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    Definition of edit warring
    Edit warring is a behavior, typically exemplified by the use of repeated edits to "win" a content dispute. It is different from a bold, revert, discuss (BRD) cycle. Reverting vandalism and banned users is not edit warring; at the same time, content disputes, even egregious point of view edits and other good-faith changes do not constitute vandalism. Administrators often must make a judgment call to identify edit warring when cooling disputes. Administrators currently use several measures to determine if a user is edit warring.
    Definition of the three-revert rule (3RR)
    An editor must not perform more than three reverts on a single page within a 24-hour period. Undoing another editor's work—whether in whole or in part, whether involving the same or different material each time—counts as a revert. Violations of this rule normally attract blocks of at least 24 hours. Any appearance of gaming the system by reverting a fourth time just outside the 24-hour slot is likely to be treated as a 3RR violation. See here for exemptions.

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    User:QuantumThread reported by User:Badbluebus (Result: Blocked two weeks)

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    Page: Moeed Pirzada (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: QuantumThread (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to: [1]

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. [2] (jan 30, immediately after the block expired)
    2. [3] (jan 26, before they got blocked for 3 days)
    3. [4] (Jan 25)
    4. [5] (Jan 25)
    5. [6] (Jan 25)
    6. [7] (Jan 25)

    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [8]

    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [9] (user responded using AI)

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [10]

    Comments:
    This SPA got WP:EW-blocked for repeatedly removing maintenance tags from the article [11]. Immediately after the block expired, they came back to edit war over the same issue [12]. This user clearly WP:DONTGETIT.

    Blocked – for a period of two weeks I might have let this go as I am not sure the article will be kept (the keep !votes are in the majority, yes, but closer examination shows they are mostly from SPAs created recently that cite non-policy reasons for their !votes. Daniel Case (talk) 20:21, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:TommyKirchhoff reported by User:Ixocactus (Result: 48 hour partial block)

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    Page: Traditional Chinese medicine (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: TommyKirchhoff (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 20:41, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1272915373 by Tryptofish (talk)"
    2. 20:36, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1272914802 by Tgeorgescu (talk)"
    3. 20:25, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1272912771 by Ixocactus (talk)"
    4. 20:07, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1272910578 by Tgeorgescu (talk)"
    5. Consecutive edits made from 19:46, 30 January 2025 (UTC) to 20:00, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
      1. 19:46, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1272907651 by Hemiauchenia (talk)"
      2. 20:00, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Including important but curiously overlooked text from citation."
    6. 19:40, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Removed dubious reference and associated text per Reliable Sources (Medicine)"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 20:21, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Caution: Introducing fringe theories on Traditional Chinese medicine."
    2. 20:22, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Traditional Chinese medicine."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:


    Comments:

    Account ignores all warnings and edit summaries. See also Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement#TommyKirchhoff Ixocactus (talk) 20:39, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:ToadGuy101 reported by User:Moxy (Result: Blocked 2 weeks)

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    Page: Federal monarchy (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: ToadGuy101 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. Consecutive edits made from 23:31, 30 January 2025 (UTC) to 23:34, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
      1. 23:31, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "/* List of federal monarchies */"
      2. 23:33, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "/* Historically */"
      3. 23:33, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "/* Historically */"
      4. 23:34, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "/* Historically */"
    2. 23:11, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "/* Historically */"
    3. 23:03, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1272927889 by Moxy (talk) It’s not finished a"
    4. Consecutive edits made from 21:14, 30 January 2025 (UTC) to 22:00, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
      1. 21:14, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1272212745 by Moxy (talk) No reason was given for removal there is currently a lack of info on this subject on Wikipedia thus it is appropriate"
      2. 22:00, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "/* List of federal monarchies */"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 22:18, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Federal monarchy."
    2. 23:26, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Notifying about edit warring noticeboard discussion."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    Comments:

    Editor unfamiliar on how to format charts or basic copy editing.

