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• Violations of other restrictions, like WP:1RR violations, may also be brought here. Your report should include two reverts that occurred within a 24-hour period, and a link to where the 1RR restriction was imposed.

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Definition of edit warring

Edit warring is a behavior, typically exemplified by the use of repeated edits to "win" a content dispute. It is different from a bold, revert, discuss (BRD) cycle. Reverting vandalism and banned users is not edit warring; at the same time, content disputes, even egregious point of view edits and other good-faith changes do not constitute vandalism. Administrators often must make a judgment call to identify edit warring when cooling disputes. Administrators currently use several measures to determine if a user is edit warring.

Definition of the three-revert rule (3RR)

An editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Violations of this rule normally attract blocks of at least 24 hours. Any appearance of gaming the system by reverting a fourth time just outside the 24-hour slot is likely to be treated as a 3RR violation. See here for exemptions.

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User:Brendonmotom reported by User:Fylindfotberserk (Result: Blocked 24h)

Page: West Tripura district (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Brendonmotom (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 14:41, 6 March 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1279097018 by Fylindfotberserk (talk) to add proper information after damage by a random person"
2. 14:39, 6 March 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1279096938 by Fylindfotberserk (talk)"
3. 14:37, 6 March 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1279096430 by Fylindfotberserk (talk)"
4. 14:26, 6 March 2025 (UTC) ""
5. Consecutive edits made from 07:22, 6 March 2025 (UTC) to 07:31, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
   1. 07:22, 6 March 2025 (UTC) ""
   2. 07:30, 6 March 2025 (UTC) ""
   3. 07:31, 6 March 2025 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 14:36, 6 March 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Dhalai district."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Page: Dhalai district (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

1. [1] "Adding the native name. One random guy is undoing it without any ground knowledge of Tripura."
2. [2]
3. [3]
4. [4]

Comments:

Added unsourced name and keeps edit warring about it. The person is doing it in other articles as well. Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:41, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Added another article in which the person is adding unsourced names. The person has been warned multiple times over the years for their disruptive edits. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:45, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Adding more diffs and edit summaries. Edit summaries like these - [5] [6] suggest WP:OWNERSHIP of the articles. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 14:55, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Blocked – for a period of 24 hours Daniel Case (talk) 21:58, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

User:Leechjoel9 reported by User:Socialwave597 (Result: Stale; will leave CTOPS alert on user's talk)

Page: Eritrea (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Leechjoel9 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [7]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [8]
2. [9]
3. [10]
4. [11]
5. [12]
6. [13]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [14] [15]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [diff]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [16]

Comments:
User keeps reverting my edits with little to no explanation. In the last edit summary, the user accuses me of being a "sockpuppet" (without proof of course), I've had previous encounters with this user that led to a block. I think his block record shows he has a history of WP:OWNERSHIP on multiple Eritrean related articles. Socialwave597 (talk) 19:11, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

This noticeboard is for obvious vandals and spammers only. Consider taking this report to Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. Or to ArbCom enforcement, since this is within a contentious topic area (WP:CT/HORN); I will leave an alert on their talk page. As it is this is stale, with no edits in three days. Daniel Case (talk) 22:01, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

User:MALLA1997 reported by User:Garudam (Result: Already blocked indef)

Page: Garuda (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: MALLA1997 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. Consecutive edits made from 20:08, 6 March 2025 (UTC) to 20:08, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
   1. 20:08, 6 March 2025 (UTC) ""
   2. 20:08, 6 March 2025 (UTC) ""
2. 20:06, 6 March 2025 (UTC) ""
3. 20:03, 6 March 2025 (UTC) ""
4. Consecutive edits made from 18:56, 6 March 2025 (UTC) to 18:58, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
   1. 18:56, 6 March 2025 (UTC) ""
   2. 18:58, 6 March 2025 (UTC) ""

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 19:05, 6 March 2025 (UTC) "General note: Addition of unsourced or improperly cited material on Garuda."
2. 20:05, 6 March 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Disruptive editing."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

Promoting caste cruft, WP:NOTHERE. – Garuda ^Talk! 20:11, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Already blocked indefinitely by Widr Daniel Case (talk) 22:04, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

User:BerwickKent reported by User:LaffyTaffer (Result: Stale, as noted)

Page: Navin Ramgoolam (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: BerwickKent (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: Having difficulty locating the original stable version due to this edit war being slow motion and lasting for months

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [17]
2. [18]
3. [19]
4. [20]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [21]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [22]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [23]

Comments:

This report is already stale as the last edit by BerwickKent was made on Feb 4. I hadn't noticed until today as Ramgoolam's article was no longer on my watch list. However, I said in this ANI thread that I'd be reporting if the slow motion edit war started back up. User:Nikhilrealm was previously involved in this edit war as well, but waited for over a week after contacting BK on the talk page before reverting the page. I have notified both editors of this report, though I'm keeping BerwickKent as the focus.Taffer😊💬_(she/they) 20:34, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

Declined Stale as noted. Finding the original stable version is not what we do here. Daniel Case (talk) 22:06, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

