Ben Lowe wrote:
The first person to undo the original admin action has started the wheel war, and it's that first undoing that shouldn't be happening (except where the original admin can't be contacted and it has to be done quickly). But as a rule, we shouldn't be undoing each other's admin actions at all.
I think "wheel war" is a great term that overly bold admins can throw at people who disagree with them, making it seem like it is the fault of the reverter, that the one returning things to the status quo is the rouge, when in fact it could simply be that the original admin's edits were unwarranted. Or stupid. I still haven't heard a reason why admins shouldn't revert admin actions "at all" except that it's wheel-warring, which is a rather circular answer (fitting, I suppose for a wheel). So I suppose my response to "We shouldn't be undoing each other's admin actions at all" is that we also shouldn't be making any mistakes at all. But it happens, and so should be able to unhappen.
Sometimes it takes a little friction to stop the wheel from spinning ... Just like the wheels on your car.
Ec