    Keeps restoring basic errors like " Historically, the most prominent examplesexample of a federal monarchiesmonarchy " and unable to edit chart properly. Has been asked to do this in a sandbox and to provide sourcing for these changes before submitting for public view. Perhaps an article block or a block from article namespace?Moxy🍁 23:38, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Sinnarmaile reported by User:Aaaas216& (Result: No violation)

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    Page: Bangladesh Chhatra League (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: Sinnarmaile (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 11:16, 31 January 2025 (UTC) "Chhatra League have militant factions, provided enlugh sources for it"
    2. 12:39, 30 January 2025 (UTC) ""
    3. 16:44, 29 January 2025 (UTC) ""

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:


    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    1. 09:28, 26 January 2025 (UTC) on User talk:Sinnarmaile "/* January 2025 */"

    Comments:

    The user constantly added unsourced material as shown in their edits. Even though, the user claims to have added citations. I am unable to find any related to the subject the user is using for supporting their claims. Warned the user once but it seems did not collaborate with it. Aaaas216& (talk) 12:53, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    No violation – there must be four or more reverts within a 24 hour period for the 3-Revert Rule to apply; the links you have provided do not meet these criteria. Daniel Case (talk) 18:55, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Here's another recent one which i reverted just now. Bruno pnm ars (talk) 11:05, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:JacktheBrown reported by User:Simonm223 (Result: Blocked one week)

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    Page: Giorgia Meloni (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: JacktheBrown (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to: [14]

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. [15]
    2. [16]
    3. [17]
    4. [18]
    5. [19]

    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [20] and [21] and [22]

    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [23]

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [24]

    Comments:

    User:74.104.110.86 reported by User:CurryTime7-24 (Result: Blocked 31 hours)

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    Page: John Belushi (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: 74.104.110.86 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 18:38, 31 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1273102252 by CurryTime7-24 (talk)"
    2. 18:38, 31 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1273102352 by CurryTime7-24 (talk)"
    3. 18:29, 31 January 2025 (UTC) "/* Tributes, legacy, and popular culture */"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 18:17, 31 January 2025 (UTC) "General note: Formatting, date, language, etc (Manual of style) on Milton Berle."
    2. 18:33, 31 January 2025 (UTC) "Caution: Unconstructive editing on Billy Crystal."
    3. 18:37, 31 January 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Dick Ebersol."
    4. 18:40, 31 January 2025 (UTC) "Final warning: Formatting, date, language, etc (Manual of style) on John Belushi."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:


    Comments:

    Editor was warned not to add unreferenced and trivial pop culture references in articles. Multiple warning, including for edit warring, were ignored. CurryTime7-24 (talk) 18:44, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    They haven't edited since you gave them their last warning (otherwise, I agree that this user has crossed the EW line without violating 3RR). Let's see if this situation holds. Daniel Case (talk) 18:59, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Already blocked  for a period of 31 hours by EvergreenFir for adding unsourced content. Daniel Case (talk) 20:08, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Le Blue Dude reported by User:BangJan1999 (Result: Declined)

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    Page: Sinfest (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: Le Blue Dude (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 20:06, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1272910490 by Traumnovelle (talk)"
    2. Consecutive edits made from 19:59, 30 January 2025 (UTC) to 20:00, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
      1. 19:59, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "/* Later shifts in tone */ This is a subject matter expert in line with Kleefeld. Finally got the quote we needed! Horray!"
      2. 20:00, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "/* Later shifts in tone */"
      3. 20:00, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "/* Later shifts in tone */"
    3. 01:08, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "Undid revision 1272733631 by Hydronium Hydroxide (talk)"
    4. 00:42, 30 January 2025 (UTC) "It’s a direct quote. I’m not breaking the rules. We can debate this with a RFC or arbitration"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:


    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:


    Comments:

    Declined Per above. Daniel Case (talk) 23:24, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:2604:3D08:6E7D:2100:7563:6E02:139B:165 reported by User:Objective3000 (Result: 2604:3D08:6E7D:2100::/64 blocked 72 hours)

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    Page: 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: 2604:3D08:6E7D:2100:7563:6E02:139B:165 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 01:29, 1 February 2025 (UTC) "/* See also */"
    2. 01:27, 1 February 2025 (UTC) "/* See also */"
    3. 01:26, 1 February 2025 (UTC) "/* See also */"
    4. 01:23, 1 February 2025 (UTC) "/* See also */"
    5. 01:22, 1 February 2025 (UTC) "/* See also */"
    6. 01:16, 1 February 2025 (UTC) "/* See also */"
    7. 01:11, 1 February 2025 (UTC) "/* See also */"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 01:27, 1 February 2025 (UTC) "/* January 2025 */ new section"

