Wily D schrieb:
The short answer is "Policy does not work that way" - the longer answer is "Even if policy did work that way, it's allowed by policy (i.e. [[WP:IAR]])". WP:PROT also reads "Administrators should not protect or unprotect a page for this reason if they are in any way involved in the dispute." which grammatically means Admins are allowed to protect or unprotect pages when they're involved in a dispute, it's simply discouraged. If it was supposed to be forbidden it would read "Administrators may not protect or unprotect a page for this reason if they are in any way involved in the dispute." which would forbid it. The reality is that if you're involved, you're less likely to take the correct action and need to be extra diligent.
In short, they're not violating policy.
How about WP:BLOCK? "Administrators must not block users with whom they are engaged in a content dispute."
Is it still "correct action" if they do?