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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Two main usages of the term &#039;&#039;&#039;edit war&#039;&#039;&#039; have emerged. Some people consider that an edit war is when two or more contributors repeatedly revert one another&#039;s edits to an article. Others subscribe to a much broader definition, encompassing any situation in which two or more authors repeatedly edit an article extensively. Subscribers to the second definition consider the first definition to be a &#039;&#039;revert duel&#039;&#039;, a special case of an edit war. This second usage is harder to identify clearly, and individuals sometimes disagree on whether a particular editing episode constitutes edit warfare. <br /> <br /> Regardless whether or not the activity should properly be called an &quot;edit war&quot;, most users consider sustained episodes of animated cut-and-thrust editing to be undesirable, and if they observe it happening and can&#039;t talk the parties out of it or encourage them to enter the [[Thelemapedia:dispute resolution|dispute resolution]] process, they may request protection of the article to enforce a cool down period. Users who persist in this behaviour may be subject to [[Thelemapedia:Dispute resolution|arbitration]].</div>

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