User:J.delanoy/reversion

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. Below is a list of specific things that I regard to be unconstructive and unhelpful.

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


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


 * 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 mentions, discusses, desires, or in any way alludes to human reproduction. Even in articles about human reproduction.


 * Almost any edit that mentions, discusses, desires, or in any way alludes to the reproduction of any living thing. (or non-living things...)


 * On pages about days: (e.g. August 27)
 * Any edit that adds a name without a link.
 * Any edit that adds a name with a red link.
 * Any edit that adds a name and states that the subject "is 'the man'", "is 'the best'", "sucks", "got beat by XXXXX", "is gay", etc.


 * On articles about sports: (Teams/athletes/stadiums/referees/equipment/rivalries/etc.)
 * Any edit that states that a team/an athlete/a stadium/a referee/some brand of equipment/etc. "sucks", "is 'the best'", "is gay", etc.
 * Any edit that states that an athlete has zero career touchdowns/goals/tackles/assists/RBIs/saves/home runs/etc.
 * Any edit that states that an athlete made an inordinately large number of touchdowns/goals/tackles/assists/RBIs/saves/home runs/etc.
 * Any edit that states that Albert Pujols went through an entire season without making one home run.
 * Any edit that states that a team/an athlete/a stadium/a referee/some brand of equipment/etc. "is widely regarded as the best/worst ever" without providing a citation.


 * On articles about towns, cities, countries, other political divisions, schools, colleges, universities, etc:
 * Any edit that adds a name without a link.
 * Any edit that adds a name with a red link.
 * Any edit that adds a name and states that the subject "is 'the man'", "is 'the best'", "sucks", "got beat by XXXXX", "is gay", etc.


 * 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. If you want to experiment, please use the Wikipedia Sandbox.


 * Almost any edit at all that includes 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, regardless of what the page's subject is.


 * Any edit that uses variants of the word "legend" as a direct object, an adjective, or an adverb without including a citation.

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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.