"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