 :::::By your edit summary, you acknowledged you were edit warring and that you knew what edit warring was.  That precludes the need for any warning.   It doesn't matter if your edit was right or wrong, it was edit warring.  This wasn't a 3RR block it was an edit war block. :::::As far as going to the talk page, yes, that's the right way to do it, but just because you posted there, doesn't mean you can continue the edit war.  As far as not warning everyone edit warring, I'm trying to address the issues as I see them.  There's a reason that there are at least 3 admins working that talk page and article now.    