Wikipedia talk:Edit warring/Archives/2022/November

What?

An editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page—whether involving the same or different material—within a 24-hour period. An edit or a series of consecutive edits that undoes or manually reverses other editors' actions—whether in whole or in part—counts as a revert. Violations of this rule often attract blocks of at least 24 hours. Fourth reverts just outside the 24-hour period will usually also be considered edit-warring, especially if repeated or combined with other edit-warring behavior. See below for exemptions.

Seriously, what? What is the essence of the rule? What does it meant? It sounds like legalese to me. Why does this piece of text isn't being simplified by others, given its immense importance? CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 15:08, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Why isn't it being simplified by you? Please let us know what improvements you propose. - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 15:30, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

I thought that there is a ton of discussion about this issue already. Here's my attempt:

An editor must not perform more than three reverts on one page within a 24-hour period. One revert counts as an edit or series of edits that reverses another editors' actions. Violations of the rule often lead to blocks of at least 24 hours. A fourth revert just outside the 24-hour period will usually also be considered edit-warring per common sense. See below for exemptions. CactiStaccingCrane (talk) 15:37, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

There has been "a ton of discussion about this issue". Your proposed "simplified" language removes important language ("whether involving the same or different material"), and exchanges direct, clear language ("especially if repeated or combined with other edit-warring behavior") to ambiguous, colloquial language ("per common sense"). I would oppose your changes.--Bbb23 (talk) 16:17, 15 November 2022 (UTC)