I for one definitely think that a reference for any trust issue,whether positive or negative deserves to be referenced,without a reference it's basically your word for it, as there happens to be no proof of illicit dealings,nor trustworthy dealings,whichever way you look at it..
Negative trusts,are invariably used to warn the community off a particular user,would you do that without quality proof/reason as to why we shouldn't...
While a positive trusts basically tells the community that such user can be trusted,how then can we trust such user,without a reference to any of his/her trustworthy dealings on-the forum/with other members on the forum..
I think OP made a whole lot of sense
By the way, I do strongly believe that there are a bunches of thread regarding this issue. You should check those before creating a new thread so that you could get the output without creating a thread.
I've been reading voraciously on the forum since coming on board,i haven't come across any topic such as this one..
Links please!!!!