On 5/31/06, Raphael Wegmann raphael@psi.co.at wrote:
The practice of blocking editors for unilaterally changing the cartoon display is a violation to [[WP:NBD]], which goes on saying:
WP:NBD In order to reach the best possible decisions, we hold it important to listen carefully to each other's arguments, and to try to find mutually acceptable solutions in conflicts. Polls are the exception and not the rule, and where they do exist they are *not binding*. </WP:NBD>
Blocking editors a minute after they removed the cartoons without any warning won't ever make that possible.
Removing the image against consensus is not "listen[ing] carefully to each other's arguments" or "try[ing] to find mutually acceptable solutions". NBD does not allow you to ignore consensus and directly says that: "That does not mean you should ignore a consensual decision". It's just saying consensus may change over time.