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An <b>edit war</b> occurs when two or more wiki-edittors repeatedly, and often disruptively, edit a single [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]]-article, each edittor making the article state only one's own opinion. | An <b>edit war</b> occurs when two or more wiki-edittors repeatedly, and often disruptively, edit a single [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]]-article, each edittor making the article state only one's own opinion. A person who participates in an edit-war is called an edit-warrior. | ||
It may be ultimately decided that one person or another has not expressed an interest in collaborating. At that point, the community will need to decide what to do – i.e. if necessary, asking them to leave, or even [[WikiIndex:Blocking and banning policy|blocking]] them. | It may be ultimately decided that one person or another has not expressed an interest in collaborating. At that point, the community will need to decide what to do – i.e. if necessary, asking them to leave, or even [[WikiIndex:Blocking and banning policy|blocking]] them. | ||
Revision as of 10:22, 19 June 2025
An edit war occurs when two or more wiki-edittors repeatedly, and often disruptively, edit a single wiki-article, each edittor making the article state only one's own opinion. A person who participates in an edit-war is called an edit-warrior.
It may be ultimately decided that one person or another has not expressed an interest in collaborating. At that point, the community will need to decide what to do – i.e. if necessary, asking them to leave, or even blocking them.
Nevertheless, more than once human beings have engaged in such an unproductive interaction called an 'edit war'. In fact, such a thing once occurred on WikiIndex, which is why we have the edit warring template. If you notice edit warring on an article, please insert the edit-warring template by adding {{edit warring}} at the top of the page edit box.
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