[WikiEN-l] Autoblocking, reverts, and verifiability

[Alphax]

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MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
> If the autoblocker causes so much problems for 3RR blocks, then we
> could ask the developers to make autoblocking optional. Have a nice
> clickable 3RR box in the block screen which switches off autoblocking
> for 3RR blocks.
> 
> Of course, if one would follow a 1 or 2RR this wouldn't even be an issue.
> 

A few days ago, I noticed a grammatical error in an article which I
figured must have been fixed at some point past.

Sure enough, looking through the history, I found the point at which the
change had occurred.

Dubious of the factual accuracy of the change, I reverted it and left a
note on the editor's talk page to let them know that I had done so,
since there was no source for the claim that was being made.

Within a few minutes I recieved a reply, giving a source and telling me
that they'd reverted my change.

No worries, I thought to myself, so I checked the article and sure
enough, the grammatical error was still there.

So I went and fixed it.

Only in my haste, I "fixed it" in the wrong spot.

Within another few minutes, the other party had corrected my change.

Four edits by two parties in the space of ten minutes. We discussed our
changes (on talk pages and in edit summaries), made one revert each, and
ended up fixing the article.

Who needs the 3RR when you have common sense?

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