I'll remember next time to show greater humility before all those wiser than me, but perhaps you will also let me know when I've edited enough articles to move from being "newbie" to "peon cadet," or whatever the next level is. I do appreciate the need to enforce rules and be consistent about it, but I also think that a) a warning is in order before blocking someone; b) the person who is being blocked should have some means of defending his/her actions; and c) it should always raise flags in a situation like this, when the person (an admin) whose deletions were reverted reported the reverts; and another, who only a few weeks before had lost a dispute with me, jumped at the opportunity to block me. I'll grant they both acted within the letter of the law, so to speak, but they both misbehaved - and badly. If there's a pattern of such misconduct over time among such admins, they shouldn't be admins - after all, being an admin involves a responsibility that is greater than being an editor, as this episode amply demonstrates. As for my "threat," it was meant earnestly. I work 60 hour weeks, am the parent of two kids, one of whom has special needs, and I have a long commute. I am doing this partly because I think it's fun and partly because I think it's important. I expect lots of disagreements here, and plenty of obnoxious, unreasonable, and ignorant people. But I also expect that the role of admin is taken seriously. You all don't have to be perfect, but there's got to be a higher standard among you; and I can safely predict that this whole enterprise will collapse under its own weight unless the responsibility of doing the right thing isn't reinforced and if necessary enforced. The two individuals who (probably inadvertently) colluded to block me should be ashamed of their actions, and I'll stand by that. All the best, Leifern _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)Wikipedia.org http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l