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Everyone does things they shouldn't, now and then, some more than others. Some prolific editors have – wittingly or unwittingly – built unfortunate reputations on the project for repeated edit warring and belligerent behavior. Occasionally this culminates in the opening of a WP:ANI thread discussing the imposition of restrictive sanctions or even community banning. Even admins are no exception: If an admin deletes pages on obviously notable topics too often, or pulls a controversial block on a longstanding editor, an angry mob may gather with torches and pitchforks and open an Arbitration Committee case request. How do you get out of that? The same way you do in real life – feign sickness, or in extreme situations death.