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'''Vandalism''' is about making changes to [[LIMS Wiki mission|LIMSwiki]] content so that it becomes incorrect or does not make sense. This also includes removing content for no reason. Vandalism is a very bad problem. People who vandalize may be [[LIMSwiki:Bans and blocks|blocked]] so they are no longer able to make changes. [[MediaWiki:Sandbox|Test edit]]s are usually not vandalism. 

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|+style="text-align:center;"|'''What vandals might do'''
|Add nonsense.
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|Add information that they know is wrong.
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|Remove information from pages without writing a reason.
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|Make personal attacks to other editors on Wikipedia.
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|Move pages to other names, usually names that make no sense or are offensive.
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|Make the same page over and over, after it has been deleted.
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== How to fight vandalism==
#Go to the [[Special:Recentchanges|new changes]].
#Look at some of the changes by pressing the [[m:Help:Diff|diff]] link to see the changes. Look out for [[anonymous]] users - most vandals contribute with just their IP address rather than a user name. 
##If it is a new page and meets the [[LIMSwiki:Deletion policy|quick deletion]] policy place <code><nowiki>{{QD|reason}}</nowiki></code> on it and replace reason with why it should be deleted.
##If it is not, [[Help:Revert a page|revert the page]].
#Warn the vandal by putting a warning template on their talk page; some are listed [[LIMSwiki:Vandalism#Warnings|below]].
#They may have vandalized other pages before, so check their changes by clicking the "changes" link next to their username on the 'history' tab. if it is an anonymous user, you can click on their IP address.
#If they continue to vandalize pages, report them to an administrator.  If there is no administrator online to block the users, try to contact them through their other talk pages if they have one, or through the email links on [[LIMSwiki:Administrators]].

For repeated vandalism by an anonymous IP addresses, it is helpful to do the following:

#[[LIMSwiki:Vandalism#Tracing IP addresses|Trace the IP address]] and add <code><nowiki>{{SharedIP|Name of owner}}</nowiki></code> to the user talk page of the address.

{{User talk page warnings/table}}
'''Note:''' Not all of these warning templates are for vandalism.

==Tracing IP addresses==
The owners of IP addresses can be found using:

*[http://ws.arin.net/whois ARIN] (North America)
*[http://www.ripe.net/fcgi-bin/whois RIPE NCC] (Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia)
*[http://www.apnic.net/db/index.html APNIC] (Asia Pacific)
*[http://lacnic.net/sp/index.html LACNIC] (Latin American and Caribbean)
*[http://www.afrinic.net/ AfriNIC] (Africa)

If an address is not in one, it will might be in a different one.

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==Anti vandalism Tools==
=== Twinkle ===
''[[WP:Twinkle|Twinkle]]'' is a script that allows autoconfirmed users to [[help:reverting|revert]] and warn vandals.

=== Vandal Warner ===
''Vandal Warner'' is a [[Wikipedia:Gadget|gadget]] you can use to warn the vandals more easily. In order to use it, you should click on the ''[[Special:Preferences|my settings]]'' link and go to the "Gadgets" tab. Then you should select ''Vandal Warner'' and save the settings. Of course, you can use gadgets only when you are logged in.

===Navigation popups===
[[:en:Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups|Navigation popups]] has revert script in it that lets you revert to a specific version, to add this by:
#Go to My Settings
#Go to Gadgets
#Check Navigation popups (API)
#Click save

After that you'll need to flush your old monobook.js from your [[cache]]. Pressing Ctrl+F5 on some browsers might work, or Ctrl-R on some others.  Then it will work, if not ask for help.  There are also other anti vandalism gadgets there besides these.
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