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"I find that the term "troll" means pretty | "I find that the term "troll" means pretty | ||
much nothing, or it just means "somebody doing something I don't like." - [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-May/012437.html Theresa Robinson] | much nothing, or it just means "somebody doing something I don't like." - [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-May/012437.html Theresa Robinson] | ||
"...a term of abuse that is levelled both at genuinely problematic users and | |||
users with contentious but potentially legitimate views." - [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-May/012438.html Mark Richards] | |||
Obviously, under these definitions, we are all trolls from time to time, that is, we are all likely to be in some [[dispute]] or [[conflict between users]] and then if there is some [[sysop power structure]], we can be labelled "troll" and so marginalized. This is a fairly typical process, not different from authorship: | Obviously, under these definitions, we are all trolls from time to time, that is, we are all likely to be in some [[dispute]] or [[conflict between users]] and then if there is some [[sysop power structure]], we can be labelled "troll" and so marginalized. This is a fairly typical process, not different from authorship: | ||
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A [[wiki]] is [[troll-friendly]] when a [[friendly troll]] gets [[due process]], and consideration of his "fiction" as a peer to other fiction, without regard to [[reputation]]. That is usually all they want. | A [[wiki]] is [[troll-friendly]] when a [[friendly troll]] gets [[due process]], and consideration of his "fiction" as a peer to other fiction, without regard to [[reputation]]. That is usually all they want. | ||
A wiki is by contrast troll-hostile and ruled by a [[GodKing]] if "deliberately | |||
disrupting work... in order to foster change, etc." can be unilaterally labelled as "problematic [[trolling]]" by one person or a small group, e.g. [http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2004-May/012444.html Jim Wales] | |||
See also: | See also: | ||
* http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=360db514.18861087%40news.pipeline.com | * http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=360db514.18861087%40news.pipeline.com | ||