Jimmy Wales wrote:
I think just about any prominent admin could have unblocked Brandt by giving the reasons I have given, and they probably would have gotten some heat about it. The real test is: how to respond to that heat? As for me, I am happy to take the heat, and intend to simply answer questions as best I can.
This is why I wonder how in tune you are with the community these days. This isn't a knock against you, but a legitimate criticism, I think - any other person with administrative powers right now would, bare minimum, be in the midst of an RfC right now, if not dragged in front of the ArbCom based on the community discussion that you apparently feel didn't come to a consensus. Whether ArbCom would take the case (or whether you'd instruct ArbCom not to), no one knows, but there's no way any other person would get just "some heat."
-Jeff