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    Comments:

    User:Kiranpawar3210 reported by User:Dympies (Result: Blocked 48 hours, user alerted to CTOPS)

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    Page: Sambhaji (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: Kiranpawar3210 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Previous version reverted to: [25]

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 17:28, 27 January 2025 "Undid revision 1272117316 by Ratnahastin (talk)"
    1. 18:13, 27 January 2025 "Undid revision 1272169548 by Ratnahastin (talk) "
    1. 22:19, 31 January 2025 "Undid revision 1273079605 by Ratnahastin (talk) This specific sentence is not found anywhere in the given reference"
    1. 00:16, 1 February 2025 "Undid revision 1273091307 by Dympies (talk) The exact sentence is not found in any source. Some sources do not even exist"


    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [26]

    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [27]

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [28]

    Comments:
    Edit warring with multiple editors in order to glorify this king by either adding honorifics or censoring content he doesn't like. Dympies (talk) 04:14, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Blocked – for a period of 48 hours User also alerted to CTOPS; will leave notice of same on talk page. Daniel Case (talk) 23:35, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Lnydcs reported by User:JollyJelly425 (Result: Indefinitely blocked)

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    Page: Korean New Year (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: Lnydcs (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to: [diff preferred, link permitted]

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. [29]
    2. [30]
    3. [31]
    4. [32]
    5. [33]
    6. [34]


    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [35]

    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [36][37][38]

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [39]

    Comments:
    The persistent disruptive edits while refusing to provide the sources and engage discussing at the article's talk page. I tried to persuade him to refer to online sources, but given that he argues Google to be a a bribed propaganda machine, I'm starting to feel less confident in the user's ability to constructively engage in Wikipedia.

    User:Isimmons1 reported by User:Danners430 (Result: No violation)

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    Page: List of rail accidents in the United Kingdom (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: Isimmons1 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    First addition: [40]

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. [41]
    2. [42]
    3. [43]


    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [44]

    No discussion has taken place on the article talk page; however, the user has discussed the issue on User:Redrose64's talk page

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [45]

    Comments:
    Long term edit warring - user has tried four times to add content which goes against established consensus to a page, and has been reverted by two users already - three now including myself. No attempt by the user to start a discussion until the post on Redrose's talk page. Danners430 (talk) 15:06, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    No violation – there must be four or more reverts within a 24 hour period for the 3-Revert Rule to apply; the links you have provided do not meet these criteria. Daniel Case (talk) 23:36, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I’m not asking for the 3RR to be applied in this case - I’m asking for it to be reviewed as to the concerns around edit warring, which is clearly happening here. This is the edit warring noticeboard is it not? Danners430 (talk) 07:56, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:109.76.175.107 reported by User:Lemonaka (Result: )

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    Page: Hurry Up Tomorrow (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: 109.76.175.107 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 19:08, 1 February 2025 (UTC) ""
    2. 18:48, 1 February 2025 (UTC) ""
    3. 13:53, 1 February 2025 (UTC) ""
    4. 13:40, 1 February 2025 (UTC) ""
    5. 11:56, 1 February 2025 (UTC) ""

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 19:11, 1 February 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Three-revert rule on Hurry Up Tomorrow."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:


    Comments:

    Obviously edit-warring against different users. -Lemonaka 19:12, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:2A00:20:7:6ADE:2158:8D15:DBCD:A40E reported by User:JollyJelly425 (Result: Blocked 2 weeks)

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    Page: Korean calendar (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: 2A00:20:7:6ADE:2158:8D15:DBCD:A40E (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to: [diff preferred, link permitted]

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. [46]
    2. [47]
    3. [48]
    4. [49]



    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [50]

    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [51]

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [52]

    Comments:
    Shortly after Lnydcs[53] was permanently blocked from persistently adding the unsourced disruptive edits and edit warring while refusing to engage in the talk, the new IP user 2A00:20:7:6ADE:2158:8D15:DBCD:A40E[54], likely Lnydcs's block evasion IP, is continuing the edit warring with the similar contentious and disruptive edits, violating WP:PROXYING. I think the page may need the protection given that the user is potentially keep changing the IP to evade the block and continue the edit warring.

