Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring

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User:Albertatiran reported by User:Shadowwarrior8 (Result: Both blocked 72 hours)

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

Previous version reverted to: [1]

Diffs of the user's reverts: Here are some of the diffs of user's edit-warring over the past 2 days:

1. [2] (disruptive edits by Albertatiran, which was reverted by me)
2. [3] (disruptive edits continued by Albertatiran despite no consensus in the talk page)
3. [4] (reverted by Albertatiran after not even bothering to respond in the talk page)
4. [5] (reverted by Albertatiran after ignoring two editwarring alerts and warning to take it to the talk page)

Although Albertatiran did not perform more than three reverts within 24 hrs, the user has been engaging in repetitive disruptive reverts spread at the minimum over more than 1 day. This behaviour has become an edit-warring campaign since the user has explicitly ignored public warnings and refused to discuss in the talk page.

[NOTE: There has been several more edit warring attempts/disruptive edits in the page by Albertatiran after the resolution of a dispute at the dispute resolution noticeboard on 20 May 2024. (see link in the notice board archive Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard/Archive 246#Rafida) The dispute was moderated by Robert Mcclenon and was closed after Albertatiran's misbehaviour which sabotaged the discussion process.]

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. [6] (warning at user talk page)
2. [7] (warning in edit summary)

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Multiple attempts.

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [13] Shadowwarrior8 (talk) 17:20, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

• Both editors blocked – for a period of 72 hours Both editors are edit warring; going to three reverts and stopping to avoid violating 3RR is still edit warring, and this back and forth edit warring has been ongoing since April. Aoidh (talk) 18:27, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

User:Kelator reported by User:M.Bitton (Result: Blocked 48 hours)

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

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 01:42, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "Fixed issues raised by M.Bitton"
2. 01:27, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "Revert unexplained deletion"
3. 01:21, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "Sorry The meaning has not been changed"
4. Consecutive edits made from 00:57, 31 May 2024 (UTC) to 01:04, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
   1. 00:57, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "/* Usage by Christians */ Allah, meaning "God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ""
   2. 01:04, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "/* Usage by Christians */ Rabb"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 01:31, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Takbir."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. 01:37, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "/* May 2024 */ new section"

Comments:

Please note that their first edit is a revert of this edit (they restored the exact unsourced sentence that was removed by an editor 3 days earlier). They also ignored the talk page and the request to refrain from edit warring, and falsely claimed in their fourth revert to have "fixed the issues that I raised". M.Bitton (talk) 02:01, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

I added a Wikilink and a source to rectify a 'unsourced' problem raised by M.Britton. Following M.Britton's further objection I removed the entire paragraph.

Following M.Britton further requests - I again modified the article section.

I believe it conforms to all Wikipedia standards Kelator (talk) 02:20, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 48 hours. Bbb23 (talk) 02:49, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

User:Joshdoubleu1 reported by User:U-Mos (Result: Blocked one week)

Page: Companion (Doctor Who) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
User being reported: Joshdoubleu1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to: [14]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. [15]
2. [16]
3. [17]
4. [18]

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [19]

Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [20]

Comments:
Edit warring of same information also apparent at Eleventh Doctor and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe, and other material at The Power of the Doctor, Heaven Sent (Doctor Who) and numerous other articles in a 3-day period. Other reversions undone by Alex 21, DonQuixote and Rhain, talk page warning issued by Irltoad. U-Mos (talk) 09:03, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

@U-Mos it looks like you mistyped the user under "User being reported" – should be Joshdoubleu1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log). Irltoad (talk) 09:47, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, corrected! U-Mos (talk) 09:48, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of one week. Bbb23 (talk) 13:03, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

User:Ergzay reported by User:Rahio1234 (Result: Reporter warned)

Page: Wikipedia:Sandbox (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

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

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

Comments:

User readded edit. Rahio1234 10:40, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

@Rahio1234 Seems to be repeatedly trying to prevent the normal use of the wikipedia sandbox by reverting any changes made to it. Please give them a warning and instructions on proper use of the wikipedia sandbox. They also have extreme english difficulty as they could not explain why they kept reverting any changes made to the sandbox. Ergzay (talk) 10:41, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Additionally, I gave them a warning on their talk page about edit warring, but they promptly removed it:

See edit here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Rahio1234&diff=prev&oldid=1226549774 Ergzay (talk) 10:42, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

I have cleared out my talk page of this junk that was added by rahio1234, to see it as it was before the removal see: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ergzay&oldid=1226549960 Ergzay (talk) 10:45, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

