[WikiEN-l] On trolls, usenet and Wikipedia

Thu May 6 16:01:29 UTC 2004

It's a bit of an oversimplification. If I wanted to troll, I'd make a
controversial edit. When it was reverted I'd troll on the talk page. Get
no bites - make another  controversial edit and troll on the talk page
again. Get no bites again? Troll quickpolls, village pump, review of
admin actions etc, complaining that I was being reverted without
discussion. 

How do you deal with users like a troll version of me?

Theresa

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Richards [mailto:marich712000 at yahoo.com] 
Sent: 06 May 2004 16:25
To: English Wikipedia
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] On trolls, usenet and Wikipedia

Hang on a second, I thought vandals were easy to deal
with? Revert, ban if necessary, done. The problem is
users who have not vandalised anything, but seek to
engage in endlessly convoluted arguments with anyone
who will play. Unfortunately, if you play, you have
lost already.
If the troll vandalises, ban him immediately. If not,
don't feed him.
Mark

--- Christopher Mahan <chris_mahan at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.
> 
> =====
> Christopher Mahan
> chris_mahan at yahoo.com
> 818.943.1850 cell
> http://www.christophermahan.com/
> 
> 
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