Destinypedia:Education Center for Vandalism
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Welcome to the Destinypedia's Education Center for Vandalism!
Introduction to Vandalism[edit]
Definition of Vandalism[edit]
Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Destinypedia. Anyone who commits such an act is a vandal. Vandalism is prohibited on Destinypedia.
There are four mechanisms by which vandals can vandalize:
- plain-text edits (includes "hidden" vandalism embedded within an article)
- image uploads/inclusions
- addition of external links
- page moves/redirects
There are two types of vandalism: deliberate and ambiguous. A concerted effort should be made to differentiate between the two in regards on how to counter vandalism.
Deliberate Vandalism[edit]
Definition[edit]
Deliberate Vandalism is vandalism where it is definitively concluded that vandalism was intentional and was a deliberate effort to damage Destinypedia, and not a faux pas on behalf of the vandal.
Examples[edit]
Types of deliberate vandalism are as follows:
- Sexual mentions
- Racist mentions
- Making article(s) with offensive name(s)
- User page blanking/replacement
- Talk page blanking/replacement
- Creation of account(s) with offensive name(s)
What Can I Do?[edit]
- Leave a message on the vandal's talk page telling them to stop immediately. However, do not provoke the vandal in any way or form, and state it perfunctorily and business-like.
- Inform administrators immediately
- Administrators should administer a username/IP ban immediately without remonstration with the vandal
Ambiguous Vandalism[edit]
Definition[edit]
Ambiguous Vandalism is vandalism where it can not be definitively concluded that vandalism was an intentional and deliberate effort to damage Destinypedia, and may have been an accidental edit, a misunderstanding of Destinypedia policy, etc...
Examples[edit]
Types of ambiguous vandalism are as follows:
- Article blanking - If a user does not understand Destinypedia policy and means to delete a page to recreate it, make space for a redirect, etc...
- Spam - Examples could be advertisement or self-promotion on article namespace pages, etc...
- Example: "Come visit my Freewebs site!" on an article
- Nonsense additions - Adding irrelevant information to an article that in no way pertains to the article. This does not, however, include adding information to a wrong section of an article. Mentioning that a character was a male in the "references" section would not be construed as vandalism...the sentence should be moved to the appropriate section. This is, however, NOT nonsense. Nonsense is graffiti, etc...
- Example: "hax0r 133t pwnz0r ter8t3btqy948y" on an article or "I LOVE YOUUUUUU!" on the Bungie article
- Abuse of tags - Adding/removing "{{Delete}}", etc...when inappropriate.
- Example: adding "{{Delete}}" to the Destiny article
- Modifying user comments
- Deleted page re-creation
- Example: remaking
user talk:PENI.S
to taunt the vandal
- Example: remaking
What Can I Do?[edit]
- Leave a message on the user's talk page with the below-referenced templates. For the first time of ambiguous vandalism, leave Template:Vandalism Warning-1. For a second time, leave Template:Vandalism Warning-2, etc...
- Be extremely careful not to ambiguate deliberate and ambiguous vandalism! Accusing an ambiguately vandalizing user of deliberate vandalism could be very offensive!
Vandalism Templates[edit]
Warnings[edit]
- Template:Vandalism Warning-1
- Template:Vandalism Warning-2
- Template:Vandalism Warning-3
- Template:Vandalism Warning-4
Part of the Vandalism Warning Template series | ||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 |
Vandalism Warning-1 | Vandalism Warning-2 | Vandalism Warning-3 | Vandalism Warning-4 | Vandalism Blocked |