User:Cassiopeia/CVUA/MarioJump83

Hello, welcome to your Counter Vandalism Unit Academy page! Every person I instruct will have their own page on which I will give them support and tasks for them to complete. Please make sure you have this page added to your watchlist. Your academy page has been specifically designed according to you and what you have requested instruction in - for that reason, please be as specific as possible when under my instruction, so that I know the best ways to help you (and do not be afraid to let me know if you think something isn't working). If you have any general queries about anti-vandalism (or anything else), you are more than welcome to raise them with me at User talk:Cassiopeia/CVUA/MarioJump83.

Make sure you read through Vandalism as that's the knowledge which most of the questions I ask you and tasks you do will revolve around.

This page will be built up over your time in the Academy, with new sections being added as you complete old ones. Each section will end with a task, written in bold type - this might just ask a question, or it might require you to go and do something. You can answer a question by typing the answer below the task; if you have to do something, you will need to provide diffs to demonstrate that you have completed the task. Some sections will have more than one task, sometimes additional tasks may be added to a section as you complete them. Please always sign your responses to tasks as you would on a talk page.
 * How to use this page
 * Once you graduate I will copy this page into your userspace so you have a record of your training and a reference for the future.

Twinkle Twinkle is a very useful tool when performing maintenance functions around Wikipedia. Please have a read through WP:TWINKLE.
 * Enable Twinkle (if haven't already) and leave a note here to let me know that you have enabled it.
 * I already have that for a long time now, since 2014!  Mario Jump  83!  04:55, 1 February 2021 (UTC)

Good faith and vandalism
When patrolling for vandalism, you may often come across edits which are unhelpful, but not vandalism - these are good faith edits. It is important to recognize the difference between a vandalism edit and a good faith edit, especially because Twinkle gives you the option of labelling edits you revert as such. Please read WP:AGF, WP:VANDALISM and WP:NOT VANDALISM before completing the following tasks.

Answer: A good faith, but unhelpful edit are edits made by users who does not know about Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, but their intentions are positive and intend to contribute to Wikipedia. A vandalism edit are edits made by users with malicious intent to remove encyclopedic content. I can tell them apart by the content of their edits through diffs and intentions. If the edits are promotional, then it is a good faith, but unhelpful edit. Meanwhile, if that edit adds a random text that shouldn't be there in the article or blanks stuff, it's vandalism.
 * Please explain below the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit, and how you would tell them apart.
 * . No thought it is their "intention" of the edit that how we tell good and bad faith edit an editor made. However, you examples above do not illustrate/apply them correctly.

(1) Adding promotion content, especially adding spam / external links which promote/advertise the subject or companies link which would beneficial to the pages (such as adding a brick company official URL to Brick page or adding a link to a PPV event page to advertise readers to buy the PPV from them, and etc) would be considered promotion and it is considered vandalism act which is a bad faith edit. (2) You second example "adding a random text that shouldnt be there.." - this will dependent on (i) if the editor is new and this is their first edit, we would take their intention as test edit - which means the editor is "trying to see if the could actually make an edit in Wikipedia" - example would be adding/removing on word from a word, adding random texts in the body text, adding "Hi/Hey/test and etc". Sometimes the editor would revert back their own edit after knowing their edit actually published after they pressed save. When they revert their own edit on their second edit, we call that type of edit as "self revert test edit". However, if the editor test edit has been revert by other editor and a test edit warning template has been placed and the same editor continues to do the same type of edit, then it would considered a vandalsim edit. (ii) other editor add/removing a character/word and they have been editing Wikipedia for a while then it has nothing to do with the body text then it might be a vandalism act or disruptive depending of the edit their make. (3) Blanks stuff - if the removed text/section/paragraph that is "unsourced", we would leave the edit alone as removing unsourced content is not considered vandalism. Adding or changing content need to be supported by source for verification and WP:PROVEIT guidelines. However, if the removed content is sourced then that is a vandalism act. (4) It is a good practice to check the editor talk page and contribution log to gauge if the editor always made good or bad faith edits and their behavior to help us to understand their editor intention. Cassiopeia(talk) 09:22, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Okay. Thanks for helping me know! I'm ready to move on to the next assignment.  Mario Jump  83!  23:00, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Answer:
 * Please find three examples of good faith but unhelpful edits, and three examples of vandalism. You don't need to revert the example you find, and I am happy for you to use previous undos in your edit history if you wish.
 * Good faith

