== Re: AN taking sides for taking sides' sake == 

 It's not taking sides (for or against) to note that the argument or justification isn't clear enough on reasonable read.  If the first read of a situation causes another uninvolved admin to go "huh?", rather than nod head and agree, then the justification and explanation aren't good enough.  You're not just writing the conversation for the purposes of the other party - you're also writing it so that other admins can understand what happened and why.  If it's confusing enough that we can't tell rapidly, then we have to spend more time looking at it, and it potentially wastes the time of lots of other admins every time you do so. 

 I don't want to beat on you or single you out in general - that particular case was confusing, but it's usually not an issue.  Having worked unblock-en-l for a while, though, the hardest cases are the ones where admins weren't clear and verbose enough and wouldn't communicate effectively with us after not communicating effectively with the blocked party.  Do that side of it for six months and a lack of clear and open discussion by admins in admin actions starts to drive you nuts instinctively and on sight...