Timwi wrote
Charles Matthews wrote:
I wrote
I have intervened in the endless 1729 edit war, splitting the page into three. Now [[1729 (number)]] and [[1729 (anecdote)]] are protected,
since
[[User:Wik]] is reverting again.
Well, Wik nominated me for de-admin on the strength of this.
It appears that you protected a page on which you were involved in an edit war yourself. This is generally considered abuse of sysop power. Do not do this again if you don't want to appear [[Wikipedia:Requests for de-adminship]] again ;-)
Yes, some broad-minded people have been explaining that. If the definition of 'edit war' is drawn up so rigorously as to include what I did, I quite see why some reasonable people do feel that way. My side is that others in an edit war had created a Gordian knot. I was immediately attacked by both sides in that war; given the personalities I assumed I had done something right; but perhaps I was in the wrong nonetheless, and their private battle should have been left to run its course. I saw no reason to be bounced by a de-admin request/hassle-and-hustle user page barrage pincer movement, but today I'm unwinding this as best I can.
Charles