Content deleted Content added
m Reverted edits by 2A01:E0A:140:1050:F98C:675F:EBB:12A (talk) to last version by EthanGaming7640 |
m →Identifying edit wars: copy editing assisted by WP:AWB: MOS:', typo(s) fixed: January 27, 2006 → January 27, 2006, (7) |
||
Line 24:
One can usually determine rapidly from the page history if an article is, or has been, the subject of an [[WP:Edit war|edit war]]. In an edit war, two users (or sometimes two groups of users) are editing alternately; if you "diff" between successive versions of one side's edits, the article is repeatedly restored to more or less the same state; and examination of the difference between successive indicates that this is not simply one or more solid contributors fighting off vandalism. Usually, one can quickly tell from the edit summaries that there has been a genuine disagreement over content. For example:
# (cur) (prev) 13:36, January 27, 2006, Mik (No *rational* arguments in Talk yet,)
# (cur) (prev) 13:30, January 27, 2006, Reb (revert to consensus first paragraph for now)
# (cur) (prev) 13:03, January 27, 2006, Mik (Reb's POV removed; neutral-tone version restored.)
# (cur) (prev) 11:55, January 27, 2006, Reb (revert pov pushing)
# (cur) (prev) 11:29, January 27, 2006, Mik (See Talk. Alternate source of Resolution linked.)
# (cur) (prev) 10:10, January 27, 2006, Reb (remove misleading 2nd paragraph)
# (cur) (prev) 04:03, January 27, 2006, Mik (the coup)
In a case like this, if these are the latest edits, a researcher will almost certainly want to examine both versions. There is clearly a thread of argument over something substantive.
| |||