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 | This page in a nutshell: A user who believes another editor has a COI based on a conspiracy theory may have disqualified themselves from editing to some degree. |
Conspiracy theory accusations against other editors are very serious violations of our "assume good faith" (AGF) guideline and "no personal attacks" (NPA) policy. They are often made by editors who themselves believe in certain conspiracy theories, and when they don't get their fringe theories included as fact, they accuse other editors of being part of the conspiracy. When they make accusations or insinuations that another editor is involved in a conspiracy to prevent the inclusion of these fringe points of view, they poison the well against that editor so seriously as to disqualify the accusing editor from editing some articles and editing in the proximity of the editor so accused. No one who edits Wikipedia with a conspiracy theory mentality can ever be taken seriously because that mindset violates AGF on so many levels. When directed at other editors, such violations of AGF and NPA should be taken very seriously and lead to prompt warnings and sanctions.