PvXwiki:Wheel Wars

A wheel war is a dispute between two or more sysops in which they undo another's administrative actions — specifically, unblocking and reblocking a user; undeleting and redeleting; or unprotecting and reprotecting an article without noting why. Do not revert an administrative action when you know that another sysop opposes it. Wheel warring is similar to the only revert once policy in a way, but more restricted. In both cases, the reverting user/sysop’s edits are considered as improper behaviour. The difference is that a wheel war starts from the first revert.

Possible Indications
Possible indications of wheel warring are:
 * An administrative action being reversed by anyone. A third sysop reverting (without discussion) the actions of a sysop starting the wheel war will be considered at fault as well.
 * A sysop ignoring a policy or guideline out of disagreement.
 * A sysop ignoring a consensus made (by other sysops).

Breaking this rule
A sysops engaging in a wheel war can be subject to banning. This ban will not happen by another sysops involved in the wheel war however, but from a neutral sysops. If needed, a bureaucrat will take administrative action. Repeated breaking of this rule can lead to loss of adminship, as it shows little respect towards the fellow sysops.

Prevention

 * If you have to revert something (e.g.: blocking the wrong user by accident), make sure to leave a message on the other sysop’s talk page.
 * Leave it be. Think about the consequences of your actions before you do it.
 * Discuss it with the other sysop.
 * If the discussion fails, find another (neutral) sysop to join in on the discussion.