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I think in calling someone either a "vandal" or a "troll" you are making a judgement about that person's motivation. I agree there is a distinction in that trolls take more interest in people's reactions. And they, like "real" trolls, also tend to stay longer in the same place. (On the other hand, I have often seen people called "trolls" and "vandals", on WP and elsewhere, merely because someone disgreed with thier views.) Steve Dufour ( talk) 15:33, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Calling hitler evil would not be vandalism. It might not be constructive, but it would be good-faith. 75 * 18:34, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
However, vandalism could be bad-faith but well motivated. What if wikipedia turns evil? 75 * 18:37, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
A quick thought - how about vandals/trolls who start by making good edits in order to give the impression they are a genuine good faith editor, before then causing disruption. These types do exist and I therefore doubt vandals and trolls can be described simply as making unconstructive edits. Whitstable 15:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps there is more to be said regarding the issue of trolls vs. vandals? I tried to add the stub tag, but an admin reverted it and warned me for vandalism. 24.68.253.80 14:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Why is Thor as the picture of the vandal? The painting doesn't look vandalized and thor doesn't appear to be vandalizing anything. William Ortiz ( talk) 13:10, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
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Under "Trolls", change the "Main article" template to "Main page". 109.225.98.60 ( talk) 18:48, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
It seems to me in late Wikipedia every sentence or paragraph has a troll of sorts that is the reason it exists. These trolls (Three Billy Goats Gruff) just revert all changes to their favorite sections of Wikipedia, and they're not necessarily noble, they are just the only economy Wikipedia has that dictates at the end of the day which content stays and which content goes (without a patron troll you go.)-- 184.20.10.253 ( talk) 23:53, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
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I think in calling someone either a "vandal" or a "troll" you are making a judgement about that person's motivation. I agree there is a distinction in that trolls take more interest in people's reactions. And they, like "real" trolls, also tend to stay longer in the same place. (On the other hand, I have often seen people called "trolls" and "vandals", on WP and elsewhere, merely because someone disgreed with thier views.) Steve Dufour ( talk) 15:33, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Calling hitler evil would not be vandalism. It might not be constructive, but it would be good-faith. 75 * 18:34, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
However, vandalism could be bad-faith but well motivated. What if wikipedia turns evil? 75 * 18:37, 25 February 2013 (UTC)
A quick thought - how about vandals/trolls who start by making good edits in order to give the impression they are a genuine good faith editor, before then causing disruption. These types do exist and I therefore doubt vandals and trolls can be described simply as making unconstructive edits. Whitstable 15:48, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Perhaps there is more to be said regarding the issue of trolls vs. vandals? I tried to add the stub tag, but an admin reverted it and warned me for vandalism. 24.68.253.80 14:27, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
Why is Thor as the picture of the vandal? The painting doesn't look vandalized and thor doesn't appear to be vandalizing anything. William Ortiz ( talk) 13:10, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
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edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
Under "Trolls", change the "Main article" template to "Main page". 109.225.98.60 ( talk) 18:48, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
It seems to me in late Wikipedia every sentence or paragraph has a troll of sorts that is the reason it exists. These trolls (Three Billy Goats Gruff) just revert all changes to their favorite sections of Wikipedia, and they're not necessarily noble, they are just the only economy Wikipedia has that dictates at the end of the day which content stays and which content goes (without a patron troll you go.)-- 184.20.10.253 ( talk) 23:53, 20 April 2020 (UTC)