User:Cassiopeia/CVUA/PorkchopGMX

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/PorkchopGMX.

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.
 * Enabled —GMX🎄(ping!) 05:46, 11 December 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 recognise 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: Good faith edits are edits that (we assume) are not intentionally trying to harm the encyclopedia. On the other hand, Vandalism is without a doubt intended to harm the encyclopedia. Vandalism can include moving a page to an/creating accounts with inappropriate name(s), blanking sections or pages without explanation, adding patent nonsense/silly things to articles (for example “John Doe is stinky poo poo”), etc. On the other hand, honest mistakes, test edits, nonexistent/canned edit summaries, etc. are assumed to be done in good faith, and assuming that these edits are vandalistic may drive editors away from the project. —GMX🎄(ping!) 22:29, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Please explain below the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit, and how you would tell them apart.


 * . When in doublt pls check the editing pattern of the editor, look at their talk page for previous warnings, their talk page history log and their contribution log to gauge the history intention habits. The key here is "intention". If an editor intends to help Wikipedia, and the edit is considered disruptive, they are still considered a "good faith" editor especially the new editor does not aware their edits are disruptive. Vandalism is a "deliberate attempt" to harm Wikipedia. Editor might edit adds incorrect or unsourced information and this does not necessarily mean a user is a vandal; the key is their "intention". Cassiopeia   talk  01:10, 20 December 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)  At first this may look like page-move vandalism, however in reality this user was attempting to rename their account, but instead moved WP:MOVE to their preferred username. (They were trying to self-promote themselves as well but that’s not obvious looking at this one edit.) —GMX🎄(ping!) 23:03, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. Cassiopeia  talk  01:10, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

(2), user added several “I”s to the end of “Kashdami”, so it’s most likely a test edit. If the user had continued to make this edit after several warnings, then it would be considered vandalism. —<b style="background:#DC143C;color:#FFF;padding:1px;">GMX🎄</b><b style="color:#DC143C;padding:1px>(ping!)</b> 23:03, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
 * - Test edit is an edit that usually make by new editor (IP or registered) on they first/second edit that they "try to see if they could actually make an edit" in Wikipedia. Example: adding an additional character, number, hello, test and etc. here is the editor talk page and of 6 edits the editor have made, they receive 5 warning. The edit which you reverted is not a test edit and it is not a good faith edit since made some edit prior. Always check the contribution log and talk page.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FF8000"> Cassiopeia</b>  talk

(3), while this edit is non-constructive, the user’s first language is not English and the edit itself is not obvious vandalism, so I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and assume good faith. —<b style="background:#DC143C;color:#FFF;padding:1px;">GMX🎄</b><b style="color:#DC143C;padding:1px>(ping!)</b> 23:03, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FF8000"> Cassiopeia</b>  talk  01:10, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

(4) Answer again: , user added “D” to the end of a template transclusion. This is their only edit, and I didn’t see anything in the abuse filter logs, so it’s most likely a test edit. If this user had continued to make this edit after my first warning, then it would be considered vandalism. —<b style="background:#DC143C;color:#FFF;padding:1px;">GMX🎄</b><b style="color:#DC143C;padding:1px>(on the go!)</b> 18:08, 21 December 2021 (UTC)


 * ✅.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FF8000"> Cassiopeia</b>  talk  02:11, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Answer:
 * Vandalism

(1), entire page was blanked without (adequate) explanation in the edit summary. —<b style="background:#DC143C;color:#FFF;padding:1px;">GMX🎄</b><b style="color:#DC143C;padding:1px>(ping!)</b> 23:37, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅. Good work.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FF8000"> Cassiopeia</b>  talk  01:10, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

(2), doesn’t fit any of the criteria of “not vandalism”, but I’m not sure what type of vandalism it is. Likely hoaxing vandalism since it references Joe Biden (I assume). —<b style="background:#DC143C;color:#FFF;padding:1px;">GMX🎄</b><b style="color:#DC143C;padding:1px>(ping!)</b> 23:20, 17 December 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FF8000"> Cassiopeia</b>  talk  01:10, 20 December 2021 (UTC)

(3), silly vandalism (changing questions in Guess Who to include inappropriate words), as well as a canned edit summary (which isn’t vandalism on its own, but combined with this, is clearly vandalism.) —<b style="background:#DC143C;color:#FFF;padding:1px;">GMX🎄</b><b style="color:#DC143C;padding:1px>(ping!)</b> 23:27, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

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 * 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 provide your justification/reasons/analysis which supported by the guidelines to all your answers.
 * (6) Pls note that the motto of CUVA is Civility – Maturity – Responsibility.
 * (7) When you have done with the assignment, pls ping me. If you have any question while working on assignment, pls let me know.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FF8000"> Cassiopeia</b>  talk  03:54, 11 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, I’ve completed this portion of the assignment. —<b style="background:#DC143C;color:#FFF;padding:1px;">GMX🎄</b><b style="color:#DC143C;padding:1px>(ping!)</b> 23:37, 17 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Reviewed. Pls note that English Wikipedia counter vandalism sysytem is a flexible system. Normally, we would provide level 1 warning then increase the level warning on the subsequent disruptive/vandalism/unsourced etc. edits make by the same editor. However, if the edit is a serious vandalism  such as due with disgusting sexual, racial, religion etc., edit we could place higher warning level on their fist vandalism edit. and kindly provide another "Good faith" anwser for  #(4) and when you have done, do ping me. Stay safe and best.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FF8000"> Cassiopeia</b>   talk  01:10, 20 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, I’ve answered #4. —<b style="background:#DC143C;color:#FFF;padding:1px;">GMX🎄</b><b style="color:#DC143C;padding:1px>(on the go!)</b> 18:08, 21 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Reviewed. Let me know if you have any questions or you are ready to move on to the next assignment. Stay safe.<b style="font-family:Georgia;font-size:105%;color:#FF8000"> Cassiopeia</b>  talk  02:11, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hi, I'm ready to start the next assignment. Hope you had a Merry Christmas and New Year. —<b style="background:#000;color:#FFF;padding:1px;">GMX</b><b style="color:#000;padding:1px">(on the go!)</b> 14:43, 20 January 2022 (UTC)

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:


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


 * Answer:


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


 * Answer:


 * (4) What should you do if a user who has received a level 4 or 4im warning vandalises again?
 * Answer:


 * (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.


 * Answer i:


 * Answer ii:


 * Answer iii:

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I thought I have placed the assignment last month. Apparently I didnt. I am so sorry for that. 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:#FF8000"> Cassiopeia</b>  talk  02:31, 30 January 2022 (UTC)