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Report vandalism at <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism">Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism</a>.</div> <table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"> <tr> <td class="mbox-image"><img alt="Green check.svg" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" width="30" height="30" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></td> <td class="mbox-text">This page documents an English Wikipedia <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policy</a>, a widely accepted standard that all editors should <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_%22Ignore_all_rules%22_means#Use_common_sense" title="Wikipedia:What "Ignore all rules" means">normally</a> follow. Changes made to it should reflect <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a>.</td> <td class="mbox-imageright"> <table class="shortcutbox noprint" style="float: right; border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #fff; margin: 0; padding: 1px; text-align: center; line-height: 1.1em"> <tr> <th style="border: none; background: transparent;"><span id="WP:VAN"></span><span id="WP:VAND"></span><span id="WP:VANDAL"></span><small><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a>:<br/> <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VAN" title="Wikipedia:VAN" class="mw-redirect">WP:VAN</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VAND" title="Wikipedia:VAND" class="mw-redirect">WP:VAND</a><br/> <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VANDAL" title="Wikipedia:VANDAL" class="mw-redirect">WP:VANDAL</a></small></th> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"> <tr> <td class="mbox-image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" width="30" height="30" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"/></td> <td class="mbox-text"><b>This page in a nutshell:</b> Intentionally making abusive edits to Wikipedia will result in a <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">block</a>.</td> </tr> </table> <table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-content" role="presentation"> <tr> <td class="mbox-image"><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" width="40" height="40" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40"/></td> <td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: center;"><big>To report persistent vandalism, visit <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism">Administrator intervention against vandalism</a> (WP:AIV)</big></td> </tr> </table> <table class="vertical-navbox nowraplinks plainlist" style="float:right;clear:right;width:22.0em;margin:0 0 1.0em 1.0em;background:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:0.2em;border-spacing:0.4em 0;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%;width:auto;background:#f5faff;font-size:90%;line-height:1.6em; width:200px"> <tr> <th style="background:#cee0f2;;padding:0.2em 0.4em 0.2em;font-size:145%;line-height:1.2em;font-size:130%;padding-left:0.4em;padding-right:0.4em; display:block;margin-bottom:6px;"><strong class="selflink">Vandalism</strong></th> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#cee0f2;;padding:0.1em 0.25em 0.15em;">Dealing with vandalism</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.15em;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism">Obvious vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations">Sockpuppet investigations</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long_term_abuse" title="Wikipedia:Long term abuse" class="mw-redirect">Long term abuse reports</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Abuse_response" title="Wikipedia:Abuse response">Reporting IP address abuse</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_on_open_proxies" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies">WikiProject on open proxies</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#cee0f2;;padding:0.1em 0.25em 0.15em;">Resources & assistance</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.15em;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism_Unit" title="Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit">Counter-Vandalism Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism_Unit/Academy" title="Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy">Counter Vandalism Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleaning_up_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism">Cleaning up vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_counter-vandalism_tools" title="Category:Wikipedia counter-vandalism tools">Counter-vandalism tools</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="padding:0.1em;background:#cee0f2;;padding:0.1em 0.25em 0.15em;">Further information</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.15em;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_IP_addresses" title="Wikipedia:Blocking IP addresses">Blocking IP addresses</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_insult_the_vandals" title="Wikipedia:Do not insult the vandals">Do not insult the vandals</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism_Unit/Vandalism_studies" title="Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Vandalism studies">CVU Vandalism studies</a></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;font-size:115%"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_vandalism" title="Template:Wikipedia vandalism"><span title="View this template">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_vandalism" title="Template talk:Wikipedia vandalism"><span title="Discuss this template">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Wikipedia_vandalism&action=edit"><span title="Edit this template">e</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="vertical-navbox nowraplinks plainlist" style="float:right;clear:right;width:22.0em;margin:0 0 1.0em 1.0em;background:#f9f9f9;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:0.2em;border-spacing:0.4em 0;text-align:center;line-height:1.4em;font-size:88%;width:auto;background:#f5faff;font-size:90%;line-height:1.6em; width:200px;clear:right"> <tr> <th style="background:#cee0f2;;padding:0.2em 0.4em 0.2em;font-size:145%;line-height:1.2em;font-size:130%;padding-left:0.4em;padding-right:0.4em; display:block;margin-bottom:6px;"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CONDUCT" title="Wikipedia:CONDUCT" class="mw-redirect">Conduct policies</a></th> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 0.1em 0.4em;padding-top:0.15em;"> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Clean_start" title="Wikipedia:Clean start">Clean start</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_articles" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of articles">Ownership of articles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sock puppetry">Sock puppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">Username policy</a></li> <li><strong class="selflink">Vandalism</strong></li> </ul> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:right;font-size:115%"> <div class="plainlinks hlist navbar mini"> <ul> <li class="nv-view"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Conduct_policy_list" title="Template:Conduct policy list"><span title="View this template">v</span></a></li> <li class="nv-talk"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Conduct_policy_list" title="Template talk:Conduct policy list"><span title="Discuss this template">t</span></a></li> <li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Conduct_policy_list&action=edit"><span title="Edit this template">e</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p><b>Vandalism</b> is any addition, removal, or change of content, in a <i>deliberate</i> attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia. Examples of typical vandalism are adding irrelevant <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:PROFANE" title="Wikipedia:PROFANE" class="mw-redirect">obscenities</a> and crude humor to a page, illegitimately blanking pages, and inserting obvious nonsense into a page. Abusive creation or usage of user accounts and IP addresses may also constitute vandalism.</p> <p><b>Vandalism is prohibited.</b> While editors are encouraged to <a href="#Warnings">warn</a> and <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Preliminary:_Education_and_warnings" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">educate</a> vandals, warnings are by no means necessary for an <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator" title="Wikipedia:Administrator" class="mw-redirect">administrator</a> to block (although administrators usually only block when multiple warnings have been issued).</p> <p>Even if misguided, willfully against consensus, or disruptive, any <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">good-faith</a> effort to improve the encyclopedia is <i>not</i> vandalism. <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a> over content is not vandalism. Careful consideration may be required to differentiate between edits that are beneficial, detrimental but well-intentioned, and vandalizing. Mislabelling good-faith edits as vandalism can be considered harmful.</p> <p>Upon discovery, you should <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Reverting" title="Help:Reverting">revert</a> clearly vandalizing edits, using the undo function or an <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleaning_up_vandalism/Tools" title="Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism/Tools">anti-vandalism tool</a>. Then <a href="#Warnings">warn</a> the vandalizing editor. Notify <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrators</a> at the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism">vandalism noticeboard</a> of vandalizing users who continue to vandalize despite warnings, and administrators should intervene to protect content and prevent further disruption by <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">blocking</a> such users from editing. When warranted, accounts whose main or only use is obvious vandalism or other forbidden activity may be blocked even without warning, usually indefinitely.