link to the history, and as little else as possible. If you feel the need to leave a comment of more than a couple of lines you are probably using the wrong channel. If you feel you have been wrongly accused, a short response is enough, since administrators will check the evidence before making any block, so you should not have much to worry about.

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