Dante Alighieri blocked Jalnet 2 and me for a day, because we both violated
the 3 revert rule. There is nothing I can do about it, but I do want to
point out (and for now, this is the only available venue) that I think this
is an example of a frivolous application of the rule. I know that the rule
involves 3 reverts to a person, but in this case the multiple reverts were
over several different edits (in other words, we were not just rallying
between keeping or deleting the same text). Furthermore, both Jalnet2 and
I were communicating our reasons for the various edits.
Jalnet2 demanded that I be blocked and Dante complied and, in fairness that
I do not mean to belittle, blocked Jalnet2 as well. Anyone who goes over
the edit history will see that this is not a symmetrical conflict in that
no one who is working on the page has supported Jalnet's edits. Be that as
it may, I want to emphasize that neither I nor anyone else criticized
Jalnet2 for violating the 3 revert rule, and neither I nor anyone else
asked that he be blocked. This is a case where I don't think blocking
serves any purpose.
Steve
Steven L. Rubenstein
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Bentley Annex
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio 45701