Narutopedia:Three-revert rule

Policy not in effect: Cleanup and discussion needed

The Three-revert rule (or 3RR) is an official policy which applies to all members of Narutopedia. This policy applies to editing, repeatedly moving, renaming, deleting, undeleting, or recreating a page. The policy states that an editor must not perform more than three reversions of another specific user on a single Narutopedia article within 24 hours of their first reversion of a specific user. Any reversions beyond this limit should be performed by somebody else, to serve the vital purpose of showing that the community at large is in agreement over which of two competing versions is correct. Violations of the three-revert policy may be met with a block of up to 24 hours. Chronic offenders may be subject to longer bans from administrators. Remember, this situation can be avoided by sticking with the pre-revert war revision of the page and discussing it on the talk page.

Intent of the policy
The fact that users may be blocked for excessive reverting does not imply that they will be blocked. The admins are under no obligation to block a user for breaking the 3RR, for instance if they see that the problem has been resolved in another manner.

Enforcement
A vote passed to give further enforcement power to this rule: "If you violate the three-revert rule, after your fourth revert in 24 hours, sysops may block you for up to 24 hours. In the cases where multiple parties violate the rule, administrators should treat all sides equally."

Additionally, this rule is enforced by:
 * Educating users who may not be aware of good Wookieepedia practice in the matter.
 * Peer pressure and leadership by example.
 * Where pages are protected due to revert wars, admins may protect pages on the version disliked by those who have engaged in excessive reverts. This is believed by some to be a recent change to the protection policy. The admin also has the option to protect the current version, thereby maintaining a sense of neutrality.