Tony Sidaway wrote
Bad example. [[Wikipedia:Cite sources]] is a content guideline, not a policy. Besides, this kind of thing should be worked out on the talk page, not by engaging in an edit war. To spell it out: even if someone is (short of outright vandalism) disobeying policy, the first thing to do is have a word with him about what he's doing. Edit warring is wrong even if you know you're right.
Yet both are blocked.
Good. I believe that is how the 3RR blocks are intended to work.
Not to sound unnecessarily hostile. But it does often seem to me that RK argues as if putting down markers for some future edit war. Tony rightly argues that we have a policy, which has very general support in its current form. It encourages a patient, measured approach. Trying to shade it in favour of the marginally-less-unreasonable party in an edit war is not something I'd support.
Charles