[WikiEN-l] "Assume good faith" is no longer policy.

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On 12/18/06, Kat Walsh <mindspillage at gmail.com> wrote:
>> It was called a guideline for a year before someone called it policy a
>> few months ago. I haven't seen much difference in its treatment.
>>
>> I would be more concerned if I thought it made any practical
>> difference what sort of template got stuck on top of it; it's not as
>> though it were an easily enforceable bright-line rule to begin with.
>> It is simply necessary to avoid killing each other, sometimes, and so
>> people tend to regard it as a Good Idea and try to hold others to it
>> no matter what designation gets slapped atop it.
>> (As a side note, there is discussion about its status on the talk page.)
> 
> I think we should totally do away with the Guideline/Policy/Essay
> notices.. Instead we should put a signature space below... so users
> can see all the people who support the page.
> 
> The idea is that the only policy which really matters on a day to day
> basis is the ephemeral policy which is implemented by each and every
> one of us through our actions and decisions.
> 
> So the list below a such a page becomes a list of the people whom you
> can expect to get on your case if you ignore the page.. and people
> whom it might be useful to consult if you're thinking about doing
> something which might be borderline.
> 
> This would avoid all the energy thats wasted on such discussions and
> provide a more honest outlook on the complicated system which
> underlies the operation of our project.
> 

I would support that as a policy.

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