</p> <p></p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div id="toctitle"> <h2>Contents</h2> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#How_to_spot_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">How to spot vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#How_to_respond_to_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">How to respond to vandalism</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#For_beginners"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">For beginners</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Template_and_CSS_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Template and CSS vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Image_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Image vandalism</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#How_not_to_respond_to_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">How not to respond to vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#Warnings"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Warnings</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#How_to_warn_vandalizing_users"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">How to warn vandalizing users</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Reminding_responding_users_to_correctly_warn"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">Reminding responding users to correctly warn</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Tracing_IP_addresses"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Tracing IP addresses</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Identifying_associated_IP_addresses"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Identifying associated IP addresses</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Proxies.2C_VPNs_and_Tor_exit_nodes"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Proxies, VPNs and Tor exit nodes</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#Types_of_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Types of vandalism</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Abuse_of_tags"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">Abuse of tags</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#Account_creation.2C_malicious"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">Account creation, malicious</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#Avoidant_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Avoidant vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#Blanking.2C_illegitimate"><span class="tocnumber">6.4</span> <span class="toctext">Blanking, illegitimate</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#Copyrighted_material.2C_repeated_uploading_of"><span class="tocnumber">6.5</span> <span class="toctext">Copyrighted material, repeated uploading of</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Edit_summary_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">6.6</span> <span class="toctext">Edit summary vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="#Gaming_the_system"><span class="tocnumber">6.7</span> <span class="toctext">Gaming the system</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="#Hidden_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">6.8</span> <span class="toctext">Hidden vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href="#Hoaxing_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">6.9</span> <span class="toctext">Hoaxing vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href="#Image_vandalism_2"><span class="tocnumber">6.10</span> <span class="toctext">Image vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href="#Link_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">6.11</span> <span class="toctext">Link vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href="#Page_creation.2C_illegitimate"><span class="tocnumber">6.12</span> <span class="toctext">Page creation, illegitimate</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href="#Page_lengthening"><span class="tocnumber">6.13</span> <span class="toctext">Page lengthening</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-27"><a href="#Page-move_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">6.14</span> <span class="toctext">Page-move vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-28"><a href="#Silly_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">6.15</span> <span class="toctext">Silly vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-29"><a href="#Sneaky_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">6.16</span> <span class="toctext">Sneaky vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-30"><a href="#Spam_external_linking"><span class="tocnumber">6.17</span> <span class="toctext">Spam external linking</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-31"><a href="#Talk_page_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">6.18</span> <span class="toctext">Talk page vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-32"><a href="#Template_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">6.19</span> <span class="toctext">Template vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-33"><a href="#User_and_user_talk_page_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">6.20</span> <span class="toctext">User and user talk page vandalism</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-34"><a href="#Vandalbots"><span class="tocnumber">6.21</span> <span class="toctext">Vandalbots</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-35"><a href="#What_is_not_vandalism"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext"><span>What is <i>not</i> vandalism</span></span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-36"><a href="#Boldly_editing"><span class="tocnumber">7.1</span> <span class="toctext">Boldly editing</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-37"><a href="#Copyright_policy_violations"><span class="tocnumber">7.2</span> <span class="toctext">Copyright policy violations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-38"><a href="#Disruptive_editing_or_stubbornness"><span class="tocnumber">7.3</span> <span class="toctext">Disruptive editing or stubbornness</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-39"><a href="#Edit_summary_omission"><span class="tocnumber">7.4</span> <span class="toctext">Edit summary omission</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-40"><a href="#Editing_tests_by_experimenting_users"><span class="tocnumber">7.5</span> <span class="toctext">Editing tests by experimenting users</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-41"><a href="#Harassment_or_personal_attacks"><span class="tocnumber">7.6</span> <span class="toctext">Harassment or personal attacks</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-42"><a href="#Incorrect_wiki_markup_and_style"><span class="tocnumber">7.7</span> <span class="toctext">Incorrect wiki markup and style</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-43"><a href="#Lack_of_understanding_of_the_purpose_of_Wikipedia"><span class="tocnumber">7.8</span> <span class="toctext">Lack of understanding of the purpose of Wikipedia</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-44"><a href="#Misinformation.2C_accidental"><span class="tocnumber">7.9</span> <span class="toctext">Misinformation, accidental</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-45"><a href="#NPOV_contraventions"><span class="tocnumber">7.10</span> <span class="toctext">NPOV contraventions</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-46"><a href="#Nonsense.2C_accidental"><span class="tocnumber">7.11</span> <span class="toctext">Nonsense, accidental</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-47"><a href="#Policy_and_guideline_pages.2C_good-faith_changes_to"><span class="tocnumber">7.12</span> <span class="toctext">Policy and guideline pages, good-faith changes to</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-48"><a href="#Reversion_or_removal_of_unencyclopedic_material.2C_or_of_edits_covered_under_the_biographies_of_living_persons_policy"><span class="tocnumber">7.13</span> <span class="toctext">Reversion or removal of unencyclopedic material, or of edits covered under the biographies of living persons policy</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-49"><a href="#Deletion_nominations"><span class="tocnumber">7.14</span> <span class="toctext">Deletion nominations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-50"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-51"><a href="#Tools"><span class="tocnumber">8.1</span> <span class="toctext">Tools</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-52"><a href="#Guidelines"><span class="tocnumber">8.2</span> <span class="toctext">Guidelines</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-53"><a href="#Essays"><span class="tocnumber">8.3</span> <span class="toctext">Essays</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-54"><a href="#Meta"><span class="tocnumber">8.4</span> <span class="toctext">Meta</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-55"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="How_to_spot_vandalism">How to spot vandalism</span></h2> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-policy noprint" style="float: right; margin: .3em .3em .3em 1em; border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #fff; padding: 3px; text-align: center; font-size:80%"> <tr> <th style="border: none; background: transparent;" class="plainlist"><span id="WP:HTSV"></span><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policy</a> <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">shortcut</a>: <ul> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:HTSV&redirect=no">WP:HTSV</a></span></li> </ul> </th> </tr> </table> <p>Very useful ways to detect vandalism include:</p> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_changes_patrol" title="Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol">Recent changes patrolling</a>, using the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="Special:RecentChanges">recent changes</a> link to spot suspicious edits</li> <li>Keeping an eye on your <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Watchlist" title="Special:Watchlist">watchlist</a></li> <li>The <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Page_history" title="Help:Page history">edit history</a> of an article may be checked for any recent suspicious edits, and compared with the version after any previous revert or cluster of non-suspicious edits. This method can check many suspicious edits at the same time. The article size, as given in bytes, usually increases slightly with time, while a sudden large decrease may indicate a <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Section_blanking" title="Wikipedia:Section blanking" class="mw-redirect">section blanking</a>.</li> </ul> <p>In all the three methods above, examples of suspicious edits are those performed by IP addresses, <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RED" title="Wikipedia:RED" class="mw-redirect">red linked</a>, or obviously improvised usernames. A good way to start is to click on every edit in watchlists, histories etc. with the least suspicion of being vandalism. Increased experience will probably give a sense of which edit descriptions are worth to check further and which may likely be ignored. IP editors should not be approached with the assumption that they are vandals. Although many vandals do vandalise without registering an account, there are many IP editors who are <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HUMAN" title="Wikipedia:HUMAN" class="mw-redirect">great contributors to Wikipedia</a>. Always read the actual changes made and judge on that, rather than who made the changes.