User:Kharkiv07/CVUA/Some Gadget Geek

Hello! Welcome to your counter-vandalism academy page. Please add this page to your watchlist, as I'll be posting assignments and marking you here. Please feel free to leave any questions/comments/concerns at my talk page!

After we cover the very basics of policy, I'll recommend that you attempt to receive rollback and I will endorse that request, so we can move on to tools like Huggle and STiki. Finally, before you begin, please read WP:Vandalism, as it contains information essential to your training.

Training program adapted from 

Good faith
When patrolling recent changes, and important distinction to make is between edits that are pure vandalism and disruptive, and edits that are truly vandalism. Important reading for this lesson includes WP:NOTVANDALISM and WP:AGF. Once you have read these, please answer the questions below:

How do you tell the difference between good-faith edits and vandalism?
 * Good-faith edits do not meet the conditions that explicitly demonstrate an intention to harm the encyclopedia, and is what distinguishes things like disruptive editing from which is specifically considered vandalism.
 * ✅ It's important to note that good-faith edits are made in good-faith, I know this seems extremely obvious but not only do they not have the intention to harm, but they also have the intention of trying to help.

Find three examples of good-faith edits
 * 1) "shortur" (editing tests)
 * 2) "His later post 1945 poetry was confined to a handfull of polished masterpieces..." (NPOV)
 * ✅ Especially when coupled with the edit summery "an attempt to praise dylans vision")
 * 1) "Windows Phone was developed quickly..." (edit summary omission)
 * Technically this is a good-faith edit, but it's not something that could be reverted over in itself, it's very common for annons and new users to not use a edit summery.
 * Technically this is a good-faith edit, but it's not something that could be reverted over in itself, it's very common for annons and new users to not use a edit summery.

Find three examples of vandalism
 * 1) "Sex is a very fun way to use dicks." (silly vandalism)
 * 2) "Hacked By OurَMine Team! - Twitter: @Our_Mine ." (blanking)
 * 3) "They have magnetic feet that stick to the ceiling" (hoaxing)
 * ✅ This could even be classified as pure vandalism
 * 1) "They have magnetic feet that stick to the ceiling" (hoaxing)
 * ✅ This could even be classified as pure vandalism

These examples do not have to be recent, you can just find some from browsing around

Warning and reporting
Before beginning this next section, please familiarize yourself with WP:WARN and WP:UWUL.

Questions

 * Why do we warn in the first place?
 * We warn users so that they are aware of their actions and the possible consequences.
 * In what situations is a 4im warning appropriate?
 * A 4im warning is only appropriate in the most severe, intolerable cases of disruptive activity.
 * ✅ It's very, very rare that I'll use a 4im warning, in a case of severe case of disruption I'll jump to a level 3, which is perfectly acceptable
 * Should warnings be substituted? How do you do this?
 * Warnings should be substituted by adding "subst:" before the template name in curly brackets.
 * What should you do after a user has received a level 4 or 4im warning, and then continues to vandalize?
 * The user should be reported at the Administrator intervention against vandalism noticeboard.
 * What should you do after a user has received a level 4 or 4im warning, and then continues to vandalize?
 * The user should be reported at the Administrator intervention against vandalism noticeboard.

Please find 5 templates from WP:WARN (not just different levels of one) that you'd use fighting vandalism and explain what they're for.
 * 1)  would be appropriate for new, inexperienced users just trying out edits on Wikipedia.
 * 2)  would be suitable for users who have previously put jokes into one or two pages.
 * ✅ Never had to use this one, I don't think, normally it's just vandalism
 * 1)  would be used on editors who have made repeated claims of article ownership.
 * ✅ This is also one that I rarely use, often this is a regular and I like to follow WP:DTTR
 * 1)  would be helpful when someone has not stopped making disruptive edits in general.
 * ✅ A more specific one is probably better, if possible
 * 1)  would make sense on those whose only activity involves blanking content from pages.
 * Both Twinkle and Huggle allow for a difference between blanking and removal of content, each is usually acceptable, but I can't think of a single situation when a 4im would be appropriate for either
 * Both Twinkle and Huggle allow for a difference between blanking and removal of content, each is usually acceptable, but I can't think of a single situation when a 4im would be appropriate for either

Practical
Time to revert some vandalism. Please include:
 * 1) 2 test-edits
 * 2) 2 AIV reports

STiki
Let's do the same thing as last time, but with STiki. This will show me (and any admins looking at rollback for you) your ability to make fast paced edits.