Fred Bauder wrote:
While the community as a whole does make Wikipedia policy, gaming the system by engaging in actions which technically break no explicit rule while engaging in a pattern of behavior which violates broad Wikipedia policies may meet with a common sense reaction by administrators. If you take the matter to arbitration you may find the Arbcom awarding a commendation to the administrator and a lengthy ban to you.
My point was directed strictly at the notion that admin consensus is anything special. This has nothing at all to do with whether violations of the spirit of the law are actionable (a discussion in which I have, as far as I can remember, never expressed any particular point of view).