On Nov 7, 2007 2:22 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke mvuijlst@gmail.com wrote:
The way I read WP:DENY is as an essay on how to deal with trolls. So even if the actual *word* is not mentioned that often, the enitire page deals with the issue.
I think it deals with persistent troublemakers and the innate need some of them have to be recognised and noticed - and how we might learn not to reward them in ways that encourage them to do it again and again.
Whether or not 'persistent troublemaker' equates to 'troll' is dependent on one's definition of troll. By my definition, not all persistent troublemakers are trolls; the repeated blatant vandaliser, for instance, isn't a troll by my definition, yet they may be as much encouraged by recognition.
-Matt