@Ergzay i ask the Bbb23. Rahio1234 10:46, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

What is "the Bbb23"? Ergzay (talk) 10:47, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

This admin. Rahio1234 10:48, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

So you asked this admin how to use the sandbox? Or do you mean you asked the admin on if I was misusing the sandbox? Ergzay (talk) 10:54, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

I'll also mention the two people who have blocked you previously @331dot and @Drmies. Ergzay (talk) 11:08, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

• Rahio1234, the Wikipedia sandbox has instructions on how it may be used and a list of things it cannot be used for (material that is "promotional, copyrighted, offensive, or libelous"). Are you claiming that Ergzay is posting material that falls into that list?--Bbb23 (talk) 12:54, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Bbb23 Ok. Rahio1234 13:24, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Rahio1234: That is not an answer. This report is an abuse of process, which is probably not intentional but rather demonstrates incompetence both in the bringing of it and how you've handled it after it was brought. You are therefore warned that any continuation of this kind of disruptive conduct will result in a block without any additional notice.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:35, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Bbb23 Can you do something more than a warning? He's been blocked several times before for other things. Ergzay (talk) 13:39, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Bbb23 The only thing I posted was a copy paste of a talk page that I was trying to figure out why the build-in "Reply" button didn't work and just gave errors. Rahio1234 immediately came along and started repeatedly reverting my changes in the middle of my testing and then sending me repeated automated warnings via Twinkle when I ignored him and continued editing. Ergzay (talk) 13:38, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Ergzay: AFAIK, the Wikipedia sandbox may be reset at any time by any editor and is frequently reset automatically by a bot. I suggest you use your own sandbox if you want the material to remain for you to work on and review.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:45, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Bbb23 Thank you. Still user @Ergzay was not edit this wikipedia namespace Rahio1234 13:47, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Rahio1234: I don't understand what you're trying to say.--Bbb23 (talk) 13:52, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Bbb23 He thinks you're telling me off about how I was using sandbox. Also, for the record, I wasn't trying to make the sandbox stick around. He would literally revert my changes less than a minute after I made them, over and over again. Just look at the edit log. I really think something more than a warning should be given. Ergzay (talk) 18:05, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

  @Bbb23 Also he's still repeatedly resetting other people's test pages every chance he gets on the sandbox. See the additional people complaining on his talk page. I'd prefer we didn't have to create another ANI entry for this subject. Ergzay (talk) 18:09, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

User:Or-Shalem reported by User:M.Bitton (Result: Page extended-confirmed protected, user partially blocked for 2 weeks)

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

User being reported: Or-Shalem (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 22:25, 31 May 2024 (UTC) to 22:28, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
   1. 22:25, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "I removed the poor sources and added some better ones. I read through all the articles. Nothing here justifies calling the company "Israeli." Even saying it was founded by an Israeli couple is dubious as none of the articles here even mention that Carmen is Israeli. We don't know if she is. The current info is objective and matter-of-fact, as supported by all sources. Do not change until admin comes."
   2. 22:28, 31 May 2024 (UTC) ""
2. 21:10, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "Reverted 1 edit by M.Bitton (talk): Because it's subjective"
3. 21:05, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "infobox fixed. neutral info restored. wait til admin gets here"
4. 20:49, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "Restored revision 1226615469 by Or-Shalem (talk): Can you wait for the admin you contacted to moderate this discussion, please? I don't instants why you are so desperate to force an inference in the opener"
5. Consecutive edits made from 19:54, 31 May 2024 (UTC) to 19:54, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
   1. 19:54, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "Actually the sources linking the company to New York City is not acceptable per Wikipedia standards. The sources don't claim it was founded in Tel Aviv, nor Montreal. And once again, calling it an "Israeli company" is your interpretation."
   2. 19:54, 31 May 2024 (UTC) ""
6. Consecutive edits made from 19:30, 31 May 2024 (UTC) to 19:36, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
   1. 19:30, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "Reverted 1 edit by IvanScrooge98 (talk): Man stop edit warring. Do NOT revert this again until we resolve this in the talk page. You are doing this in bad faith."
   2. 19:33, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "This is indesputable. What you had before wasn't."
   3. 19:35, 31 May 2024 (UTC) ""
   4. 19:36, 31 May 2024 (UTC) ""
7. 18:59, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "Reverted 1 edit by IvanScrooge98 (talk): Edit warrior. Stop. This is not a constructive edit, and just because it is sourced does not make it acceptable. This is bad faith and does not paint the full picture of the company."
8. 18:45, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "Restored revision 1226519945 by Or-Shalem (talk): Edit warriors"
9. Consecutive edits made from 04:15, 31 May 2024 (UTC) to 04:26, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
   1. 04:15, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "I did look at the talk page. It's still a dubious claim, given what the sources are stating. This is not objective. Undid revision 1226475555 by 20WattSphere (talk)"
   2. 04:26, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "there i hope this is an acceptable compromise for you. i contributed to the talk page for your convenience. I don't personally like the way the sentence I edited is worded "Israeli then-husband" is weird, but it's less objectionable then what was there before."

