Dante Alighieri blocked Jalnet 2 and me for a day, because we both violated the 3 revert rule. There is nothing I can do about it, but I do want to point out (and for now, this is the only available venue) that I think this is an example of a frivolous application of the rule. I know that the rule involves 3 reverts to a person, but in this case the multiple reverts were over several different edits (in other words, we were not just rallying between keeping or deleting the same text). Furthermore, both Jalnet2 and I were communicating our reasons for the various edits.
Jalnet2 demanded that I be blocked and Dante complied and, in fairness that I do not mean to belittle, blocked Jalnet2 as well. Anyone who goes over the edit history will see that this is not a symmetrical conflict in that no one who is working on the page has supported Jalnet's edits. Be that as it may, I want to emphasize that neither I nor anyone else criticized Jalnet2 for violating the 3 revert rule, and neither I nor anyone else asked that he be blocked. This is a case where I don't think blocking serves any purpose.
Steve
Steven L. Rubenstein Associate Professor Department of Sociology and Anthropology Bentley Annex Ohio University Athens, Ohio 45701