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{{policy in a nutshell|]ring is not productive. Editors who revert a page in whole or in part more than three times in 24 hours, except in certain special circumstances, are likely to be ] from editing.}}
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The '''three-revert rule''' (or '''3RR''') is a policy which applies to all ]s, and is intended to prevent ]:
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:An editor '''must not''' perform more than three ], ''in whole or in part'', on a single page within a 24 hour period. Any editor who breaches the rule may be ].
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The rule applies per-editor. Thus, reverts made by ] are counted as reverts made by the one editor. Editors who use sock puppets in an attempt to evade this rule are breaching the ], and may be ].

The rule applies per-page. If an editor performs three reversions on each of two 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 ].

The rule ''does not convey an entitlement to revert three times each day'', nor does it endorse reverting as an editing technique; rather, the rule is an "electric fence" designed to prevent edit warring. Users who engage in edit warring may be ] even if they haven't made more than three edits in any given 24 hour period; editors who persistently make three reverts each day, or make three reverts on each of a group of pages, for example, are engaging in edit warring behaviour, which is considered ]. The spirit of the rule is as important as the letter.

The bottom line: use common sense, and don't participate in edit wars. Rather than reverting multiple times, discuss the matter with other editors. Consider engaging in ], making a ] or asking for ].

Apparent breaches of the rule may be reported at ].

==What is a revert?==

A ], 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, undoing ] (sometimes called "move warring"), undoing ] (sometimes called "]"), 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.

Note that consecutive reverts by the one editor are often treated as one revert for the purposes of this rule.

==Exceptions==

Since the rule is intended to prevent ], reverts which are clearly not edit warring will not breach the rule. Since edit warring ], exceptions to the rule will be construed narrowly.

Since reverting in this context means undoing the actions of another editor or editors, reverting your own actions ("self-reverting") will not breach the rule.

Other exceptions to the rule include:

* Reverting ], such as graffiti or page blanking (this only applies to the most simple and obvious vandalism, for other vandalism please see ] or ]);
* Reverting clear ] or clearly ];
* Reverting actions performed by ].

Any of these actions may still be controversial, thus it is only in the clearest cases that they will be considered exceptions to the rule. '''When in doubt, do not revert'''; instead, consider engaging in ] or asking for ].

Note that in the case of vandalism, ] editors who have engaged in vandalism, or ] the page in question, will often be preferable to reverting. Similarly, blocking or page protection will often be preferable in case of repeated addition of copyrighted material.

==Enforcement==

If you violate the three-revert rule, you may be ] for up to 24 hours, or longer in the case of a repeat violation. In the cases where multiple editors violate the rule, administrators should treat all sides equally.

The rule may also be enforced by:

* Educating editors who may not be aware of good Misplaced Pages practice in the matter;
* Peer pressure and leadership by example (see ] and ]).

Apparent breaches of the rule may be reported at ].

==See also==

{{Spoken Misplaced Pages|Misplaced Pages - Three-revert rule.ogg|2005-04-10}}

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