On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 15:56:39 -0500, JAY JG jayjg@hotmail.com wrote:
True. However, I've seen instances where editors have reverted pages 14 times in half a day, against the will of a half dozen editors, with no sanction then or now. Enforcement of the 3RR has put an end to that kind of nonsense. POV pushing has always been a problem, but I've seen no indication that 3RR enforcement has made the POV pushing problem any worse than it was before, and it has demonstrably helped ameliorate egregious edit-warring problems.
The 3RR is an recognition of the belief among (I suspect) a good majority of Wikipedians that revert-warring is wrong and counterproductive. There are those whose position seems to be "Yes, I revert war, but I'm a revert warrior for GOOD causes, so doesn't that make it right?" I'd disagree; revert wars don't solve anything, and they're simply conflict by attrition, and they make it harder for anyone else to contribute to the article in question. I'd say the above position is the "Wik disease" - stemming from a belief that one is indispensable to Wikipedia, that it will all fall apart without constant war.
-Matt