User blog:Voxelplox/Don't insult the trolls!

Insulting trolls wont gain you anything. A troll's job is to make you angry. Many Wikians ask,

"If we don't do anything, then they'll continue to harass us, right? So we need to retaliate. "

The answer to that is WRONG 

Lets further look at this quote.
 * By retaliating to them, you are stooping to their level. That is exactly what they want! A good troll/spammer/vandal is always someone that causes a lot of trouble. By not "caring" about them, they will lose their motivation. By "panicking" when they vandalize a page, you are giving them motivation. All you'd have to do is..
 * Hold back any tension against them. Causing a fight will most likely get you in trouble, and make the vandal feel accomplished.
 * Go to the history of the page and undo the edit.
 * Afterwords, contact a administrator. Its best to give the Administrator a link to the vandal's userpage or contributions, that way banning will be much faster and easier.
 * Don't "insult" the person after there banned. It will only make them angry.
 * Remember, Just because they are banned, doesn't mean they can't read what you or anyone else is putting on the wiki 
 * By that, I mean its not logical to trash or talk rudely about them with other members of the Wiki. This could increase the chance of more incidents by them.


 * If dealing with a spammer, its always best to do the same for what was stated above. Don't pay them any attention. They are just spamming or vandalizing for a boost in their ego, or to make them seem more powerful then others.


 * Some links for making fighting spam and vandalism easier! 


 * Recent Changes Different from Wiki activity, Recent Changes offers a much faster approach to observing edits. It shows the time of the edit, the change, and the same links for undoing a edit/rollbacking one.