On 1/20/06, Jonathan dzonatas@dzonux.net wrote:
The 3RR policy is valid. By pragmatic review, not every admin blocks under the same conditions. This gives the effect of favoritism, either personal or political.
This could be resolved if admins were to be less thoughtless in their blocking. I've seen 3RR blocks of 24 hours handed out like parking tickets. Usually two or three hours is ample for a first-time block. In the case of a second offence, bump it up to 12 or even 24 hours. I'll normally respond to requests for an unblock if the editor in question has shown good faith or there are reasons to suspect an innocent error (though I would need some convincing the someone could accidentally revert an article more than once!)