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December 2019

Information icon Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. You appear to be repeatedly reverting or undoing other editors' contributions at Rojava. Although this may seem necessary to protect your preferred version of a page, on Wikipedia this is known as "edit warring" and is usually seen as obstructing the normal editing process, as it often creates animosity between editors. Instead of reverting, please discuss the situation with the editor(s) involved and try to reach a consensus on the talk page.

If editors continue to revert to their preferred version they are likely to lose their editing privileges. This isn't done to punish an editor, but to prevent the disruption caused by edit warring. In particular, editors should be aware of the three-revert rule, which says that an editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Edit warring on Wikipedia is not acceptable in any amount, and violating the three-revert rule is very likely to result in loss of your editing privileges. Thank you. Magog the Ogre (tc) 15:29, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]


Please read this notification carefully; it contains important information about an administrative situation on Wikipedia. It does not imply any misconduct regarding your own contributions to date.

A community decision has authorised the use of general sanctions for pages related to the Syrian Civil War and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The details of these sanctions are described here. All pages that are broadly related to these topics are subject to a one revert per twenty-four hours restriction, as described here.

General sanctions is a system of conduct regulation designed to minimise disruption in controversial topic areas. This means uninvolved administrators can impose sanctions for edits relating to these topics that do not adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, our standards of behaviour, or relevant policies. Administrators may impose sanctions such as editing restrictions, bans, or blocks. An editor can only be sanctioned after he or she has been made aware that general sanctions are in effect. This notification is meant to inform you that sanctions are authorised in these topic areas, which you have been editing. It is only effective if it is logged here. Before continuing to edit pages in these topic areas, please familiarise yourself with the general sanctions system. Don't hesitate to contact me or another editor if you have any questions.

Magog the Ogre (tc) 16:29, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Magog the Ogre: Does that apply to a single article in 24 hours or all articles? Thanks. DongFen (talk) 16:33, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
1RR applies to all SCW-related articles, broadly construed. 3RR applies to all other articles. However, please note that 1RR and 3RR are guidelines, and if there is a pattern of edit warring, a user can be blocked even if they didn't cross the line. As such, we recommend that all users attempt to go through dispute resolution. Magog the Ogre (tc) 16:46, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@Magog the Ogre: Sorry to bother again but what I meant was does 1RR mean I can't revert any article under Syrian Civil War under 24 hours twice, or just can't revert a single article twice under 24hrs. DongFen (talk) 16:50, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It is not a bother, I don't mind questions asked in good faith. 1RR and 3RR apply to single articles. Magog the Ogre (tc) 17:18, 14 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]