係 a struggle between 兩個或者以上 管理員 in which they undo one another's administrative actions — specifically, unblocking and reblocking a user; undeleting and redeleting; or unprotecting and reprotecting a page. Do not repeat an administrative action when you know that another administrator opposes it. Do not continue a chain of administrative reversals without discussion.
Wheel warring has been used as grounds for immediate revocation of adminship following Arbitration in a number of cases. For summaries and citations of relevant arbitration cases, and example scenarios, see /Examples.
Possible indications of wheel warring are:
- Administrators getting too distressed to discuss something.
- An administrator undoes another administrator's actions without consultation.
- An administrator deliberately ignores an existing discussion (often at the Administrators noticeboard/Incidents or Deletion review) and implements their own preferred action or version of an edit.
- An administrative action is repeatedly performed and reversed (by anyone).
If you feel the urge to wage wheel war, try these alternatives:
Wikipedia works on the spirit of consensus; disputes should be settled through civil discussion rather than power wrestling.
In November 2008, the Arbitration Committee passed a motion which stated that administrators are prohibited from reversing or overturning (explicitly or in substance) any action taken by another administrator pursuant to the terms of an active arbitration remedy, and explicitly noted as being taken to enforce said remedy, except:
- (a) with the written authorization of the Committee, or
- (b) following a clear, substantial, and active community consensus to do so.
