edit war
A dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work where opposing…A dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work where opposing editors continually change the page without discussion.
Meaning
1 sensesA dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work where opposing editors continually change the page without discussion.
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.
Edit-War, Bearbeitungskrieg
война́ пра́вокvojná právok
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From edit + war.From edit + war.
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