On 12/30/06, Keitei nihthraefn@gmail.com wrote:
On Dec 30, 2006, at 17:41, Stephen Park wrote:
I think the problem is this: If someone challenges an editor over his or her adding or protecting puffery in an article or for removing critical information and accuses them of violating WP:AUTO the accused editor can turn around and have his accusor punished for "outing" him.
Does this happen often? Granted, I don't tend to edit bios, but this situation doesn't ring any bells. Is it hypothetical or are there instances in which this has happened?
That was the basis of the RFAr that I linked to - Asmodeus filed it against ScienceApologist for precisely that reason.