It wasnt 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 doesnt  WPCOMMONSENSE 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 WPDR when things get deadlocked Please dont encourage Prokaryotes to edit aggressively