I agree with the notion of a "sense of proportion". "Troll" is an ordinary word, harmless enough, and we can at least conceive of a hypothetical in which "JRR Trollkien" is just a clever name chosen by a clever fan of the Lord of the Rings, etc.
At the same time, though, it doesn't take very long in looking at Trollkien's user page to recognize that he's posted the old "Legion of Trolls" stuff, many comments supporting the idea of deliberately disrupting work on the Wikipedia in order to foster change, etc.
That's what problematic trolling *is*. So, it isn't just the name, it's the fact that the name is intended as provocation. That is, the name is not about trolls or Tolkien, but about trolling us. (I think the Internet Troll concept is derived from "trolling for fish", a method of catching fish where you drag the bait through the water to see what bites.)
Anyone who has a beef about sysops, who thinks that Wikipedia is a ruthless dictatorship or oligarchy, etc., is more than welcome, God knows, to come here and argue the point and complain about it and suggest remedies. But what they aren't welcome to do is engage in trolling behavior just to cause trouble. It's juvenile and annoying.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JRR_Trollkien/Troll http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JRR_Trollkien/Legion_of_Trolls
Despite JRR Trollkien posturing that a ruthless cabal is out to get him, our reponse to this has been typical, and something that I can't quite make up my mind whether we should be globally proud of or globally ashamed of... a long and tedious debate to try to find a reasonable answer to the questions raised:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/JRR_Trollkie...
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I have great sympathy for revolutions and reformers, we will always need them, and I for one will always welcome those who come in and challenge us to rethink our policies and procedures. That's very healthy. In his response on the Reguests for arbitration page, Trollkien uses this as a defense, claiming, "what seems to be at issue here is _dissent_."
That's bullshit, of course, and please excuse my language. Dissent is not a problem, just look around, it's all we ever do, and we all seem to enjoy it well enough. And realistically, it isn't even _civil disobediance_ which is at issue in any major way.
It's just behaving like a juvenile jerk, that's what's at issue.
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Imagine someone who shows up at wikipedia whose area of expertise happens to be collectible dolls. This is not an area that most of us know much about, so of course such a contributor would be welcome, and would likely be editing stuff that's uncontroversial and not annoying to anyone. The history of collectible dolls, the story of various annual toy crazes, and so on.
http://www.trollworld.com/trtr19.html
Such a person might name themselves "Trollina", after these dolls, and why not?
--Jimbo