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In [[wiki management]], a '''faction''' is a '''mandatory clique''' to deal with [[alleged and collective identity]] problems that can't otherwise be sorted out without serious [[privacy]] problems, e.g. authorizing [[outing]]. The [[Wikipedia Red Faction]] is the most obvious declared public example. | In [[wiki management]], a '''faction''' is a '''mandatory clique''' to deal with [[alleged and collective identity]] problems that can't otherwise be sorted out without serious [[privacy]] problems, e.g. authorizing [[outing]]. The [[Wikipedia Red Faction]] is the most obvious declared public example. | ||
The difference between a faction and an [[interwiki identity standard]] is that you yourself decide to assert a common identity with the latter, but with a faction, it would be others telling you "please go deal with "others of your kind" and come back when we can understand you, if ever." ;-) | |||
Factions already exist as a group of users sharing a single account or using [[anonymous proxy]] services to reuse [[IP number]]s and appear to be just one persistent [[troll]] or something. This can actually work better for some things than any [[permission-based model]], but it gives an edge to those who have figured out how to do it reliably. It also makes it hard for any limits to be put on such activity. | Factions already exist as a group of users sharing a single account or using [[anonymous proxy]] services to reuse [[IP number]]s and appear to be just one persistent [[troll]] or something. This can actually work better for some things than any [[permission-based model]], but it gives an edge to those who have figured out how to do it reliably. It also makes it hard for any limits to be put on such activity. | ||