User:Cyberwolf/cuva/slacker13

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 my talk page.

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.


 * How to use this page

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 * 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  Slacker13 (talk) 01:54, 12 March 2024 (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 and WP:NOT VANDALISM before completing the following tasks.

I think the main difference is intent. Is the editor trying to harm wikipedia (vandalism) or improve it (good faith, even if done poorly). I would look at the details of the change, context of the article, and previous edit history. Slacker13 (talk) 02:22, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Please explain below the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit, and how you would tell them apart.

1. Advertising -- https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2024_Alberta_New_Democratic_Party_leadership_election&curid=75828710&diff=1213284814&oldid=1213284477 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog/37211238 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog/37211237 '''good but advertising does not count as good faith but doesn’t count particularly as bad faith. Blanking should be under vandalism'''
 * 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
 * noted. thank you!

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Finalgradecalculator 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manoj_Kumar_Sharma&curid=75789606&diff=1213284816&oldid=1213284784 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseLog/37211243 good remember advertising is not good faith nor bad faith
 * Vandalism
 * noted thank you!

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.

to guide good-faith testers and dissuade bad-faith vandals or editors engaging in disruptive editing.
 * Please answer the following questions
 * Why do we warn users?
 * Why do we warn users?

in cases of gross, extreme, or numerous vandalism
 * When would a 4im warning be appropriate?

Yes. add subst: after the opening braces, as in
 * Should you substitute a template when you place it on a user talk page, and how do you do it?

they should be reported to Administrator intervention against vandalism. An administrator will then review their edits and determine if a block is required.
 * What should you do if a user who has received a level 4 or 4im warning vandalises again?


 * Please give examples (using ) of three different warnings (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, I'm Slacker13. 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 or the Help desk. Thanks.

Please explain your contributions using a descriptive edit summary. Changing information on Wikipedia (such as numbers and dates) without explanation may be confused with vandalism. Thank you.

Please stop. If you continue to blank out or remove portions of page content, templates, or other materials from Wikipedia without adequate explanation, you may be blocked from editing.

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