troll

Internet slang for someone who is deliberately inflammatory online
Occupation occupation Q11281
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troll

Summary

troll is an occupation[1]. troll ranks in the top 7% of occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,701 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • troll's instance of is recorded as occupation[3].
  • troll is named after troll[4].
  • troll is a type of Internet user[5].
  • troll is a type of prankster[6].
  • troll's Commons category is recorded as Internet trolling[7].
  • troll's field of this occupation is recorded as trolling[8].
  • troll's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Internet trolling[9].
  • troll's Commons gallery is recorded as Troll (Internet)[10].
  • troll's described by source is recorded as Red Blue Translator[11].
  • troll's different from is recorded as troll[12].
  • troll's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'متصيدة'}[13].
  • troll's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'trolka'}[14].
  • troll's hashtag is recorded as troll[15].
  • troll's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'متصيد'}[16].
  • troll's WordLift URL is recorded as http://data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/troll[17].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for troll include Trollface[18], an internet meme[19], founded in 2008[20] and patent troll[21], a business model[22].

Why It Matters

troll ranks in the top 7% of occupation entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,701 views/month).[2] troll has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] troll is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for troll include Trollface[18], an internet meme[19], founded in 2008[20] and patent troll[21], a business model[22].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . allsides.com. allsides.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . thenextweb.com. thenextweb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). troll. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/troll
MLA “troll.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/troll.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_troll_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{troll}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/troll}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): troll — https://4ort.xyz/entity/troll (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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Edit History

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  1. 6d ago · Jeb · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id 1188420755
    Instance of occupation
    Subclass of Internet user, prankster
    Named after troll
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P227]]: 1188420755"
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