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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. | ||
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. | |||
Nevertheless, more than once human beings have engaged in such | 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 [[Template:Edit warring|edit warring template]]. If you notice {{tag|edit warring}} on an article, please insert the edit-warring template by adding <code>{{template|edit warring}}</code> at the top of the page edit box. | ||
;further reading | ;further reading | ||
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