Troll vandalism: Difference between revisions

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Attitudes to troll vandalism (group vandalism by trolls to counter sysop vandalism or to advance a POV that they believe is underrepresented by some systemic bias in neutral point of view) vary much.

The Sysop Vandal point of view is that troll vandalism is just group vandalism and (of course) that sysops cannot be vandals simply for opposing it even with technological escalation. See Recyclopedia and SOLLOG for typically controversial cases where these distinctions are at issue.

Probably how one views this depends on your faction.

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-Attitudes to '''troll vandalism''' ([[group vandalism]] by [[trolls]] to counter [[sysop vandalism]] or to advance a [[POV]] that they believe is underrepresented by some [[systemic bias]] in [[neutral point of view]]) vary as much as attitudes to [[w:terrorism]] or [[w:insurgent]] activities.
+'''[[WARNING]] This article is linked from [[Strange articles]]. Proceed with caution. '''
-One major question is whether [[sysop vandalism]] is actually '''troll vandalism''' - whether [[sysops are trolls]] or (as claimed in [[New Troll point of view]]) the sysops' use of [[technological escalation]] makes them deserve what they get and denies them the protections that [[trolls]] deserve.
+Attitudes to '''troll vandalism''' ([[group vandalism]] by [[trolls]] to counter [[sysop vandalism]] or to advance a [[POV]] that they believe is underrepresented by some [[systemic bias]] in [[neutral point of view]]) vary much.
-The [[Sysop Vandal point of view]] is that '''troll vandalism''' is just [[group vandalism]] and (of course) that [[sysop]]s cannot be [[vandal]]s simply for opposing it even with [[technological escalation]].  See [[Recyclopedia]] and[[SOLLOG]] for typically controversial cases where this is at issue.
+The [[Sysop Vandal point of view]] is that '''troll vandalism''' is just [[group vandalism]] and (of course) that [[sysop]]s cannot be [[vandal]]s simply for opposing it even with [[technological escalation]].  See [[Recyclopedia]] and [[SOLLOG]] for typically controversial cases where these distinctions are at issue.
-In the [[SOLLOG]] case, it is not clear if [[wikipediasucks.com]] actually has engaged in [[vandalbot]] design or other [[technological escalation]].  If his then the pro-SOLLOG forces have become their own [[sysop power structure]] and their struggle with the sysops is no longer a [[troll-sysop struggle]] nor a [[troll war]] between those with [[equal power relationship]]s, but rather, a simple [[arms race]] between two groups using [[sysop vandalism]].
+Probably how one views this depends on your [[faction]].