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'''Wiki politics''' are a consequence of [[wiki governance]] problems and [[politics as usual]] of trying to reconcile various people's assumptions and ideas about [[safety]] and [[closure]] to come up with some [[rules]] that reflect some idea of [[fairness]]. [[Trolling]] is the result of trying to ignore wiki politics and impose fascistic solutions via some [[echo chamber]]. | '''Wiki politics''' are a consequence of [[wiki governance]] problems and [[politics as usual]] of trying to reconcile various people's assumptions and ideas about [[safety]] and [[closure]] to come up with some [[rules]] that reflect some idea of [[fairness]]. [[Trolling]] is the result of trying to ignore wiki politics and impose fascistic solutions via some [[echo chamber]]. | ||
Usually wiki politics is petty, immature and primitive and involves labelling [[heretic]]s and engaging in [[wiki witchhunt]]s. These behaviours are no longer tolerated in the real world, but many [[sysop]]s do not live in the real world and can't take the actual constraints of the real world, so they live in a fantasy world, where they have absolute power to silence [[trolls|those who oppose]]. | |||
A [[Rise of Martinets]] occurs when this is not recognized and stopped quickly. | |||