Thread:Ducksoup/@comment-25054847-20150329175835/@comment-1267828-20150329212852

The problem is I've seen this kind of policy before, and it fixes nothing

Imagine this:

A troll comes onto chat (any chat) and begins doing trollish things. He then gets banned from the chat. Now, there are two outcomes.

Again, ssuming this individual is a troll who's sole intent is just to annoy for entertainment

1 ) The troll will consider his work done, having gotten people mad and leaving for another community to upset. He'll find it funny that he got you, and go somewhere where he isn't banned. Once he runs out of places, he'll go to different sites.

2 ) The troll will know you get mad at his behavior, and will get a new account to continue further harassing you.

Remember, trolls are not like other people. They get a sense of fulfilment out of making you angry, so they'll continue their bad behavior because they find it fun, and there is nothing you can do to convince them otherwise. As a result, once they see the 1 edit rule, they'll edit something once, then join chat immediately and continue trolling. In the end, you fixed nothing.

My suggestion is that you place a time limit for new editors to enter chat. Anywhere from an hour, to a day would diminish trolling efforts. They would see the trolling at said wiki as a hassle, and leave to find somewhere where getting a rise out of someone isn't so complicated.

tl;dr edit rules before entering chat don't fix anything. Trolls just make new accounts and come back in mere moments without any problem.