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class="mw-page-title-namespace">Wikipedia</span><span class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">Disruptive editing</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%82_%D8%AF%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%87" title="ویکی‌پدیا:ایخلالچیلیق دییشدیرمه – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:ایخلالچیلیق دییشدیرمه" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:ধ্বংসাত্মক সম্পাদনা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:ধ্বংসাত্মক সম্পাদনা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%95%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%81_%D1%82%D3%99%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BF" title="Википедия:Емерткес тәртип – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Википедия:Емерткес тәртип" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8" title="विकिपीडिया:बिघटनकारी संपादन – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:बिघटनकारी संपादन" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%94%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Διαταρακτική επεξεργασία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Διαταρακτική επεξεργασία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ediciones_disruptivas" title="Wikipedia:Ediciones disruptivas – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Ediciones disruptivas" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4_%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87" title="ویکی‌پدیا:ویرایش اخلالگرانه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:ویرایش اخلالگرانه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Contributions_perturbatrices" title="Wikipédia:Contributions perturbatrices – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipédia:Contributions perturbatrices" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Romper_a_edici%C3%B3n" title="Wikipedia:Romper a edición – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:Romper a edición" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EB%B0%A9%ED%95%B4_%ED%8E%B8%EC%A7%91" title="위키백과:방해 편집 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:방해 편집" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%98%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A8" title="विकिपीडिया:विघटनकारी सम्पादन – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:विघटनकारी सम्पादन" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Suntingan_yang_mengganggu" title="Wikipedia:Suntingan yang mengganggu – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Suntingan yang mengganggu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%87%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87" title="ويكيبيديا:تعديلات هدامه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويكيبيديا:تعديلات هدامه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Penyuntingan_yang_mengganggu" title="Wikipedia:Penyuntingan yang mengganggu – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Penyuntingan yang mengganggu" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verstorend_bewerkgedrag" title="Wikipedia:Verstorend bewerkgedrag – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wikipedia:Verstorend bewerkgedrag" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E5%A6%A8%E5%AE%B3%E7%9A%84%E7%B7%A8%E9%9B%86" title="Wikipedia:妨害的編集 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:妨害的編集" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Forstyrrende_redigering" title="Wikipedia:Forstyrrende redigering – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wikipedia:Forstyrrende redigering" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Comportamento_desestabilizador" title="Wikipédia:Comportamento desestabilizador – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Comportamento desestabilizador" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="Википедия:Деструктивное поведение – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Деструктивное поведение" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Disruptive_editing" title="විකිපීඩියා:Disruptive editing – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:Disruptive editing" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_changing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive changing – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wikipedia:Disruptive changing" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Mote%C4%8De_urejanje" title="Wikipedija:Moteče urejanje – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Wikipedija:Moteče urejanje" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%B3%D8%AA%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%8C_%D8%AA%DB%8E%DA%A9%D8%AF%DB%95%D8%B1" title="ویکیپیدیا:دەستکاریی تێکدەر – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویکیپیدیا:دەستکاریی تێکدەر" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr 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Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Wikipedia:Disambiguation</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the encyclopedic article about this, see <a href="/wiki/Disputes_on_Wikipedia" title="Disputes on Wikipedia">Disputes on Wikipedia</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238436933">.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 0;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);box-sizing:border-box;color:var(--color-base,#202122)}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{border:2px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ombox-delete{border:2px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ombox-content{border:1px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ombox-style{border:1px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ombox-move{border:1px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ombox-protection{border:2px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.9em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 10%}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;width:238px}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.ombox img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Blue tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/30px-Blue_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/45px-Blue_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Blue_check.svg/60px-Blue_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page documents an English Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_behavioral_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia behavioral guidelines">behavioral guideline</a>.