Key sentence: "my citations to the primary documents were insufficient"
While I agree that the wikipedia gestapo are often overzealous with reverting good edits - it basically requires a case-by-case basis of deciding what 'facts' are, which is never easy. If his 'primary sources' are better than the secondary sources that say the opposite, then talk sense to the person who is doing the reversion, or raise it with someone higher - don't just continuously attempt edit-wars...
"So I removed the line.... Within minutes my changes were reversed. "
"I tried to edit the page again. Within 10 seconds..."
"Tempted to win simply through sheer tenacity, I edited the page again. My triumph was even more fleeting than before. "
While I agree that the wikipedia gestapo are often overzealous with reverting good edits - it basically requires a case-by-case basis of deciding what 'facts' are, which is never easy. If his 'primary sources' are better than the secondary sources that say the opposite, then talk sense to the person who is doing the reversion, or raise it with someone higher - don't just continuously attempt edit-wars...