[WikiEN-l] Civility poll results

[Carcharoth]

On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Marc Riddell<michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> 2009/8/12 Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net>:
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>>> Try evasive.
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> on 8/12/09 5:02 AM, David Gerard at dgerard at gmail.com wrote:
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>> It's good to see you assuming good faith and setting an example.
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> "Assume good faith" in this Project has come to mean "Don't ask questions".
> That era is finally over.

That era never existed. There have always been people prepared to ask
difficult questions and demand answers. It is actually possibly to ask
such questions while still assuming good faith. It is also possible to
avoid asking such questions and still assume bad faith by your
actions. In other words, your interpretation of "assume good faith" or
what it has meant in the past, is overly simplistic.

A fuller description of the realities of AGF is here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith

Carcharoth