</b><br/><div style="font-size: 90%;">Editors should generally follow it, though <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">exceptions</a> may apply. 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title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Disruptive editing</b> is a pattern of editing that disrupts progress toward improving an article or building the encyclopedia. This may extend over a long time on many articles. Disruptive editing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism#What_is_not_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">is not always vandalism</a>, though vandalism is always disruptive. Each case should be treated independently, taking into consideration whether or not the actions violate <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">policies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">guidelines</a>. </p><p>Editors should take care to not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTVAND" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTVAND">wrongly label disruptive situations as vandalism</a> as it drives away others and especially <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BITE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BITE">newcomers</a>. </p><p>Disruptive editing is not always intentional. Editors may be accidentally disruptive because they don't understand how to correctly edit, or because they <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Competence_is_required" title="Wikipedia:Competence is required">lack the social skills or competence necessary to work collaboratively</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Summary" data-mw-thread-id="h-Summary"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Summary"></span>Summary<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Summary"></span></h2></div> <p>Wikipedia's openness sometimes attracts people who seek to exploit the site as a platform for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:POV">pushing a single point of view</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">original research</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Advocacy" title="Wikipedia:Advocacy">advocacy</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">self-promotion</a>. While <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DUE">notable minority opinions</a> are welcomed when <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifiable</a> through <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a>, and constructive editors occasionally make mistakes, sometimes an editor creates long-term problems by <i>persistently</i> editing a page or set of pages with information which is not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifiable</a> through <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">reliable sources</a> or insisting on giving <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Undue_weight" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">undue weight</a> to a minority view. </p><p>Collectively, disruptive editors harm by degrading Wikipedia's reliability and/or by exhausting the patience of other editors, who may quit the project in frustration. </p><p>An edit which, in isolation, is not disruptive may still be part of a <i>pattern</i> of editing that is. A group of disruptive edits may be close together in time, or spread out; they may all occur on a single page, or on many pages; they may be all very similar, or superficially quite different. </p><p>Disruptive editors may seek to disguise their behavior as productive editing, yet distinctive traits separate them from productive editors. When discussion fails to resolve the problem and when an impartial consensus of uninvolved editors agree (through <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment">requests for comment</a> or similar means), further disruption is grounds for blocking, and may lead to more serious disciplinary action through the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">dispute resolution</a> process. In extreme cases, this could include a site ban, either through the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a> or by a consensus. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Three-revert_rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Three-revert rule">three-revert rule</a>, if observed by disruptive editors, is not to be construed as a defense against action taken to enforce this policy against disruptive editors. As stated in that policy, "The rule is not an entitlement to revert a page a specific number of times." The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring#The_three-revert_rule" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">three-revert rule</a> should not be broken, even by editors attempting to revert disruptive edits. While <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a> is always disruptive, disruptive editing is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism#What_is_not_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">not always vandalism</a>; it is better for editors to follow the <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Dealing_with_disruptive_editors">process suggested below</a> than to break the rule. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Examples_of_disruptive_editing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Examples_of_disruptive_editing"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Examples_of_disruptive_editing"></span>Examples of disruptive editing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Examples_of_disruptive_editing"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:DISRUPTSIGNS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DISRUPTSIGNS&redirect=no">WP:DISRUPTSIGNS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Wikipedia:Editing policy</a></div> <p>This guideline concerns gross, obvious and repeated violations of policies, not subtle questions about which reasonable people may disagree. </p><p><b>A disruptive editor</b> often exhibits these tendencies: </p> <ol> <li><b>Is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing" title="Wikipedia:Tendentious editing">tendentious</a></b>: continues editing an article or group of articles in pursuit of a certain point for an extended time despite opposition from other editors. Tendentious editors not only add material; some engage in disruptive deletions as well, e.g. repeatedly removing reliable sources posted by other editors.