I don't think we have a policy which prohibits disruptive behavior in so many words. Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines speaks of "problematic or disruptive behavior" and there is [[WP:POINT]], Wikipedia:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point. Restating the principle will not make it policy; it is already policy. Stating the principle just makes it explicit rather than implicit.
Fred
On May 16, 2006, at 7:13 AM, Ryan Delaney wrote:
On 5/16/06, Fred Bauder fredbaud@ctelco.net wrote:
I'm proposing this as part of official Wikipedia policy at [[Wikipedia:Divisive and inflammatory behavior]] because I think we need to voice this principle as the basis for a number of other fundamental Wikipedia policies.
Put simply, we are here to work, not to struggle; actions which lead us down the path of "fight or flight" are not productive (after Wilfred Bion). I think making these thoughts explicit will be helpful.
Fred
How does this differ from the policy forbidding disruptive behavior? Doesn't "divisive and infammatory" constitute a subset of "disruptive"?
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