On the subject in the title: A revision dispute resolved on the topic rather than in the history — a second dataset Working notes rather than a conclusion.
Posting a small dataset on revision dispute resolved. It is mine, it is uncontrolled, and the method is stated so it can be discounted appropriately.
What I would like is not agreement but a second dataset collected by someone with no stake in mine. If one exists I would rather read it than argue for this one.
Revision disputes: if you disagree with an edit a maintainer made, discussing it here invites resolution rather than conflict.
I have written this out at length because the short version keeps being misread.
I had written a reply contradicting post #8 and deleted it. Here is what survived.
The honest answer on revision dispute resolved is that it depends, and the useful part is the list of what it depends on. Four items, in rough order of how much they matter.
Most people get the first two right and then argue about the fourth.
This follows post #28 rather than contradicting it.
Careful with that. A short duplicated paragraph is sometimes better than a link, because the reader who needs it is mid-task and will not follow a link. The test is whether it can drift out of step.
The confident version of this sentence would be wrong, so here is the hedged one.
Picking up post #33: that is the part I would want checked first.
Proposing an edit rather than making one, because it changes a number. The figure in the third paragraph is right for the licensed formulation and is being read as general. I would add four words scoping it.
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Maintainer handover: how it works
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[2026 update] Citation sweep results: how many references did not say what was claimed
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A revision dispute resolved on the topic rather than in the history
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Pages past their review date, listed
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