Wikipedia talk:Edit warring/Archives/2024/March

Question about the three revert rule, and reverting yourself.

Often when I'm editing I'll write something in part of an article only to realise it was mentioned in another part of the article, I'm wondering if I do that three times in a day would that affect the three revert rule? Self-described Sophist (talk) 23:47, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

It would help if you provided an example.--Bbb23 (talk) 00:31, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Edit warring#Exemptions: "The following reverts are exempt from the edit-warring policy: 1. Reverting your own actions ('self-reverting')." Later in that section it says "make sure there is a clearly visible edit summary." In this case it could just say "self-revert." Although you might consider saying something like "self-revert, found info in another part of article." - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 02:20, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! Self-described Sophist (talk) 05:15, 23 March 2024 (UTC)

Just "writing something" and then later realizing it was duplicate info, by itself, does not constitute a revert. And additionally, if you were to then go and remove the content you just inserted, that would be considered a "self-revert", which does not count against the limit. So, you should be fine. ⇒SWATJester ^{Shoot Blues, Tell VileRat!} 16:38, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

You're not warring with yourself. However if this is happening frequently, it would a good idea to give your edits more consideration before publishing them in order to reduce the number of self-reverts, which can obscure article histories. isaacl (talk) 16:44, 18 March 2024 (UTC)