geni wrote:
I blocked the user so I suspose I had better explain
Geni, just to be clear, I'm not faulting you or accusing you in any way and I'm sorry if I implied that. My questions were aimed at trying to reach a broader understanding and consensus about when the 3RR should be applied. I think the operative phrasing in the 3RR is that it is "intended as a means to stop sterile edit wars". If anyone, I have a problem with Netoholic immediately resorting to the 3RR as a legalistic maneuver to essentially slap my face. Though it may not be what he intended, he was successful in both insulting me and in undermining whatever respect I had for him as a wikipedia editor. Whatever the number of reverts made, that dispute had made progress and was not a sterile edit war, so seeking retribution under the 3RR was in my opinion, very unwikilike and counterproductive. I mean, at a minimum, I would have expected a warning from Netoholic saying that he was planning to seek enforcement if I continued to revert. That would simply be common decency.
I think having a blind threshold for the 3RR encourages revert-counting over productive discussion.
bkonrad