User:Paul Klenk/Dirty Tricks

The Dirty Tricks Project

I am working to identify, name and explain many of the dirty tricks people play here at WP, for the purpose of training others so they won't be taken advantage of, dealing wtih troublemakers more efficiently, making precise observations in the interest of fairness,

• Gaming the system
• Invoking WP rules
• Lying about bias / refusing to admit bias / refusing to see bias
• Whining about a user's civility
• Refusing to answer questions
• Refusing to cite specific examples
• Misrepresenting the rules of WP
• Agreeing with both sides
• Using anonymous IPs
• Sockpuppeting
• Working in gangs
• Bad faith
• Lying
• Evasion
• Bullying and intimidation
• Ignoring messages
• Never responding to users

Identifying them:

• Anonymous IPs
• Few edits
• Sudden edits on a topic