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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 makes no sense to be involved in an edit war on a [[wiki]].  There is always a need to understand the other {{tag|People|persons}}' point of view.  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.


Nevertheless, more than once human beings have engaged in such a silly and 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.
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.


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