`  ::Barring some sort of ruling, admin tools including blocks are not to be used as punishment per WP:BLOCK (Gale is doing this because she thinks nearly any use of a WP:TROUT-like link is a personal attack, which I've already said I can understand and respect).  Having the priviledge of admin tools doesn't change the status of an editor in the wikipedia community (for example see, [[Wikipedia:Administrators#No big deal])]. This comment of Todd's suggests that admin tools should be used as punishment along with a judgement that I have engaged in harassment: ::[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Firefly322&diff;=247864436&oldid;=247744854 I recently pointed out] that Firefly seemed to be making sport of harassing admins. Fully support this block as I feel it's long overdue.     On the contrary, this block, like all blocks, is not punitive. (Oddly, this comment is not in Todd's edit history, but it is this dialogue, which I've copied from the ANI page:     ==  ==  This user was discussed at WP:WQA here.  My initial attempt with the WQA was to induce Firefly to refrain from calling me a troll and other uncivil comments.  He was warned about his commentary here, here, and here. Of course, there are all the attempts at calming down Firefly within the WQA.  Yet he continues here and here.  Please assume some good faith on my part.  I ran across one of Firefly's articles this week, which was going through an AfD here.  Then I noticed several articles that were just not notable (in my opinion) which coincided with my desire to be more involved with the AfD process.  In fact, Firefly has started several articles that I did not AfD, and thought were pretty useful (though poorly written, but that's an opinion).  Since it would have seemed patronizing to make a remark on his better articles, I didn't.  I believe his personal attacks against me should stop, and he should be blocked.  I am most certainly not a troll.  I'm lots of things, but continue to not assume good faith and calling me a troll is uncivil.       ::Warned.    :::Not to be picky Gwen, but how many times does Firefly need to be warned?  I see at least 3, possibly many more warnings, yet he/she continues with the personal attacks.      ::::I understand. Let me know on my talk page if it happens again, ok?     :Eh, you missed one... because he removed it here.    ::Since you're an admin, and you've given him a warning, I've got to askhow many warnings does he get?      ::Ooops.  His attacks continue.  So, he continues to call me a troll, pretty soon, I'm going to have to sit under a bridge.      ::::Once upon a time I pleaded with my parents, à dancer sur le pont d'Avignon. They cringed, way, but did it for me anyway. Argh, I may never get over the shame of it. Blocked for 31 hours, personal attacks.     ::::Gwen beat me to it, but not by much. How many angels can dance on a pinhead? No wait, that's not right. Anyway, I hope this answers your questions, OM. Regards,     :::::I think this is a reasonable block, since there's a whole submerged iceberg of poor behavior of which this is the tip. It's possible that the situation could be remedied with a bit of education - Firefly322 is quicker to cite acronyms than he is to understand their meaning, and he's abrasive (, ). He seems to think that anyone making a value judgement is a ``troll``, when in fact the page says that calling someone else a troll constitutes a value judgement (ten points for spotting the faulty leap here - it involves [erroneous] use of [bracket substitution]). Anyone more ``ingenuous`` than me interested in working on this? ''''   :::::::Did he actually compare your comments to Mbeki?  I'm so flummoxed, not a witty remark comes to my mind.      :::::::::Perhaps I should have blocked for 72 hours. Ok, I know, I'm flawed.    ::::::::::I'm shocked that this is his first block, so a one day block is probably appropriate.  But the list of his personal attacks far exceeds anyone I've seen on here.  I've been going through his contributions over the past 2 or 3 months, and the number of personal attacks couched in his links to various wiki-policy is amazing.  Hopefully, he gets this.      :::::::::::Reply to MC.  The faulty leap would be that I have friends?  LOL.      :(outdent) I just have to say that I tried to settle things peacefully both in WQA and even on their Talk page, but being told to ``drop it`` rather rather ... rude, shall I say. BMW  ::I recently pointed out  that Firefly seemed to be making sport of harassing admins. Fully support this block as I feel it's long overdue.    * What I've yet to see here or elsewhere, is an explanation of why OrangeMarlin keeps nominating articles started by Firefly for deletion, when these nominations are constantly found to be lacking in merit.  Maybe I'm missing something but this seems to be a prima facie'' case of WP:STALK and WP:HARASS.  Why is OM not being sanctioned for this behaviour?   23