(1) Special:Diff/1002672014 - this is an edit by user Nicovwoude to add an information about David Guetta. It was reverted due to promotional nature of the edit, and the editor has a COI.
 * . First of all how would you know/find our the the editor has a COI? Secondly, to determine wheather the edit/content is promotional in nature would be sometimes a judgmental call. Promotional edit/content is usually the editor adding the info to promote/advertise/adding MOS:PUFFERY words to adhance the subject or addition of praise-filled adjectives and claims - see Wikipuffery. If the content is written in WP:NPOV and fact tone and it is supported by source then that not considered promotional. Cassiopeia(talk) 09:22, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I know that the editor might have a COI if they either declare it or is a SPA, focusing only on one topic. An example of a SPA I have interactions with was User:DnevnaDozaDebilizma.  Mario Jump  83!  11:57, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * SPI usually is not COI editors. A COI/PAID editor could be spotted due to their editing behavior. Such an editor is likely to (1) violate WP:NPOV, (2) adding advertisement (both direct and covert), (3)  puffery, his text may lack DUE, highlighting only one side, (4) their username may show a relation to the subject of the article, (5)the contribution history consist only of single type edits (all corporate, for instance)

(6) Use person pronouns and possessives (I, we, my, our) (7) .Multiple references to company, financial listings, staff lists, interviews, own publication, press release, blog and with clean references (8)vWell written prose 'too perfect to be true' and only with single/2 edits (9) Editors have created multiple company related articles 5.Editors disclosed their COI/PAID in their userpage (not tag with COI disclose), or disclosure when they ask question in WP:Teahouse, WP:Help Desk, WP:AFCHD or receivers' talk pages. Pls ping me when you have read the above then I will post Assignment 2 for you. Cassiopeia(talk) 21:48, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, now I have read and understand what COI editors are.  Mario Jump  83!  22:58, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

(2) Special:Diff/1002012104 - edit by an IP to Amanda Gorman.
 * ✅. pls see WP:ELMIN for mininumn external link guidelines. Cassiopeia(talk) 09:22, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

(3) Special:Diff/1002278118 - edit without searching for consensus
 * ✅.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 09:22, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

Answer:
 * Vandalism

(1) Special:Diff/999998404 - Edit by the IP 24.28.172.138 to the article 42 (number). This happened as the Wikipedia was closing in on the 1 billionth edit.
 * ✅.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 09:22, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

(2) Special:Diff/1000956949 - Edit by the IP 151.244.190.241 to the article Toxic (song). While it looks like a good faith edit, this is more likely to be vandalism than anything else.
 * ✅.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 09:22, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

(3) Special:Diff/989062798 - Edit made by LTA. There is an edit war happening after that happened, and that got attention from Twitter.
 * ✅.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 09:22, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