</p> <ul> <li>See the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:What_links_here" title="Help:What links here">what links here</a> pages for <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Insert_text" title="Special:WhatLinksHere/Insert text">Insert text</a>, <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Link_title" title="Special:WhatLinksHere/Link title">Link title</a>, <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Headline_text" title="Special:WhatLinksHere/Headline text">Headline text</a>, <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Bold_text" title="Special:WhatLinksHere/Bold text">Bold text</a> and <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/File:Example.jpg" title="Special:WhatLinksHere/File:Example.jpg">Example Image</a> to detect test edits. (See also {{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Toolbar_experiments" title="Template:Toolbar experiments">toolbar experiments</a>}})</li> <li>The <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Automatic_edit_summaries" title="Wikipedia:Automatic edit summaries">auto-summary feature</a> can also help users spot vandalism.</li> <li>Viewing the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog" title="Special:AbuseLog">abuse log</a></li> <li>Watching for edits <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Tags" title="Special:Tags">tagged</a> by the abuse filter. However, many tagged edits are legitimate, so they should not be blindly reverted. That is, do not revert without at least reading the edit.</li> </ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="How_to_respond_to_vandalism">How to respond to vandalism</span></h2> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-policy noprint" style="float: right; margin: .3em .3em .3em 1em; border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #fff; padding: 3px; text-align: center; font-size:80%"> <tr> <th style="border: none; background: transparent;" class="plainlist"><span id="WP:R_Van"></span><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policy</a> <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">shortcut</a>: <ul> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:R_Van&redirect=no">WP:R Van</a></span></li> </ul> </th> </tr> </table> <p>If you see vandalism in an article, the simplest thing to do is just to remove it. But take care! Sometimes vandalism takes place on top of older, undetected vandalism. With undetected vandalism, editors may make edits without realizing the vandalism occurred. This can make it harder to detect and delete the vandalism, which is now hidden among other edits. Sometimes <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots" title="Wikipedia:Bots">bots</a> try to fix collateral damage and accidentally make things worse. Check the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Page_history" title="Help:Page history">edit history</a> to make sure you're <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Reverting" title="Help:Reverting">reverting</a> to a "clean" version of the page. Alternatively, if you can't tell where the best place is, take your best guess and leave a note on the article's <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page" title="Wikipedia:Talk page" class="mw-redirect">talk page</a> so that someone more familiar with the page can address the issue—or you can manually remove the vandalism without reverting it.</p> <p>If you see vandalism on a list of changes (such as your <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Watchlist" title="Wikipedia:Watchlist" class="mw-redirect">watchlist</a>), then revert it immediately. You may use the "undo" button (and the automatic edit summary it generates), and mark the change as minor. It may be helpful to check the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Page_history" title="Help:Page history">page history</a> to determine whether other recent edits by the same or other editors also represent vandalism. Repair all vandalism you can identify.</p> <p>For a new article, if all versions of the article are pure vandalism, mark it for <b><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">speedy deletion</a></b> by tagging it with <code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Db-g3" title="Template:Db-g3">Db-g3</a>}}</code>.</p> <p>To make vandalism reverts easier you can ask for the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback" title="Wikipedia:Rollback">rollback feature</a> to be enabled for your registered Wikipedia account. This feature is only for reverting vandalism and other obvious disruption, and lets you revert several recent edits with a single click. See <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions">Wikipedia:Requests for permissions</a>.</p> <p>If you see that a user has added vandalism you may also check the <b><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:User_contributions" title="Help:User contributions">user's other contributions</a></b> (click "User contributions" on the left sidebar of the screen). If most or all of these are obvious vandalism you may report the user immediately at <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism">Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism</a>, though even in this case you may consider issuing a warning first, unless there is an urgent need to block the user. Otherwise you can leave an appropriate <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace">warning message</a> on the user's <b><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page#User_talk_pages" title="Wikipedia:Talk page" class="mw-redirect">talk page</a></b>. Remember that any editor may freely remove messages from their own talk page, so they might appear only in the talk history. If a user continues to cause disruption after being warned, report them at <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism">Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism</a>. An <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrator</a> will then decide whether to <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">block</a> the user.</p> <p>For repeated vandalism by an <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IP" title="Wikipedia:IP" class="mw-redirect">IP user</a> it is helpful to trace the IP address (e.g. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/http://www.domaintools.com/">http://www.domaintools.com/</a>) and add <code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Whois" title="Template:Whois">whois</a>|Name of owner}}</code> to the user talk page of the address. If it appears to be a <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server" title="Proxy server">shared IP address</a>, add <code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:SharedIP" title="Template:SharedIP" class="mw-redirect">SharedIP</a>|Name of owner}}</code> or <code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Shared_IP_edu" title="Template:Shared IP edu">Shared IP edu</a>|Name of owner}}</code>. The <i>OrgName</i> on the IP trace result should be used as the <i>Name of owner</i> parameter in the above three templates.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="For_beginners">For beginners</span></h3> <p>For relatively inexperienced Wikipedians, use these simple steps to quickly respond to what you consider vandalism. This is essentially an abridged version of <b>Wikipedia:Vandalism</b>. For a detailed guide, see <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Arnon_Chaffin/Anti-Vandalism_Center" title="User:Arnon Chaffin/Anti-Vandalism Center">Arnon Chaffin's Anti-Vandalism Center</a>.</p> <ol> <li><b>Assess</b> whether the edit was made in good faith or bad faith. If it is in good faith, it is <u>not</u> technically vandalism, so question the accuracy of information on the talk page and/or add a "{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Dubious" title="Template:Dubious">dubious</a>}}" tag to the disputed edit. If it is in bad faith, then it <u>is</u> vandalism and you may take the appropriate steps to remove it.</li> <li><b>Revert</b> the vandalism by viewing the page's history and selecting the most recent version of the page prior to the vandalism. Use an edit summary such as 'rv/v' or 'reverted vandalism' and click on 'Save page'.</li> <li><b>Warn</b> the vandal. Access the vandal's talk page and warn them by posting an appropriate warning template from the following list. It is not necessary to start with the level one warning, particularly when faced with especially egregious or offensive vandalism, when the vandal has damaged multiple articles, or when the vandal has created an account with no positive contributions across more than one editing session. <ul> <li>Level one: <kbd title="{{{2}}}">{{<span title="Please use template substitution with this template.">subst:</span><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism1" title="Template:Uw-vandalism1">uw-vandalism1</a>}}</kbd> This is a gentle caution regarding unconstructive edits; it encourages new editors to use a sandbox for test edits. This is the mildest warning.</li> <li>Level two: <kbd title="{{{2}}}">{{<span title="Please use template substitution with this template.">subst:</span><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism2" title="Template:Uw-vandalism2">uw-vandalism2</a>}}</kbd> This warning is also fairly mild, though it explicitly uses the word 'vandalism' and links to <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VAND" title="Wikipedia:VAND" class="mw-redirect">the Wikipedia policy</a>.</li> <li>Level three: <kbd title="{{{2}}}">{{<span title="Please use template substitution with this template.">subst:</span><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism3" title="Template:Uw-vandalism3">uw-vandalism3</a>}}</kbd> This warning is sterner. It is the first to warn that further disruptive editing or vandalism may lead to a block.</li> <li>Level four: <kbd title="">{{<span title="Please use template substitution with this template.">subst:</span><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism4" title="Template:Uw-vandalism4">uw-vandalism4</a>}}</kbd> This is the sharpest vandalism warning template, and indicates that any further disruptive editing may lead to a block without warning.</li> </ul> </li> <li><b>Watch</b> for future vandalism from the vandal by checking the user's contributions. If bad faith edits continue, revert them and use higher level warning tags on their talk page. <i>An example of warning a repeat offender can be found at <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:201.21.233.202/Archive_1" title="User talk:201.21.233.202/Archive 1">User talk:201.21.233.202/Archive 1</a>.</i> Note that it is <i>not</i> necessary to use all four warning templates in succession, nor is it necessary to incrementally step through the warnings.</li> <li><b>Report</b> vandals that continue their behavior after being warned to '<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism">Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism</a>'. While not strictly required, administrators there are most likely to respond rapidly to requests which include at least two warnings, culminating in the level four 'last chance' template.</li> </ol> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Template_and_CSS_vandalism">Template and CSS vandalism</span></h3> <p>If no vandalizing edits appear in the page's edit history, or the vandalism obscures the page tabs so you can't easily access the history or edit the page, it is probably <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template" title="Wikipedia:Template" class="mw-redirect">template</a> or <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cascading_style_sheets" title="Help:Cascading style sheets" class="mw-redirect">cascading style sheets</a> vandalism. These are often not difficult to fix, but can be confusing.