friendly advice i know it's tough he can certainly be infuriating i know it might be a good idea to just 'drop out' for a bit and let other editors deal with him choose one of your favourite articles that he doesn't edit and work on that for a while i know you don't intend this but the 'discussions' you have often escalate to such an extent that the issues have been sidetracked to your personalities this damages the work and spoils things for other editors with really good ideas and things to say