User blog:Queen Misery/Just a Reminder: Troll-Baiting

I am just reminding people that in general it is unwise to confront trolls - even in jest, they tend to be creatures that want attention and by confronting them you give them just that.

This goes for admins as well, it is tempting to make fun of trolls but there comes a point where it becomes "troll-baiting".

If a troll / troublesome user continually writes offensive things and you continually respond to these things you are engaging in "troll-baiting" - it is usually not intentional but you need to be aware of it, the same goes for edits, if you continually blank pages or revert edits of other users with no attempt to negotate or reason your committing a similar offence.

Wikis are like communities so remember the best way to deal with a troll is thus:

Revert - undo their edits / vandalism

Ignore - do NOT respond to them on Message Walls

Block - obviously this is for admins (try and not make a joke out of blocking either, if possible)

I'll keep this blog short as even writing this blog can be seen as attracting trolls, just thought I'd talk about this as a few users have been doing this with alarming regularity.