Todd Allen wrote:
Ray Saintonge wrote:
Andrew Gray wrote:
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I mean, take a more general (and more common) case - I, an admin, edit-war with another user, who isn't. Should we both be banned from editing for a few days, or should I be prevented from using my admin tools for a few days whilst he's banned for the same time period? In the simpler case, the answer would seem to be "punish us both equally"; why [is / should it be] it different here?
Thoughts appreciated.
If you are taking advantage of your superior privileges that's a sin that is unavailale to the ordinary user. Equal punishment would derive from equal guilt.
Edit warring, while of course unacceptable, is not abuse of admin tools unless, for example, the admin blocks the editor (s)he is edit warring with, protects the page on his/her preferred version, or uses rollback. The "edit this page" button is available to every editor.
Sure enough, and the third party investigating the matter still has to sort out the facts. Of course if you are the admin who is banned in a regular edit war it would be hard to use your admin tools without editing.
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