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In [[wiki management]], a '''faction''' is a '''mandatory clique''' to deal with [[alleged and collective identity]] problems that can't otherwise be sorted out without serious [[privacy]] problems, e.g. authorizing [[outing]].  The [[Wikipedia Red Faction]] is the most obvious declared public example.
In [[wiki management]], a '''faction''' is a '''mandatory clique''' to deal with [[alleged and collective identity]] problems that can't otherwise be sorted out without serious [[privacy]] problems, e.g. authorizing [[outing]].  The [[Wikipedia Red Faction]] is the most obvious declared public example.
The difference between a faction and an [[interwiki identity standard]] is that you yourself decide to assert a common identity with the latter, but with a faction, it would be others telling you "please go deal with "others of your kind" and come back when we can understand you, if ever." ;-)


Factions already exist as a group of users sharing a single account or using [[anonymous proxy]] services to reuse [[IP number]]s and appear to be just one persistent [[troll]] or something.  This can actually work better for some things than any [[permission-based model]], but it gives an edge to those who have figured out how to do it reliably.  It also makes it hard for any limits to be put on such activity.
Factions already exist as a group of users sharing a single account or using [[anonymous proxy]] services to reuse [[IP number]]s and appear to be just one persistent [[troll]] or something.  This can actually work better for some things than any [[permission-based model]], but it gives an edge to those who have figured out how to do it reliably.  It also makes it hard for any limits to be put on such activity.
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