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*the sophisticated vandal who inserts credible-reading nonsense like false facts that seem almost right - if this is nonrandom then they may be a [[POV warrior]] or [[funded troll]] which is not vandalism but a genuine conflict on what sources to trust | *the sophisticated vandal who inserts credible-reading nonsense like false facts that seem almost right - if this is nonrandom then they may be a [[POV warrior]] or [[funded troll]] which is not vandalism but a genuine conflict on what sources to trust | ||
*the [[sysop vandal]] who exercises [[technological escalation]] and trust gained through doing routine tasks, to apply their poor editorial judgement, e.g. to [[ad hominem delete]] or [[IP block]] those whose philosophies aren't compatible with infinite tolerance of the [[Sysop Vandal point of view]], i.e. that those who have technological power, are morally superior by definition. | *the [[sysop vandal]] who exercises [[technological escalation]] and trust gained through doing routine tasks, to apply their poor editorial judgement, e.g. to [[ad hominem delete]] or [[IP block]] those whose philosophies aren't compatible with infinite tolerance of the [[Sysop Vandal point of view]], i.e. that those who have technological power, are morally superior by definition. | ||
=== Vandals as a [[faction]] === | |||
The '''Vandals''' are a de facto [[faction]] consisting of all [[IP number]]s consistently used to do [[vandalism]], whose editors seem to have no interest in becoming [[trolls]]. When trolls will not vouch for an edit, by whatever means they use to do that (it must be [[factionally defined]] by them alone), then it must be considered [[vandalism]]. Presumably this includes all insensible page replacement, graffiti-like "tagging", plain jokes, or simple page blanking. [[Lowest Troll]] can remove these from view, as soon as the trolls agree its vandalism. | |||
Note that [[sysop vandalism]] and less visible [[developer vandalism]] is also possible. There is no reason to believe that sysops or developers never make an article less useful, or never engage in behaviour that degardes the corpus. | |||
By incorporating vandals as a faction in themselves, one that is the only one whose edits are invisible, we achieve [[reflexive]] [[wiki management]] where no external "mailing list" or "IRC channel" or "special status" is required. | |||