Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Help desk/Archive 1 (section)

== Battle of Entries ==

Hiya, I just recently joined and one of the first articles I've altered is the [[Whiteness]] page. The article posted was ill-informed and not that helpful so I added some more info. Later I noticed that someone (a non-registered user (NRU)) reverted the article. We seem to disagree about this topic. The NRU says that "whiteness" means "white people are racist". Whiteness Studies has never made such an assertion. SO- shall I alter the entry once again? Will this turn into a battle of the entries? How do we proceed? [[User:Worldtyrant|Worldtyrant]] 01:23, 12 May 2004 (UTC)

: Anonymous users have the same rights to edit articles as do those with login accounts.  From the history of the article you mention, it looks like you've been removing the "votes for deletion" tag on that page.  Please don't do that, even if you feel its insertion wasn't justified.  Instead, discuss the matter over on the votes for deletion page, and an admin will remove the VfD tag once the discussion and voting is done. -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] 01:28, 12 May 2004 (UTC)

: Oh, and in general what you're describing (one person adding stuff, another removing that and putting in something else, repeat at nauseum) is described here: [[Wikipedia:Edit war]].  It seems to be a hobby for some :) -- [[User:Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] | [[User talk:Finlay McWalter | Talk]] 01:31, 12 May 2004 (UTC)

::I can see it now - we should create a Wikipedia [[Dungeons and Dragons]] scenario. I'll be Grethor, a 9th level edit warrior, chaotic-evil affilation. If I get promoted one more level, I'll learn the spell of permanent reversion. [[User:Raul654|&rarr;Raul654]] 18:11, May 13, 2004 (UTC)
* Thanks for the info! Especially the Edit Wars link. [[User:Worldtyrant|Worldtyrant]] 22:42, 13 May 2004 (UTC)