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Administrators need to understand: BLOCKING SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET THEM
MAD. It is an action that is agressive and adversarial. No matter what
the
temperament of the user, they will feel angry over this. They are
likely to
leave a message that lashes out in anger at whoever did it,
PARTICULARLY if
it is not justified within the rules or they already feel picked-upon
by the
admin or his/her cronies.
The fact that a block gets someone MAD does not justify further abuse, and the talk page should not be used to give a troll a soapbox to attack people.
In an ideal world, it would be better to calm things down before a block if possible.
That said, if someone is clearly being a dick, that's of course a different matter.
Every admin doing something abusive will claim they are dealing with a
"dick." Doesn't mean they are, nor does it mean the admin isn't just as guilty of being one.