Editing Good faith (section)

==In wikis==
Public [[wiki]]s depend on their editors acting in good faith. [[Wikipedia]]'s principle ''Assume Good Faith'' (often abbreviated AGF) has been a stated guideline since 2005.<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith&oldid=14428829 Wikipedia:Assume good faith]" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 13 May 2005, 20:361 UTC.</ref> It has been described as "the first principle in the Wikipedia etiquette".<ref>{{cite journal|last=Goldspink|first=Chris|date=December 2007|url= https://www.researchgate.net/publication/30930355|title=Normative self-regulation in the emergence of global network institutions: The Case of Wikipedia|journal=Proceedings of the 13th ANZSYS Conference|location=Auckland, New Zealand}} 2–5 December 2007; Systemic Development: Local Solutions in a Global Environment</ref> According to one study of users' motives for contributing to Wikipedia, "while participants have both individualistic and collaborative motives, collaborative ([[Altruism|altruistic]]) motives dominate."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wagner|first1=C.|last2=Prasarnphanich|first2=P.|year=2007|title=Innovating collaborative content creation: the role of altruism and wiki technology|journal=Proceedings of 40th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences|location=Hawaii}} 3–6 January 2007</ref>
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