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rodneyAnonymous Since: Aug, 2010
2015-06-30 16:11:28

Yes, the only justifications for deleting an entry from YMMV pages are factual inaccuracy and... and... something else. But it's not "my opinion is different from that opinion". (Note that, ideally, entries give a second-hand account of an opinion, rather than express one.)

Edited by rodneyAnonymous Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-06-30 16:20:44

^ Concur. Factual inaccuracy or misuse of a trope. (i.e., Narm often gets misused for occasions when something serious simply lacks impact, when in fact Narm is when something serious comes across as being funny.)

On the other hand, if that bullet is all the line was, then it was a ZCE anyway.

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
2015-07-01 15:22:25

I'll replace the example (plus a little more context to make it no longer a ZCE) and drop them a PM about deleting YMMV items. I just wanted to bring it up here first to avoid inadvertently kicking off an Edit War.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
SolipSchism Since: Jun, 2014
2015-07-01 15:34:02

S'all good. Strictly speaking, it's not an edit war until the third edit. That is—

  1. Alice makes an edit. Adding something, removing something, whatever. There's nothing inherently wrong with making an edit, obviously.
  2. Bob reverts her edit. There's nothing inherently wrong with that.
  3. Alice re-does the same edit. This is the first volley in the edit war, and this is what you should never, ever do.
  4. Bob reverts the edit again. This is Bob's first mistake, and he is now guilty too.

It does not matter who is right or who is wrong. Maybe Alice's edit was garbage, and Bob was fixing it. Maybe it was a good edit, and Bob was just being an ass. It doesn't matter; at Step 3, Alice is edit warring. At Step 4, Bob is edit warring.

But just reverting an edit is fine, assuming you have a good reason.

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