User:Doug Weller/reversion

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The official Wikipedia policy defines "vandalism" as follows: Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia. This policy is intentionally vague to enable vandal-fighters to deal with any unconstructive edits they find.

Below is a non-exclusive, open-ended list of things that I regard to be irrevocably unconstructive.

If your edit follows the pattern of any of the things listed below, I can assure you I will revert.


 * Anything listed on Wikipedia:Vandalism as a common type of vandalism.


 * Any edit to an article that contains YOLO.


 * Any edit to an article that consists of ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.


 * Almost any edit that consists of, or has an edit summary with, ALL CAPITAL LETTERS in any namespace (not including short abbreviations or acronyms such as G10, CE, RVV, etc).


 * Any edit that consists completely or primarily of swear words.


 * Any edit that compares someone or something to a body part below the waist.


 * Any edit that says "Bush is teh gay." or something similar.


 * Any edit that includes a broad generalization about an elected official. (e.g. XXXXX is the best/worst/most incompetent/whatever)


 * Any edit whose edit summary lies. (e.g. saying you corrected a typo when you actually deleted half of the article.)


 * Any edit that personally attacks someone or something.


 * Any edit that involves a person, place, or thing that is not especially important, or that does not provide enough information to positively identify the subject of the sentence or phrase.


 * Any edit, not on a talk page, that apologizes for vandalizing. If you are really sorry, please, just stop.


 * Any edit that consists solely of text generated by clicking on the buttons above the editing window.


 * Any edits that add external links pointing to the same domain to more than one page in quick succession.


 * Any edit that adds defamatory content to a page without including a citation.


 * Any edit that uses variants of the word "legend" as a direct object, an adjective, or an adverb.

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If after reading this page, you still think that I should not have reverted your edit, feel free to leave me a note on my talk page.

When writing, please remember that, as I am a human being, I am not infallible, and I do make mistakes. For best results, write a clear, concise, and civil note. If possible, include the name of the article you are concerned with. Also, please remember to sign your post with four tildes (~).

Swearing, cursing, and/or attacks will simply be reverted and ignored, and they could even get you blocked from editing.