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[[Category:Wiki governance]] [[Category:Trollism]] | |||
'''Wiki management''' applies when there is potential for [[users in conflict]] in a [[large public wiki]]. | '''Wiki management''' applies when there is potential for [[users in conflict]] in a [[large public wiki]]. | ||
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Despite this good advice, much [[wiki ideology]] has evolved under blanket terms like "[[virtual community]]", "[[soft security]]", "[[hard security]]", or "[[wiki way]]" that is often claimed to be applicable to all wiki technology. This is a highly questionable claim. There is not even one widely accepted [[wiki ontology]] in which to discuss these terms: | Despite this good advice, much [[wiki ideology]] has evolved under blanket terms like "[[virtual community]]", "[[soft security]]", "[[hard security]]", or "[[wiki way]]" that is often claimed to be applicable to all wiki technology. This is a highly questionable claim. There is not even one widely accepted [[wiki ontology]] in which to discuss these terms: | ||
It has taken considerable effort even just to discover what "[[trolls]] really are." It appears that they are simply users who anger others, who could be anyone, | It has taken considerable effort even just to discover what "[[trolls]] really are." It appears that they are simply users who anger others, who could be anyone, and who insist on some [[due process]] and [[bottom-up authoritative integrity]], and in doing so tend to annoy the [[sysop power structure]], which will eventually [[block IP]] rather than continuing to deal with their dissent. One can in general globally subsitute the word "heretic" for the word "troll" and clarify the theological power structure considerably. It is no accident that the term [[GodKing]] is used to describe the user of last resort. | ||
Many including [[Consumerium:Itself]] seek to defy such authoritarian models. | Many including [[Consumerium:Itself]] seek to defy such authoritarian models. | ||
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*Degrading or placing on standby the status of those engaged in [[ad hominem delete]] or other transparency-reducing, content-degrading tactics, which can easily result in the database falling into a state where it is legally liable. | *Degrading or placing on standby the status of those engaged in [[ad hominem delete]] or other transparency-reducing, content-degrading tactics, which can easily result in the database falling into a state where it is legally liable. | ||
*[[Desysopping]] those who participate in creating or echoing [[spun | *[[Desysopping]] those who participate in creating or echoing [[spun threat]]s, or granting these credibility or official status beyond what was actually said; this sort of libel has extremely serious consequences in an age of no-fly lists. If a comment is an actual threat of specific violence, it must be investigated. If not, then claims that it is, must be put to rest, before the conflict over the comment escalates to the point of violence itself. | ||
*[[protected page]] mechanics | *[[protected page]] mechanics | ||