LIMSWiki:Vandalism

Vandalism is about making changes to 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 blocked so they are no longer able to make changes. Test edits are usually not vandalism.

What vandals might do

Add nonsense.

Add information that they know is wrong.

Remove information from pages without writing a reason.

Make personal attacks to other editors on Wikipedia.

Move pages to other names, usually names that make no sense or are offensive.

Make the same page over and over, after it has been deleted.

How to fight vandalism

1. Go to the new changes.
2. Look at some of the changes by pressing the diff link to see the changes. Look out for anonymous users - most vandals contribute with just their IP address rather than a user name.
   1. If it is a new page and meets the quick deletion policy place {{QD|reason}} on it and replace reason with why it should be deleted.
   2. If it is not, revert the page.
3. Warn the vandal by putting a warning template on their talk page; some are listed below.
4. 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.
5. 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:

1. Trace the IP address and add {{SharedIP|Name of owner}} to the user talk page of the address.

Warnings and notices

Multi-level templates

• Level 1 – Assumes good faith. Generally includes "Welcome to Wikipedia" or something similar.
• Level 2 – Does not assume whether or not the editor is acting in good faith.
• Level 3 – Assumes bad faith; warns editor to stop what he or she is doing.
• Level 4 – Assumes bad faith; a strong, final warning to the editor to stop what he or she is doing.
• Level 4im – Assumes bad faith; a strong, first and only warning to the editor to stop what he or she is doing.

Contents Various types of unhelpful edits Adding spam, such as promotions of objects or ideologies (collections of beliefs) Behavior towards editors and articles
Hover over the template syntax to see a summary of the contents. Don't forget to substitute these templates
Description	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 4im
Various types of nonconstructive edits
Making bad pages	{{subst:uw-create1}}	{{subst:uw-create2}}	{{subst:uw-create3}}	{{subst:uw-create4}}
Breach of copyright	{{subst:uw-copyright1}}	{{subst:uw-copyright2}}
Not applying the Manual of Style	{{subst:uw-mos1}}	{{subst:uw-mos2}}	{{subst:uw-mos3}}	{{subst:uw-mos4}}	{{subst:uw-mos4im}}
No neutral point of view	{{subst:uw-npov1}}	{{subst:uw-npov2}}	{{subst:uw-npov3}}	{{subst:uw-npov4}}	{{subst:uw-npov4im}}
Editing tests	{{subst:uw-test1}}	{{subst:uw-test2}}	{{subst:uw-test3}}	{{subst:uw-test4}}	{{subst:uw-test4im}}
Vandalism	{{subst:uw-vandalism1}}	{{subst:uw-vandalism2}}	{{subst:uw-vandalism3}}	{{subst:uw-vandalism4}}	{{subst:uw-vandalism4im}}
Removing content from pages	{{subst:uw-delete1}}	{{subst:uw-delete2}}	{{subst:uw-delete3}}
Adding spam, such as promotions of objects or ideologies
Adding spam links	{{subst:uw-spam1}}
Using Wikipedia for advertising or promotion	{{subst:uw-advert1}}	{{subst:uw-advert2}}
Behavior towards editors and articles
Personal attack directed at a specific editor	{{subst:uw-npa1}}	{{subst:uw-npa2}}	{{subst:uw-npa3}}	{{subst:uw-npa4}}	{{subst:uw-npa4im}}
Not assuming good faith	{{subst:uw-agf1}}	{{subst:uw-agf2}}	{{subst:uw-agf3}}
Description	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Level 4im

Single-level templates

Hover over the template syntax to see a summary of the contents.
Notices		Warnings
Description	Template	Description	Template
Adding incorrect categories	{{subst:uw-badcat}}	Creating or changing articles to attack people	{{subst:uw-attack}}
"Biting" newcomers	{{subst:uw-bite}}	Project disruption	{{subst:uw-disruption}}
Direct copying of article from English Wikipedia	{{subst:uw-encopypaste}}	Removing quick deletion templates from articles	{{subst:uw-qd}}
Changing between national types of English without a good reason	{{subst:uw-lang}}	Userpage or subpage is against policy	{{subst:uw-userpage}}
Tips on creating new articles	{{subst:uw-newarticle}}	Cyberbullying	{{subst:Cyberbully warning}}
Use "Other websites", not "External links"	{{subst:uw-otherweb}}
Removing the sandbox header	{{subst:uw-sandbox}}
Reverting self tests	{{subst:uw-selfrevert}}
Not making changes in simple English	{{subst:uw-simple}}
Not making changes in English	{{subst:uw-notenglish}}
Check spelling, grammar, capitalization, punctuation, etc.	{{subst:uw-spellcheck}}
Remember to subst: templates	{{subst:uw-subst}}
Not signing posts	{{subst:uw-tilde}}
Image uploads not allowed in Simple English Wikipedia	{{subst:uw-upload}}
Not warning vandals	{{subst:uw-warn}}
Adding signature in article space	{{subst:uw-articlesign}}

Blocks

Hover over the template syntax to see a summary of the contents.
Don't forget to substitute these templates. Block templates are for admin use only.
Description	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3 (Indefinite)
Blocks	{{subst:uw-block1}}	{{subst:uw-block2}}	{{subst:uw-block3}}
Username block	{{subst:UsernameBlocked}}
Username hard block	{{subst:UsernameHardBlocked}}

Other

Note: Not all of these warning templates are for vandalism.

Tracing IP addresses

The owners of 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)

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