A cursory glance of the post and the diffs suggests that a new wikilawyer has just passed the bar exam, so congrats.

--John Reaves

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Raphael Wegmann raphael@psi.co.at wrote:

Hello,

apparently I've just been blocked 48h for violating WP:DTTR, which is not a policy or guideline, and editors are not obliged to follow.

The block reason given is WP:3RR which I did not violate, because

1. I made only 3 reverts:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Tarc&diff=prev&o...

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Tarc&diff=prev&o...

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Tarc&diff=prev&o...

2. All of those reverts are reverts of clear-cut discussion page vandalism:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Tarc&diff=prev&o...

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Tarc&diff=prev&o...

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Tarc&diff=prev&o...

It all comes down to this: Does a "violation" of WP:DTTR warrant a violation of WP:VANDAL? In other words: Are editors allowed to remove a template comment from others' talk pages, if they feel that the other is a regular?

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User:Raphael1

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The lesson to be learned here is that, policy aside, the best way to not get blocked is if you're doing something and you are asked multiple times to stop, YOU STOP. You then go do something else.