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Wikipedia, based on MediaWiki software, allows for editors to revert the edits of themselves or other editors. This feature was installed to enable quick changes of mistakes. However, when things get contentious on Wikipedia, reverts may be taken as being offensive or even inappropriate. To avoid edit wars, some alternatives to reversion may be attempted.