User:ToadetteEdit/CVUA/Twistedmath
Hello, welcome to your Counter Vandalism Unit Academy page! Every person I instruct will have their own page on which I will give them support and tasks for them to complete. Please make sure you have this page added to your watchlist. Your academy page has been specifically designed according to you and what you have requested instruction in - for that reason, please be as specific as possible when under my instruction, so that I know the best ways to help you (and do not be afraid to let me know if you think something isn't working). If you have any general queries about anti-vandalism (or anything else), you are more than welcome to raise them with me at my talk page.
Make sure you read through Wikipedia:Vandalism as that's the knowledge which most of the questions I ask you and tasks you do will revolve around.
- How to use this page
This page will be built up over your time in the Academy, with new sections being added as you complete old ones. Each section will end with a task, written in bold type - this might just ask a question, or it might require you to go and do something. You can answer a question by typing the answer below the task; if you have to do something, you will need to provide diffs to demonstrate that you have completed the task. Some sections will have more than one task, sometimes additional tasks may be added to a section as you complete them. Please always sign your responses to tasks as you would on a talk page.
- Once you graduate I will copy this page into your userspace so you have a record of your training and a reference for the future
acceptance: I, Twistedmath, accept this invitation to the CVUA twisted. (user | talk | contribs) 16:09, 18 March 2025 (UTC)
The start
Twinkle
Twinkle is a very useful tool when performing maintenance functions around Wikipedia. Please have a read through WP:TWINKLE.
- Enable Twinkle (if haven't already) and leave a note here to let me know that you have enabled it.
Good faith and vandalism
When patrolling for vandalism, you may often come across edits which are unhelpful, but not vandalism - these are good faith edits. It is important to recognise the difference between a vandalism edit and a good faith edit, especially because Twinkle gives you the option of labelling edits you revert as such. Please read WP:AGF and WP:NOT VANDALISM before completing the following tasks.
- Please explain below the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit, and how you would tell them apart.
- Please find three examples of good faith but unhelpful edits, and three examples of vandalism. You don't need to revert the example you find, and I am happy for you to use previous undos in your edit history if you wish.
- Good faith
- Martin Lawrence Note
- It is Hessen in German but, in English, it is Hesse -->
- Vandalism
Warning and reporting
When you use Twinkle to warn a user, you have a number of options to choose from: you can select the kind of warning (for different offences), and the level of warning (from 1 to 4, for increasing severity). Knowing which warning to issue and what level is very important. Further information can be found at WP:WARN and WP:UWUL.
- Please answer the following questions
- Why do we warn users?
To educate users of Wikipedia, both new and old, on policies and to guide them to helpful and accurate contributions. twisted. (user | talk | contribs) 14:45, 27 March 2025 (UTC)
- When would a 4im warning be appropriate?
- Should you substitute a template when you place it on a user talk page, and how do you do it?
- What should you do if a user who has received a level 4 or 4im warning vandalises again?
- Please give examples (using
{{Tlsubst|''name of template''}}) of three different warnings (not different levels of the same warning and excluding the test edit warning levels referred to below), that you might need to use while recent changes patrolling and explain what they are used for.
Make sure you keep in mind that some edits that seem like vandalism can be test edits. This happens when a new user is experimenting and makes accidental unconstructive edits. Generally, these should be treated with good faith, especially if it is their first time, and warned gently. The following templates are used for test edits: {{subst:uw-test1}}, {{subst:uw-test2}} and {{subst:uw-test3}}.
I just wanted to make sure you know about Special:RecentChanges, if you use the diff link in a different window or tab you can check a number of revisions much more easily. If you enable Hovercards in the Hover section of your preferences, you can view the diff by just hovering over it. Alternately, you can press control-F or command-F and search for "tag:". some edits get tagged for possible vandalism or section blanking.
- Find and revert some vandalism. Warn each user appropriately, using the correct kind of warning and level. Please include at least two test edits and at least two appropriate reports to AIV. For each revert and warning please fill in a line on the table below
| # | Diff of your revert | Your comment (optional). If you report to AIV please include the diff | user notes |
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| 1 | Cameron High School | Vandalism - Warned on corresponding talk page |
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| 2 | Jessica Stern (diplomat) | Vandalism - (diff) AIV: Vandalism after final warning | Report got acknowledged.
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| 3 | Mary Anne Franks | Vandalism - Warned on the corresponding talk page |
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| 4 | Harriet Tubman's family | Test edits - Warned on the corresponding talk page |
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| 5 | MasterChef Australia series 17 | Possible addition of subtle vandalism with an inadequate edit summary (blank) - Warned on the corresponding talk page |
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| 6 | Fred Hampton Jr. | Test edits - Warned on the corresponding talk page |  The (good faith) edit in question isn't a test edit; but rather a new user's mistake while attempting to change the wording of a statement in the lede. What you could have done was welcoming the user, which you did not do in this case, and to fix the syntax resulting from the edit.
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| 7 | Maria Brontë | Vandalism with an inadequate edit summary (blank) - Warned on the corresponding talk page. With this IP being marked as a School DIstrict, I avoided marking this a test edit. |
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| 8 | Travis Scott | Vandalism - Warned on the corresponding talk page - School Blocked |
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| 9 | Crest Hill, Illinois | Vandalism - Warned on the corresponding talk page |
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| 10 | Crest Hill, Illinois | Vandalism - Warned on the corresponding talk page | , again
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| 11 | Scientific American - Go back one edit | Test edits - Warned on the corresponding talk page |  ; the edits weren't test edits, but still a valid revert.
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| 12 | Tsutomu Miyazaki | (maybe) Vandalism - Warned on the corresponding talk page - In the case that you were trying to add your own commentary, Wikipedia is not a social media platform nor is it a forum. | Edit was indeed vandalism.
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| 13 | Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation) | Vandalism - Warned on the corresponding talk page | |
| 14 | AIV report for 13 | Vandalism - (diff) AIV: Vandalism after final warning | |
| 15 | Raffles Design Institute | Vandalism - (diff) AIV: Vandalism after final warning |