JAY JG (jayjg@hotmail.com) [050108 01:59]:
David Gerard replied:
JAY JG (jayjg@hotmail.com) [050108 01:29]:
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?
If it's 24h 5 min and they do it consistently, they're pretty obviously gaming the system. I don't see how they could stay on a reverting quest like this without violating other policies along the way.
I don't think that fully answers the question. Yes, they're gaming the system, but apparently fully within the rules as being proposed by some editors here. And some editors are smart enough to do these things without violating other rules. Can they be blocked for doing this alone?
People have been blocked for doing their fourth revert after 24h 5 min or so (as obvious gaming the system) without much argument from third-party admins.
If someone did this continuously, I really can't see it not being questioned by others. At which point they respond meaningfully or they're not discussing persisted-with changes meaningfully. I don't really see how someone could string out discussion for long in this manner without it being obvious they're taking the piss.
And finally, I must point out that many admins have been viewing any 4 identical edits in a 24 hour period as being violations of th 3RR; rightfully, in my view.
Well, yeah.
One point to remember about 3RR: if you get as far as *three* reverts in 24 hours, something's badly wrong. Allowing three reverts in 24 hours is one of the things Wikipedia allows but does not condone.
- d.