User blog:TortoiseCat5/How to deal with trolls on this wiki

Hi there, everyone!

In this article, I'll be giving some insight regarding the trolls on this wiki.

There have been lots of trolls on this wiki over the past few months. Fortunately, we now have some Abuse filters in place to stop several of them, but because filters aren't perfect, Abuse filters sometimes won't work, and a few users will not be stopped.

If you come across any vandalism, harassment, or other forms of trolling, there are 3 simple things to remember: Revert, Block, Ignore. Obviously, only users with certain rights can block and delete - but you can do your part! Try to Assume good faith whenever possible - but if it's a clear/obvious troll, simply undo their edits if you can, and report them to us here. At the time of this writing it may not have the coding just yet, but it will soon, once Fandom Staffs approve of it :) Whatever you do, never add emotional edit summaries - just leave it with the undo message, or if you have Rollback rights, just do it like that.

After it has been undone and reported, simply ignore them. Trolls crave attention - so if you give them attention, that'd what they want, so you give them a motive to keep coming back under new accounts.

If you undo their edits and they undo yours, do not undo it again - leave it for us. Even if they remove the report from that page, don't worry, one of us will notice. Never edit war with trolls - that is giving them attention, and thus a motive to keep coming, because they absolutely love it when users engage in edit warring with them.

If they send you messages, do not reply to them - simply remove the thread, or leave it because some may keep posting new ones if you delete.

If you have any further questions, or any further thoughts you would like added to this article, you can post them in the comments below.

Thanks!