Wikipedia:Alternatives to edit warring
This is a humorous essay. It contains the advice or opinions of one or more Wikipedia contributors and is made to be humorous. This page is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. Some essays represent widespread norms; others only represent minority viewpoints. This essay isn't meant to be taken seriously. |
Ah yes, edit warring. A classic part of Wikipedia, no matter how lame edit wars may be sometimes. However, some guy named Jimbo England or something had to make it unallowed on Wikipedia. But fret not, my friend! There are other ways to take your frustration out on someone who reverted your PERFECT edit!
Vandalism
editNow, I know what you might be thinking. "Isn't that also not allowed?" Well, while it might be banned, you know what they say: Break our rules, please, so we can ban you Nothing on Wikipedia is set in stone. Also, nothing's illegal if you don't get caught! So go ahead, give that obscure article that nobody's talking about a sea of blue![1]
Legal threats
editRemember the guy who fixed your typo on your freshly-published article before you could? Well, go ahead and sue him! Legal threats are never not allowed! What's Jimothy Ireland going to do to you? If he tries anything, sue him too! Also, if you go through with this alternative, you might want to call a certain lawyer.
Accuse someone else of doing someone wrong
editAre YOU tired of people being better than you? Did someone else write an article that got featured, when the 500 articles you created to promote your garage band haven't even been read once? Well, why not assume bad faith and accuse them of being an absolute epic 100% free no virus W + ratio troll? Nothing's stopping you from doing so, and don't even let the Policy convince you otherwise!
If none of these properly work, try
Logging off of Wikipedia
editTo log out of Wikipedia, press the "Log out" button in the top right, next to Contributions. Slim Jim France will be very sad because you, a valued customer, have left forever!!!!!
- ^ This looks like a checkerboard of orange and blue for those of us using "Display links to disambiguation pages in orange" in the Gadgets part of Preferences.