I have a couple of questions.
First of all, in what circumstances should an admin block another admin?
Second of all, is it somehow "dishonest" for an admin to unblock
themselves when they honestly believe they have done nothing wrong?
Does it make them untrustworthy if they do not observe a block imposed
upon them by another admin?
Third of all, isn't it considered wheel-warring if one admin
constantly tries to block another, who constantly unblocks themselves?
If this occurs, who is in the wrong? The blocking admin, I would
assume?
I ask this because I am being repeatedly blocked on the Navajo
Wikipedia by a new admin who seems to have popped up out of nowhere
(despite an interesting history on the English Wikipedia and
elsewhere), Jeff Merkey.
The reasons he gave for blocking me were legal threats (later
clarified as "legal baiting", referring to me saying "hopefully you're
not going to ... sue me for libel", referring to what I perceive to be
a history of legal threats on the English Wikipedia, while this phrase
may not be exactly "nice", I hardly think it violates NLT),
sockpuppetry (to be more specific, he has accused me of cross-Wiki
sockpuppetry, rather than having two different usernames or accounts
at the same Wiki), and personal attacks (after having called me a
spammer, a vandal, and a troll, he's certainly one to talk).
He also said "stay off this wiki for the next couple of weeks ... and
think about ... why I or any other editor could place our trust in an
Admin who unblocks themselves", leading me to wonder what the expected
response is when one admin blocks another.
A few days ago, he also requested this: "Please stop wheel warring
with me. It is not allowed." which begs the question: doesn't it take
two admins to wheel war?
He has accused me of "breaking the rules" many times, but when I ask
him for a citation of which rules have been broken, he simply tells me
again that I am "breaking the rules" and that he will not tolerate it.
Back again to the main topic, I have not actually blocked him. If he
were not an admin, I likely would've at least already given him
several warnings for his extensive personal attacks, but I for one
recognize that admins need to be afforded a greater deal of leeway and
of course that it would be pointless anyhow as he can simply unblock
himself.
Considering the fact that his only contributions at all to that Wiki
so far have been harassing me and reverting the work of the communist
vandal (which I could have done just as easily), I am wondering why he
was made an admin in the first place, since he is obviously not very
good at the language (I admit it is not my native language either, but
he does not seem to know more than a couple words).
But I digress, the main issue of this post is intended to be the issue
of admins blocking one another; I got off on a tangent, but I feel I'm
perfectly capable of handling the rest of this situation myself
through diplomacy since he claims to have some valuable resources for
the development of nv.wp.
Mark
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