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?
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Raphael