I do not feel slapped in the face in any way shape or form He had a difficult time learning not surprising considering his every move was scrutinized and responded badly to being questioned He wasn t trolling or acting in bad faith Or if he was he would be the damn best troll I ve ever encountered As for the topic ban I m of the opinion that he did not overtly break it he was skirting on the edges on it was duly warned see and then stopped All that said however it would still take a large mentoring effort to help him become a productive editor I m sure he would slip up a few more times and given his history that would inevitably lead to a block by someone just taking a cursory glance at the user