Re: [WikiEN-l] Assume good faith

I've always seen [[WP:NPOV]] as the most important rule that Wikipedia relies on. I've always seen [[WP:BOLD]] as the most important rule that the community relies on. I've also seen in recent weeks an increasing reliance on [[WP:IAR]] to justify certain controversial decisions. But something that has been sorely missing is what I've always taken to heart whenever I've dropped a note on someone's talk page: [[WP:FAITH]] Please, before you decide that you're going to ban someone, delete something, claim that someone's in the^W^W^Wthere is a^W^W^Wconspiring against you, just take a deep breath, and do the following: Assume Good Faith. That's it. And once you've assumed good faith, leave a note on their talk page, and walk away. If someone else wants to take it up, they can see that you've assumed good faith, and make a decision based on that assumption. If you were right, no harm done. If you were wrong, whoever takes action will be justified in that action. But I warn you, whoever takes action without assuming good faith (or seeing that the assumption has been disproved), it shall be on your head.