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Three revert rule violation on Aetherometry by Helicoid.

• First insertion [1]
• 1st revert [2]
• 2nd revert [3]
• 3rd revert [4]
• 4th revert (partial) [5]
• 5th revert (of another edit) [6]

Reported by: Guettarda 05:28, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC) (Last diff corrected 16:44, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)) (Ok, I'm an idiot. I think it's fixed now)

• User was warned about violating the 3rr [7], and has also engaged in personal attacks. Guettarda 05:41, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Blocked for twenty-four hours (I disregarded the last diff., though, as it didn't seem relevant). Mel Etitis 12:50, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Well, a revert is a revert, even if it's a revert of totally unrelated material...it's three reverts per page, so I thought it was applicable. Guettarda 14:23, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Guettarda, uh just to point out for the future, you accidentally cited the diff with "diff=0" (which is a dynamic link that points to the most recent edit of the page), rather than a static diff. That would explain the "irrelevance". I get confused by it sometimes as well. -- Natalinasmpf 16:39, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    • Oops, sorry, thanks (corrected). Guettarda 16:44, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
      • Um, no — now it's unrelated to Helicoid. Mel Etitis 17:35, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
        • The anonymous editor in the last edit has rather the same editing style - ie. sudden removal of anything that makes aetherometry look bad without discussion, possibly a sockpuppet of Helicoid. Of course, that's just my thoughts. From what it looks like, from some of the comments on the vfd page, some of the aetherometry proponents are "calling their friends/relatives over" to revert the page, or to vote "keep" on its vfd. -- Natalinasmpf 18:56, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
          • I'm an idiot. Maybe I got it right now :| Guettarda 23:27, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The 3RR is indeed very broad — to my mind, much too broad. I can see good grounds for ruling out too many reverts of the same material, because there are very few occasions on which that might be justified; there are far more occasions on which a number of different reverts on the same page might be justified, though. As blocking is at the discretion of the admin involved, I generally use my discretion to black only when the reverts are of the same material.

Having said all that, my original comment wasn't very clear — sorry. Mel Etitis 14:45, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Seems like 209.29.93.65 (talk • contribs) could be a sockpuppet of Helicoid, looking at his or her editing style. -- Natalinasmpf 08:02, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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