edit-war

Example Sentences

• "This led to a serious of furious exchanges on the discussion page, with allegations of abuse of power by the admin, and anger that this had been done without bothering to understand that the “edit-warring” was not a real problem, but simply the result of (in what is so far the phrase of the year, and unlikely to be challenged for that title) “a rolling band of disruptive socks.”"
• "Wikipedia bosses have temporarily “locked-down” the page, meaning it cannot be changed by anyone except administrators, because of what they call “edit-warring” between those working for Sir Norman and people who want to make mischief."
• "The article Jimmy Wales was not only begun by Jimbo Wales, as noted above. He has also edited it at least 18 times since. He has even, in a half-hearted way, edit-warred on the page, repeatedly deleting phrases that characterised Larry Sanger as co-founder of the site."
• "“Wiki” articles are written and edited by users, with the aim of “neutral” accounts, but “edit-warring” has sought to portray Scientology in either a favourable or negative light."
• "Further up the ladder are editors with access to articles that have been restricted because of vandalism or “edit-warring.”"
• "From the inside, on the other hand, Wikipedia may feel like a fight to get one’s voice heard. One gets a sense of this insider view from looking at the “talk page” of many articles, which rather than seeming like collaborations around the construction of knowledge, are full of descriptions of “edit-warring” — where successive editors try to cancel each others’ contributions out — and bitter, contentious arguments about the accuracy of conflicting points of view."