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Elements of troll pride include: | Elements of troll pride include: | ||
*refusal to [[use real names]] or participate in [[outing]] of those who don't | *refusal to [[use real names]] or participate in [[outing]] of those who don't | ||
*refusal to acquire positive [[repute]], typically by constantly shifting user names, and making ugly noises at those who compliment them or attempt to flatter them | *refusal to acquire positive [[repute]], typically by constantly shifting user names, and making ugly noises at those who compliment them or attempt to flatter them or (most commonly) draw them into unfair practices that will only expose them to attacks, such as "arbitration" and "mediation" by the sysops | ||
*defense of other trolls, to advance the [[New Troll point of view]] everywhere | *defense of other trolls, to advance the [[New Troll point of view]] everywhere | ||
*identifying key anti-troll figures and documenting their [[Wikimedia corruption|corrupt practices]], e.g. [[sysop vandalism]], [[sysop vigilantiism]], [[developer vigilantiism]], [[libel]] | *identifying key anti-troll figures and documenting their [[Wikimedia corruption|corrupt practices]], e.g. [[sysop vandalism]], [[sysop vigilantiism]], [[developer vigilantiism]], [[libel]] | ||
A '''troll pride''' could also, in the sense of a "lion pride", be taken to be a small familiar unit of trolls, which [[patroll]] roughly the same home range ([[IP range]]). | A '''troll pride''' could also, in the sense of a "lion pride", be taken to be a small familiar unit of trolls, which [[patroll]] roughly the same home range ([[IP range]]). | ||