David Goodman wrote:
As for BOLD, I have never seen it cited for good ends;
most good
editing doesn't need it. It is usually used as the attempted
justification for edits against the consensus. Personally I'd rather
remove it from the guidelines altogether, but it is referred to so
many times that perhaps it should be written in a way that would make
it less likely to be misused. I see there's an active discussion
there.
Being bold does not require anyone to be stubborn. It allows people to
try something different, but if that stirs up a firehose of protests you
need to know when to cut your losses.
Ec