Tony Sidaway wrote:
I think my phrasing was sloppy. I meant that I don't think discussion is *ever* useless. There is simply no point at which, in my opinion, it is acceptable to resort to edit warring--certainly not to the level where one editor alone is in danger of breaching the 3RR.
I don't disagree with that as a policy of action, but I do in terms of objective principle. Specifically, I think there are many instances where an attempt at discussion is useless in any direct sense, but that we should always try to proceed (at least initially) as though it is not, because we could be wrong in our assumptions of when it will be useless.
In any case, your rephrasing is noted, and if that had been the original phrasing I'd have felt no compunction to comment. Thanks.
-- Chad