From: Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net
David Gerard wrote:
<snip> >the >reason AFD is so damn poisonous to the community is that it blatantly >encourages participants to assume *bad* faith) and *leave*. ><snip>
That poisonous atmosphere is perhaps the most damaging thing that is currently happening on Wikipedia. Those who are spreading that poison appear completely oblivious to the effect that they are having on the social fabric.
I will simply re-iterate that there are far more seriously damaging and "poisonous" things happening on Wikipedia, and they are related to extremely weak dispute resolution mechanisms.
Jay.