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Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-08-23 01:39:12

The three scenarios (asking other troper to revert, telling others there was a talk, using edit reasons) you've described are ways to avoid editwar and come from best to not so best basing on visibility of the private talk occuring.

Edited by Amonimus TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2022-08-23 02:16:51

Yeah, I think just explaining the situation in the edit reason would be fine, the point is just to encourage discussion.

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Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-08-23 02:21:27

The more point would be proving you aren't reverting page to own version in bad faith, this is why rule-enforcing reverts don't count as editwarring.

Edited by Amonimus TroperWall / WikiMagic Cleanup
WarJay77 (Troper Knight)
2022-08-23 02:46:14

Well, that too, but even then it's preferred to talk it out :P

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Andariel (Long Runner)
2022-08-23 03:19:01

Okay, so... The best option is if the other troper makes the revert. If they sudenly disappear into the aether, I should ask mods for permission to do it myself. And while technically reverting without mod permission is allowed if I link to the discussion, I would be on thin ice and it's better to err on the side of caution.

Adept MOD (Holding A Herring)
2022-08-23 03:52:43

Or you can post the situation in ATT and ask some other tropers to make the edit, if you don't want to revert the edit yourself, and the other troper somehow becomes inactive after the convo.

Andariel (Long Runner)
2022-08-23 05:24:49

Okay, thanks for the help, everyone!

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