Talk:Troll (gay slang)

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[edit] Article in process

I have to go to work but will address wikifying this article within the next day or so. I feel the limited explanation on the disambiguous page was not sufficient. Benjiboi 00:10, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I removed {{prod}}. The gay troll as an epithet is definitely encyclopedic, just as much as the internet troll. There's a lot more to go into this article. Cleduc 03:11, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

That having been said, the article is in terrible shape: it's a linkfarm and "also sees" many more articles than even vaguely necessary. The references section needs to be restricted to sources that specifically back up facts in the article. Marked for cleanup. Cleduc 03:12, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the attention, the initial items placed were for initial researching not definitive must haves for the article. Having said that I think most of it fits rather well within the context of what the article _can_ be.Benjiboi 09:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Regional Bias

The explanation given here is European; in the US, troll is not used to describe cruising, and is almost exclusively reserved as a derogatory term for older, perhaps unattractive, gay men. Perhaps someone can separate the references by nationality and edit.24.165.188.30 20:05, 26 August 2007 (UTC)