- Good day.
 * (1) Any question regrading the assignment, please let me know here. For other questions not relating to the assignments, ping me on the talk page of this subpage  Here.
 * (2) Do note, you need to provide the hist diff as per diffs guidelines and not you usual hist diff link.
 * (3) pls note (important) - do not revert more than 3 times within 24 hours on the same article unless the edits are absolutely considered blatant vandalisms for you will be blocked from editing.
 * (4) If you are not sure about the edits (whether it is a vandalism or not", pls do nothing and let other more experience/counter vandalism editors to take action.
 * (5) Pls write all answers in your own words and link to the guidelines with explanation/justification/reasons for all the answers and assignments where is applicable.
 * (6). pls note that the motto of CUVA is "Civility – Maturity – Responsibility." Welcome to CUVA. Stay safe and best.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 02:52, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
 * done.  Mario Jump  83!  05:10, 1 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Thank you for informing. There was thunder storm where I live last night and I would not able to access to some of the URL due to some issues with my service provide. I will review your assignment when all URLs are made available by my internet service provider. Thank you.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 01:02, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. My answers provided here (especially about good faith edits) are the best ones I could provide since it is based on my edit history. I'm not all in just yet.  Mario Jump  83!  10:49, 2 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Pls see above coments. Pls let me know if you have any questions or you are ready to move on to next assignment.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 09:22, 3 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't have any questions - I'm ready to move on to the next assignment.  Mario Jump  83!  11:55, 3 February 2021 (UTC)

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Warning and reporting
When you use Twinkle to warn a user, you have a number of options to choose from: you can select the kind of warning (for different offences), and the level of warning (from 1 to 4, for increasing severity). Knowing which warning to issue and what level is very important. Further information can be found at WP:WARN and WP:UWUL.


 * Please answer the following questions:
 * (1) Why do we warn users?


 * Answer: We warn users, especially new ones, to make sure that they are 'educated' and learned from what they already doing.  Mario Jump  83!  12:27, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. Right. The purpose is to "educate" the editors on constructive editing, especially those who are new to Wikipedia and to "deter" them of such actions with stronger warnings leads up to a block.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 08:19, 11 February 2021 (UTC)


 * (2) When would a 4im warning be appropriate?


 * Answer: 4im warning might be appropriate in the most egregious cases of vandalism.  Mario Jump  83!  12:27, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 08:19, 11 February 2021 (UTC)


 * (3) Should you substitute a template when you place it on a user talk page, and how do you do it?


 * Answer: Yes, and I'm doing it by putting i.e. for subtle vandalism cases. Though, this can be quickly done by tools like Twinkle.  Mario  Jump  83!  12:27, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. We "always" subst the template, so if the template change, the warning we placed on the editors will not change.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 08:19, 11 February 2021 (UTC)


 * (4) What should you do if a user who has received a level 4 or 4im warning vandalises again?
 * Answer: I am going to report them to the WP:AIV, as simple as that.  Mario Jump  83!  12:27, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 08:19, 11 February 2021 (UTC)


 * (5) Please give examples and please do the substitution (using ) of three different warnings with three different levels (not different levels of the same warning and excluding the test edit warning levels referred to below), that you might need to use while recent changes patrolling and explain what they are used for.

Hello. This is a message to let you know that you have made an edit summary that did not appear to be appropriate, civil or otherwise constructive, and it may have been removed. If you think a mistake was made, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you.
 * Answer i:

I use this to notice users (while assuming good faith) who use inappropriate edit summaries while editing an article, regardless of it is being good faith or not. This is an example of users who use that kind of edit summary.
 * ✅.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 08:19, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

Please refrain from attempting to make unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been [ disallowed by an edit filter.] If you would like to experiment, please use the the sandbox. Repeated vandalism may result in the loss of editing privileges. Thank you.
 * Answer ii:

I use this to give caution for a user who trips abuse filter twice or thrice while tries to do vandalism.
 * ✅.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 08:19, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

You may be blocked from editing without further warning the next time you create an inappropriate page.
 * Answer iii:

I use this when the user has been creating an inappropriate page repeatedly despite warnings and CSDs. If I see them doing that again, I will normally report them to WP:AIV as a promotional or SPA account.


 * . for WP:SPA, we need to have evidence to report them to WP:SPI.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 08:19, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

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See assignment 2 above. For question 5 - use (example)  subs three different templates (different warning and different level of warning}} see example below.  Stay safe and best

Hello, I'm Cassiopeia. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions have been undone because they did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Teahouse. Thanks.

