Wikipedia:Don't accuse someone of a personal attack for accusing of a personal attack
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Sometimes when Wikipedians get a little hot under the collar, they have a tendency to accuse each other of personal attacks. Whether founded or not, this often leads the attackee (or one of his or her allies) to reply that this accusation is itself a personal attack. And around and around the argument goes, and everyone is now only arguing about arguing.
All of this, of course, accomplishes exactly nothing but to demonstrate the thin skin of editors and act as a time waster. Editors are urged to return to the discussion of the issue at hand, and to continue writing a useful encyclopedia.