</li> <li><b>Is unwilling or unable to satisfy <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Wikipedia:Verifiability</a></b>; fails to cite sources, cites unencyclopedic sources, misrepresents reliable sources, or performs <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OR">original research</a>.</li> <li><b>Engages in "disruptive <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Tag_bombing" title="Wikipedia:Tag bombing">cite-tagging</a>"</b>; adds unjustified <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Citation_needed" title="Template:Citation needed">citation needed</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:More_citations_needed" title="Template:More citations needed">more citations needed</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> tags to an article when the content tagged is already sourced, uses such tags to suggest that properly sourced article content is problematic.</li> <li><b>Fails to engage in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus building</a>:</b> <ol type="A"> <li>repeatedly disregards other editors' questions or requests for explanations concerning edits or objections to edits;</li> <li>repeatedly disregards other editors' explanations for their edits.</li> </ol> </li> <li><b>Fails to recognize, rejects, or ignores community input</b>: resists moderation and/or requests for comment, continuing to edit in pursuit of a certain point despite an opposing consensus from impartial editors.</li> </ol><p> In addition, such editors might:<span class="anchor" id="Campaign_to_alienate_productive_editors"></span><span class="anchor" id="Campaign_to_drive_away_productive_contributors"></span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"></p><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:DAPE"></span><span id="WP:CTDAPE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DAPE&redirect=no">WP:DAPE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CTDAPE&redirect=no">WP:CTDAPE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <ol start="6"><li><b>Campaign to drive away productive contributors</b>: act counter to policies and guidelines such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Wikipedia:Civility</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">Wikipedia:No personal attacks</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_articles" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of articles">Wikipedia:Ownership of articles</a>—or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SOCK">sockpuppetry</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Meatpuppet" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Meatpuppet">meatpuppetry</a> that might not exhaust the general community's patience but still operates toward an end of exhausting the patience of productive, rule-abiding editors on certain articles.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Point-illustrating" data-mw-thread-id="h-Point-illustrating-Examples_of_disruptive_editing"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Point-illustrating-Examples_of_disruptive_editing"></span>Point-illustrating<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Point-illustrating-Examples_of_disruptive_editing"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></div> <p>When one becomes frustrated with the way a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policy or guideline</a> is being applied, it may be tempting to try to discredit the rule or interpretation thereof by, in one's view, applying it consistently. Sometimes, this is done simply to prove a point in a local dispute. In other cases, one might try to enforce a rule in a generally <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reasonability_Rule" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Reasonability Rule">unpopular</a> way, with the aim of getting it changed. </p><p>Such behavior, wherever it occurs, is highly <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DE">disruptive</a> and can lead to a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLOCK">block</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BAN">ban</a>. If you feel that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines#Conflicts_between_advice_pages" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">a policy is problematic</a>, the policy's talk page is the proper place to raise your concerns. If you simply disagree with someone's actions in an article, discuss it on the article talk page or related pages. If mere discussion fails to resolve a problem, look into <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">dispute resolution</a>. </p><p>Practically speaking, it is impossible for Wikipedia to be 100 percent consistent, and its rules will therefore <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">never be perfect</a>. If consensus strongly disagrees with you even after you have made proper efforts, then respect the consensus, rather than trying to <a class="mw-selflink selflink">sway it with disruptive tactics</a>. </p><p>Note that it is possible to <i>make a point</i>, without <b>disrupting</b> Wikipedia to <b>illustrate</b> it. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Failure_or_refusal_to_"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Failure_or_refusal_to_"get_the_point"" data-mw-thread-id="h-Failure_or_refusal_to_"get_the_point"-Examples_of_disruptive_editing"><span id="Failure_or_refusal_to_.22get_the_point.22"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Failure_or_refusal_to_"get_the_point"-Examples_of_disruptive_editing"></span>Failure or refusal to "get the point"<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Failure_or_refusal_to_"get_the_point"-Examples_of_disruptive_editing"></span></h3></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="IDHT"></span><span class="anchor" id="Refusal_to_'get_the_point'"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:ICANTHEARYOU" redirects here. For inability of mobile editors to receive messages, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mobile_communication_bugs" title="Wikipedia:Mobile communication bugs">Wikipedia:Mobile communication bugs</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:Listen" redirects here. For the template to embed audio, see <a href="/wiki/Template:Listen" title="Template:Listen">Template:Listen</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Drawing_of_IDHT_person_(vector).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Drawing of a person sticking their fingers in their ears." