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<TITLE>RE: [WikiEN-l] Is Jack a troll?</TITLE>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: Poor, Edmund W [<A HREF="mailto:Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com">mailto:Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: 02 February 2004 16:42</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: English Wikipedia</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Is Jack a troll?</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I fired this shot across JackLynch's bow:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Jack,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> If you can make Tannin so angry that he swears at you, I </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> can't think of</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> anything but the probability that you are provoking him on purpose.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Maybe to test the new Mediation/Arbitration system? If not, my</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> apologies, but that's how it looks to me.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> So, please try harder to be nice! :-)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> ----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Given the timing of his appearance, and the issues he focuses on, I</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> think it's more likely he's a sock puppet than a newbie. </FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Advice?</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Ed Poor</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> One of many Wikipedia admins</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I've had little direct contact with him, but this user seems hell bent on pushing the limits of everything (see his voting on VfD for the last few weeks, for instance). I consider him a troll and advise the simple expedient of ignoring him completely from here on in.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Billy Mills </FONT>
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