[WikiEN-l] 3RR applied to both parties?

Sat Mar 5 14:43:10 UTC 2005

Adam Carr was being abusive and clearly violated the 3RR rule. He is,  
from my experience, one of the most abusive editors I have come across  
on Wikipedia. Skyring was consistent in offering sources and logic for  
his edits, and in refraining from retaliating to Adam's provocative  
abuse.

It doesn't matter in the slightest that Adam purports not to like  
seeing "people blocked for 3RR, even when he disagrees with them."  
Apart from the fact that he was trying to cover his own ass this is not  
the preference of the Wikipedia community.

Skyring was correct to report him and to imply that doing so was some  
kind of backstab is to intimidate.

Christiaan

On 4 Mar 2005, at 3:56 am, <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:

> You were also reverting, that's why, and Adam did warn you, I believe,  
> that you had violated, or were about to violate, 3RR.  He also said  
> that he wouldn't report it, and if you did get blocked, he'd object on  
> your behalf, because he doesn't like to see people blocked for 3RR,  
> even when he disagrees with them. Shortly after he said that to you,  
> you went and reported him.
>
> Sarah
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 14:28:35 +1100, Skyring <skyring at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm puzzled. I made a 3RR report when the other guy made 4 reverts in  
>> 24 hours. He'd stopped talking and had become abusive so I pulled the  
>> trigger, having refrained from undoing his 4th revert. Yet I've been  
>> blocked for a 3RR breach. How is this so?
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/ 
>> 3RR#User:Adam_Carr
>>
>> Pete (Skyring)