I respect your advice and your experience I must say though that many times in the past when other editors have counseled more good faith I have correctly predicted that good faith wasn t warranted At the same time there have been a few instances when I was wrong I tend to look at as a cost benefit analysis in terms of how much time do I spend being more patient vs how often it reaps rewards I have to decide how to prioritize my time on Wikipedia and I already spend a LOT of time here I hope you noticed that I did take your initial advice to heart and posted something more conciliatory on the IP s Talk page Thanks again for sharing your thoughts with me I really do listen and consider what you and others say