</p> <p>To access the page history or edit the page when the "View history" or "Edit" tabs are inaccessible, use <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Keyboard_shortcuts" title="Wikipedia:Keyboard shortcuts">Wikipedia keyboard shortcuts</a>. You can also access the history through a <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleaning_up_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism">vandalism patrolling tool</a> if you're using one, or by going to another page and using the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:My_watchlist#Personal" title="Wikipedia:My watchlist" class="mw-redirect">"My Watchlist"</a> link (if you are <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Watching_pages" title="Help:Watching pages">watching the page</a>) or <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:My_watchlist#Personal" title="Wikipedia:My watchlist" class="mw-redirect">"My Contributions"</a> link if you've edited the page recently. Or, enter the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Resource_Locator" title="Uniform Resource Locator" class="mw-redirect">URL</a> manually into the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address_bar" title="Address bar">address bar</a> of your browser: it will take the form <tt>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=<i>Name_of_article</i>&action=edit</tt> or <tt>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=<i>Name_of_article</i>&action=history</tt>.</p> <p>If vandalizing edits do not appear in the page history, the vandalism is likely in a <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion" title="Wikipedia:Transclusion">transcluded</a> template instead of the page itself. To find the template page, edit the article (using <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Keyboard_shortcuts" title="Wikipedia:Keyboard shortcuts">Wikipedia keyboard shortcuts</a> if necessary); toward the bottom of the edit page is a list of all templates transcluded into the page. Look for vandalism in the transcluded templates not <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">protected</a>. Alternatively, look for <span class="nowrap">{{<i>Template name</i>}}</span> or <span class="nowrap">{{<i>Template name</i>|<i>parameter...</i>}}</span> in the text, approximately where the vandalism appears, then go to the page Template:<i>Template name</i> and revert any vandalism. When you return to the original page, the vandalism should be gone, though you may need to <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Purge" title="Wikipedia:Purge">purge</a> the page.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Image_vandalism">Image vandalism</span></h3> <p><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Images" title="Wikipedia:Images">Images</a> are occasionally used for vandalism, such as by placing shock or explicit images where they should not be. When an image has been created exclusively for vandalism, it can be requested for speedy deletion: under criterion <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CSD" title="Wikipedia:CSD" class="mw-redirect">G3</a> if hosted on Wikipedia or as <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_policy#Self-promotion_or_vandalism.2Fattack" class="extiw" title="commons:Commons:Deletion policy">vandalism</a> if hosted on <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="commons:">Commons</a> (a file repository for <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia" title="Wikimedia" class="mw-redirect">Wikimedia</a> projects). When an image is used for vandalism due to its explicit nature but has legitimate encyclopedic uses (Wikipedia <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CENSOR" title="Wikipedia:CENSOR" class="mw-redirect">is not censored</a>) or is hosted on Commons and has legitimate uses on other projects, it can be requested for being added to the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Bad_image_list" title="MediaWiki talk:Bad image list">bad image list</a>, which precludes its addition on any page except those specified.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="How_not_to_respond_to_vandalism">How not to respond to vandalism</span></h2> <div class="floatright"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Keep-calm-and-click-edit.svg" class="image"><img alt="Keep calm and click edit" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Keep-calm-and-click-edit.svg/200px-Keep-calm-and-click-edit.svg.png" width="200" height="303" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Keep-calm-and-click-edit.svg/300px-Keep-calm-and-click-edit.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Keep-calm-and-click-edit.svg/400px-Keep-calm-and-click-edit.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="604" data-file-height="916"/></a></div> <ul> <li>Do not nominate an <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">article for deletion</a> because it is being vandalized.</li> <li>Do not feed the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deny_recognition" title="Wikipedia:Deny recognition">trolls</a>. Fanning the fire will only serve to make the situation worse. Similarly, <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_insult_the_vandals" title="Wikipedia:Do not insult the vandals">do not insult the vandals</a>. If someone is doing something they know is wrong, insulting them over it is likely to make them vandalize more, just to get that reaction. Furthermore, <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">Wikipedia is not the place for personal attacks</a>, it is <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#BATTLE" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">not a battleground</a>, and <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_wrongs_make_a_right" title="Two wrongs make a right">two wrongs don't make a right</a>. Instead, report them to the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrators</a> if they continue.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_the_word_%22vandal%22" title="Wikipedia:Avoid the word "vandal"">Avoid the word "vandal"</a>. In particular, this word should not be used to refer to any contributor in good standing, or to any <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">edits that might have been made in good faith</a>. This is because if the edits were made in good faith, they are <a href="#NOT">not vandalism</a>. Assume good faith yourself—instead of calling the person who made the edits a "vandal", discuss your concerns with them. Comment on the content and substance of the edits, instead of making <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem" title="Ad hominem">personal attacks</a>.</li> </ul> <p><br style="clear:both;"/></p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Warnings">Warnings</span></h2> <table style="padding: 0.2em; margin-left:15px; border: 1px solid #B8C7D9; background:#f5faff; font-size: 95%" align="right"> <tr> <td><b>Warning templates</b> <dl> <dd><i>PageName is optional</i></dd> </dl> <ul> <li><code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Substitution" title="Wikipedia:Substitution">subst</a>:<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism1" title="Template:Uw-vandalism1">uw-vandalism1</a>|<i>PageName</i>}}</code> <tt>~~~~</tt> (unintentional vandalism/test)</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Substitution" title="Wikipedia:Substitution">subst</a>:<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-delete1" title="Template:Uw-delete1">uw-delete1</a>|<i>PageName</i>}}</code> <tt>~~~~</tt> (unintentional removal of content)</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Substitution" title="Wikipedia:Substitution">subst</a>:<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism2" title="Template:Uw-vandalism2">uw-vandalism2</a>|<i>PageName</i>}}</code> <tt>~~~~</tt> (suitable for intentional nonsense or disruption)</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Substitution" title="Wikipedia:Substitution">subst</a>:<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-delete2" title="Template:Uw-delete2">uw-delete2</a>|<i>PageName</i>}}</code> <tt>~~~~</tt> (variant for removal of content)</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Substitution" title="Wikipedia:Substitution">subst</a>:<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism3" title="Template:Uw-vandalism3">uw-vandalism3</a>|<i>PageName</i>}}</code> <tt>~~~~</tt> ("please stop" for use after level 2 warning)</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Substitution" title="Wikipedia:Substitution">subst</a>:<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-delete3" title="Template:Uw-delete3">uw-delete3</a>|<i>PageName</i>}}</code> <tt>~~~~</tt> (please stop removing content)</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Substitution" title="Wikipedia:Substitution">subst</a>:<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism4" title="Template:Uw-vandalism4">uw-vandalism4</a>|<i>PageName</i>}}</code> <tt>~~~~</tt> (last warning for vandalism)</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Substitution" title="Wikipedia:Substitution">subst</a>:<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-delete4" title="Template:Uw-delete4">uw-delete4</a>|<i>PageName</i>}}</code> <tt>~~~~</tt> (last warning for removing content)</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Substitution" title="Wikipedia:Substitution">subst</a>:<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-vandalism4im" title="Template:Uw-vandalism4im">uw-vandalism4im</a>|<i>PageName</i>}}</code> <tt>~~~~</tt> (only warning; for severe or grotesque vandalism only)</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Substitution" title="Wikipedia:Substitution">subst</a>:<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-delete4im" title="Template:Uw-delete4im">uw-delete4im</a>|<i>PageName</i>}}</code> <tt>~~~~</tt> (only warning; for many blankings in a short period of time)</li> </ul> <p><i><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace#Multi-level_templates" title="Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace">See additional templates and examples of output</a></i></p> </td> </tr> </table> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-policy noprint" style="float: right; margin: .3em .3em .3em 1em; border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #fff; padding: 3px; text-align: center; font-size:80%"> <tr> <th style="border: none; background: transparent;" class="plainlist"><span id="WP:WARNVAND"></span><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policy</a> <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">shortcut</a>: <ul> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WARNVAND&redirect=no">WP:WARNVAND</a></span></li> </ul> </th> </tr> </table> <p>The purpose of warning a user who has vandalized is to inform the user that the user's conduct is abusive and prohibited, and seek the user's compliance. Not all that appears to be vandalism is in bad faith, and a warning can politely advise and correct users unaware of the nature of their actions. A warning may even dissuade a user acting in bad faith from continuing, particularly as the warnings escalate and the user is informed of the consequences of continuing.