[WikiEN-l] On trolls, usenet and Wikipedia

Thu May 6 14:54:53 UTC 2004

On Usenet or any of many online forums, trolls can be ignored (not
fed) and they mostly disappear. On wikipedia, they escalate their
vandalism, learning ever-sneakier ways of damaging articles that
people have spend countless hours of their precious time crafting.

Ignoring a troll on wikipedia is the worst thing you could possibly
do, since it will bite you in the proverbial bum.

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Christopher Mahan
chris_mahan at yahoo.com
818.943.1850 cell
http://www.christophermahan.com/

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