I have a couple of questions.
First of all, in what circumstances should an admin block another admin?
Second of all, is it somehow "dishonest" for an admin to unblock themselves when they honestly believe they have done nothing wrong? Does it make them untrustworthy if they do not observe a block imposed upon them by another admin?
Third of all, isn't it considered wheel-warring if one admin constantly tries to block another, who constantly unblocks themselves? If this occurs, who is in the wrong? The blocking admin, I would assume?
I ask this because I am being repeatedly blocked on the Navajo Wikipedia by a new admin who seems to have popped up out of nowhere (despite an interesting history on the English Wikipedia and elsewhere), Jeff Merkey.
The reasons he gave for blocking me were legal threats (later clarified as "legal baiting", referring to me saying "hopefully you're not going to ... sue me for libel", referring to what I perceive to be a history of legal threats on the English Wikipedia, while this phrase may not be exactly "nice", I hardly think it violates NLT), sockpuppetry (to be more specific, he has accused me of cross-Wiki sockpuppetry, rather than having two different usernames or accounts at the same Wiki), and personal attacks (after having called me a spammer, a vandal, and a troll, he's certainly one to talk).
He also said "stay off this wiki for the next couple of weeks ... and think about ... why I or any other editor could place our trust in an Admin who unblocks themselves", leading me to wonder what the expected response is when one admin blocks another.
A few days ago, he also requested this: "Please stop wheel warring with me. It is not allowed." which begs the question: doesn't it take two admins to wheel war?
He has accused me of "breaking the rules" many times, but when I ask him for a citation of which rules have been broken, he simply tells me again that I am "breaking the rules" and that he will not tolerate it.
Back again to the main topic, I have not actually blocked him. If he were not an admin, I likely would've at least already given him several warnings for his extensive personal attacks, but I for one recognize that admins need to be afforded a greater deal of leeway and of course that it would be pointless anyhow as he can simply unblock himself.
Considering the fact that his only contributions at all to that Wiki so far have been harassing me and reverting the work of the communist vandal (which I could have done just as easily), I am wondering why he was made an admin in the first place, since he is obviously not very good at the language (I admit it is not my native language either, but he does not seem to know more than a couple words).
But I digress, the main issue of this post is intended to be the issue of admins blocking one another; I got off on a tangent, but I feel I'm perfectly capable of handling the rest of this situation myself through diplomacy since he claims to have some valuable resources for the development of nv.wp.
Mark