Stay safe and best.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 08:03, 4 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you. look at my answers.  Mario  Jump  83!  12:27, 9 February 2021 (UTC)


 * See above comments. Please let me know if you have any questions or you are ready to move on to next assignment. Stay safe and best.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 08:19, 11 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I don't, I want to keep learning and move on to the next one.  Mario Jump  83!  09:24, 11 February 2021 (UTC)

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Tools
Recent changes patrol includes a list of tools and resources for those who want to fight vandalism with a more systematic and efficient approach.

What you have been doing so far is named the old school approach. As well as manually going through Special:RecentChanges, it includes undos, "last clean version" restores, and manually warning users.

There are a large number of tool which assist users in the fight against vandalism. They range from tools which help filter and detect vandalism to tools which will revert, warn and report users.

Twinkle
Twinkle, as you know, is very useful. It provides three types of rollback functions (vandalism, normal and AGF) as well as an easy previous version restore function (for when there are a number of different editors vandalising in a row). Other functions include a full library of speedy deletion functions, and user warnings. It also has a function to propose and nominate pages for deletion, to request page protection to report users to WP:AIV, WP:UAA, WP:SPI, and other administrative noticeboards.

User creation log
In my early days of fighting vandalism on Wikipedia, one of the strategies I would use to find vandalism was to patrol the account creation log. This is located at Special:Log/newusers, and it logs every time a new user account is created on Wikipedia. You'll notice that new accounts with no contributions so far will have a red "contribs" links, whereas new accounts with some contributions will have blue "contribs" links. One great way not only to find vandalism, but welcome new users to Wikipedia is to check the blue contribs links that come in.

Rollback
See rollback, this user right introduces an easy rollback button (which with one click reverts an editor's contributions). I'll let you know when I think you're ready to apply for the rollback user right.

Huggle
Huggle is also an application you download to your computer which presents you diffs (orders them on the likelihood of being unconstructive edits and on the editor's recent history) from users not on its whitelist. It allows you to revert vandalism, warn and reports users in one click. The rollback permission is required to use Huggle.

Make sure you keep in mind that some edits that seem like vandalism can be test edits. This happens when a new user is experimenting and makes accidental unconstructive edits. Generally, these should be treated with good faith, especially if it is their first time, and warned gently. The following templates are used for test edits:, and.

I just wanted to make sure you know about Special:RecentChanges, if you use the diff link in a different window or tab you can check a number of revisions much more easily. If you enable Hovercards in the Hover section of your preferences, you can view the diff by just hovering over it. Alternately, you can press control-F or command-F and search for "tag:". some edits get tagged for possible vandalism or section blanking.


 * Find and revert some vandalism. Warn each user appropriately, using the correct kind of warning and level. Please include at least two test edits and at least two appropriate reports to AIV. For each revert and warning please fill in a line on the table below

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 * Good day. This is Assignment 3 Part 1. Pls provide reason/justification of your answers with article name, what warning and level you would think is appropriate and hist diffs but without actually revert the edit or placing any warning message on editors' talk page. We will do the actual revert and placing warning message on Assignment 3 part 2 . Stay safe and best.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 10:28, 12 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Since this is not about actually reverting the edits, I will provide the diffs of where vandalism happened.  Mario Jump  83!  11:21, 12 February 2021 (UTC)


 * And also please provide the reasons/justification/explanation as well. The more you provide info, the better I understand how you think of the edit you selected and I could able to provide more feedback any things that are applicable. Thank you.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 00:29, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, Havent seen you work on the assignment for the last 3 weeks. Do you need any help? Stay safe and best.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 03:46, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * No, but I was unfortunately stressed and tired by the college stuff, that's why I was unable to get this going.  Mario Jump  83!  12:50, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
 * when you are well-rested and have time then work on the assignment. Take good care.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FA0"> Cassiopeia</b>(<b style="#0000FF">talk</b>) 12:55, 6 March 2021 (UTC)