</p> <p>Warning a user for vandalism is generally a prerequisite to administrator intervention. Because of this, users should be warned for each and every instance of vandalism (see the guidance below on what constitutes a single instance).</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="How_to_warn_vandalizing_users">How to warn vandalizing users</span></h3> <p>A list of user warning templates, with descriptions and instructions for their use, is at <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace">Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace</a>. In addition to a series of user warning templates for vandalism, there are series for specific types of vandalism. Use the most specific user warning template for the conduct.</p> <p><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a> (such as that the user is simply unaware of the policies and guidelines), but only if plausible. Circumstances may warrant no assumption of good faith, or indicate bad faith; respond accordingly.</p> <p>Users should be warned for each instance of vandalism for which the user has not been warned previously. For purposes of warning, multiple edits should be considered a single instance, and only one warning given, if:</p> <ul> <li>the edits are of the same page;</li> <li>the user received no intervening warning between the edits; and</li> <li>the same user warning template series would be used to warn for each edit.</li> </ul> <p>A new warning generally should not escalate from a previous warning unless a user received the previous warning and failed to heed it. So, if a user vandalizes, and, before a responding user can warn the vandalizing user, the vandalizing user vandalizes again, the responding user should not yet escalate the warning (for example, give a final warning) or report the user for administrator intervention yet.</p> <p>If the user receives the warning and, after receiving it, continues to vandalize, the warning may be escalated or the user reported for administrator intervention.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Reminding_responding_users_to_correctly_warn">Reminding responding users to correctly warn</span></h3> <p>Because warnings for vandalism are generally a prerequisite to administrator intervention, it is important that users responding to vandalism warn vandalizing users. To inform responding users of this responsibility, use the user warning template {{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-warn" title="Template:Uw-warn">uw-warn</a>}}.</p> <p>Likewise, incorrect use of user warning templates, even if well-intended, should be identified to the mistaken user. The {{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-tempabuse" title="Template:Uw-tempabuse" class="mw-redirect">uw-tempabuse</a>}} series of user warning templates may be used, but a detailed talk page message is better.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Tracing_IP_addresses">Tracing IP addresses</span></h2> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-policy noprint" style="float: right; margin: .3em .3em .3em 1em; border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #fff; padding: 3px; text-align: center; font-size:80%"> <tr> <th style="border: none; background: transparent;" class="plainlist"><span id="WP:WHOIS"></span><span id="WP:TRACEIP"></span><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policy</a> <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">shortcuts</a>: <ul> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WHOIS&redirect=no">WP:WHOIS</a></span></li> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TRACEIP&redirect=no">WP:TRACEIP</a></span></li> </ul> </th> </tr> </table> <p>The owners of <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP addresses</a> can be found using:</p> <ul> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/http://whois.arin.net/ui">ARIN</a> (North America)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/http://www.ripe.net/fcgi-bin/whois">RIPE NCC</a> (Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/http://www.apnic.net/apnic-info/whois_search">APNIC</a> (Asia Pacific)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/http://lacnic.net/cgi-bin/lacnic/whois">LACNIC</a> (Latin American and Caribbean)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/http://www.afrinic.net/">AfriNIC</a> (Africa)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/http://www.ipligence.com/geolocation/?lang=en&search">IPLigence</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/http://www.ip-adress.com/">IP-adress.com</a> (sic)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/http://www.find-ip-address.org/">Find-IP-address.org</a></li> </ul> <p>If an address is not in one registry, it will probably be in another.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Identifying_associated_IP_addresses">Identifying associated IP addresses</span></h3> <p>If you're trying to determine whether a <i>set</i> of IP addresses involved in vandalism are related, a command-line WHOIS query will generally list this information, or can be shown using the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/http://www.routeviews.org/">Routeviews</a> <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System" title="Domain Name System">DNS</a> <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_server" title="Name server">name server</a> asn.routeviews.org reverse <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP</a> look-up to find the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing" title="Classless Inter-Domain Routing">CIDR</a> and <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_system_(Internet)" title="Autonomous system (Internet)">ASN</a> for a set of IP addresses. This can be done using <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_address#Diagnostic_tools" title="IP address">IP lookup tools</a> on a <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Windows" title="MS Windows" class="mw-redirect">Microsoft Windows</a>, <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS_X" title="OS X">Mac OS X</a>, <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> (or other <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a>) operating system.</p> <p>A <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whois#Query_example" title="Whois" class="mw-redirect">WHOIS query</a> will typically return NetRange, CIDR, NetName, NetHandle, and OriginAS, all of which identify specific network spaces. Data and labeling vary considerably by WHOIS registrar.</p> <p>The Routeviews data are more far uniformly structured and return ASN and CIDR as a reverse-lookup TXT query result. It is more useful and faster than WHOIS when checking multiple IP addresses and can be scripted or automated.</p> <p>CIDR identifies a set of related addresses ("network space") and ASN identifies an <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_system_(Internet)" title="Autonomous system (Internet)">Autonomous System</a> — that is, a single administrative entity with control over multiple (and often very many) addresses. Some (though not all) abuse from multiple sources does come from such unified spaces — possibly corresponding to a set of hosts within a single facility.</p> <p>Abuse originating in a short period of time from different IP addresses within the same CIDR or ASN may indicate a dedicated non-distributed attack, as opposed to a <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack#Distributed_attack" title="Denial-of-service attack">distributed denial of service attack</a>.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Proxies.2C_VPNs_and_Tor_exit_nodes">Proxies, VPNs and Tor exit nodes</span></h3> <p>It's possible that a user's source location is being masked by routing traffic through a <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server" title="Proxy server">Proxy server</a>, <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPN" title="VPN" class="mw-redirect">VPN</a> or the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)" title="Tor (anonymity network)">Tor anonymity network</a>. Such addresses typically serve many, not just one, person, and though they can be valid present challenges when used for abuse.</p> <p>A proxy VPN is not necessarily detectable, but commercial services may be indicated by the hostname when resolving an IP address.</p> <p>Users of the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)" title="Tor (anonymity network)">Tor anonymity network</a> will show the IP address of a Tor "exit node". Lists of known Tor exit nodes are available from the Tor Project's <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://check.torproject.org/cgi-bin/TorBulkExitList.py">Tor Bulk Exit List exporting tool</a>.</p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Types_of_vandalism">Types of vandalism</span></h2> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-policy noprint" style="float: right; margin: .3em .3em .3em 1em; border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #fff; padding: 3px; text-align: center; font-size:80%"> <tr> <th style="border: none; background: transparent;" class="plainlist"><span id="WP:VANDTYPES"></span><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policy</a> <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">shortcut</a>: <ul> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:VANDTYPES&redirect=no">WP:VANDTYPES</a></span></li> </ul> </th> </tr> </table> <p>Vandalism on Wikipedia usually falls into one or more of these categories:</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Abuse_of_tags">Abuse of tags</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Bad-faith placing of non-content tags such as {{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Afd" title="Template:Afd" class="mw-redirect">afd</a>}}, {{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Delete" title="Template:Delete" class="mw-redirect">delete</a>}}, {{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Sprotected" title="Template:Sprotected" class="mw-redirect">sprotected</a>}}, or other tags on pages that do not meet such criteria. This includes baseless removal of {{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Policy" title="Template:Policy">policy</a>}} and related tags.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Account_creation.2C_malicious">Account creation, malicious</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Creating accounts with usernames that contain deliberately offensive or disruptive terms is considered vandalism, whether the account is used or not. For Wikipedia's policy on what is considered inappropriate for a username, see <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">Wikipedia:Username policy</a>. See also <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sock puppetry">Wikipedia:Sock puppetry</a>.