Rick wrote:
Since I was involved in the redirecting and reverting, I was not allowed to protect the page, much as I would have liked to.
I detect an anomaly or contradiction in our policies. An admin is not allowed to get into a fight with a user over the content of a page and then protect the page, but the admin *is* allowed to block that user after having fought with them?
I offer no solution to this; I just pose it as a problem.
In a case like this, what I would have advised Rick to do is just make a little note, either to himself, or in a public place (perhaps we need a standard public place for such things), in effect saying: "Something weird going on _here_ and _here_, check it out in 24 hours."
Then, 24 hours later, simply delete the duplicate page and be done with it.
This has the same effect on the site in 24 hours, but it also relieves Rick of the need to fight with a user who is plainly doing something goofy.
The old saying "Don't feed the trolls" is very apt in these situations. Someone who is behaving in this fashion is very likely acting, Rick, just to get a rise out of you. Deprive them of that gift. Let them be stupid, and then just revert it all 24 hours later.
This will save you a lot of grief, and it will remove from them the joy of getting into a fight. They live for that, remember.
--Jimbo