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| Although editors who consistently engage in disruptive editing are disruptive editors, and editors who consistently vandalize are vandals, there is still a requirement for editors to be ] to each other. Name-calling and labeling editors is not the appropriate way to handle such situations. If the behavior is problematic, use the ] process. | Although editors who consistently engage in disruptive editing are disruptive editors, and editors who consistently vandalize are vandals, there is still a requirement for editors to be ] to each other. Name-calling and labeling editors is not the appropriate way to handle such situations. If the behavior is problematic, use the ] process. | ||
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| Accusations should not be made whether with or without cause, and being blunt is discouraged. Even in cases where you are correct about another user, accusations of POV pushing, tendentious |
Accusations should not be made whether with or without cause, and being blunt is discouraged. Even in cases where you are correct about another user, accusations of POV pushing, tendentious editing, and the like may be sufficient grounds for remedial action. Unfailing courtesy, even if less than sincere, will better help meet your goals. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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Misplaced Pages policies, such as our policy against personal attacks and our policy against incivility, prohibit characterizing an editor as unconstructive regardless of whether the characterization is accurate. The consensus of the community is that such actions are inherently uncivil.
Although editors who consistently engage in disruptive editing are disruptive editors, and editors who consistently vandalize are vandals, there is still a requirement for editors to be civil to each other. Name-calling and labeling editors is not the appropriate way to handle such situations. If the behavior is problematic, use the dispute resolution process.
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Accusations should not be made whether with or without cause, and being blunt is discouraged. Even in cases where you are correct about another user, accusations of POV pushing, tendentious editing, and the like may be sufficient grounds for remedial action. Unfailing courtesy, even if less than sincere, will better help meet your goals.
See also
- Misplaced Pages:Don't call the kettle black
- Misplaced Pages:You can't squeeze blood from a turnip
- Misplaced Pages:Don't call a spade a spade
- To call a spade a spade