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 | This page in a nutshell: Retaliating when things don't go your way is inconsistent with the goals of Wikipedia. |
The sweet wine of fairness cannot be squeezed from sour grapes. When an editor seeks to use a community discussion as a platform, their opinion should be assessed carefully. See both sides and strength of their claims. If it's skillful puffery then it could be deceptive (dishonest distortion) and used for retaliation (The Fox and the Grapes). Don't support them but intervene at the problem.