You know, I've tended to find that the whole problem of reverting comes
down to two main issues:
1. Not using the talk page when reverting, and
2. Not citing sources when adding information
If you don't use the talk page when you revert, or optimally if you
don't use the talk page and THEN revert, then you can expect that other
editor to get a bit annoyed. Then a revert war starts. I might note that
using the edit summary for discuss is an abuse of the edit summary!
Objections to the material (unless it's obvious vandalism) should be
placed on the talk page for all reverts.
If you cite your sources, then you are much less likely to get reverted
as then it is obvious you are not editting as original research and your
information can get checked out.
I think people have to bare this in mind when they revert and when they
edit.
TBSDY
Sam Korn wrote:
[[Wikipedia:Cite your sources]]
If one has a citation and the other doesn't, then the uncited one is
likely to be correct. If neither has one, then the item probably
ought to be removed. There would be a citation somewhere about the
correct answer to the dispute, and this ought to be displayed.
It doesn't matter how right your reverts are, if you break the 3RR,
you get blocked. Period.
Smoddy
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 16:21:39 -0000 (GMT), Tony Sidaway
<minorityreport(a)bluebottle.com> wrote:
>Robert said:
>
>>In practice very often we cannot easilly get someone else
>>to help us revert or edit, at least not for a few days.
>>I've asked for help on articles, only to have other editors
>>say "I don't know enough about the topic; I can't do
>>anything." JayJG points out this same issue.
>>
>
>if out of the thousands of Wikipedia editors you cannot find one single
>person qualified to examine an article and spot editing so seriously bad
>that it would justify your asking for us to set aside the three-revert
>rule, your subject must be very arcane indeed. How are we to tell which
>of the two people editing the article is right? What if *he* petitions
>for the 3RR to be relaxed so that he can out-revert *you*? How would we
>know which was which?
>You say "at least not for a few days", but you are allowed to perform
>three reverts per day, so you don't have to wait for a few days to
>continue with your precious edit-war.
>
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