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    • Violations of other restrictions, like WP:1RR violations, may also be brought here. Your report should include two reverts that occurred within a 24-hour period, and a link to where the 1RR restriction was imposed.
    Definition of edit warring
    Edit warring is a behavior, typically exemplified by the use of repeated edits to "win" a content dispute. It is different from a bold, revert, discuss (BRD) cycle. Reverting vandalism and banned users is not edit warring; at the same time, content disputes, even egregious point of view edits and other good-faith changes do not constitute vandalism. Administrators often must make a judgment call to identify edit warring when cooling disputes. Administrators currently use several measures to determine if a user is edit warring.
    Definition of the three-revert rule (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. Violations of this rule normally attract blocks of at least 24 hours. Any appearance of gaming the system by reverting a fourth time just outside the 24-hour slot is likely to be treated as a 3RR violation. See here for exemptions.

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    User:2A00:23C8:4380:3D01:99CE:9443:4249:1FF8 reported by User:Cambial Yellowing (Result: Both partially blocked for 5 days, but then unblocked per agreement on talk pages)

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    Page: Foreign Secretary (United Kingdom) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: 2A00:23C8:4380:3D01:99CE:9443:4249:1FF8 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 22:18, 15 September 2025 (UTC) "Restoring grammatically correct title with explanation following vandalism."
    2. 22:12, 15 September 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1311584043 by Cambial Yellowing (talk) Repeat vandal engaging in edit war. Reported to mods."
    3. 22:04, 15 September 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1311582548 by Cambial Yellowing (talk) Reverted and level 2 warning issued."
    4. 21:49, 15 September 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1311577998 by Cambial Yellowing (talk) Reverting vandalism again. Commonwealth is a proper noun. End of."
    5. 20:25, 15 September 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1310927903 by Cambial Yellowing (talk) Rv vandalism"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 22:19, 15 September 2025 (UTC) "3rr"

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    1. 21:22, 15 September 2025 (UTC) ""

    Comments: The first revert is slightly down the IP6 range but clearly the same user. Cambial — foliar❧ 22:22, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    You will note that this is in response to my own warning issued to Cambial Yellowing for repeat vandalism of the same page and is, as such, a pre-emptive report to avoid being the target of the same. You will see from the history on the page that I attempted to restore the page despite his/her repeated vandalism. 2A00:23C8:4380:3D01:99CE:9443:4249:1FF8 (talk) 22:25, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    You've made five reverts IP. Cambial — foliar❧ 22:26, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    To the both of you, I have reported this edit war at WP:ANI, and requested page protection, also please stop violating the three-revert rule. 98.235.155.81 (talk) 22:27, 15 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Johnbakerdough reported by 1250metersdeep (Result: already blocked)

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    Consistently making disruptive edits to Thrive (video game). They are probably an account made solely to disrupt the article seeing as they have no contributions other than the article itself. — 𝟷.𝟸𝟻𝚔𝚖 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔) 01:32, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    I am not trying to disrupt the page Johnbakerdough (talk) 01:35, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Your edits are obviously disruptive to the article, and do not contribute in any way to it other than basic rewording and other stuff, seemingly made only to artificially increase your own edit count. — 𝟷.𝟸𝟻𝚔𝚖 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔) 01:37, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    What's an edit count Johnbakerdough (talk) 01:37, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    (Non admin) @Johnbakerdough: It's a count that counts the number of edits you've made PixelWhite (talk) 02:40, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:91.238.70.14 reported by User:SmittenGalaxy (Result: Partially blocked 3 months)

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    Page: Anonymous remailer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: 91.238.70.14 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 08:29, 18 September 2025 (UTC) ""
    2. 08:26, 18 September 2025 (UTC) ""
    3. 08:20, 18 September 2025 (UTC) ""
    4. 08:10, 18 September 2025 (UTC) ""

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 08:35, 18 September 2025 (UTC) "/* Lede section and maintenance tags on Anonymous remailer */ new section"

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:


    Comments:

    I tagged Anonymous remailer that it needed cleanup and more references, and then proceeded to do a separate broad cleanup of the article to fix some of the major issues like section headings and unnecessary information. As I was doing so, the IP editor came to remove the maintenance tags. This caused an edit conflict, but they had simply just undone the maintenance tags, so I ignored the conflict and pushed my changes to the article. They reverted this again, and after I had reverted them two more times, I started writing on their talk page to try and mediate, but they had reverted me a fourth time while I was in the process of doing so. I don't foresee this user trying to resolve the conflict, as they have not responded and ignored edit summaries. SmittenGalaxy | talk! 08:51, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Cid the Anime Monster reported by User:Barry Wom (Result: Blocked 24 hours)

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    Page: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: Cid the Anime Monster (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to: [1]

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. [2]
    2. [3]
    3. [4]
    4. [5]
    5. [6]

    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [7]

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

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [8]

    Comments: Response to edit warring warning: "If it is war you want, then war you shall have!!" [9]

    User:2001:4455:8045:8700:4722:9565:8c3:7b72 reported by User:Jjpachano (Result: Page protected)

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    Page: DLTBCo (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: 2001:4455:8045:8700:4722:9565:8c3:7b72 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

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

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. [10]
    2. [11]
    3. [12]
    4. [13]
    • The edits given are not reverts; but appears to be manually editing of the article each time.



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

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

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [diff]

    Comments:
    This IP range needs to be block, as continues to make disruptive edits to DLTBCo by adding false destinations and no providing sources. This appears that is the same person with 2001:4455:8075:a100:42c2:f0a:32ee:2e46 (talk · contribs) that I reported last month - Jjpachano (talk) 10:32, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Makali2 reported by User:PARAKANYAA (Result: )

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    Page: Nikolas Schreck (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: Makali2 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 01:46, 19 September 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision,which again is filled with errors of fact, chronology and presents biased speculation and conjecture taken from a very limited number of unreliable sources. I have requested a resolution on the resolution page to resolve these issues."
    2. 01:21, 19 September 2025 (UTC) "Reversion. The previous editor yet again reverted to a version filled with biased speculation, errors of fact and chronology and a clearly biased agenda that in blatant contradiction to Wikipedia's policy of neutrality only cites the opinions and speculations of a handful of already biased sources whose specific political and ideological agenda is clear while eschewing any semblance of balance. The previous editor deliberately presents conjecture and speculation to reinforce a biased view."
    3. 00:46, 19 September 2025 (UTC) "Reverted to previous edit. Despite the correcting & adding of more accurate information in this edit.theprevious editor reverted to sheerly speculative opinions and unverified claims that are clearly mere conjecture to present a biased slant that is inaccurate and leaves out moreaccurate information that presents a more balanced view. tts"
    4. 15:11, 18 September 2025 (UTC) "Removed purely speculative statements falsely claimed as fact, removed biased material, clarified several errors based on previous editor's reliance on inaccurate sources."

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:


    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    1. 20:19, 18 September 2025 (UTC) "/* Whitewashing */ new section"

    Comments:

    Has reverted 4 times to remove well-sourced information from academic books about the subject's opinions, when reverted by multiple editors. Refuses to discuss on talk page despite my pings and continually removes information. Edit warring notice given on their talk page, but they kept reverting. PARAKANYAA (talk) 01:59, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    The editor has also said they are a shared account [14] and have indicated Schreck may have contacted them to make the edits. PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:41, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    They have responded a great deal to the article talk page. And they responded at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard#Nikolas Schreck. So, I don't think you can say that they refuse to discuss the situation. But that might be after you already posted this complaint. Liz Read! Talk! 04:27, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    It was after they refused to respond. I have sent this to ANI now anyway, due to other issues that have been raised. PARAKANYAA (talk) 04:50, 19 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:HypnoBlader reported by User:1989 (Result: )

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    Page: Chris Pratt (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: HypnoBlader (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 02:13, 19 September 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1312166604 by 1989 (talk)"
    2. 00:57, 19 September 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1312143738 by Chasenielsen545 (talk) Yes"
    3. 22:10, 18 September 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1312072702 by 750h+ (talk) Let's do"
    4. 13:56, 18 September 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1312030755 by 750h+ (talk)"
    5. 02:14, 18 September 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1311910914 by Babysharkboss2 (talk) I said 'upcoming'"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 02:03, 19 September 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Chris Pratt."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:


    Comments:

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