@Daniel Case I may have misunderstood what was necessary for "Previous version reverted to". Would this version when you protected the page have been considered the last stable version? I didn't include a particular diff since the edit warring behavior dates all the way back to around October, which would have also removed months of constructive edits. Taffer😊💬_(she/they) 22:27, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

And apologies for keeping a declined report going, I just have a feeling I'll need to make another report in the future over this(less stale next time since the article is now on my watch list for the next year) Taffer😊💬_(she/they) 22:42, 6 March 2025 (UTC)

User:Nahraf Moha reported by User:Jfire (Result: Indeffed)

Page: Afar Triangle (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Nahraf Moha (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 04:08, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Environment */ The Hadu tribe is one of several prominent clans within the Afar ethnic group, primarily residing in the northeastern regions of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti."
2. 03:48, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Environment */ The Hadu tribe is one of several prominent clans within the Afar ethnic group, primarily residing in the northeastern regions of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti."
3. 03:34, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1279195887 by Jfire (talk)"
4. 02:31, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "the Hadu tribe is an integral part of the Afar ethnic group, contributing to the rich tapestry of cultures in East Africa. Their traditions, language, and way of life reflect their deep connection to the land and their resilience in adapting to changing circumstances."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 02:32, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "General note: Using a large language model on Afar Triangle."
2. 03:36, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "Caution: Addition of unsourced or improperly cited material on Afar Triangle."
3. 03:49, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Disruptive editing on Afar Triangle."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 03:56, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Hadu Tribe */ new section"

Comments:

User is inserting unsourced, AI generated content, continuing behavior from February on other articles. No response to repeated attempts to engage on talk pages. Jfire (talk) 04:38, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

Similar behavior, involving the same content, observed in the article Afar language:

1. 03:10, 7 March 2025 "the Hadu tribe is an integral part of the Afar ethnic group, contributing to the rich tapestry of cultures in East Africa. Their traditions, language, and way of life reflect their deep connection to the land and their resilience in adapting to changing circumstances."

2. 07:22, 7 March 2025 "Within the Afar ethnic group, the "Hadu" tribe is one of several notable clans that are mostly found in the northeastern parts of Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Djibouti. The nomadic lifestyle and rich cultural legacy of the Afar people are influenced by the arid" LandLing 08:45, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

• Indefinitely blocked Nothing useful has come of this account's edits; nothing useful looks likely either. Add that to the edit-warring, lack of communication and use of LLMs, you get an indefinite block. Black Kite (talk) 14:21, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

User:Hlogoogle reported by User:Fylindfotberserk (Result: Pblocked from article)

Page: Dhandhor (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: Hlogoogle (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 11:08, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* top */reverted"
2. Consecutive edits made from 08:56, 7 March 2025 (UTC) to 10:41, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
   1. 08:56, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Etymology */ deletion code"
   2. 09:16, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* top */added some more information with referance"
   3. 09:23, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* physical Structure */ added more information with referance"
   4. 10:41, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* top */move page"
3. Consecutive edits made from 06:47, 7 March 2025 (UTC) to 07:15, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
   1. 06:47, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* History */ stop using false information and source related to dhadhor. darhore is a different clan"
   2. 07:05, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Etymology */ added some more information with referance"
   3. 07:12, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Racial description */ reverted"
   4. 07:15, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Culture */ added true information with source"
4. Consecutive edits made from 01:52, 7 March 2025 (UTC) to 01:57, 7 March 2025 (UTC)
   1. 01:52, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Racial description */ added true information with survey report."
   2. 01:57, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Culture */ remove wrong information.

those source are not related to Dhadhor sub-caste."

1. 01:30, 7 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Racial description */ added true information related to dhadhor or dadhor with source"
2. Consecutive edits made from 17:48, 6 March 2025 (UTC) to 18:20, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
   1. 17:48, 6 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Racial description */ added true information related to dhanhor or dhador"
   2. 18:20, 6 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Culture */ gwala and dadhor are two different caste.added with sourse gwala culture. and remove false information"
3. Consecutive edits made from 17:13, 6 March 2025 (UTC) to 17:29, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
   1. 17:13, 6 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Racial description */ dhadhor is also known as dharhor. Lotan Ram Nishad has described Dhadhor Yadav as fair skin tone. I'm addded two referance."
   2. 17:29, 6 March 2025 (UTC) "/* top */dhador or danhor name is correct it is metioned in some books."
4. Consecutive edits made from 10:30, 6 March 2025 (UTC) to 11:46, 6 March 2025 (UTC)
   1. 10:30, 6 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Culture */ added some more information with referance"
   2. 11:46, 6 March 2025 (UTC) "/* Racial description */ added some more information with referance"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: Comments:

Addition of WP:OR and POV-push. They have been reverted and warned by multiple users and asked to seek WP:CONSENSUS in the talk page. Pinging @Jessicapierce, Ekdalian, and Almakhhdum:. - Fylindfotberserk (talk) 13:00, 7 March 2025 (UTC)

• Partial blocked from the article for a year. Regardless of the quality of the additions, when you're edit warring against five other people you would think that might make you stop and think. But, apparently not. Black Kite (talk) 14:15, 7 March 2025 (UTC)