Just leave

Please do me a favor. Leave the English Wiktionary. Forever. Your substantive contribution is not all that impressive and your rude dictatorial behavior is well over the top.

Seeing as Dan hasb een blocked for the above (first indef and now for 3 months), I'll solidarize with him and repeat what he said. It would be best for all of us if you looked for a different hobby. I bet there are things you're good at - but Wiktionary definitely isn't it.

CodeCat, like Dan, is a valuable part of the Wiktionary community, in spite of some abuses. Dan at least had an edit war as an excuse- you're just recycling the same old bile from previous grudge matches.

CodeCat, like Dan, is a valuable part of the Wiktionary community - lol. Do you have any substantial proof to back that up? Has anyone ever been happy with one of his changes? All I've seen so far is endless drama and disputes and the like, which has already led to our first real contributors quitting. I'd consider that a much greater loss than the marginal (if at all?) gain we get from his presence. And just looking at that edit war shows he has no interest at all in adhering to rules or even *gasp* collaborating with the community which is god fucking what Wiktionary has been about from day one!

I don't know why you thought edit-warring was a good idea, particularly in the manner which you did: first two edits without an edit summary, then an edit with a wholly inappropriate one here. At Wikipedia, someone who habitually edit warred in the manner you do (and this is hardly your first rodeo, not even your first rodeo acting in this manner) would either face significant blockage or be forced into 1RR in some or all topic areas. While we're not Wikipedia, I think it would be beneficial for sanctions on that order to be imposed on you. At the very least, it's ridiculous that Dan gets a three-month block and you get nothing.

Edit wars are too rare a sight here to have policies such as 3RR/1RR in place. We also don't have "topics" that cover typical user activity where conflicts arise. I wish there were a mute option while blocking where user would only be forbidden to edit some or all discussion pages, with other edits unhindered. Plus, most of the established users here are or become admins sooner or later, so we'd have to elect an ArbCom first whose decisions would everyone be bound to respect. But it's all probably too much of a trouble, with questionable net benefit.

In regard to your comments:

1. There's probably been enough edit-warring by CodeCat to justify 3RR
2. There's a term for the mute button. It's called topic or interaction ban
3. I've been here for years and I don't have a mop why?

Adminship isn't something like a free trip that you can receive as soon as you amass enough frequent-flyer miles. You have to have a good understanding of Wiktionary's rules & practices, and the right temperament- of which you have neither.

"Mute" is doable. As for forming an ArbCom, I doubt it could even be possible (given that most regulars either get deeply involved in heated disputes, or avoid all drama entirely; which leaves no "neutral" party willing and able to arbitrate), let alone help much. ArbCom is kind of a joke even on TOW.

But I am afraid that this thread is not the best place to discuss it.