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Avoidant_vandalism">Avoidant vandalism</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Removing {{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Afd" title="Template:Afd" class="mw-redirect">afd</a>}}, {{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Copyvio" title="Template:Copyvio">copyvio</a>}} and other related tags in order to conceal deletion candidates or avert deletion of such content. However, this is often mistakenly done by new users who are unfamiliar with AfD procedures and such users should be given the benefit of the doubt and pointed to the proper page to discuss the issue.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Blanking.2C_illegitimate">Blanking, illegitimate</span></h3> <div class="hatnote">For legitimate cases of blanking articles, see <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect#Redirects_that_replace_previous_articles" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">Wikipedia:Redirect#Redirects that replace previous articles</a>.</div> <dl> <dd><span id="Blanking"></span>Removing all or significant parts of a page's content without any reason, or replacing entire pages with nonsense. Sometimes referenced information or important verifiable references are deleted with no valid reason(s) given in the summary. However, significant content removals are usually <i>not</i> considered to be vandalism where the reason for the removal of the content is readily apparent by examination of the content itself, or where a non-frivolous explanation for the removal of apparently legitimate content is provided, linked to, or referenced in an edit summary.</dd> </dl> <dl> <dd>Blanking that could be legitimate includes blanking all or part of a <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:LIVING" title="Wikipedia:LIVING" class="mw-redirect">biography of a living person</a>. Wikipedia is especially concerned about providing accurate and unbiased information on the living; blanking may be an effort to remove inaccurate or biased material. Due to the possibility of unexplained good-faith content removal, {{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-test1" title="Template:Uw-test1">uw-test1</a>}} or {{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-delete1" title="Template:Uw-delete1">uw-delete1</a>}}, as appropriate, should be used as initial warnings for content removals without more descriptive edit summaries.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Copyrighted_material.2C_repeated_uploading_of">Copyrighted material, repeated uploading of</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Uploading or using material on Wikipedia in ways which violate <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_problems" title="Wikipedia:Copyright problems">Wikipedia's copyright policies</a> after having been warned is vandalism. Because users may be unaware that the information is copyrighted, or of Wikipedia policies on how such material may and may not be used, such action <i>only</i> becomes vandalism if it continues after the copyrighted nature of the material and relevant policy restricting its use have been communicated to the user.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Edit_summary_vandalism">Edit summary vandalism</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Making offensive edit summaries in an attempt to leave a mark that cannot be easily expunged from the record (edit summaries cannot simply be "reverted" and require <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">administrative action</a> if they have to be removed from a page's history). Often combined with malicious account creation.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Gaming_the_system"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GAME" title="Wikipedia:GAME" class="mw-redirect">Gaming the system</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>Deliberate attempts to circumvent enforcement of Wikipedia policies, guidelines, and procedures by causing bad faith edits to go unnoticed. Includes marking bad faith edits as minor to get less scrutiny, making a minor edit following a bad faith edit so it won't appear on all watchlists, recreating previously deleted bad faith creations under a new title, use of the {{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Construction" title="Template:Construction" class="mw-redirect">construction</a>}} tag to prevent deletion of a page that would otherwise be a clear candidate for deletion, or use of <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOCK" title="Wikipedia:SOCK" class="mw-redirect">sock puppets</a>.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Hidden_vandalism">Hidden vandalism</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Any form of vandalism that makes use of embedded text, which is not visible to the final rendering of the article but visible during editing. This includes link vandalism, or placing malicious, offensive, or otherwise disruptive or irrelevant messages or spam in hidden comments for editors to see.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Hoaxing_vandalism"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Hoaxes" class="mw-redirect">Hoaxing vandalism</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>Deliberately adding falsities to articles, particularly to <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" title="Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect">biographies of living people</a>, with hoax information is considered vandalism.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Image_vandalism_2">Image vandalism</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Uploading shock images, inappropriately placing explicit images on pages, or simply using any image in a way that is disruptive. Please note though that <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_censored" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia is not censored for the protection of minors</a> and that explicit images may be uploaded and/or placed on pages for legitimate reasons (that is, if they have encyclopedic value).</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Link_vandalism">Link vandalism</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Adding or changing internal or external links on a page to disruptive, irrelevant, or inappropriate targets while disguising them with mislabeling.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Page_creation.2C_illegitimate">Page creation, illegitimate</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Creating new pages with the sole intent of malicious behavior. It also includes <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ATTACK" title="Wikipedia:ATTACK" class="mw-redirect">personal attack pages</a> (articles written to disparage the subject), <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HOAX" title="Wikipedia:HOAX" class="mw-redirect">hoaxes</a> and other intentionally inaccurate pages. There are many other types of pages that merit deletion, even <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SPEEDY" title="Wikipedia:SPEEDY" class="mw-redirect">speedy deletion</a>, but which are not vandalism. <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NEWBIE" title="Wikipedia:NEWBIE" class="mw-redirect">New users</a> sometimes create test pages containing <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NONSENSE" title="Wikipedia:NONSENSE" class="mw-redirect">nonsense</a> or even autobiographies, and doing so is not vandalism; such pages can also be moved to become their sandbox or userpage. Pages on non-notable topics are not vandalism. <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SPAM" title="Wikipedia:SPAM" class="mw-redirect">Blatant advertising pages</a>, and <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:POVPUSH" title="Wikipedia:POVPUSH" class="mw-redirect">blatant POV pushes</a>, are not vandalism, but frequently happen and often lead to editors being blocked. It's important that people creating inappropriate pages be given appropriate communication; even if they aren't willing to edit within our rules, they are more likely to go away quietly if they understand why their page has been deleted.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Page_lengthening">Page lengthening</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Adding very large (measured by the number of <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte" title="Byte">bytes</a>) amounts of bad-faith content to a page so as to make the page's load time abnormally long or even make the page impossible to load on some computers without the browser or machine crashing. Adding large amounts of good-faith content is not vandalism, though prior to doing so, one should consider if splitting a long page may be appropriate (see <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Wikipedia:Article size</a>).</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Page-move_vandalism">Page-move vandalism</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Changing the names of pages to disruptive, irrelevant, or inappropriate names. Only <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autoconfirmed" title="Wikipedia:Autoconfirmed" class="mw-redirect">autoconfirmed</a> or <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CONFIRM" title="Wikipedia:CONFIRM" class="mw-redirect">confirmed</a> users can move pages.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Silly_vandalism">Silly vandalism</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Adding profanity, graffiti, or <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">patent nonsense</a> to pages; creating nonsensical and obviously unencyclopedic pages, etc. It is one of the most common forms of vandalism. However, the addition of random characters to pages is often characteristic of an editing test and, though impermissible, may not be malicious.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Sneaky_vandalism"><span id="Sneaky_vandalism"></span>Sneaky vandalism</span></h3> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-policy noprint" style="float: right; margin: .3em .3em .3em 1em; border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #fff; padding: 3px; text-align: center; font-size:80%"> <tr> <th style="border: none; background: transparent;" class="plainlist"><span id="WP:SNEAKY"></span><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policy</a> <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">shortcut</a>: <ul> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SNEAKY&redirect=no">WP:SNEAKY</a></span></li> </ul> </th> </tr> </table> <dl> <dd>Vandalism that is harder to spot, or that otherwise circumvents detection, including adding plausible misinformation to articles (such as minor alteration of facts or additions of plausible-sounding hoaxes), hiding vandalism (such as by making two bad edits and only reverting one), simultaneously using multiple accounts or IP addresses to vandalize, abuse of maintenance and deletion templates, or reverting legitimate edits with the intent of hindering the improvement of pages. Impersonating other users by signing an edit with a different username or IP address also constitutes sneaky vandalism, but take care not to confuse this with appropriately correcting an unsigned edit made by another user. Some vandals even follow their vandalism with an edit that states "rv vandalism" in the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">edit summary</a> in order to give the appearance the vandalism was reverted.