[WikiEN-l] Wheel warring

[geni]

On 4/22/06, Philip Welch <wikipedia at philwelch.net> wrote:
> On Apr 20, 2006, at 3:01 PM, Steve Bennett wrote:
>
> > How's this for a definition:
> > X blocks
> > Y unblocks
> >
> > If X disagrees with Y's unblock, then Y has wheel warred. If X
> > reinstates the block, then X has wheel warred too.
> >
> > This covers the situation where X makes a mistake and Y fixes it - X
> > agrees with the mistake, and no damage is caused. If Y fears that X
> > may accuse him of wheel warring, he shouldn't be undoing X's actions.
> > (or should be prepared for the consequences)
>
> I would argue that X has the prerogative to reblock here, since Y
> wheel-warred (something that should not have happened) and after
> something that should not have happened, it's generally acceptable to
> reinstate the status quo ante.

But X's block is clearly dissputed. Thus the status quo is no block.
Wikipedia defults to doing nothing.

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geni