User:DatGuy/ProgrammingGeek

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Questions

Hello @ProgrammingGeek:! If you have any questions, put them here. Try reading most of the pages below. Dat Guy^Talk_Contribs 16:15, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

Anti-vandalism

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Key policies WP:VANDAL Key pages Administrator Intervention against Vandalism (AIV) Patrolling One of the easiest places to track down vandalism is at Special:RecentChanges - this lists the most recent changes made all over the 'pedia. How to deal with it Have you enabled Twinkle? You'll find it has a lot of features which make reverting and warning vandals a lot easier. More help on how to use it can be found here. You can then follow these steps: Assess whether the edit was made in good or bad faith. If in good faith, it is not vandalism as such, so question the accuracy of information on the talk page or add a "" tag to the disputed edit. If it is in bad faith, then it is vandalism and you may take the appropriate steps to remove it. Revert 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'. Warn 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. Tasks 1. Find and remove three pieces of blatant vandalism using Twinkle - provide the diffs of your reverts below: 2. Report one vandal to WP:AIV, ensuring you follow this procedure - provide the diff of your report below: 3. What would you do if an IP address kept re-adding vandalism after you reverted them? 4. What would you do if a logged in editor kept re-adding vandalism after you reverted them? 5. What would you do if an established editor (eg. 1 year old, 100 edits) vandalized a page?