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> > 16. Some trolls and POV-pushers are best fought with a time delay. Let them make their edit; then change it an hour or two later, or even the next day. Trol
by DanBC 7y ago
> > 16. Some trolls and POV-pushers are best fought with a time delay. Let them make their edit; then change it an hour or two later, or even the next day. Trolls are easily bored, and are more likely to go away if you hold your fire for a bit. (Blatant vandalism of course needs to be reverted immediately.)
How do you tell the difference between vandalism, trolling, and good faith but wrong edits?
Even "blatant vandalism needs to be reverted immediately" isn't as obvious as it seems, which is why rollback needs special rights and why there's frequently discussion of misuse of twinkle on Ani.
EDIT: honestly, there are thousands of posts to Ani about people reverting good faith edits as vandalism, or about using Twinkle too fast, or about misuse of rollback, or about projects (eg, vandal patrol) being too quick to revert and too aggressive with warnings.