"Guy Chapman" wrote
That would be excellent then: we would be able to waive 'assume good faith' for whole scads of editors we come across. What a relief! Maybe I have misjudged the little critters.
Maybe you haven't seen my userpage. I freely admit to strong opinions, when I edit articles on subjects on which I have strong opinions, I do so in good faith and I am, to the best of my ability, neutral - but I still have strong opinions, and that means it's best if someone else has a look.
Strong opinions and good faith are absolutely not exclusive, and being aware of the subconscious bias of another user is not the same as failing to assume good faith.
Over in my corner, I'm strongly of the opinion that User Pages are to be used in a confidence-building way. That would of course be the confidence of others in me, not my confidence in my own opinions, in own opinion of my rigorous adherence to NPOV, my patriotism with respect to the great county of Cambridgeshire, all that. Given that we're supposed to leave many things at the door, I don't really hold with giving other Wikipedians the hat-check girl's view of me, when they may simply be curious as to who corrected their typo.
I'm completely against having Wikipedia touched by the contention and polarizing forces so obvious in the outside world.
Charles