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Any uninvolved admin has the authority to impose discretionary sanctions for misconduct in (or related to) the relevant topic area, and we can act on our own initiative. In this case, I'd decided to block the editor before I saw your AE report, so I closed it when I saw it because I thought it was redundant to the action I'd already taken. It wasn't a comment on you—there was sanctionable misconduct, and AE is the place to report that. Bringing it to the attention of an individual admin is acceptable, but AE is more transparent and it might be quicker (the admin you alert might be asleep, or eating their dinner, or doing any number of things).  | Penny for your thoughts?  "