edit war

An "edit war" occurs when contributors to online collaborative platforms, like wikis, repeatedly change content due to disagreements.

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Definition

(technical, informal)A series of back-and-forth changes to a digital document by contributors with conflicting viewpoints.

The article on climate change turned into an edit war, with users constantly reversing each other's changes.
An edit war erupted over the biography page, leading to temporary page protection.

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