> inconsistent enforcement of its policies (which can be pretty blatant around WP:CIVIL One of the most interesting phenomena I've come across is the way that

> inconsistent enforcement of its policies (which can be pretty blatant around WP:CIVIL One of the most interesting phenomena I've come across is the way that the Assume Good Faith guideline is abused. In all the instances where I've seen it cited in a dispute, it's always a situation that goes like this: A and B are at odds. A is on the wrong side. A begins to trot out a list of guidelines and policies that B has purportedly run afoul of. Wanting to pad the list of infractions, A cites WP:AGF with really shaky rationale. Let's examine this. The Assume Good Faith rule is basically the same in spirit as the rule here on HN that says to be charitable and respond to the strongest reading of a given comment, not the weakest one. In other words, for a given remark/comment from a person, go with the interpretation that is most favorable to the other person. By accusing B of violating AGF, A is doing the very opposite what AGF prescribes, and doing so in a really perverse way.