On 9/9/07, Michael Noda michael.noda@gmail.com wrote:
No, the experienced editors weren't reacting to a simple newbie mistake, they were reacting to a slightly complex newbie mistake (although not really an uncommon nor unexpected one). This mitigates their error, but they were still in error, and an apology is still warranted.
I checked again and all the edit warriors have kissed and made up and agreed to a compromise which is good. User:Mm555 has said he will "change the way he edits pages. However, he has also removed the "vandalism" warnings from his talk page. Maybe he should get a pass on that one since what he did was really not "vandalism".
Also, the more I think about it, we really should start cracking down on the misuse of vandalism warnings and reverts falsely labeled as "vandalism", especially if there is even the slightest appearance that they are being used as an end run around 3RR.