From Poor, Edmund W
I do not consider _suggesting_ that Jimbo order a username block to be
a
"threat" (as one user put it) or an "abuse of sysop powers" as a
couple
of others put it.
Why don't you consider it a threat? A threat is "an expression of an intention to inflict pain, injury, evil, or punishment." Suggesting that Jimbo order a username block is an expression of an intention to inflict punishment. It's not as extreme a threat as "I WILL BAN YOU" but it's a threat nonetheless.
Saying, "stop reverting my changes, or I will personally ban you" MIGHT be a threat or an abuse of authority, but
that
isn't what Erik did. (He might have said he wanted to - as I did a
week
or 2 ago in a similar context - but "wanting" and "threatening" and "doing" are all different.)
Erik explicitly disambiguated this question, stating that he was serious about issuing a banning request.
His apology put things on the right track, but let's not try to rewrite history here.