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ers but these templates are not required these templates include level one subst uw vandalism1 this is a gentle caution regarding unconstructive edits it encourages new editors to use a sandbox for test edits this is the mildest warning level two subst uw vandalism2 this warning is also fairly mild though it explicitly uses the word vandalism and links to this wikipedia policy it is the first to warn that further disruptive editing or vandalism may lead to a block however it uses the wording loss of editing privileges rather than block level three subst uw vandalism3 this warning is sterner it is the first to warn that further disruptive editing or vandalism may lead to a block while actually using the word block level four subst uw vandalism4 this is the sharpest vandalism warning template and indicates that any further disruptive editing may lead to a block without warning level four im subst uw vandalism4im this warning template should be used only in the worst conditions of vandalism it indicates that this is the only warning the target will receive and that further disruptive edits will result in a block without warning watch for future vandalism from the vandal by checking the user s contributions if bad faith edits continue revert them and warn them again letting the users know that they can be blocked note that it is not necessary to use all four warning templates in succession nor is it necessary to incrementally step through warnings report vandals that continue their behavior after being warned to wikipedia administrator intervention against vandalism 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 template and css vandalism 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 template or cascading style sheets vandalism these are often not difficult to fix but can be confusing to access the page history or edit the page when the view history or edit tabs are inaccessible use wikipedia keyboard shortcuts you can also access the history through a vandalism patrolling tool if you re using one or from your watchlist if you are watching the page or from your user contributions if you have edited the page or enter the url manually into the address bar of your browser it will take the form https en wikipedia org wiki name_of_article action edit or https en wikipedia org wiki name_of_article action history if vandalizing edits do not appear in the page history the vandalism is likely in a transcluded template instead of the page itself to find the template page edit the article using wikipedia keyboard shortcuts 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 protected alternatively look for template name or template name parameter in the text approximately where the vandalism appears then go to the page template template name and revert any vandalism when you return to the original page the vandalism should be gone though you may need to purge the page image vandalism images 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 g3 if hosted on wikipedia or as vandalism if hosted on commons a file repository for wikimedia foundation projects when an image is used for vandalism due to its explicit nature but has legitimate encyclopedic uses wikipedia is not censored or is hosted on commons and has legitimate uses on other projects it can be requested for being added to the bad image list which precludes its addition on any page except those specified how not to respond to vandalism shortcut wp noresvand wp noresvand do not nominate a page for deletion because it is being vandalized if a page is persistently vandalized consider requesting protection of the page at wikipedia requests for page protection do not feed the trolls fanning the fire will only serve to make the situation worse similarly do not insult the vandals 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 wikipedia is not the place for personal attacks it is not a battleground and two wrongs don t make a right instead report them to the administrators if they continue avoid the word vandal in particular this word should not be used to refer to any contributor in good standing nor to any edits that might have been made in good faith this is because if the edits were made in good faith they are not vandalism 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 personal attacks warnings warning templates pagename is optional subst uw vandalism1 pagename unintentional vandalism test subst uw delete1 pagename unintentional removal of content subst uw vandalism2 pagename suitable for intentional nonsense or disruption subst uw delete2 pagename variant for removal of content subst uw vandalism3 pagename please stop for use after level 2 warning subst uw delete3 pagename please stop removing content subst uw vandalism4 pagename last warning for vandalism subst uw delete4 pagename last warning for removing content subst uw vandalism4im pagename only warning for severe or grotesque vandalism only subst uw delete4im pagename only warning for many blankings in a short period of time see additional templates and examples of output shortcut wp warnvand wp warnvand 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 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 how to warn vandalizing users a list of user warning templates with descriptions and instructions for their use is at wikipedia template messages user talk namespace 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 the existence of these templates is intended as a convenience and their use is not required a specifically tailored note written personally and directly addressing the problematic behavior is equally as acceptable as a form of warning and in many cases will often result in better engagement with the user in question assume good faith such as that the user is simply unaware of the policies and guidelines unless it is clear that the user is deliberately harming wikipedia from the outset for instance in cases of abusive vulgar or juvenile vandalism if you do choose to use warning templates please choose templates that are appropriate to the type and level of problem in question if edits are questionable but not clearly vandalism consider using lower level templates level 1 or 2 and wait for a few further contributions to see if the other editor responds or changes their behavior if the behavior continues or if it is clear the edits are in bad faith from the outset the use of a higher level template level 3 or 4 may be appropriate if