James Hare wrote:
Yes. We all know what happened to Erik Moeller.
And now let's not speak of that incident ever again.
Exactly. Drummed from the project in shame, never to be heard from again. ;-)
(In case anyone reading this doesn't get this obscure reference, there was an unfortunate incident which was quickly cleared up regarding WP:OFFICE and some confusions surrounding it, and Erik is of course still a valued member of the community and in fact a member of the board.)
The point is, mistakes are made, errors are reversible, assuming good faith and trying to listen to each other is always better than the alternatives.