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:''(...) if a user reverts an edit, one should not revert their revert, and instead should use the article's talk page to dispute the reversion (...)'' | :''(...) if a user reverts an edit, one should not revert their revert, and instead should use the article's talk page to dispute the reversion (...)'' | ||
Essentially, one shouldn't revert the edit that changes the page back to its original state without discussion. I feel it'd be much more effective to simply emphasize that "only revert once" means "the page should only be reverted once" and not "each user involved gets to revert the page once", which in my view is what causes most of the confusion around the policy and cases of users getting away with violating it. [[File:NokiiSig.png|link=User_talk:Nokii]] '''[[User:Nokii|<span style="color:#89f">Nokii</span>]]''' — 18:36, February 23, 2021 (EST) | Essentially, one shouldn't revert the edit that changes the page back to its original state without discussion. I feel it'd be much more effective to simply emphasize that "only revert once" means "the page should only be reverted once" and not "each user involved gets to revert the page once", which in my view is what causes most of the confusion around the policy and cases of users getting away with violating it. [[File:NokiiSig.png|link=User_talk:Nokii]] '''[[User:Nokii|<span style="color:#89f">Nokii</span>]]''' — 18:36, February 23, 2021 (EST) | ||
:Simply, whoever reverted last shouldn't matter, the current content of the page while something is being discussed/argued is irrelevant unless it's a very major edit being disputed, such as someone adding/removing entire sections of the article or a mass rewrite. After each user gets their revert in and a side is still unsatisfied with the other's revert reason and/or "compromise edit", at that point it should go to the talk page. And each user getting to revert once isn't an issue, as each side can make the case for their edit in the edit summary and attempt to compromise the edit there without needing to get into a talkpage dispute about it, in fact most minor editing disputes get resolved that way without having to get into an argument on the talk page. The problems only arise when a user does revert more than once, as at that point it's clear they're not budging or what to compromise about the edit is more complex than it could be handle through a single revert + summary. | |||
:Plus this still doesn't solve the answer of what is the "original version", in the editing dispute you bring up, Alex didn't entirely undo what I wrote, so what counts as he "original version" there? And other cases can get more complex than that, especially if several users got their hands in and each attempted to compromise edit along the way. <span style="font-family:Edwardian Script ITC; font-size:12pt">[[User:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Omega</span>]] [[User talk:Omega Tyrant|<span style="color:forestgreen">Tyrant</span>]]</span> [[Image: TyranitarMS.png ]] 18:59, February 23, 2021 (EST) | |||