To be clear I am in agreement that this user should be blocked Where I am disagreeing is in how this block was approached and about your own behavior in this matter It is fairly clear to me that you as an administrator have become emotionally engaged with this user such that you are unable to use the administrator tools from a position of neutrality You use frequent non neutral language both with her and with me when I challenged the block Let me try and turn it around and see if this helps explain Suppose I Elonka had blocked a user and you Lar had trouble with my block rationale Suppose you came to me and expressed good faith concerns Then suppose I reacted to you in a defensive manner that I told you that I was more experienced with the user than you were Suppose further that I then accused you of being unhelpful and meddlesome Do you think that that would have been a proper way for me to act You as an administrator a steward and someone with CheckUser access hold a position of respect within the community Precisely because you hold this increased status more is expected of you as a rolemodel It does not mean that you have more freedom to overlook others concerns In my opinion your behavior in regards this block was inappropriate even for a non steward non checkuser When I expressed concerns what you should have done was to listen respectfully and do your best to take my concerns on board rather than to tell me that I was wrong to express a view when it disagreed with yours In my opinion administrators need to treat each other with respect even when they disagree In fact especially when they disagree I do not feel that you treated me with respect on this matter and I hope you will take the time to reconsider your actions here