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Conduct
edit- Participate respectfully, and with consideration
- Do not dismiss the opinions of others
- Present concise and coherent arguments, do not attack others
- Be professional
- If you are uncivil, use <s></s> to
strikeoutyour previous comments, or quietly retract your comments, and reword (WP:RUC) - Ensure your edit summaries are clear, concise and use neutral language (WP:ESDOS)
- If you run into issues with disputes, use the third opinion (WP:3O) page, followed by the dispute resolution noticeboard (WP:DRN), and finally ask an admin.
- In any emergency situations (hate speech, legal threats, illegal activity), see WP:EMERGENCY
- Refer to Wikipedia:Reverting for advice on reversion, but revert vandalism on sitght
- Consensus sees editors deciding whether a version of a page is satisfactory
- All edits should be explained, with clear edit summaries, or by talk page (WP:EDITCON, WP:DISCUSSCONSENSUS)
- Ensure you do not revert without talking through an issue on its talk page (WP:TALKDONTREVERT)
- Get an outside opinion if you are unsure (see above)
Content resolution (WP:CONTENTDISPUTE)
edit- Do not edit war - discuss the issue with the opposing editor
- Focus on editor conduct during disputes, not editor conduct - the content, not the contributor
- Disengage from a dispute if it is overwhelming
- For emergency content removal of personal information, you can request oversight (WP:RFO)
- Discuss the conduct with the other editor, on their own talk page rather that article talk page
- Multiple places are available for different categories of issue:
- the administrator's noticeboard for incidents (WP:ANI, for general issues)
- the edit warring noticeboard (WP:AN3)
- sockpuppet investigations (WP:SPI)
- administator intervention against vandalism (WP:AIV) usernames for administrator attention (WP:UAA)
- ...and the Arbitration Committee (WP:AC) - but this as a final resort for serious disputes
- Edit wars occur when users disagree with content of a page, repeatedly overriding the other's edits
- Disputing editors should reach consensus, or pursue dispute resolution
- The three-revert rule (WP:3RR) states that an editor should not revert more than three times within 24 hours - with some exceptions like vandalism or policy violations
- There exist exemptions to edit-warring:
- Self-reversion
- Reversion to your own userpage
- Reversion from banned users in violation of a ban - along with sock/meatpuppets
- Reversion of obvious vandalism
- Removal of copyright violations
- Removal of illegal content
- Removal of biased, unsourced, or poorly sourced content
- Reversion of spam
- Edit wars can be avoided by opening discussion with the opposing editors
- Continue here!
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