--- Mark Richards marich712000@yahoo.com wrote:
Hang on a second, I thought vandals were easy to deal with? Revert, ban if necessary, done. The problem is users who have not vandalised anything, but seek to engage in endlessly convoluted arguments with anyone who will play. Unfortunately, if you play, you have lost already. If the troll vandalises, ban him immediately. If not, don't feed him.
People that don't vandalize anything don't bother me, since I'm not even aware they exist (they're called readers). People that vandalize then say: "I was wronged, The Cabal is Out To Get Me" and proceed to make the edit again under the guise of Freedom of Speech and Your Sources Are Biased Too, those are the troll we are talking about.
When you say: "If the troll vandalises, ban him immediately." How do you separate a troll from a not-mainstream-media edit? This is the whole sticking point.
===== Christopher Mahan chris_mahan@yahoo.com 818.943.1850 cell http://www.christophermahan.com/
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