i wasn't concerned about the specific incident involved in the exchange it was the statement that the uw templates aren't severity warnings they are counts in the end we may be saying the same thing i also usually start out with a level or level but if i see a pattern of vandalism over time either from existing warnings on the talk page or by taking a look at the user contributions or if the substance of the edits is particularly egregious i'll jump to a level or maybe even a level at which point i go to aiv but a user might get a few level or warnings before getting a level warning i guess that's why i took issue with smccandlish conceptualizing the numbers in the templates as counts of warnings in the last week i don't see it as a linear first warning second warning third warning progression