[WikiEN-l] Indefinite block and desysopping by User:Danny

[slimvirgin at gmail.com]

On 4/20/06, Matt Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it the right of every administrator to second-guess the
> administrative actions of any other administrator, and instantly
> revert them if they feel justified?
>
> The culture of feeling entitled to instantly revert, though, is quite
> damaging.
>
Exactly right. Some admins have adopted a definition of "wheel
warring" that excludes the first revert of an admin action -- so that
if X blocks, and Y unblocks, Y is not wheel warring. But if X restores
the block, X has started the wheel war. This is nonsense. The first
person to undo the original admin action has started the wheel war,
and it's that first undoing that shouldn't be happening as a rule.

Sarah