    Update: The likely same user is now using a new IP to continue the behaviours [55], which seems to be a VPN IP [56] — Preceding unsigned comment added by JollyJelly425 (talk • contribs) 20:59, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    Blocked – for a period of 2 weeks The range 2A00:20:7:6ADE:0:0:0:0/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) Daniel Case (talk) 23:48, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Also blocked 2A02:6B67:D050:2A00:0:0:0:0/64 (block range · block log (global) · WHOIS (partial)) for the same time, Daniel Case (talk) 23:51, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Santasa99 reported by User:WikiEditHr (Result: No violation)

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    Page: Hrvatinić noble family (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: Santasa99 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to: [diff preferred, link permitted]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hrvatini%C4%87_noble_family&diff=prev&oldid=1272499357

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hrvatini%C4%87_noble_family&diff=prev&oldid=1272448682
    2. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hrvatini%C4%87_noble_family&diff=prev&oldid=1273089289
    3. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hrvatini%C4%87_noble_family&diff=prev&oldid=1272585409
    4. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hrvatini%C4%87_noble_family&diff=prev&oldid=1272584856

    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [57]

    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [58]

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [diff]

    Comments:

    The user has displayed continuously irrational and unscientific behavior through edits, by using sources with no scientific basis or consensus. Having gone through the users post history, I have found that this has not been only an issue I noticed, but it is a pattern that has been pointed out to the user by several other people over the years.

    • No violation. The 4 reverts listed above are incorrect as some of the edits are consecutive. Santasa99 has made two reverts, one on January 31 and one on January 28. Bbb23 (talk) 00:54, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
      • Comment Just a short comment in case someone from ANI gets interested, as the link for this report is posted there: as Bbb23 correctly noticed, I reverted on 28 and 31 Jan, two reverts of replacement of sourced with unsourced content,.--౪ Santa ౪99° 10:31, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:ProtectorofHERUTAGE reported by User:Jfire (Result: Indeffed)

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    Page: Zellij (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

    User being reported: ProtectorofHERUTAGE (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to:

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 03:09, 2 February 2025 (UTC) "False information removed, zellige is a safeguard registered art"
    2. 03:04, 2 February 2025 (UTC) "Fake information removed"
    3. 02:59, 2 February 2025 (UTC) "Zellige is a safeguard Moroccan heritage and it’s explicitly Moroccan. No other country should claim or lie on history on Wikipedia."
    4. 02:53, 2 February 2025 (UTC) "False information removed"

    Diffs of edit warring / 3RR warning:

    1. 03:07, 2 February 2025 (UTC) "Warning: Edit warring on Zellij."

    Diffs of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page:

    1. 02:54, 2 February 2025 (UTC) on Zellij "Please use the talk page to explain why you think this sourced information should be removed."

    Comments:

    Yes, and again just now. These are his only edits. Johnbod (talk) 03:18, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Note: I have also requested page protection for the article ([59]), if approved, that might solve the problem. Otherwise, I would push this further: this account is an obvious WP:NOTHERE. It's obviously related to the IP user(s) who has been making POV vandalism (pro-Morocco, anti-other North African countries) for several days: [60], [61], [62], [63], [64], [65], [66]. The username and this logged-out edit in response make it clear they're just here for one disruptive purpose, related to political disputes between Morocco and Algeria. R Prazeres (talk) 03:24, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

    User:13enedict reported by User:Mellk (Result: )

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    Page: Lenny Kravitz (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
    User being reported: 13enedict (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

    Previous version reverted to: [67]

    Diffs of the user's reverts:

    1. 23:01, 16 January 2025
    2. 22:18, 17 January 2025
    3. 10:56, 18 January 2025
    4. 14:22, 30 January 2025 (logged out)
    5. 14:27, 30 January 2025 (logged out)
    6. 20:04, 30 January 2025
    7. 10:33, 1 February 2025
    8. 19:10, 1 February 2025
    9. 12:40, 2 February 2025


    Diff of edit warring / 3RR warning: [68]

    Diff of attempt to resolve dispute on article talk page: [69]

    Diff of ANEW notice posted to user's talk page: [70]

    Comments:

    SPA. Slow edit warring over ancestry. They were also warned about WP:RUSUKR but they do not seem to have paid attention to this. Mellk (talk) 12:55, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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