Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-4608608-20150713040900/@comment-24067999-20150713170822

Journalistic wrote: BlueSpeeder wrote: Let's go into the root of the problem: why aren't we allowed to talk about trolls? I understand that "not feeding the trolls" should most definitely be a rule, but what's the harm in talking about vandals?

Because you're still acknowledging trolls, which you should not do. Trolls wants to capture our attention, so by talking about them in the chatroom or in the mainspace, you're successfully completing a task the troll intended - by talking about them. And then what?