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Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:45:30 +0100
From: "Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] My experience with the Avril Lavigne troll
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
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Aside from that, yes, the reference desk is a breeding
ground for
trolls, maybe even by design. Village pump less so.
It attracts them, but they are easy enough to deal with, so it's not
really a problem. This is what I'm talking about, though. Why are we
"dealing" with trolls? They want attention, we want an encyclopedia. Conflict of
interest.Everything doesn't have to be "ZOMG EVIL PEOPLE BAD PUNISH",
sometimes it's just better that some people don't edit.