This is a violation of sysop guidelines. You are
not allowed to protect a page where an edit war
occurs in which you yourself are involved. Please
do not do this. I have unprotected the page.
Sysops are NOT editors.
It's not as strict as that. I see nothing wrong with:
1. Telling the list you protected the article (and why).
2. Making ONE LAST EFFORT toward neutral POV.
3. Then butting out until a consensus emerges.
I would only worry, Erik, if someone made a practice of getting the last word by
repeatedly doing the above.
In this case, another sysop selected another version to revert it to, so no harm was
done.
Ed Poor
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"Don't cry till you're hurt". --Robert Heinlein, ''The Man Who
Traveled in Elephants''