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The '''three-revert rule''' (often referred to as '''3RR''') is a policy that applies to all contributors, and is intended to prevent ]. The '''three-revert rule''' (often referred to as '''3RR''') is a policy that is intended to prevent ].


An editor '''must not''' perform more than three ], ''in whole or in part'', on a single page within a 24-hour period, except in ]. A revert means undoing the actions of another editor, whether involving the same or different material each time. Contributors '''must not''' perform '''more than three''' ] on a single page within a 24-hour period, except in ]. A revert is any action that reverses the actions of other editors, in whole or in part, whether or not the same material is involved.


The rule applies per person. Reverts by ] are counted as reverts made by one person.
⚫ Any user who violates the rule may be ] for up to 24 hours in the first instance, and longer for repeated or aggravated violations. It is at the discretion of administrators whether to block a user for a three-revert rule violation.


The rule applies per person. Use of ] to avoid the limit is not permitted; reverts by multiple accounts are counted as reverts made by one person. The rule applies per page. Reverts spread across multiple articles in such a way that no article is reverted more than three times do not violate this rule (but may indicate ]).


⚫ Any user who violates the rule may be ] for up to 24 hours in the first instance, and longer for repeated or aggravated violations. It is at the discretion of administrators whether to issue a block.
The rule applies per page. For example, if an editor performs two reverts on each of three articles within 24 hours, that editor's six reversions do not constitute a violation of this rule, although it may well indicate that the editor is ].


⚫ Apparent breaches of the rule may be reported at ].
The rule is breached when an editor makes ''more than three reverts''.


The rule does not constitute an entitlement to revert a page three times each day. Editors who have not violated this rule may still be ] for edit warring if their behaviour is disruptive. The rule does not constitute an entitlement to revert a page three times each day. Editors who have not violated this rule may still be ] for edit warring if their behaviour is disruptive.

⚫ Apparent breaches of the rule may be reported at ].

Note that there are ] to the three-revert rule.


==What is a revert?== ==What is a revert?==

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    The three-revert rule (often referred to as 3RR) is a policy that is intended to prevent edit warring.

    Contributors must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period, except in certain circumstances. A revert is any action that reverses the actions of other editors, in whole or in part, whether or not the same material is involved.

    The rule applies per person. Reverts by multiple accounts are counted as reverts made by one person.

    The rule applies per page. Reverts spread across multiple articles in such a way that no article is reverted more than three times do not violate this rule (but may indicate disruptive editing).

    Any user who violates the rule may be blocked from editing for up to 24 hours in the first instance, and longer for repeated or aggravated violations. It is at the discretion of administrators whether to issue a block.

    Apparent breaches of the rule may be reported at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR.

    The rule does not constitute an entitlement to revert a page three times each day. Editors who have not violated this rule may still be blocked for edit warring if their behaviour is disruptive.

    What is a revert?

    A revert, in this context, means undoing, in whole or in part, the actions of another editor or of other editors. This can include undoing edits to a page, deleting content or restoring deleted content, undoing page moves (sometimes called "move warring"), undoing administrative actions (sometimes called "wheel warring"), or recreating a page.

    An editor does not have to perform the same revert on a page more than three times to breach this rule; all reverts made by an editor on a particular page within a 24-hour period are counted.

    Exceptions

    The following actions are exceptions to the three-revert rule; making more than three of them on a single page within 24 hours does not constitite violation of the rule. Since edit warring is harmful, these exceptions should be considered to be narrowly defined.

    • Reverting your own actions ("self-reverting").
    • Consecutive reverts by the same user with no intervening edits by another user will be counted as only one revert.
    • Reverting simple and obvious vandalism. Simple vandalism constitutes edits which any well-intentioned user would immediately agree constitute vandalism, such as page blanking and adding bad language. Legitimate content changes, adding or removing tags, edits which are against consensus, and similar actions are not exempt. Administrators should block persistent vandals and protect pages subject to vandalism from many users, rather than repeatedly reverting. However, non-administrators may find reversion unavoidable when their vandalism reports have not yet been acted upon.
    • Reverting actions performed by banned users.
    • Reverting the addition of copyright violations or content that unquestionably violates the non-free content policy.
    • Reverting the addition of libelous, biased, unsourced, or poorly sourced controversial material which violates the policy on biographies of living persons.
    • Reverting edits to your own user space, provided that doing so does not restore copyright or non-free content criteria violations, libelous material or biased, unsourced, or poorly sourced controversial material about living persons.
    • Reverting in order to conform with community consensus on geographic names which fall within the scope of the Gdansk Vote.

    Note that these actions may still be controversial. Only in the clearest cases should they be considered exceptions to the rule. When in doubt, do not revert; instead, engage in dispute resolution or ask for administrative assistance.

    Not an entitlement

    The three-revert rule is intended to prevent edit warring. It does not entitle users to revert a page three times each day, nor does it endorse reverting as an editing technique. Editors who have not violated the rule may still be blocked for edit warring if their behavior is clearly disruptive, especially if they attempt to game the system by reverting a page only three times per day. Administrators will take previous blocks for edit warring into account, and may block users for disruptive edit warring even if they have not explicitly violated the three-revert rule.

    The bottom line: use common sense, and do not participate in edit wars. Rather than reverting repeatedly, discuss the matter with others; if reversion is required, some other editor may do it, which will demonstrate that there is consensus for the action. Edit wars should be dealt with by requesting page protection rather than becoming part of the dispute by reverting.

    Enforcement

    Editors who violate the three-revert rule may be blocked from editing for up to 24 hours, or longer in the case of a repeated or aggravated violation. Many administrators use escalating block lengths for users with prior violations, and tend to consider other factors, like edit warring on multiple pages or incivility, when assigning a block. In the cases where multiple editors violate the rule, administrators should treat all sides fairly.

    The rule may also be enforced by example (see Misplaced Pages:Revert only when necessary) and by educating new or ineperienced contributors. Users involved in edit warring who may not be aware of the three-revert rule may be informed of it using the template message {{uw-3rr}}.

    Apparent breaches of the rule may be reported at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR.

    Avoiding three-revert rule violations

    Editors who find themselves on the verge of a three-revert rule violation have several options to avoid engaging in such an edit war. These options include discussing the subject on the article Talk page, requesting a third opinion or comment on the article, or one of the many other methods of dispute resolution.

    If you have broken the three-revert rule by mistake, or if another user has informed you that you have, you should reverse your most recent reversion of the page, restoring the version you reverted, even though you may not like that version. Administrators are encouraged not to block in such cases, unless the incident forms part of more persistent edit warring.

    Notes

    1. See Talk:Gdansk/Vote#VOTE: Enforcement.

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