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Contributors must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period, whether or not the same material is involved. A revert is any action, including administrative actions, that reverses the actions of other editors, in whole or in part. Consecutive reverts by one user with no intervening edits by another user count as one revert.

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User:24.180.21.121 reported by User:Movingboxes (Result: blocked at 09:12 by User:Shell Kinney)

24.180.21.121 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Time reported: 2:48 AM

  • Previous version reverted to: [1]


  • Diff of 3RR warning: [5]

User:Criminologist1963 reported by User:WLU (Result: Stale)

Criminologist1963 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Time reported: 23:04, 23 August 2008 (UTC)


Also note AN discussion which has yet to garner outside attention. WLU (talk) 23:04, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Stale. Sorry, but this report has become stale waiting for a resolution at WP:AN. Re-report if the issue occurs again, referencing this report as further evidence. CIreland (talk) 20:11, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
To date there has been no response on AN, but also no further reversions to the pages involved or discussions on the talk pages. If things remain this way then no intervention is required, if 3rr happens againI will file a new report. WLU (talk) 13:59, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

User:Delicious_carbuncle reported by User:Swamilive (Result: No action)

Delicious_carbuncle (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Time reported: 21:14, 25 August 2008 (UTC)


User is reverting just outside a 24-hour timeframe to avoid 3RR on a technicality. Also, 3RR on Shit Towne, Pain Lies on the Riverside, Mirror Song, Horse, and Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition).

User:AzureFury reported by User:Protonk (Result: Page protected)

AzureFury (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Time reported: 03:40, 26 August 2008 (UTC)


  • This isn't strictly 4 reverts in 24 hours but the spirit is what matters. This is the same content and 5 reverts of it, despite discussion on the talk page. Subject is clearly aware of the 3RR and seems to be intending to skirt it deliberately. His response to my 3RR warning above wasn't really civil but also gave me the distinct impression he was intending to push the content reversion rules to the limit. Protonk (talk) 03:40, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
  • I came here to report this user as well. Note that this user has been previously blocked for a 3RR violation on this page before. He knows better than to strictly break 3RR but he has reverted three different editors against significant consensus. Oren0 (talk) 03:43, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
  • I've redacted the lengthy discussion here (see oldid 234364547 if you care about it) and am protecting the page for a week due to edit warring. Stifle (talk) 15:07, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
  • This user edit warred to get his version, and then you protect the page and don't subject the user to anything? What the hell kind of logic is that, it certainly doesn't send the right message to anyone that wishes to edit war. Arzel (talk) 16:46, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
  • See m:The Wrong Version. If AzureFury won't discuss, then the page will be unprotected and an edit war will most likely start up again. To avoid this recurring situation, let's just stick with resolving the dispute on the talk page. Nishkid64 (Make articles, not wikidrama) 17:18, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

User_talk:70.240.209.9 reported by User:SpyMagician (Result: Both users blocked)

70.240.209.9 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Time reported: 04:15, 26 August 2008 (UTC)


--SpyMagician (talk) 04:15, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

  • Both editors blocked – for a period of 8 hours. Stifle (talk) 15:10, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

User:Soupforone reported by User:RemoTheDog (Result: no violation)

Soupforone (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Time reported: 05:28, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

  • Previous version reverted to: [6]


User:G2bambino reported by User:dlatimer (Result: 31 hours)

G2bambino (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Time reported: 10:06, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

  • Previous version reverted to: [14]
  • Diff of 3RR warning: [23]

Note: Editwar started with one user, then continued with myself.

Blocked – for a period of 31 hours. Stifle (talk) 15:13, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

User:AlexLevyOne reported by User:JohnInDC (Result: 55h)

AlexLevyOne (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Time reported: 16:05, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

  • Previous version reverted to: [24]
  • Diff of 3RR warning: [29]

Editor repeatedly inserted poorly-sourced assertion re G.W. Bush and this company (making similar repeated edits to GW Bush and earning a 3RR warning there too). Warnings placed on user Talk page were blanked shortly thereafter. The relevant Talk exchanges are visible on the diff above showing the 3RR warning.

User:SkyBon reported by User:Kober (Result: blocked 48 hours )

SkyBon (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Time reported: 19:21, 26 August 2008 (UTC)


User:SkyBon repeatedly removes the sourced passage from the article, claiming that the source - Human Rights Watch - "simply hates Russia". He describes his edits as "reversal of vandalism".--KoberTalk 19:21, 26 August 2008 (UTC) 3RR:

Blocked – for a period of 48 hours. Toddst1 (talk) 19:37, 26 August 2008 (UTC)


User:TimWhiskas reported by LotLE×talk (Result: 31h)

Human (|talk|history|links|watch|logs). TimWhiskas (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log): Time reported: 19:41, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

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

  1. 17:30, 26 August 2008 (edit summary: "")
  2. 17:31, 26 August 2008 (edit summary: "")
  3. 17:36, 26 August 2008 (edit summary: "Undid revision 234392301 by UtherSRG (talk)")
  4. 17:43, 26 August 2008 (edit summary: "rv per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Human/Archive_26#Real_naked_human")
  5. 17:45, 26 August 2008 (edit summary: "rv per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Human/Archive_26#Real_naked_human")
  6. 17:49, 26 August 2008 (edit summary: "rv per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Human/Archive_26#Real_naked_human")
  7. 18:55, 26 August 2008 (edit summary: "Undid revision 234402227 by Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters (talk)")
  8. 19:10, 26 August 2008 (edit summary: "rv. you are likely to get it first.")
  9. 19:20, 26 August 2008 (edit summary: "so here we go. rv per per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Human/Archive_26#Real_naked_human")

—LotLE×talk 19:41, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

User first edited as IP address in same dynamic range to repeatedly insert non-consensus change. After reversions by various editors, user created an account, TimWhiskas, to try to evade the 3RR violation, and continued to edit war. Moreover, edit comments contain taunts about trying to get other users to 3RR first (presumably because we wouldn't notice the user is the IP address).

User:76.101.72.59 reported by User:Nukes4Tots (Result: 2 weeks)

76.101.72.59 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Time reported: 00:07, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

  • Previous version reverted to: [30]


  • Diff of 3RR warning: 1923
Blocked – for a period of 2 weeks. 3RR violation plus nasty personal attacks. Escalating from the previous block in July. EdJohnston (talk) 00:24, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

User:Dscotese reported by User:VegitaU (Result:Decline - not all edits are reversions. Toddst1 (talk) )

Dscotese (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Time reported: 01:35, 27 August 2008 (UTC)


-- Veggy (talk) 01:35, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Comment: I added information in italics to the above report. The first, 2nd and 4th revert remove the word "account" and resplace it with "theory". The 3rd revert is arguably a revert because it removes the phrase "led to the collapse of the Twin Towers", although it replaces it with the similar phrase "the collapse of both Twin Towers was caused by" earlier in the sentence. VegitaU did 3 reverts during the same time period. Coppertwig (talk) 02:06, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

User:190.41.114.139 reported by Storm Rider (talk) (Result: page protected)

User:190.41.114.139 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log)

Time reported: 02:03, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

  • Previous version reverted to: [31]

I suspect that a fourth revert was by the same ANON given the language used in the explanation found here, but I cannot be absolutely positive; the area from where the edit generates is the same, but not an identical computer. The ANON as been warned on their discussion page and in the reverts of their edits in the article. If the language were not so obviously POV, I would not have reported it. --Storm Rider (talk) 02:03, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

User:Mod objective reported by