I think Daniel (maveric) is not really proposing a change in policy, so much as he is making a call for a more congenial and cooperative attitude.
Repeatedly reverting others' edits is a pointless waste of time and will never resolve controversies about facts or points of view (POV). We ought to make a distinction, as I think mav has done, between (1) taking a firm stand against simple vandalism like "you are a poopoo head" and (2) stubbornly insisting on "rightness" in a POV dispute.
Resolution of a dispute requires a mutually agreeable outcome, a "win-win" condition. Otherwise, it's not stable. We ought to work toward stability by clarifying each person's win conditions.
Ed Poor, aka Uncle Ed