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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.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.

I'm well aware that reverting an edit that is a clear rule violation does not count as edit warring. But lately, I've seen this rule applied to when an example is removed without an edit reason.
For example:
A adds an example (which is not obviously invalid and does not violate any rules). B removes the example without an edit reason. A adds the example back, citing "removal without a reason" as the edit reason.
Is it true that A is not edit warring in this case? I think the case isn't quite obvious, since A may be wrong about the example being valid (for example, A could have misunderstood what the trope is about).
I'm asking because I find myself in A's position here. I could of course post the example here and ask if it's OK to put it back (and I'll be happy to do so), but I don't want to waste people's time if it's explicitly allowed to do this.
EDITED: I will send a notifier and ask why they deleted it, but even if they answer and this can be "peacefully" resolved, I'm interested to know what the policy actually is.
Edited by GnomeTitan