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*[[Sysop vigilantiism]] and [[developer vigilantiism]] are power abuses but they are not vandalism.  They are more likely to involve [[libel]] against a person than damage to pages themselves, though they prevent some people contributing.  
*[[Sysop vigilantiism]] and [[developer vigilantiism]] are power abuses but they are not vandalism.  They are more likely to involve [[libel]] against a person than damage to pages themselves, though they prevent some people contributing.  


It is a common political tactic to call [[trolls]] "vandals", e.g. as [[Tim Starling]] and [[M. R. M. Parrot]] do, although there is a clear distinction between the two concepts:  one tells a vandal based on what ordinary end users would distinguish about the material;  a troll on the other hand is a person whose view is merely offensive to someone in a [[sysop power structure]];  Both labels are used as simple insults and the use of neither has anything to do with the material's bias or even accuracy necessarily:  calling someone "a troll" is a common [[usurper]] tactic, e.g. employed heavily by [[Auntie Angela]], [[Erik Moeller]], as a prelude to censorshipImportant to realize:
It is a common political tactic to call [[trolls]] "vandals", e.g. as [[Tim Starling]] and [[M. R. M. Parrot]] do, although there is a clear distinction between the two concepts:  one tells a vandal based on what ordinary end users would distinguish about the material;  a troll on the other hand is a person whose view is merely offensive to someone in a [[sysop power structure]];  Both labels are used as simple insults and the use of neither has anything to do with the material's bias or even accuracy necessarily:  calling someone "a troll" is a common [[usurper]] tactic, e.g. employed heavily by [[Auntie Angela]], [[Erik Moeller]].  [[Trolling]] and '''vandalism''' are ontological distinctions, not operational ones - one cannot tell they have occurred based on responses or excuses or vigilantiism that they appear to "cause".  It's a social question.
 
[[Trolling]] and '''vandalism''' are ontological distinctions, not operational ones - one cannot tell they have occurred based on responses or excuses or vigilantiism that they appear to "cause".  It's a social question, and thus must be resolved politically, e.g. by [[faction]]s.
 
Highly political [[large public wiki]]s like [[OurAnswer]] are pioneering ways to deal with vandals that do not rely on [[usurper]] cliques as [[Wikimedia]] has.
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