may utc decline there is a good deal of truth in what you say and i have no reason to think that the disruptive behaviour will continue now however we have to consider not only of now but of the future looking at the history of the incident i see that it was not just an unfortunate reaction on the spur of the moment in the first instance it was more than one incident involving more than one other editor but also and more importantly when your actions were criticised you persisted in your unconstructive attitude and even when given more than enough opportunities to cool down you chose to continue being defiant uncivil and contentious in view of your history i do not think that it would convey the right message to show you that you can repeatedly push until you are blocked knowing that you will either be given a very short block or the block will be retracted or shortened as long as you say after the event that you won't do it again anytime soon it is more likely to protect the project in the long run to let you learn that such behaviour will lead to a block which will stick as that may perhaps encourage you to stop and think before the situation reaches the point of a block for that reason i think that in this case escalating blocks are appropriate