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-'''Funded troll'''s are paid to change opinions in the [[Research Wiki]] or alter the way that the project works in ways that favour those who fund them.  A [[propaganda glossary]] or [[list of controversial topics]] helps identify terms perhaps amenable to their influence.
+'''Funded troll'''s are paid to change opinions in the [[Opinion Wiki]] or alter the way that the project works in ways that favour those who fund them.  A [[propaganda glossary]] or [[list of controversial topics]] helps identify terms perhaps amenable to their influence.
-''The [[TorontoTroll]] project is an example of another kind of funded troll, who would probably want to change opinions here if it ever became important to their cause.  See [[Troll Protocol]] for more detail on that.''
 A [[friendly troll]] may be a funded troll, but probably only if they are paid by the [[Green Party]] or [[Greenpeace]] or some [[animal rights]] or [[Great Ape Personhood]] or [[vegan]] group.  And those have no money, so it's unlikely.  Usually the friendly ones are volunteers like the [[house elf]].