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Edit warring

Please read WP:BRD: whie one of your Bold edits is Reverted, you Discuss, not edit war: please do so. - SchroCat (talk) 15:12, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

Don't confuse an essay with policy, and stop reverting for no reason. 190.44.133.67 (talk) 15:19, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

Not edit warring is a policy, so stop. I am not reverting for no reason: there is a reason. - SchroCat (talk) 15:20, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

If there is a reason, then put it in edit summaries, and give it on the talk page. 190.44.133.67 (talk) 15:21, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

I've given it to you already in the summaries, if you don't understand it (or if you can't grasp why your edit warring is wrong), then perhaps you should find a new hobby, rather than being a pain? - SchroCat (talk) 15:25, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

No, you haven't given any reason. And learn to indent. 190.44.133.67 (talk) 15:26, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

During a dispute, you should first try to discuss controversial changes and seek consensus. If that proves unsuccessful, you are encouraged to seek dispute resolution, and in some cases it may be appropriate to request page protection.  Lord Roem ~ (talk) 15:42, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

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• I think you are trying to game the system here. Regardless of the legitimacy of your stance you tried to force the exact same edit through four times, while User:SchroCat forced it out four times. However, you think you should be unblocked on a technicality simply because you made the first edit, which doesn't count as a "revert" and presumably SchroCat stays blocked because his first edit does count as a revert? I don't think that is very fair. Since you did re-revert in your last edit I do actually believe this block is no longer necessary as a preventative measure so I would support your unblock request here, but only if the other editor is unblocked too, and on the condition you agree to get a consensus on the talk page before altering the wording again. Betty Logan (talk) 16:13, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

• It's hardly a technicality that an edit only counts as a revert if it's a revert. 190.44.133.67 (talk) 16:22, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

It's a technicality because your behavior was essentially identical, regardless of what you call the first edit: you both installed your preferred versions four times over. That is why the 3RR rule doesn't just prohibit four "reverts", it also prohibits "edit-warring". It makes provisions for an admin to assess your conduct in a behavioral capacity. The fact is this dispute can't be resolved while one of you is blocked so there isn't much point in unblocking only one of you. Betty Logan (talk) 16:45, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

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