[WikiEN-l] Wheel warring

Sun Apr 23 06:17:52 UTC 2006

Ugh, when do we get to the part where I have to figure out whether a car
loaded with apples going north can beat a train loaded with figs going in
the same direction?

The basic problem is one of ego. For a place that prides itself on
collegiality among editors, and particularly among administrators, we simply
step on one another's toes too often. I don't see why we need to have all
this parsing and ABC'ing when what we really need is to tug on a few ears
and remind each other that it's rarely polite to undermine someone without
so much as a word.

k

On 4/23/06, Stephen Bain <stephen.bain at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/23/06, Alphax (Wikipedia email) <alphasigmax at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > So, clearly a definition of "reverting any administrative action counts
> > as wheel-warring" doesn't work.
>
> It's because it focuses on the "what" - it needs to look at the "why".
>
> Take the example above of A blocking and B unblocking. Why did B
> unblock? Was it because the block was some sort of mistake (blocking
> the wrong range, or blocking an AOL proxy for too long, etc) or was it
> because B disagreed with A's interpretation of the user's edits? If
> there was such a disagreement, then why did B not discuss the block
> with A? It's that part which most people find problematic, the attack
> on someone's judgement, not the actual action of unblocking.
>
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