I thought I'd let folks here on the mailing list know something I just found out about -- there's not one but _two_ active policy proposals to curtail wheel warring:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_wheel_warring_policy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Admin_zero-revert_rule
I'm not sure how we ended up with two redundant proposal pages, but somehow we did. The first page, which I hadn't heard of until today, includes polls for five alternatives, the last two of which seem to have some support. The other page features one, more detailed and somewhat stricter, proposal, which hasn't been put to a poll but has been extensively discussed and seems to also enjoy some degree of consensus.
Anyway, I agree that it's probably time to turn these proposals into actual policy. There are folks here on this list who have much more experience with doing this than I have, so I won't try to teach grandma to suck eggs. What I've done so far is point people to the talk page of the former proposal page, suggestion that the issue be hashed out there, using the consensus versions of both proposals as basis for the policy.
Anyway, your input and policymaking skills are appreciated. Let's get this thing done.