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.
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