Score = Me-3, Wiki-Nazis, 0

[Hurricane]

I don't know if anyone else here is active on Wikipedia, but I am. For those of you others who may be as well, you've probably noticed that every single article has one or two control freaks (what I like to call "Wiki-Nazis") who think they own that particular page and won't let anyone else make any changes that they don't approve of, even with a reliable source to back up the information. So far, I've gone to battle against 3 such people on 3 separate articles and won. Wiki-Nazis hate it when they don't get their way and I love pissing them off by... well, not letting them have their way. :)

[K-DoG7p7]

hmm.. how do you win?
moderators come in a lock it?

[Hurricane]

hmm.. how do you win?
moderators come in a lock it?

No. What usually happens is that the Wiki-Nazi will contact an admin to try and get them to tell you to stop editing the article. When the admin steps in and sees that the information you are trying to add is valid and relevant, the information is added and the Wiki-Nazi doesn't get their way.

An alternate route is to present the information to try and get a consensus from other Wiki users. If the consensus is in your favor, the information is added. If a consensus can't be reached (usually because no one else will weigh in), you can get a "third opinion" from an uninvolved, unbiased person. If either of those two things go in your favor, the information is added and Wiki-Nazi doesn't get their way.

[friginator]

Yeah, I'm a rolbacker on Wikipedia, and Hurricane is right--there always seems to be one or two control freaks. Though citing sources is important. Generally the rationale for them reverting your edits is something like "now it's too messy" or "now this feels awkward," without giving you an actual reason.

But what I hate even more than that is when one user makes dozens of edits in a row, only changing one little thing at a time, until they've reverted the entire article. Thank god for rollback. And twinkle.

[Hurricane]

Yeah, I'm a rolbacker on Wikipedia, and Hurricane is right--there always seems to be one or two control freaks. Though citing sources is important. Generally the rationale for them reverting your edits is something like "now it's too messy" or "now this feels awkward," without giving you an actual reason.

But what I hate even more than that is when one user makes dozens of edits in a row, only changing one little thing at a time, until they've reverted the entire article. Thank god for rollback. And twinkle.

All of the pro wrestling articles fall under the same 2 or 3 Nazis who apparently work in shifts to monitor every page 24 hours a day. A few months ago, WWE changed the name of one of their pay per views from One Night Stand to Extreme Rules. The name change was reflected on their events calendar on WWE.com. I went to Wikipedia to update the article to show the name change and the Nazis ganged up to form a consensus that WWE.com's pay per view calendar was not a reliable source. That's right, WWE's official website was not a reliable source concerning WWE's pay per view events.

[Arrogantcur]

I don't know if anyone else here is active on Wikipedia, but I am. For those of you others who may be as well, you've probably noticed that every single article has one or two control freaks (what I like to call "Wiki-Nazis") who think they own that particular page and won't let anyone else make any changes that they don't approve of, even with a reliable source to back up the information. So far, I've gone to battle against 3 such people on 3 separate articles and won. Wiki-Nazis hate it when they don't get their way and I love pissing them off by... well, not letting them have their way. :)

I know a guy like that. Very annoying. Grats on beating those guys.

[LewisH]

Clearly they have so little control over anything that really matters in their daily lives that they have staked out this one tiny corner of the universe to call their own. When you have almost nothing you will fight that much harder for what you percieve you do have. Crushing an ant shouldn't be a cause for celebration unless you also have very little control over anything that truly matters.