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1. chaos as basic [[wiki management]] problems slowly become understood | 1. chaos as basic [[wiki management]] problems slowly become understood | ||
2. fascism as a [[sysop power structure]] and perhaps [[GodKing]] take root | 2. fascism as a [[sysop power structure]] and perhaps [[GodKing]] take root - some [[sysop vigilantiism]] mostly dealt with informally; some malcontents but mostly tolerated | ||
3. stagnation based on worship of the [[GodKing]] and [[usurper]]s who have managed to get close to the GodKing personally, and use his approval as a mask to push their own agendas - labelling everyone who asks for change a [[troll]] | 3. stagnation based on worship of the [[GodKing]] and [[usurper]]s who have managed to get close to the GodKing personally, and use his approval as a mask to push their own agendas - labelling everyone who asks for change a [[troll]]; [[sysop vandalism]] occurs as sysops put their own beliefs above the truth - [[echo chamber]] begins | ||
4. [[trolls]] realize that [[regime change]] is necessary and form [[faction]]s, e.g. [[Wikipedia Red Faction]], and start to develop appropriate rhetoric to justify [[trolling]], and target bad sysops to be [[driven off by trolls]] etc. | 4. [[trolls]] realize that [[regime change]] is necessary and form [[faction]]s, e.g. [[Wikipedia Red Faction]], and start to develop appropriate rhetoric to justify [[trolling]], and target bad sysops to be [[driven off by trolls]] etc.; sysops begin to justify [[ontological distinction]] using [[operational distinction]], e.g. "that person was blocked thus they must not be saying any thing of value" - all dialogue becomes impossible, and [[echo chamber]] becomes basis of [[harassment]] | ||
5. war breaks out on interwiki level, including [[denial of service attack]] by [[vandalbot]] on [[troll-friendly]] wikis by sysops who control the technology | 5. war breaks out on interwiki level, including [[denial of service attack]] by [[vandalbot]] on [[troll-friendly]] wikis by sysops who control the technology - [[developer vigilantiism]]! | ||
6. beginnings of peace talks as everyone begins to realize [[trolls]] are right; [[board]] activity, formation of formal mechanisms, e.g. [[Wikimedia]] | 6. beginnings of peace talks as everyone begins to realize [[trolls]] are more right than wrong; [[board]] activity, formation of formal mechanisms, e.g. [[Wikimedia]] | ||
7. rejection of these bourgeois false democracy elements by revolutionary troll factions, and continuation of the struggle to [[anarchize]] or to democratize | 7. rejection of these bourgeois false democracy elements by revolutionary troll factions, and continuation of the struggle to [[anarchize]] or to democratize | ||
8. abdication of [[GodKing]], major reform, eradication of [[Wikimedia corruption]], etc., i.e. troll victory. | 8. abdication of [[GodKing]], major reform, eradication of [[Wikimedia corruption]], etc., i.e. [[Ragnarok]] the total troll victory. | ||
Apparently no wiki has ever emerged from these transitions, as even the most advanced [[large public wiki]]s are probably only at about stage 6 right now | Apparently no wiki has ever emerged from these transitions, as even the most advanced [[large public wiki]]s are probably only at about stage 6 right now | ||