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Actual targets of such activity seem to be those guilty of [[libel]] and persistent [[sysop vandalism]] justified only by [[amateur psychiatry]] and [[echo chamber]] lies.  One such '''troll jihad''' declaration was against [[Erik Moeller]], who often attempts [[outing]], and has advocated [[developer vigilantiism]] and encyclopedia-damaging activities to harass his many enemies.
Actual targets of such activity seem to be those guilty of [[libel]] and persistent [[sysop vandalism]] justified only by [[amateur psychiatry]] and [[echo chamber]] lies.  One such '''troll jihad''' declaration was against [[Erik Moeller]], who often attempts [[outing]], and has advocated [[developer vigilantiism]] and encyclopedia-damaging activities to harass his many enemies.
: ROTFL. You are entertaining in a truly pathetic way, Craig.--Erik


[[Larry Sanger]], the first chief editor of [[Wikipedia]] (and never a sysop - he did not have or did not use the power to [[IP block]] himself) claimed that similarly deliberate troll activity was responsible for his permanent departure from all [[Wikimedia]] projects - this was probably false, as there were many other reasons, mostly economic, for him to depart in disgrace.
[[Larry Sanger]], the first chief editor of [[Wikipedia]] (and never a sysop - he did not have or did not use the power to [[IP block]] himself) claimed that similarly deliberate troll activity was responsible for his permanent departure from all [[Wikimedia]] projects - this was probably false, as there were many other reasons, mostly economic, for him to depart in disgrace.
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