after receiving multiple warnings the behavior persists past the point where good faith can be extended or it becomes clear that the user has had the opportunity to notice they have been warned and they still persist with the problematic behavior consider reporting them to the vandalism noticeboard administrator response to vandalism response from administrators at the vandalism noticeboard varies depending on the type of vandalism and the specifics of the report keep in mind admins are unlikely to block a user who has not been warned at all or who has been warned but has stopped editing since being warned it must be clear that the user has been told to stop vandalizing and still persists despite such warnings except for egregious cases reports of vandalism from registered accounts are handled differently than that from temporary accounts and reports from newly registered accounts are handled differently from accounts of experienced wikipedia users ip addresses may or may not be kept by the same person for long periods of time a dynamic address which appears to have stopped vandalizing will probably not be blocked while one that is actively vandalizing will likely receive a short 1 2 day block if there is evidence that an ip address is being used by the same person over a long period of time to repeatedly vandalize wikipedia or if it is clear the ip address is being used by multiple people to vandalize wikipedia such as a school based ip which can sometimes attract lots of juvenile vandalism over long periods of time from many different people then an administrator may block the ip for a longer time period several months to a year ip addresses are almost never blocked indefinitely brand new accounts who repeatedly vandalize despite multiple warnings are usually blocked indefinitely especially when there is no history of quality editing on the account reports which involve experienced wikipedia users rarely result in blocks for vandalism as these reports are usually mislabeling other problematic behavior such as misrepresenting sources or removing text or edit warring as vandalism the vandalism noticeboard is not designed to litigate disputes or to investigate complex behavior problems instead other noticeboards such as the edit warring noticeboard or the incidents noticeboard are more appropriate to deal with those issues check back in to the vandalism noticeboard to see how your report has been dealt with if an administrator declines to block someone you report they will always leave a note explaining why they did not respond as you requested often this does not mean the person you reported is behaving properly or should not be dealt with but merely that the mechanisms of the vandalism noticeboard are not well suited for handling many types of reports consider taking the issue up at a more appropriate noticeboard which has been tailored to the specific type of problem you are seeing other times a report is declined for being stale blocks to abandoned accounts or to temporary accounts which have been dormant for some time are rarely done or to the admin being unable to easily identify the edits as vandalism if the vandalism in question is subtle vandalism is being committed by a person who was blocked under a prior account or temporary account or requires in depth and direct knowledge of a prior problem consider taking the report to the incidents noticeboard instead there are hundreds of wikipedia administrators and many of them are unfamiliar with the intricacies of past cases unless it is the sort of vandalism that needs no explanation at all it should be taken elsewhere and not wp aiv reminding responding users to correctly warn 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 uw warn likewise incorrect use of user warning templates even if well intended should be identified to the mistaken user the uw tempabuse series of user warning templates may be used but a detailed talk page message is better tracing temporary accounts main page wikipedia temporary account ip viewer shortcuts wp whois wp whois wp traceip wp traceip if you have temporary account ip viewer taiv permissions and believe two temporary accounts are the same person you can view the ip addresses of the temporary accounts to see if they are the same if they are not the same but you believe they are still the same person the owners of the ip addresses can be found using arin north america ripe ncc europe the middle east and central asia apnic asia pacific lacnic latin american and caribbean afrinic africa ipligence ipaddress com find ip address org who is if an address is not in one registry it will probably be in another identifying associated ip addresses if you re trying to determine whether a set of ip addresses involved in vandalism is related a command line whois query will generally list this information or can be shown using the routeviews dns name server asn routeviews org reverse ip look up to find the cidr and asn for a set of ip addresses this can be done using ip lookup tools a whois query will typically return netrange cidr netname nethandle and originas all of which identify specific network spaces data and labeling vary considerably by whois registrar the routeviews data is far more uniformly structured and returns 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 cidr identifies a set of related addresses network space and asn identifies an autonomous system 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 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 distributed denial of service attack proxies vpns and tor exit nodes it s possible that a user s source location is being masked by routing traffic through a proxy server vpn or the tor network such addresses typically serve many not just one person and though they can be valid present challenges when used for abuse a proxy vpn is not necessarily detectable but commercial services may be indicated by the hostname when resolving an ip address users of the tor anonymity network will show the ip address of a tor exit node lists of known tor exit nodes are available from the tor project s tor bulk exit list exporting tool see also this page is referenced in the wikipedia glossary vandalism on wikipedia wikipedia wikipedia signpost 2009 06 22 vandalism user cluebot ng a bot specifically designed for fixing vandalism tools see also wikipedia cleaning up vandalism tools antivandal web based counter vandalism tool requires rollback permission 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