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[Poor, Edmund W]

> 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''