Jay wrote:
Perhaps the confusion here is the assumption that the first time one
adds
information to (or deletes information from) an article, it is not a "revert", but the subsequent 3 additions (and deletions) are "reverts". Thus "3 reverts in 24 hours" can mean 1 edit, then 3 reverts to it.
Yes, technically a revert is a restoring of the article to a previous state. So a new edit/addition does not count. The first edit if a deletion does count, unless it is a novel deletion to a state that did not previously exist.
What if someone does 3 reverts, waits a full 24 hours, then does his "edit" again, and reverts to it 3 times - has he violated the 3RR or not? Does the clock always start ticking *after* the first edit?
Jay.