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It's really quite amazing, that guideline called "Don't bite the newcomers". It says that to prevent scaring away new users from Wikipedia by not assuming good faith, and by getting mad at them all in one mistake. But today, it seems, more established Wikipedians are leaving because of being attacked by other editors. We're fine in the area of not biting newcomers: I don't see very much of that. The problem now, is that people are biting, not towards newcomers, but towards fellow Wikipedians.
Biting
editAs everyone knows, biting is when you are generally uncivil to other editors. Making an arbitration case out of one little mistake. Biting is not fun for anyone. However, presently we seem to be more worried about not assuming good faith with newcomers than with our established, older users. People leave, and swear to never come back because others have been overall mean to them. This should stop, soon and quickly. People's actual lives are actually being hurt because actual other people have actually been mean to them.
Wikipedia's motto seems to be a "free repository of knowledge which anyone can edit". To me, "Anyone can edit" seems to imply that you are able to edit. "Able to edit" would mean that you CAN edit, even if you do make a mistake. That means that if someone makes a mistake, it's not necessary to begin a full investigation to determine whether they made that mistake in bad faith. Biting people is generally wrong, and should be avoided at all times.