In the past few weeks we have seen a glut of page protections triggered by revert wars. Very often these involve the same group of users pursuing their tactics on different pages. I have seen people say, as an explanation for protecting a page, "the usual suspects". The problem is that a small core of people have decided to blatantly disregard the three revert rule.
I think the Arbitration Committee can deal with this problem, and I am calling on it to do so. Responding to a similar situation several months ago, it imposed a revert parole on Wik, and later Cantus, that allowed these users to be blocked for 24 hours whenever they violated the three revert rule. Since then, Cantus has continued to contribute but not caused nearly as many problems, while Wik unfortunately chose to depart. I have presented a case to the Arbitration Committee involving three of our most frequent revert warriors. I am asking for only one thing: that these users be placed on the same kind of revert parole.
Very nearly all Wikipedians follow the three revert rule voluntarily. When users prove that they are not willing to respect our rules, the community should be given the ability to enforce them. I welcome anyone who would like to express their support for this request on the arbitration page.
--Michael Snow