Editing 2d4chan:How to win an edit war

So, you got in a edit fight with one of our regulars? (Probably Triacom, that guy is a bit of an asshole) And you want to win, we presume? Well, here's a guide to Winning Your Edit War on 1d4chan.

A few points you may not have thought of:

* The most important point: On a wiki, winning consists of either getting your opponent blocked (highly unlikely here, as Root is only rarely around), or getting your opponent to stop edit warring. Have a plan for victory, or you'll just be wasting your time and energy on a futile cause.
* Winning an edit war is a matter of days and weeks, not minutes and hours. Reverting your opponent immediately just leaves you open in turn to being reverted in turn immediately. Also consider the possibility that your opponent might be a regular here, who will probably still be around a month from now to revert you. Learn to wait a little while.
* You need to avoid making unnecessary enemies. It cannot be emphasized enough: Pissing off someone besides your opponent makes winning your edit war twice as hard, as now you're fighting two editors instead of one. There are a lot of subpoints to this, so see below under "How to avoid pissing third parties off".
* On that note: Remember you're playing in front of an audience, who can interfere if offended enough. Try to avoid pissing them off. Again, see below.
* Don't edit while angry. Give yourself a few minutes (or hours) to cool off. Anger, while a great motivator, leads you into making dumb mistakes, like just about everything in the "How to avoid pissing third parties off" section.
* Be willing to compromise. It cannot be emphasized enough: If there's a version that is acceptable to both you and your opponent, take it and declare victory there.

==How to avoid pissing third parties off==

It cannot be emphasized enough: It's really hard to win a two-to-one edit war, so either getting a third party on your side or avoiding making another opponent is a solid step to winning your edit war.

* Try to sound reasonable. You're playing in front of an audience who can interfere here, so try to go for methods that will convince them to take your side.
** Citations help, a lot. If there's something objective wrong with your opponents point, it's that much easier to convince third parties, at least.
* Avoid excessive insults. Being excessively insulting to your opponent just makes you look stupid and in the wrong. We can overlook a few minor insults, but repeatedly calling your opponent "sub human", "nazi", "SJW", and "retard" at the same time is not a good look.
** Alternately phrased: Yelling racial slurs at someone in excessive levels is probably just going to make you look like a crying bitch, since if that's all you've got left...
** You'll see some of the regular editors here use insults, but the important thing to notice is that most successful 1d4chan editors use insults ''tactically'', only using one or two that seem to accurately describe the target (for example, "Go back to /pol/" or "Go back to tumblr", depending on if the target is being fascist or marxist, or "Reverting vandalism" for removing an edit that looks like it was made by a eleven-year-old with [[wikipedia:Coprolalia|Coprolalia]]).
* Avoid taunting. Making your opponent even more angry is not a good way to win your edit war, because the only real way to win an edit war on 1d4chan is, as mentioned, to get the other side to back down. Taunting is very much not a good way to get people to back down.