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crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
2022-11-27 11:12:09

The Edit War policy page was updated recently (several weeks ago) to include "B removes the example without an edit reason." as an explicit example of vandalism. The message to editor B, in this case, is that you need to explain your removals.

Essentially, we are sorta-but-not-quite treating unexplained removals as a rule violation. Please don't use this as an excuse to just randomly re-add things that were removed without an explanation, only re-add if you know that the removed elements still fit the context.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
GnomeTitan Since: Aug, 2013
2022-11-27 11:43:31

OK. I think that your last sentence is very important, and that's part of the reason I felt the need to ask now.

In my experience, example removal without edit reasons is extremely common and I'm glad that you moderators seem to take it seriously.

crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
2022-11-27 12:15:22

It is common enough that "edit reason" specifically calls out "unexplained removal" as an example of an insufficient edit reason. We've had that for longer, but it is underused so far. Editors with a record of unexplained removals can find themselves suspended for ignoring the notifiers that they've received about it.

Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
GnomeTitan Since: Aug, 2013
2022-11-29 02:01:57

In case anyone should wonder, the case that prompted my question has been resolved. I got hold of the other troper and discussed the example in PMs. But thanks for the clarifications of the site policy.

Edited by GnomeTitan
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