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Drawing_of_IDHT_person_%28vector%29.svg/150px-Drawing_of_IDHT_person_%28vector%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Drawing_of_IDHT_person_%28vector%29.svg/225px-Drawing_of_IDHT_person_%28vector%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Drawing_of_IDHT_person_%28vector%29.svg/300px-Drawing_of_IDHT_person_%28vector%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="392" data-file-height="376"/></a><figcaption>"There's nothing wrong with my editing!"</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:LISTEN"></span><span id="WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT"></span><span id="WP:IDNHT"></span><span id="WP:IDHT"></span><span id="WP:ICANTHEARYOU"></span><span id="WP:NOTGETTINGIT"></span><span id="WP:DONTGETIT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:LISTEN&redirect=no">WP:LISTEN</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:IDIDNTHEARTHAT&redirect=no">WP:IDIDNTHEARTHAT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:IDNHT&redirect=no">WP:IDNHT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:IDHT&redirect=no">WP:IDHT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ICANTHEARYOU&redirect=no">WP:ICANTHEARYOU</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTGETTINGIT&redirect=no">WP:NOTGETTINGIT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DONTGETIT&redirect=no">WP:DONTGETIT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Sometimes, editors perpetuate disputes by sticking to a viewpoint long after community <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CONSENSUS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CONSENSUS">consensus</a> has decided that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CARCASS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CARCASS">moving on</a> would be more productive. This is disruptive. </p><p>Believing that you have a valid point does not confer the right to act as though your point must be accepted by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_community" title="Wikipedia:The community">the community</a> when you have been told otherwise. The community's rejection of your idea is <em>not</em> because they didn't hear you. Stop writing, listen, and consider what the others are telling you. Make an effort to see their side of the debate, and work on finding points of agreement. Do not confuse "hearing" with "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AGREE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AGREE">agreeing with</a>". </p><p>Sometimes, even when editors act in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">good faith</a>, their contributions may be time-wasting, especially if they can't understand what the problem is. Although editors should be encouraged to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOLD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOLD">be bold</a> and just do things if they think they're right, sometimes a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CIR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CIR">lack of competence</a> can get in the way. If the community spends more time cleaning up editors' mistakes and educating them about policies and guidelines than it considers necessary, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sanctions" title="Wikipedia:Sanctions">sanctions</a> may be imposed. </p> <div style="clear:left;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Distinguished_from_productive_editing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Distinguished_from_productive_editing"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Distinguished_from_productive_editing"></span>Distinguished from productive editing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Distinguished_from_productive_editing"></span></h2></div> <p>Editors often post minority views to articles. This fits within Wikipedia's mission so long as the contributions are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verifiable</a>, do not give <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view#Undue_weight" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">undue weight</a>, and where appropriate, comply with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FRINGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FRINGE">WP:FRINGE</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BURDEN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BURDEN">burden of evidence</a> rests with the editor who initially provides the information or wishes the information to remain. </p><p>From <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Wikipedia:Neutral point of view</a>: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Neutrality requires that each article or other page in the mainspace fairly represents all significant viewpoints that have been published by reliable sources, in proportion to the prominence of each viewpoint. Giving due weight and avoiding giving undue weight means that articles should not give minority views as much of or as detailed a description as more widely held views.</p></blockquote> <p>Editors may present active public disputes or controversies documented by reliable sources; citing a viewpoint stated in a mainstream scholarly journal, textbook, or monograph is not <i>per se</i> disruptive editing. This exemption does not apply to settled disputes, e.g. that <a href="/wiki/Geocentric_model" title="Geocentric model">the Sun revolves around the Earth</a>. (<i>The dispute itself</i> is notable.) </p><p>Sometimes well-meaning editors may be misled by fringe publications or make mistakes. Such people may defend their positions for a short time, then concede the issue when they encounter better evidence or impartial feedback. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Attempts_to_evade_detection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Attempts_to_evade_detection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Attempts_to_evade_detection"></span>Attempts to evade detection<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Attempts_to_evade_detection"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:RUNAWAY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RUNAWAY&redirect=no">WP:RUNAWAY</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Bad-faith disruptive editors attempt to evade <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Enforcement" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Enforcement">disciplinary action</a> in several ways: </p> <ul><li>Their edits occur over a long period of time, in which case no single edit is disruptive but the overall pattern clearly is.</li> <li>Their edits are largely confined to talk pages; such disruption may not directly harm an article, but it often prevents other editors from reaching consensus on how to improve it.