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You can revert immediately in this case, as this matter has already been discussed. His edit amounts to vandalism, which is always revertable. Especially if he's made the edit before.
Just make sure to leave a clear edit reason that you're reverting per (protracted) discussion.
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.Yes, ATT. I remember it coming up and the answer really is quite clear-cut: we go by names in the official translation.
Found a Youtube Channel with political stances you want to share? Hop on over to this page and add them.Technically, Schonberg did not edit war because it's the first time they made that change to the article. The user who previously tried to change the names is entirely different. Suspending them does not seem like a reasonable response, but please do revert the article.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"Will do. There hasn't been an edit war in this case yet, you're right about that. Last time I pm'ed the troper who said they hadn't realized we preferred English names, so it was pretty much no harm no foul and I reverted it then.
But the potential is there as edit wars have happened over it before. That's one reason I've been walking on eggshells, I've lurked the edit/banned thread enough to not want to end up there if I can help it.
Reversion done with the following edit reason
Per multiple
prior
discussions
of this issue and per English translation preference in How to Create a Work's Page, reverting back to official English names
Sorry for double post, mobile site doesn't have an edit button for replies.
We will very rarely suspend for reverting an article to a state that is compliant with the rules as long as you've made a bona fide attempt to resolve the issue and have not been uncivil.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"

A troper named Schonberg made an edit on Characters.One Piece Major Allies changing the names of two characters from their official English translations to their Japanese names. This has happened a couple times already so, due to the Edit War potential, I've held off on reverting. I've sent the troper a PM regarding the change and addressing the points made in his edit reason, also posting those rebuttals in the page's discussion (which I started preemptively hoping to avoid this situation), while also linking to said discussion and a Style Rules thread being worked on in the forums sparked by the last time this came up.
Been a couple days with no response. Not a problem in itself, just me being impatient. My concern, looking at the Schonberg's edit history
, are twofold. One it looks like he's active on roughly a monthly basis, so I'm not sure if my pm will get a response if that pattern holds. Two, he's made such edits before involving these characters, so if I revert, the edit war potential is high and I don't want to get caught up in it and more than I can help.
My current plan is to wait until at least Friday or Saturday (about five days from the initial pm). If there's no response by then, will I be okay reverting the page back to the English names without being one half of an Edit War? Or should I report here as I am doing and leave the reversion to someone like a mod?