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Spam_external_linking"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links#AVOID" title="Wikipedia:External links">Spam external linking</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>Adding or continuing to add spam external links is vandalism if the activity continues after a warning. A spam external link is one added to a page mainly for the purpose of promoting a website, product or a user's interests rather than to improve the page editorially.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Talk_page_vandalism">Talk page vandalism</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Illegitimately deleting or editing other users' comments. However, it is acceptable to blank comments constituting vandalism, <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Canvassing" title="Wikipedia:Canvassing">internal spam</a>, or <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">harassment</a> or a <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks#Removal_of_text" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">personal attack</a>. It is also acceptable to identify an unsigned comment. Users are also <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:OWNTALK" title="Wikipedia:OWNTALK" class="mw-redirect">permitted</a> to remove comments from their own user talk pages. A policy of prohibiting users from removing warnings from their own talk pages was <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_user_warnings/FAQ#How_about_creating_a_user_warning_template..." title="Wikipedia:WikiProject user warnings/FAQ" class="mw-redirect">considered and rejected</a> on the grounds that it would create more issues than it would solve.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Template_vandalism">Template vandalism</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Modifying the wiki language or text of a <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:TM" title="Wikipedia:TM" class="mw-redirect">template</a> in a harmful or disruptive manner. This is especially serious, because it will negatively impact the appearance of multiple pages. Some templates appear on hundreds or thousands of pages, so they are <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:High-risk_templates" title="Wikipedia:High-risk templates">permanently protected from editing</a> to prevent vandalism.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="User_and_user_talk_page_vandalism">User and user talk page vandalism</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Unwelcome, illegitimate edits to another person's user page may be considered vandalism. User pages are regarded as within the control of their respective users and, with certain exceptions, should not be edited without permission of the user to whom they belong. See <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:UP#OWN" title="Wikipedia:UP" class="mw-redirect">WP:UP#OWN</a>. Related is <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">Wikipedia:No personal attacks</a>.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Vandalbots"><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Vandalbot" class="extiw" title="m:Vandalbot">Vandalbots</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>A <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_bot" title="Internet bot">script or "robot"</a> that attempts to vandalize or add spam to a mass of pages.</dd> </dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="What_is_not_vandalism"><span id="NOT"></span>What is <i>not</i> vandalism</span></h2> <table class="shortcutbox shortcutbox-policy noprint" style="float: right; margin: .3em .3em .3em 1em; border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #fff; padding: 3px; text-align: center; font-size:80%"> <tr> <th style="border: none; background: transparent;" class="plainlist"><span id="WP:VANDNOT"></span><span id="WP:NOTVAND"></span><span id="WP:NOT_VANDALISM"></span><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policy</a> <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">shortcuts</a>: <ul> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:VANDNOT&redirect=no">WP:VANDNOT</a></span></li> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOTVAND&redirect=no">WP:NOTVAND</a></span></li> <li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOT_VANDALISM&redirect=no">WP:NOT VANDALISM</a></span></li> </ul> </th> </tr> </table> <p>Although at times the following situations may be referred to as vandalism, they are not usually considered vandalism as such. However, each case should be treated independently, taking into consideration whether or not the actions violate Wikipedia policies and guidelines. In addition, if an editor treats situations which are not clearly vandalism as such, then that editor may harm the encyclopedia by alienating or driving away potential editors.</p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Boldly_editing"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Boldly editing</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>Bold edits, though they may precede consensus or be inconsistent with prior consensus, are not vandalism unless other aspects of the edits identify them as vandalism. The Wikipedia community encourages users to be bold, and acknowledges <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BRD" title="Wikipedia:BRD" class="mw-redirect">the role of bold edits in reaching consensus</a>.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Copyright_policy_violations"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_problems" title="Wikipedia:Copyright problems">Copyright policy violations</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>Uploading or using material on Wikipedia in violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies is prohibited, but is not vandalism unless the user does so maliciously or fails to heed warnings. It is at least as serious an issue as vandalism and persistent offenders will ultimately get blocked, but it is well worth spending time communicating clearly with those who add copyvio as they are far more likely to reform than vandals or spammers.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Disruptive_editing_or_stubbornness"><span id="disruptive_editing"></span><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a> or stubbornness</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Some users cannot come to agreement with others who are willing to talk to them about an editing issue, and repeatedly make changes against consensus. <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a> is not vandalism and should not be dealt with as such. <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a> may help. See also: <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tendentious_editing" title="Wikipedia:Tendentious editing">Tendentious editing</a></dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Edit_summary_omission"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">Edit summary</a> omission</span></h3> <dl> <dd>The <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">edit summary</a> is important in that it helps other editors understand the purpose of your edit. Though its use is not required, it is strongly recommended, even for minor edits, and is considered proper <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Wikipedia etiquette</a>. Even a brief edit summary is better than none. However, not leaving edit summaries is not considered vandalism.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Editing_tests_by_experimenting_users">Editing tests by experimenting users</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Users sometimes edit pages as an experiment. Such edits, while prohibited, are treated differently from vandalism. These users should be warned using the uw-test series of <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WARN" title="Wikipedia:WARN" class="mw-redirect">user warning templates</a>, or by a talk page message including, if appropriate, a welcome and referral to the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About_the_Sandbox" title="Wikipedia:About the Sandbox">Wikipedia sandbox</a>, where they can continue to make test edits without being unintentionally disruptive. Registered users can also create their own sandboxes as a <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:USER#How_do_I_create_a_user_subpage.3F" title="Wikipedia:USER" class="mw-redirect">user subpage</a>. If a user has made a test edit and then reverted it, consider placing the message {{<a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Uw-selfrevert" title="Template:Uw-selfrevert">uw-selfrevert</a>}}, on their talk page. Editing tests are only considered vandalism when a user continues to make test edits despite receiving numerous warnings.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Harassment_or_personal_attacks"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">Harassment or personal attacks</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>Personal attacks and harassment are not allowed. While some harassment is also vandalism, such as user page vandalism, or inserting a personal attack into an article, harassment in itself is not vandalism and should be handled differently.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Incorrect_wiki_markup_and_style">Incorrect <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page" title="Wikipedia:How to edit a page" class="mw-redirect">wiki markup</a> and <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">style</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>Inexperienced users are often unfamiliar with Wikipedia's formatting and grammatical standards, such as how to create internal and/or external links or which words should be bolded or italicized, etc. Rather than label such users as vandals, just explain to them what the standard style would be for the issue at hand, perhaps pointing them towards the documentation at <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page" title="Wikipedia:How to edit a page" class="mw-redirect">How to edit a page</a>, and the like.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Lack_of_understanding_of_the_purpose_of_Wikipedia"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Lack of understanding of the purpose of Wikipedia</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>Some users are not familiar with Wikipedia's purpose or policies and may start editing it as if it were a different medium—such as a forum or blog—in a way that it <a class="external text" href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lauren_Valentine&diff=prev&oldid=284393758">appears as unproductive editing</a> or borderline vandalism to experienced users. Although such edits can usually be reverted, it should not be treated as vandalism.