</li> <li>Their comments may avoid breaches of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">civility</a> by refraining from <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPA">personal attacks</a> but still interfering with civil and collaborative editing and discussion.</li> <li>Their edits are limited to a small number of pages that very few people watch.</li> <li>Conversely, their edits may be distributed over a wide range of articles to make it less likely that any given user watches a sufficient number of affected articles to notice the disruptions.</li></ul> <p>Nonetheless, such disruptive editing violates Wikipedia policy and norms. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Dealing_with_disruptive_editors" data-mw-thread-id="h-Dealing_with_disruptive_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Dealing_with_disruptive_editors"></span>Dealing with disruptive editors<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Dealing_with_disruptive_editors"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:DDE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DDE&redirect=no">WP:DDE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The following is a model for remedies, though these steps do not necessarily have to be done in this sequence. In some extreme circumstances, a rapid report to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents">Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents</a> may be the best first step; in others, a fast track to a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BAN">community ban</a> may be in order. But in general, most situations can benefit from a gradual escalation: </p> <ul><li>First unencyclopedic entry by what appears to be a disruptive editor: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AGF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AGF">Assume good faith</a>. Do not attack the author who you suspect is disruptive. However, <b>revert</b> uncited or unencyclopedic material. Use an edit summary which describes the problem in non-inflammatory terms. Stay very <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CIVIL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CIVIL">civil</a>. Post to talk page asking for discussion and/or sources. Consult <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BITE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BITE">Do not bite the newcomers</a>, and be aware you may be dealing with someone who is new and confused, rather than a problem editor.</li></ul></li> <li>If editor restores, or unreverts: <ul><li>If sourced information appears this time around, do nothing; if not, revert again if they haven't responded at the talkpage. Ensure a clear explanation for the difference in opinion is posted by you at the article talkpage. Refer to this thread in your edit summary. If possible, <b>suggest compromises at the talkpage</b>.</li></ul></li> <li>If reverting continues, and they are <u>inserting unsourced information</u>: <ul><li>Revert, and <b>request administrator assistance</b> via <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents">Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents</a> (ANI). Provide <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DIFF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DIFF">diffs</a> of the multiple reverts by the tendentious editor. Keep your post short (no more than 250–500 words), well-diffed (multiple <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DIFF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DIFF">diffs</a> showing evidence), and focus on user conduct issues (the tendentious editor is not engaging in discussion / is inserting unsourced information / is ignoring talkpage <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a>). Try to avoid going into detailed article content issues at ANI, as it may reduce the likelihood that an admin will understand the complaint. Note: To be most successful at ANI, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOOMERANG" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOOMERANG">your own history must be clean</a>. At all times, stay civil, and avoid engaging in multiple reverts yourself.</li></ul></li> <li>If tendentious editor <i>is</i> using sources, but <u>if the sources are poor or misinterpreted</u>: <ul><li>Do not go to ANI yet.</li> <li><b>Review</b> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Wikipedia:Dispute resolution</a>.</li> <li><b>File a report</b> at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RSN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RSN">Reliable Sources noticeboard</a>, if appropriate.</li> <li>Continue attempts to engage the editor in dialogue. <b>Refer to policies</b> and guidelines as appropriate. <ul><li>If only two editors are involved, <b>seek a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:3O" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:3O">Third Opinion</a></b>.</li> <li>If more editors are involved, try a <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFC">Request for comment</a></b>.</li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>If attempts at dispute resolution are rejected or unsuccessful, or the problems continue: <ul><li><b>Notify the editor you find disruptive on their user talkpage</b>.<br/>Include diffs of the problematic behavior. Use a section name and/or edit summary to clearly indicate that you view their behavior as disruptive, but avoid being unnecessarily provocative. Remember, you're still trying to de-escalate. If other editors are involved, they should post their own comments too, to make clear the <i>community</i> disapproves.</li></ul></li> <li>If tendentious editor continues reverting: <ul><li>Use templates {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-disruptive1" title="Template:Uw-disruptive1">subst:uw-disruptive1</a>}}, {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-disruptive2" title="Template:Uw-disruptive2">subst:uw-disruptive2</a>}}, {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-disruptive3" title="Template:Uw-disruptive3">subst:uw-disruptive3</a>}}, and {{<a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-disruptive4" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Uw-disruptive4">subst:uw-disruptive4</a>}}.</li> <li>Assuming it's one editor against many at this point, <b>continue reverting</b> the tendentious editor. If they exceed three reverts in a 24-hour period, <b>file a report at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring">Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring</a></b> (but be careful you don't do excessive reverts yourself!). However, <i>one tendentious editor cannot maintain problematic content in the face of multiple other editors reverting their edits</i>.