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Despite this good advice, much [[wiki ideology]] has evolved under blanket terms like "[[virtual community]]", "[[soft security]]", "[[hard security]]", or "[[wiki way]]" that is often claimed to be applicable to all wiki technology. This is a highly questionable claim. There is not even one widely accepted [[wiki ontology]] in which to discuss these terms:
Despite this good advice, much [[wiki ideology]] has evolved under blanket terms like "[[virtual community]]", "[[soft security]]", "[[hard security]]", or "[[wiki way]]" that is often claimed to be applicable to all wiki technology. This is a highly questionable claim. There is not even one widely accepted [[wiki ontology]] in which to discuss these terms:


It has taken considerable effort even just to discover what "[[trolls]] really are." It appears that they are simply users who anger others, who could be anyone, adn who insist on some [[due process]] and [[bottom-up authoritative integrity]], and in doing so tend to annoy the [[sysop power structure]], which will eventually [[block IP]] rather than continuing to deal with their dissent. One can in general globally subsitute the word "heretic" for the word "troll" and clarify the theological power structure considerably. It is no accident that the term [[GodKing]] is used to describe the user of last resort.  
It has taken considerable effort even just to discover what "[[trolls]] really are." It appears that they are simply users who anger others, who could be anyone, and who insist on some [[due process]] and [[bottom-up authoritative integrity]], and in doing so tend to annoy the [[sysop power structure]], which will eventually [[block IP]] rather than continuing to deal with their dissent. One can in general globally subsitute the word "heretic" for the word "troll" and clarify the theological power structure considerably. It is no accident that the term [[GodKing]] is used to describe the user of last resort.  


Many including [[Consumerium:Itself]] seek to defy such authoritarian models.
Many including [[Consumerium:Itself]] seek to defy such authoritarian models.
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