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by webstrand2 days ago |
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upvoteby technothrasher2 days ago|
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The only few times I tried to make small edits, typo corrections, or similar, they just got immediately reverted as vandalism. So when I found a page that is largely wrong about a relatively obscure historical figure that I actually know a lot about and have plenty of source material for, I didn't really feel motivated to put the work in to clean it up.
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upvoteby stogot2 days ago|
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I made a small edit to fix a mistake once and it didn’t get called vandalism but I sort of got a harsh message telling I did it wrong and didn’t follow processes

There must be some admin-level expectations of how things should be done but the editor flow gives you zero warning or indication. This was a while back so maybe they changed the flow

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upvoteby dharmab1 days ago|
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I've had my edits similarly mass reverted with an unkind message.
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upvoteby Arch-TK2 days ago|
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If there's a dispute and the person you're having a dispute with never materialises to argue their side of the argument, you're fine to just revert the banner.
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upvoteby firesteelrain2 days ago|
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How are people supposed to understand these hard to follow and shifting rules?
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upvoteby Kim_Bruning1 days ago|
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The base rules are actually not very complicated.

But any time you try to write them down, people will come along and interpret them to their own advantage, sometimes outright in the opposite direction. That's a people problem, to some extent, not purely a Wikipedia problem.

(BRD is my favorite pet-peeve)

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upvoteby oarsinsync1 days ago|
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> The base rules are actually not very complicated.

> But any time you try to write them down, people will come along and interpret them to their own advantage, sometimes outright in the opposite direction.

I think this a feature/bug of a (litigious) society that works on the letter of the law rather than the spirit of the law.

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upvoteby firesteelrain1 days ago|
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I am going to use this at work!
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upvoteby arjie1 days ago|
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For reasons unknown, I am much better than many at navigating this:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40655989

https://x.com/arjie/status/1847046183342297498?s=46

If you share with me what your change is I might be able to get it done.

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upvoteby paradite2 days ago|
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Seems like the story of Stackoverflow.
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upvoteby Avamander23 hours ago|
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If you revert someone's malicious reverts three times, you'll be forced into arbitration. They rarely bother with that though.
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upvoteby GoblinSlayer1 days ago|
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I think it's an antispam bot, just rerevert.
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upvoteby the_mitsuhiko2 days ago|
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Would be curious to learn what you edited.
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