[WikiEN-l] Troll, troll, troll

[K P]

On 6/25/07, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at waterwiki.info> wrote:
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> >-----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.
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> Not assuming, Slim Virgin speaks from experience.
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> Fred
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> >> 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.

Of course someone who is causing trouble is causing trouble--if you've
identified them as a troublemaker, they are what you call a trouble
maker.

KP