It wasn't spurious, it was just too messy for action.  You are not thinking straight, Jusdafax. You seem to think WP works on some strict legal principles and it doesn't - WP:COMMONSENSE applies and editing aggressively on a controversial article is sanctionable.  I encourage you to think with your Wikipedia hat on - progress is made on difficult articles though careful discussion on article talk pages, focused on content and sources, not contributors, and using WP:DR when things get deadlocked. Please don't encourage Prokaryotes to edit aggressively.