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Misinformation.2C_accidental"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Misinformation, accidental</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>A user who, in good faith, adds content to an article that is factually inaccurate but in the belief that it is accurate is trying to contribute to and improve Wikipedia, not vandalize it. If you believe inaccurate information has been added to an article in good faith, remove it once you are certain it is inaccurate, or discuss its factuality with the user who has added it.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="NPOV_contraventions"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV_dispute" title="Wikipedia:NPOV dispute">NPOV contraventions</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>The neutral point of view policy is difficult for many of us to understand. Even Wikipedia veterans occasionally introduce material which is not ideal from an <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPOV" title="NPOV" class="mw-redirect">NPOV</a> perspective. Indeed, we are all affected by our beliefs to a greater extent than we estimate. Though the material added may be inappropriate, it is not vandalism in itself.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Nonsense.2C_accidental"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Nonsense, accidental</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>While intentionally adding nonsense to a page is a form of vandalism, sometimes honest editors may not have expressed themselves correctly (e.g. there may be an error in the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax" title="Syntax">syntax</a>, particularly for Wikipedians who use English as a <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_language" title="Second language">second language</a>). Also, connection errors or <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_conflict" title="Help:Edit conflict">edit conflicts</a> can unintentionally produce the appearance of nonsense or malicious edits. In either case, <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">assume good faith</a>.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Policy_and_guideline_pages.2C_good-faith_changes_to"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines#Changes_to_guideline_and_policy_pages" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policy and guideline pages, good-faith changes to</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>Editors are encouraged to <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">be bold</a>. However, making edits to <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia policies and guidelines</a> pages, such as this one, does require some knowledge of the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> on the issues. If people misjudge consensus, it would not be considered vandalism; rather, it would be an opportunity to discuss the matter with them, and help them understand the consensus.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Reversion_or_removal_of_unencyclopedic_material.2C_or_of_edits_covered_under_the_biographies_of_living_persons_policy">Reversion or removal of unencyclopedic material, or of edits covered under the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" title="Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect">biographies of living persons policy</a></span></h3> <dl> <dd>Some material—sometimes even factually correct material—does not belong on Wikipedia, and removing it is not vandalism. Check to make sure that the removal was in line with Wikipedia standards, before restoring it or reporting its removal as vandalism.</dd> </dl> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Deletion_nominations">Deletion nominations</span></h3> <dl> <dd>Good-faith nominations of articles (or templates, non-article pages, etc) are not vandalism.</dd> </dl> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span></h2> <table class="metadata mbox-small plainlinks" style="border:1px solid #aaa;background-color:#f9f9f9"> <tr> <td style="width:1px"></td> <td class="mbox-text plainlist">This page is referenced from the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Glossary" title="Wikipedia:Glossary">glossary</a>.</td> <td class="mbox-imageright"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w.svg" class="image"><img alt="Wiki letter w.svg" src="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/44px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png" width="44" height="44" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/66px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20150614100452im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/88px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="44"/></a></td> </tr> </table> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Tools">Tools</span></h3> <div class="hatnote">See also: <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleaning_up_vandalism/Tools" title="Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism/Tools">Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism/Tools</a></div> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Huggle" title="Wikipedia:Huggle">Huggle</a> – Cross-platform application for dealing with vandalism (requires <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ROLLBACK" title="Wikipedia:ROLLBACK" class="mw-redirect">rollback</a>).</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Twinkle" title="Wikipedia:Twinkle">Twinkle</a> – JavaScript gadget allowing reversion of vandalism from page <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Diff" title="Help:Diff">diffs</a>.</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Igloo" title="Wikipedia:Igloo">Igloo</a> – JavaScript-based browser window for reverting vandalism. (requires <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:ROLLBACK" title="Wikipedia:ROLLBACK" class="mw-redirect">rollback</a>).</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:STiki" title="Wikipedia:STiki">STiki</a> – Cross-platform and Java-based anti-vandalism application. Connects to a remote, non Wikimedia server.</li> </ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Guidelines">Guidelines</span></h3> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism">Administrator intervention against vandalism</a> – intended to get administrator attention for obvious and persistent vandals and spammers</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cleaning_up_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Cleaning up vandalism">Cleaning up vandalism</a> – introduction to cleaning up vandalism</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a> – English Wikipedia policy</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Do not create hoaxes</a> – content guideline</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Most_vandalized_pages" title="Wikipedia:Most vandalized pages">Most vandalized pages</a> – articles that have undergone repeated vandalism</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_changes_patrol" title="Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol">Recent changes patrol</a> – Wikipedia communal patrol</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection" title="Wikipedia:Requests for page protection">Requests for page protection</a> – for protection against long-term attacks</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/User_talk_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace">Template messages/User talk namespace</a> – grid of templates for user talk page warnings and notices</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_user_warnings" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject user warnings" class="mw-redirect">WikiProject user warnings</a> – internal project for creating a complete, standardised set of user warning templates</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Vandalism_studies" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Vandalism studies" class="mw-redirect">WikiProject Vandalism studies</a> – internal project for conducting research related to unconstructive edits on Wikipedia (currently semi-active)</li> </ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Essays">Essays</span></h3> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_the_word_%22vandal%22" title="Wikipedia:Avoid the word "vandal"">Avoid the word "vandal"</a> – essay on the differences between vandals and those who make adverse edits</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deny_recognition" title="Wikipedia:Deny recognition">Deny recognition</a> – essay on not feeding the trolls</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_insult_the_vandals" title="Wikipedia:Do not insult the vandals">Do not insult the vandals</a> – essay on vandals and civility</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_call_a_spade_a_spade" title="Wikipedia:Don't call a spade a spade">Don't call a spade a spade</a> – essay on civility and difficult editors</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_template_the_regulars" title="Wikipedia:Don't template the regulars">Don't template the regulars</a> – essay on how to use warning templates carefully</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPs_are_human_too" title="Wikipedia:IPs are human too">IP address editors are human too</a> – essay on assuming IP address editors are able and willing to make positive contributions</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_protection_requests_sparingly" title="Wikipedia:Make protection requests sparingly">Make protection requests sparingly</a> – essay recommending not overusing page protection</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Not_every_IP_is_a_vandal" title="Wikipedia:Not every IP is a vandal">Not every IP is a vandal</a> – essay on the common assumption that IP address editors are vandals</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:On_assuming_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:On assuming good faith">On assuming good faith</a> – essay on the relationship between the Vandalism policy and the <a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a> behavioral guideline</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:The_motivation_of_a_vandal" title="Wikipedia:The motivation of a vandal">The motivation of a vandal</a> – essay on "Why would anyone wish to vandalize a source of information that benefits people?"</li> <li><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandals_versus_Trolls" title="Wikipedia:Vandals versus Trolls">Vandals versus Trolls</a> – essay on the distinction between vandals and trolls</li> </ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Meta"><a href="/web/20150614100452/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meta" title="Wikipedia:Meta">Meta</a></span></h3> <ul> <li><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anti-vandalism_ideas" class="extiw" title="m:Anti-vandalism ideas">m:Anti-vandalism ideas</a></li> <li><a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150614100452/https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Vandalbot" class="extiw" 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