exactly is good faith?
WP:AGF in a nutshell:
QUOTE
Unless there is strong evidence to the contrary, assume that
people who work on the project are trying to help it, not hurt it.
people who work on the project are trying to help it, not hurt it.
Here we see that good faith is defined as trying to help 'the
project', by which they mean WP. Because WP is so important
that no description besides 'the project' is needed. ; )
Thus, this policy takes for granted that trying to help the
project is a good thing. It isn't WP:What is good faith?, in
which the ethics of good faith is are debated. It simply takes
for granted that this is good.
But is it really always a good thing?
Good, in my book, means helping people. Not encyclopaedias.
Encyclopaedias have no feelings. They are relevant only in how
they affect people. Thus, the purpose of an encyclopaedia, or a
supposed charity claiming to be an encyclopaedia, should be to
help people. Seriously hurting people is contrary to this, and is
bad.
But the WP community is lost. They think being an encyclopaedia
is a goal in and of itself. They have replaced ethics with the
worship of an unfeeling, unthinking website, for which they
violate copyright, defame, and violate privacy.
Sadly, threatening violence for the good of WP is technically
defined as good faith, by the definition of WP:AGF. Where does
it stop? Actual violence? Homicide? Why not throw a bomb into
a field of flowers for the good of WP?
As a disclaimer, I am sure there are many members of WP who
have never considered the possibility of helping people and
helping the encyclopaedia as sometimes being contrary goals.
And I am sure there are also many ethical members who are
simply not acting in good faith by WP's definition. The overall
spirit of the WP community, however, takes for granted a
celebration of amorality.
QUOTE('Rudyard Kipling @ A Death-Bed')
"This is the State above the Law. The State exists for the State alone." [This is a gland at the back of the jaw, And an answering lump by the collar-bone.], Some die shouting in gas or fire; Some die silent, by shell and shot. Some die desperate, caught on the wire; Some die suddenly. This will not. "Regis suprema voluntas Lex" [It will follow the regular course of--throats.] Some die pinned by the broken decks, Some die sobbing between the boats. Some die eloquent, pressed to death By the sliding trench, as their friends can hear. Some die wholly in half a breath. Some--give trouble for half a year. "There is neither Evil nor Good in life Except as the needs of the State ordain." [Since it is rather too late for the knife, All we can do is to mask the pain.] Some die saintly in faith and hope-- One died thus in a prison-yard-- Some die broken by rape or the rope; Some die easily. This dies hard. "I will dash to pieces who bar my way. Woe to the traitor! Woe to the weak!" [Let him write what he wishes to say. It tires him out if he tries to speak.] Some die quietly. Some abound In loud self-pity. Others spread Bad morale through the cots around... This is a type that is better dead. "The war was forced on me by my foes. All that I sought was the right to live." [Don't be afraid of a triple dose; The pain will neutralize all we give. Here are the needles. See that he dies While the effects of the drug endure.... What is the question he asks with his eyes?-- Yes, All-Highest, to God, be sure.
