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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination. Discussions: No consensus, 1 January 2024, to Internet troll, see discussion. Moved, 1 November 2025, from Troll (slang) to Trolling, see discussion. Procedural snow close, 6 December 2025, to Troll, see discussion.

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Another use of T.R.O.L.L.

Does the information in another Wikipedia article fit anywhere in this article?

• Snopes.com#Lost_Legends

"In an attempt to demonstrate the perils of over-reliance on the internet as authority, the Mikkelsons assembled a series of fabricated urban folklore tales that they term "The Repository of Lost Legends".^[1] The name was chosen for its acronym, T.R.O.L.L., a reference to the early 1990s definition of the word troll, meaning an Internet prank, of which David Mikkelson was a prominent practitioner.^[2]" -- ~~

References

1. "Urban Legends Reference Page: Lost Legends". Retrieved 9 June 2006.
2. Cite error: The named reference Porter was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

Requested move 1 November 2025

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. WP:SNOW move. (closed by non-admin page mover) Jeffrey34555 (talk) 00:16, 4 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Troll (slang) → Trolling – The article is about the act of trolling online, so Trolling is a more accurate and descriptive title. 2001:861:5C86:3120:E826:8DD2:9680:6151 (talk) 00:00, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support: It seems more common to see a reference to someone trolling than to see them called a troll. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 17:18, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per BarrelProof and WP:NATURALDIS. Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 17:24, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Support per WP:NATURAL. Anne drew (talk · contribs) 19:41, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support, agree this is natural. Hyperbolick (talk) 03:49, 2 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Support per nom. -- Necrothesp (talk) 16:29, 3 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Troll which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 15:45, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]