"Steve Bennett" wrote

I frequently interpret AGF as "Assume incompetence". That is, assume that someone is just clueless, absentminded, ignorant or something, rather than malicious...

I had a case: I moved [[J.C. Snead]] to [[J. C. Snead]], and an editor made an issue of how he'd spent time worrying that this was 'subtle vandalism'. Assuming good faith would have helped him.

Charles

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