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First, you should know it is standard procedure for any i-ban to be mutual, even if only one party has actually done anything wrong yet. It is far from uncommon for people who have had someone else i-ban with them to engage in conduct which they probably wouldn't have engaged in before the i-ban which might merit some attention. Gloating, ""grave-dancing,"" that sort of thing. You can perhaps feel free to think of the i-ban in your own regard as being more cautionary than penalizing. Also, you will note that you are still free to appeal to others in the event your interactions with Alansohn become problematic. If someone (not necessarily you, you understand, but just someone) were to engage in activity which clearly violates the i-ban, in a rather egregious way, well, that someone might be subject to a rather long block or limited topic ban, like, maybe, a specific city or subfield of NJ, like its economy, streets, a given city or county, whatever. Maybe. Not necessarily you, you understand, just a hypothetical someone.   "