G'day Ryan,
On 6/16/06, *Ryan Delaney* <ryan.delaney@gmail.com mailto:ryan.delaney@gmail.com> wrote:
Frankly, I can't believe you are getting so worked up over this. Life would probably be a lot less stressful for you if you didn't take this personally. They think they are doing the right thing, after all.By the way, I think that admins block users way too fast and should use warning templates a lot more than they already do. I would say that at least half of the time I use them, the user stops vandalizing before a block is required.
I agree that admins block users too fast, and should use *warnings* more than they do. The templates can be a means to that end --- a help in warning people. But they shouldn't be considered synonymous with the word "warning". Sometimes they're appropriate, often they're not. Usually speaking in your own words and addressing the situation directly will get you further than following the {{test}} series ever did.
As for why this irritates me so, consider: someone *opposed an RfA for a good user* because the opposer was insisting he do the Wrong Thing. RfA has enough problems these days ("Wikipedia doesn't scale") without people deliberately making the adminship process worse by imposing blatantly false requirements.