</li></ul></li> <li>If tendentious editor is not violating the three-revert rule (3RR), or there aren't enough editors involved to enforce Wikipedia policies: <ul><li><b>File a report at ANI, even if you have already filed one or more.</b></li></ul></li> <li>If editor continues to ignore consensus of any decision reached at ANI: <ul><li>Again, <b>request assistance at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents">Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents</a></b> for administrator intervention, and point to consensus from earlier talk pages or noticeboards. An admin should issue a warning or temporary block as appropriate.</li></ul></li> <li>If blocks fail to solve the problem, or you are still unable to obtain attention via ANI, <i>and all other avenues have been tried</i>: <ul><li><b>File a case for the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ARBCOM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ARBCOM">Arbitration Committee</a> to review</b>. Base it strictly on user conduct, and not on article content.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Blocking_and_sanctions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Blocking_and_sanctions-Dealing_with_disruptive_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Blocking_and_sanctions-Dealing_with_disruptive_editors"></span>Blocking and sanctions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Blocking_and_sanctions-Dealing_with_disruptive_editors"></span></h3></div> <ul><li>Disruptive editing may result in warnings and then escalating blocks, typically starting with 24 hours.</li> <li>Accounts used primarily for disruption will most likely be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Indefinite_block" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Indefinite block">blocked indefinitely</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="April_Fools'_Day" data-mw-thread-id="h-April_Fools'_Day"><span id="April_Fools.27_Day"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-April_Fools'_Day"></span>April Fools' Day<span data-mw-comment-end="h-April_Fools'_Day"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rules_for_Fools" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Rules for Fools">Wikipedia:Rules for Fools</a></div> <p>All edits on <a href="/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day" title="April Fools' Day">April Fools' Day</a> must continue to adhere to all applicable policies and guidelines, including (but not limited to) <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:EW" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:EW">edit warring</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">no personal attacks</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">biographies of living persons policy</a>. With the exception of the Main Page, all edits that are intended to be humorous should be kept out of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NS0" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NS0">article</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HELPNS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HELPNS">help namespaces</a>, as well as their respective talk pages; and be tagged with <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Humor" title="Template:Humor">Humor</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> (or equivalent template, such as the inline <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:April_fools" title="Template:April fools">April fools</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> or <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:4-1" title="Template:4-1">4-1</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>) to avoid misleading users. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoiding_talk-page_disruption" title="Wikipedia:Avoiding talk-page disruption">Wikipedia:Avoiding talk-page disruption</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive sanctions">Wikipedia:Disruptive sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_ignore_community_consensus" title="Wikipedia:Don't ignore community consensus">Wikipedia:Don't ignore community consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Griefing" title="Wikipedia:Griefing">Wikipedia:Griefing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hate_is_disruptive" title="Wikipedia:Hate is disruptive">Wikipedia:Hate is disruptive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Just_drop_it" title="Wikipedia:Just drop it">Wikipedia:Just drop it</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Self-limiting_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:Self-limiting sanctions">Wikipedia:Self-limiting sanctions</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template talk:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wikipedia key <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal.">(?)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Conduct <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Deletion <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Biographies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Enforcement <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the various means by which standards may be enforced">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">Page protection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Editing <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="documents the various protocols about style and grouping">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-concept article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Style</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Classification</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Template namespace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Project content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="protocols related to administration">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="G" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Project namespace</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">User boxes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;;background: #dddddd;color:inherit;"><abbr title="Wikimedia Foundation">WMF</abbr> <abbr title="official policies and statements of the Wikimedia Foundation">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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