On 15/11/2007, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
No, it remains the case that the way not to get blocked for edit-warring is not to edit-war.
Play the long game. Leave the ardent edit warrior to their own devices.
In effective overturning something after 6 months is near impossible.
Come back in due course. Most editors only stay active six to eighteen months. We're building an encyclopedia, not a newspaper.
The rational thing to do then becomes to speed up the burnout. Ignoring the normal decision making process and sooner or latter you will run into someone prepared to do likewise. I could have made the spoiler issue end very differently with less than half a dozen users.