Wikipedia:Alternatives to reversion
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Responding to an article revert by trying a different edit
The first thing to try is to make a totally different edit. Be careful with this technique. If your edit does substantively the same thing as a revert, it can still be counted as
Responding to a revert with discussion
As the
If the other party does not engage and NO ONE ELSE comments, you might consider reverting (giving it a number of days is the best practice here).
Alert other Wikipedians to the existence of a discussion about a dispute by adding an appropriate tag. For articles and talk pages, many of the dispute templates listed here are appropriate. For non-article pages, {{under discussion inline}} is good.
Responding to a revert of a revert with embargoing
Be very careful about this technique, but used appropriately it can defuse a situation. Suppose an editor has placed a borderline policy-violation in an article or talkpage (e.g. a
If you would like an alternative to doing nothing and reverting a second time, consider embargoing the text. This is done by placing the hidden-text symbols around the offending text. <!--Offending text goes between these symbols--> You should explain that the text is embargoed on the talk page and be abundantly clear that you want the discussion to continue about whether the text should be included or not. Sometimes, this technique works, but sometimes it does not. If an editor removes your embargo it is very poor form to revert the editor to get it back in.
Archive templates on talkpages
Archive templates such as {{
Archiving talkpages
Sometimes,
See also
- WP:Three-revert rule(policy)
- WP:Reverting (essay)
- WP:Baby and bathwater (essay)
- WP:Revert only when necessary (essay)
- Help:Reverting (how-to)