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 21:13, 31 May 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Moroccanoil."

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

1. User_talk:Or-Shalem#Moroccanoil
2. User_talk:Or-Shalem#May_2024
3. Talk:Moroccanoil

Comments:

• Please note that parts of the article that are edit warring on fall under the WP:ARBPIA restrictions (they have been made aware of this). M.Bitton (talk) 22:57, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
• Page protected ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:05, 31 May 2024 (UTC)
• Partially blocked – for a period of 2 weeks ~ ToBeFree (talk) 23:05, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

User:Mypthegoat reported by User:Left guide

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

Previous version reverted to: [21]

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. Original addition
2. 1st revert
3. 2nd revert
4. 3rd revert
5. 4th revert

Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [22]

Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: This type of edit has been the subject of editorial controversy across multiple related articles in the NBA project, so there is open ongoing discussion at WT:NBA#Conference finals mvp to resolve the content dispute, which I mentioned in both my edit summary and the user's talk page.

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

Comments:
User continues to edit-war in the NBA Conference Finals MVP award into the infobox even though they have been reverted by a total of three different editors. Left guide (talk) 23:29, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Then don’t revert the edit I made what’s so hard to not understand. I already made my explanation. The player has won the Conference Finals MVP and award should be included in Career Awards and Achievements part. I checked the talk page and consensus been saying yes it should be included too. Jaylen Brown has already that award in their bio too. I mean there’s a sentence which says for Luka Doncic in his wiki page that he won the award yesterday but we can’t show it on his career awards part. Make it make sense. Mypthegoat (talk) 23:38, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

• Blocked – for a period of 48 hours ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:51, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

User:2.26.151.114 reported by User:Austronesier (Result: )

Page: Cushitic-speaking peoples (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

User being reported: 2.26.151.114 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

Previous version reverted to:

Diffs of the user's reverts:

1. 10:50, 1 June 2024 (UTC) "Stop removing cited content. This article is about Cushitic ethnic groups and where they inhabit. I see what you’re doing here"
2. 01:26, 1 June 2024 (UTC) "If we’re not going to use Somali Peninsula then this should not be removed either"
3. 01:18, 1 June 2024 (UTC) "This is valid too"
4. 00:27, 1 June 2024 (UTC) "Talk page. Stop removing cited sources. Somalis are the most prominent Cushitic ethnic group out of all the ethnic group in this article. There is a whole nation named after Somalia. The Wikipedia:Notability policy fully supports this too. You kept on removing this content the other day stating it was unsourced and now you don’t find it relevant? The academic sources are there"

Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

1. 03:27, 1 June 2024 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Cushitic-speaking people."
2. 03:32, 1 June 2024 (UTC) "/* June 2024 */"

Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: See Talk:Cushitic-speaking_peoples#Somalis,_Somalia.

Comments:

The IP editor has been edit-warring about this even though there is an ongoing discussion in Talk:Cushitic-speaking peoples about their proposed additions. They also accuse other editors who disagree with their POV of Anti-Somali sentiment which reinforces the impression that they are not willing to contribute in a collaborative way. Austronesier (talk) 11:31, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

I agree that some level of administrative action is needed: probably a page ban. The back-&-forths have been going on for twelve days now. The IP editor has only engaged others on the Talk page when their edits have been reverted, and has been unwilling to accept that others are engaging in good faith. At this point, I think a resolution through discussion is unlikely. Pathawi (talk) 13:38, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Disruptive user who may be sock-puppeting!

Hello, there is a user who I think is a sock puppet. The user in question is "BKeira930". BKeira930 is obsessed with editing composition sections in music articles. Their edits usually consist of them adding original or unreliable information. Administrators typically revert their edits, yet BKeira930 always reverts them back, which causes a disruption. Also, nearly each month BKeira930 is warned by administrators about their actions and they finally got blocked. In the midst of their blocking several accounts popped up such as "Tidalwave417" and "Yogartcups". I think user "BKeira930" is behind those two accounts. OkIGetIt20 (talk) 16:56, 1 June 2024 (UTC)