Template talk:Vandal

abuse filter link
Please add abuse filter link. So it looks like this User: (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · [ logs] · [ abuse log] · block user · [ block log]) --Otterathome (talk) 12:49, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done — { { Nihiltres | talk | log } } 15:24, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Spacing
This template seems to delete any spaces in front of it. I can't see why. Any ideas for how to fix it?  Will Beback   talk    23:43, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * This is a test
 * This is a test
 * It seems to be the problem of


 * should work. Please change the template to the above. — M  C  10  &#124;  Sign here!  21:24, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ Let me know if there are any problems. Plastikspork (talk) 23:03, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Vandal failure?
The following username seems to defeat this template: resolves as. Confused. --Tagishsimon (talk) 09:13, 21 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Try or , which renders as  and .   The second solution is probably the best general solution. An alternative would be to add an optional 'user' field, and use  . Plastikspork ―Œ (talk)  16:01, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Edit request
Add nuke contribs to the list of links, as some vandals (example) create pages very quickly, and regularly deleting them can be slow. → Σ  τ  c. 05:23, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:54, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
 * But the syntax Special:Nuke/ does not work as the parameter is not used. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:24, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

Separator character
Maybe a bit pedantic, but could the separator dot please be put in bold every time it appears? The display at WP:AIV looks a mess, because this template uses a tiny (non-bold) dot, and IPvandal uses a huge bullet. The suggested character is a compromise. — This, that, and the other (talk) 10:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅ I used (which is currently equivalent to  ) to match templates such as user. Anomie⚔ 00:12, 23 October 2011 (UTC)

Amended documentation
After the second instance in a week where someone has used this template with the name of a non-vandal user inserted, I have added to the template documentation to say that it is only intended to be used for reporting vandals. You'd think that would be obvious, but..... --Elen of the Roads (talk) 01:44, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 31 July 2020
Please replace the following code (which is at the very beginning):

with this code:

This is simply to avoid using a redirect on this template and on the other pages transcluding it.

(See WP:NOTBROKEN, which includes the following: "In other namespaces, particularly the template and portal namespaces in which subpages are common, any link or transclusion to a former page title that has become a redirect following a page move should be updated to the new title for naming consistency.") Jdaloner (talk) 09:18, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
 * ✅.  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 12:47, 31 July 2020 (UTC)

Edit request to complete TfD nomination
Template:Vandal has been listed at Templates for discussion (nomination), but it was protected, so it could not be tagged. Please add:

to the top of the page to complete the nomination. Thank you. Aasim - Herrscher of Wikis ❄️ 13:31, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅.  P.I. Ellsworth &thinsp;, ed.  put'r there 11:54, 18 October 2022 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 27 October 2022
Could someone please update the TFD notice to reflect the closure of the discussion. 192.76.8.80 (talk) 21:07, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ * Pppery * it has begun... 22:03, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Error report: Link for RBLs is broken (404 not found)
When using this template for an IP address, the link to www.robtex.com labelled "RBLs" is broken ("404 not found"). For example:

&mdash; Archer1234  (t·c) 13:20, 20 February 2023 (UTC)


 * @Archer1234 Just to confirm, it is this page it should link to? If so it would be super easy to just fix this right now. --Trialpears (talk) 13:25, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * @Trialpears, I think so. It appears that the "DNSBL" section at that page is where any indication that the IP address was blacklisted would appear. So, the anchor #dnsbl would be appropriate to append to the URL. &mdash;  Archer1234  (t·c) 13:44, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Link updated. --Trialpears (talk) 13:53, 20 February 2023 (UTC)