Re^2: A modest request of Merlyn

Please let me know what behavior of mine in this thread seems troll-like. I attempted to make very clear that I was not offended by anything said to me, and that a disclaimer linked to in a signature was untruthful and should be removed.

If you would like to search through some of my other posts, you will see that I am a regular contributor to this community, that I am not a troublemaker, and that I attempt to help people with the perl problems they present here.

Here are a few examples:

A number of people are disagreeing with me in this thread. This does not make me a troll. This area of the site is for non-perl problems, and topics like this frequently come up here.

I imagine some members here are assuming that I am trying to be a troll because the object of this post is a valued community member. I value Merlyn as much as the next member, just look at my profile.

Comment on Re^2: A modest request of Merlyn

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^3: A modest request of Merlyn by revdiablo (Prior) on Jul 13, 2004 at 21:04 UTC
Please let me know what behavior of mine in this thread seems troll-like. These are the behaviors I consider troll-like: You took a relatively obscure post of yours (which merlyn failed to reply to) and elevated it to a whole top-level node. You have insistently replied to many nodes in this thread. Granted, you started it to engage in a discussion, but there is a point where you should just let the comments stand (e.g. posting 8 levels deep seems a bit excessive to dwell on one minor point). In your own words, you described your enjoyment of "heated discussions." If you would like to search through some of my other posts, you will see that I am a regular contributor to this community This is why I hesitated to call you an outright troll, and added the caveat that it might just be "troll-like behavior." I have not reviewed your entire post history, and am not prepared to completely write you off. I hope my post wasn't read in that way. I imagine some members here are assuming that I am trying to be a troll because the object of this post is a valued community member. Please do not consider me in that group. As I stated, my post had no substantive reply. I do not think merlyn is particularly mean-spirited, but I'm not in any position to defend or condemn his behavior. I was simply commenting on yours.	[reply]
Re^4: A modest request of Merlyn by jdporter (Paladin) on Jul 22, 2004 at 21:00 UTC
Not at all. See Jargon File: Troll (and also Flame Warriors: Troller just for fun). delirium has shown absolutely no trollish behavior, at least in this thread.	[reply]
Re^5: A modest request of Merlyn by revdiablo (Prior) on Jul 23, 2004 at 00:57 UTC
I'm sorry, but as fun as it is, I don't consider the Jargon File an authoritative source. Even if it was, then the worst I did was use the wrong word. I clearly explained what I considered problematic. I laid out some very specific behaviors, and you haven't replied to them in any meaningful way.	[reply]