If being nice solved the problem, he never would have gotten to that point then, would he? It would've been a polite, "excuse me, I believe this was wrongly rev

If being nice solved the problem, he never would have gotten to that point then, would he? It would've been a polite, "excuse me, I believe this was wrongly reverted and doesn't clash with any WP policy" followed by a polite, "Gee, you're right; sorry about that; I'll fix it."