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: Which editor has been desysopped for wheel warring? --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway]]|[[User talk:Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 11:49, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

::As for examples, off the top of my head, Stevertigo and 172 both wheel warred over their own 3RR blocks, 168 warred over the deletion of his own RFC, and Karmafist faced a motion to be desysopped after wheel warring, while Freestylefrappe is currently before Arbcom in part due to wheel warring. Of course the circumstances of each are different, and each likely involved much more evidence to encompass a pattern of abuse (and, thankfully, the sample size of desysopped admins is small).

::When I talk about a "wheel war", I define it as ''repeated'' reversal of another admin's action. There is nothing acceptable about wheel wars. They, by definition, involve administrators, editors who are generally respected and their judgment trusted, and are expected to act responsibly. It is for each of these reasons that administrators are usually given discretion with their judgment: because we trust it. Engaging in wheel wars violates that trust and shows a disrespect for the other admins you are reversing. It is also a demonstration that someone is ill-suited to the position of administrator, if they can't deal with their disagreements by discussion, asking for outside opinions, and finding consensus for controversial actions. Administrators ''will'' disagree with other administrators, it is a fact, but wheel warring is harmful demonstration of lack of judgment and not the way to deal with it. Not having the decency to engage another admin in discussion and wheel warring is most likely a failure to assume good faith, as well. Consensus is one of the most important concepts an admin is expected to understand, and disregard for it is not on. The occurence of a wheel war is also disruptive to its subject; whether it's a user repeatedly blocked and unblocked, an article deleted and undeleted or protected and unprotected, that part of the 'Pedia can't function normally. Needless to say, I think wheel wars are good grounds for desysopping, though I would stress again the need for a ''pattern'' of misbehavior in any case. [[User:Dmcdevit|Dmcdevit]]·[[User talk:Dmcdevit|t]] 02:34, 16 January 2006 (UTC)