Wikipedia:Lamest edit wars/Talk pages
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PLEASE include two or three edit history links about the lame edit war. It would be also useful to list the date the edit war was added.
These are not about discussions on talk pages, but actual edit wars (as typified by reverting) occurring on talk pages.
Probably the first instance of revert-warring on an article talk page, where one editor accused another of using the talk page as an alternative soapbox for a POV agenda. The accused editor first tried to insert a list of unpredictable predictions, then when that didn't work, transferred it to the talk page, ostensibly for "discussion" when in fact none took place. That section was reverted back and forth numerous times, since no statute seems to govern behaviour in talk pages.
Edit war over whether the template at the top, announcing that the article was speedy kept after an Articles for Deletion debate lasting less than an hour, should include the word "ZOOOOOOOM" to exemplify the speediness of the process. It was kept in until finally being supplanted by a note in the archive box template.
Should Hurricane Ike's importance within WikiProject Tropical cyclones be High, or Top? One editor (and later his sockpuppet) reverts against consensus many, many times. 40 KB discussion ends with real-life harassment.
Should a talk page section heading have a question mark? Two IP editors slow revert war over punctuation until another editor comes in and chastises them both for it.