MarioWiki:Trolls
A troll is a person who purposely disturbs an online community with offensive content and the like. For the wiki, examples are blanking pages, replacing page content with things like "this wiki sucks", vandalizing in general, and similar actions. This page dwells on the issue a little bit more, including what to do if you think a user is a troll or a sockpuppet.
Characteristics of a Troll
When you see a user, most likely new, continually:
- blanking pages,
- adding or deleting (weird, unrelated) content on pages,
- creating pages that are false repeatedly,
- replacing all content on a page with a negative message (User pages seem prone to this attack the most),
- saying offensive messages on (user) talk pages,
and similar actions to the Super Mario Wiki, it is likely that he or she is a troll, a vandalizer. Such users are automatically banned infinitely, though sometimes they return on another IP (often public), as a sockpuppet, and repeat their actions.
What to Do
Trolling and vandalizing are not tolerated in any way at the Super Mario Wiki. If you see continual actions of any of the above, post a message at an online sysop's talk page or patroller's talk page in calm, non-cap letters. As such, the sysop or another sysop will either be online or will come online as soon as possible and block the unruly user, as well as use the special revert tool to quickly make amends.
