Thread:TotallyTinkerbell/@comment-27794543-20170221061309

I'm choosing to post my reply here, so we can speak as equals.

...I don't appreciate the fact that you failed to mention that edit here. It's relevant, you should have brought it up. Now I have to go ahead and revert it...

To be completely honest, "I don't appreciate" your behavior toward me. I intentionally waited a day before responding, but I still find your words disappointing. I've rewritten this response several times, trying to make it as polite as possible.

Since the beginning of this month, there has been a couple thousand edits – many of them much more significant than adding a tabber to one page's gallery section. I don't see other editor asking your permission, nor do I see you criticizing any of those other editors. Adding a tabber to a single page's gallery section is a small edit which can easily be undone. Looking at the policies, I don't see any rule stating every single minute edit must have admin permission. What the policies do state is that "an admin shouldn't be considered 'in charge'".

Reverting the edit is not a big deal. In fact, most wikis consider it part of the normal editing process. I don't have a problem with you (or other users, including brand new ones or IPs) reverting an edit of mine that you disagree with. Where I see an issue, is when an admin goes back to a user and uses their authority, because they're "in charge", to claim the user did them harm and broke some non-existent rule. From my 10 years of wiki editing experience, the proper response when disagreeing with someone's edit is an undo and and have a polite discussion. It doesn't matter if one of the users is an admin or not, since admins aren't "in charge" (on most wikis).

Your response clearly gave the impression that you're "in charge", so I see no point in replying to the gallery/tabber matter. Nor do I intend replying any further on this thread. If you want to continue this or similar discussion, then I ask that there be a mediator, e.g. Leila.

Thank you, janus 