[WikiEN-l] Admins shouldn't shoot back

[The Mangoe]

On 6/25/07, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> The issue of editors who don't have a clue about the topic can be a
> problem, but one which is distinct from having no clue about the
> project.  The risk here is for a project to so protect its way of doing
> things that it becomes authoritarian.  While we cannot accept every
> piece of idiocy that is added to an article, we still need to make room
> for new ideas, and, even more importantly, newcomers need to feel
> welcome and a part of the decision making process.

This is much in accordance with what I am inadequately expressing. A
couple of times here people have used "assume good faith" not in cause
of civility, but in what amounts to making statements about human
nature. In that wise we cannot afford it; a more realistic level of
pessimism is called for.