edit war

English

Noun

edit war (plural edit wars)

1. (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) A dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work.

   As with dinner-table discussions, it is best to avoid editing articles about politics or religion unless one wishes to become entrenched in a perpetual edit war.

Translations

a dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work

• Arabic: حرب التحرير (ar) (ḥarb al-taḥrīr) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 編輯戰 (cmn), 编辑战 (cmn) (biānjí zhàn)

• Finnish: muokkaussota (fi), palautussota (fi)
• French: guerre d'édition (fr) f
• German: Edit-War (de) m, Bearbeitungskrieg (de) f

• Italian: guerra di modifiche (it) f
• Japanese: 編集合戦 (ja) (へんしゅうがっせん, henshū gassen)
• Korean: 편집 분쟁 (ko) (pyeonjip bunjaeng)
• Russian: война правок (ru) (vojná právok) f
• Spanish: guerra de ediciones (es) f
• Swedish: redigeringskrig (sv) n

Verb

edit war

1. (Wiktionary and WMF jargon) To engage in such a dispute.

   When a dispute arises, it is common to see a page protected to avoid edit warring.

Translations

to engage in an edit war

• Swedish: redigeringskriga (sv)