On 15/11/2007, William Pietri william@scissor.com wrote:
So if you're saying we should assume that banned people will probably continue to misbehave, I'm all for that. Leopards rarely change their spots, and the same goes for WP:TIGERS. But a number of our banned contributors aren't banned because they actually mean ill. Some mean well, but define "well" differently. Some have trouble doing good when they mean well. And some are just troubled. None of that is bad faith.
Indeed not. "Assume good faith" can make a lot more sense when you realise that other phrasings are "Don't assume malice when stupidity will suffice" or "I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because rogues sometimes rest."
- d.