[WikiEN-l] Troll, troll, troll

Fred Bauder fredbaud at waterwiki.info
Mon Jun 25 20:42:48 UTC 2007



>-----Original Message-----
>From: The Mangoe [mailto:the.mangoe at gmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 02:32 PM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Troll, troll, troll
>
>On 6/25/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 6/25/07, The Mangoe <the.mangoe at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Of course, "troll" often means "person who insists on bringing up
>> > something I'm doing wrong even though I keep trying to dismiss him."
>
>> It's an accurate use of the term if it's describing someone who keeps
>> resurrecting an issue with a view to causing trouble around it.
>
>That is assuming bad faith, in spades.

Not assuming, Slim Virgin speaks from experience.

Fred



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