Edit war
An edit war or revert war is a situation that sometimes arises on websites which are run on wiki principles, such as , where users repeatedly re-edit or undo or reverse the prior user's edits in an attempt to make their own preferred version of a page visible. With the ability for anyone to edit a page, and older versions of pages stored in the edit history, edit warring becomes possible as long as there is little or no control over the editing.
On
On , edit warring is very common but is controlled by means of page protection (restriction of editing to certain user groups) and blocking (disabling of editing) of the user(s) involved.
has a policy known as the three revert rule in which regardless of the issue or the importance of the page, any editor is allowed a maximum of three reverts every 24 hours to any given page. If an editor goes beyond the three reverts, s/he can be blocked from editing for a period of time.
For example, the Daily Telegraph reported in September 2009 that filmmaker Roman Polanski's article had been temporarily blocked from public editing following an edit war by contributors over its content. Polanski was, at the time, facing charges from a sex scandal.
On
On , edit warring is very common but is controlled by means of page protection (restriction of editing to certain user groups) and blocking (disabling of editing) of the user(s) involved.
has a policy known as the three revert rule in which regardless of the issue or the importance of the page, any editor is allowed a maximum of three reverts every 24 hours to any given page. If an editor goes beyond the three reverts, s/he can be blocked from editing for a period of time.
For example, the Daily Telegraph reported in September 2009 that filmmaker Roman Polanski's article had been temporarily blocked from public editing following an edit war by contributors over its content. Polanski was, at the time, facing charges from a sex scandal.
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