Hah. Based on some "discussions" I've seen, infighting is definitely not too strong of a word. I don't suspect there is any more or less of it than there is in any other community group, however. People fight. It's what they do, irrespective of group identities.
I had to comment on the Wiccan slant of that list, because the trend of treating Wicca and Neopaganism as synonymous is bothersome to non-Wiccan Neopagans, nor does it reflect non-neo practices. Small changes in how things were said would go a long way. The list I tend to use - which is largely derived from the work of a scholar on Paganism - is this one:
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Originally Posted by Excerpted file from BoS
When defining religions, we need to bear in mind that the process of capturing a vast territory with a single word can obscure underlying depth and breadth. I use a single word - Paganism - to describe a group of religious practices that vary significantly beneath that broad label. The list below represents an overview of qualities and characteristics typically seen in Pagan religions. They degree of weight given to each will vary, but each is present to some degree. Each of these will be explained in more detail further on.
- Locality-oriented. Pagan practices are an expression of the surrounding local environment.
- Nature-centered. Pagans conceive of the sacred in a way that is inexorably tied to the natural world.
- Pluralistic. Pagans are tolerant of diverse god-concepts as they themselves have diverse god-concepts.
- Immanent. Pagans see the divine as primarily manifest within the world rather than separate from it.
- Experiential. Pagan practices are rooted in experience and living mythology rather than dogma.
- Hedonistic. Pagans accept self-satisfaction, worldliness, and pleasure as essential human experiences.
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I do not use Paganism synonymously with Neopaganism or with paganism (lower case), FYI. I didn't actually bother to write about those distinctions in the rest of that file, because I was only interested in defining Paganism as a world religion, inspired largely by the work of the scholar Michael York. *chuckles* It's in my head, though.