User:Vermont/CVUA/Dr Salvus

This is the CVUA page for Dr Salvus.

Initial Survey
Hello Dr Salvus, we'll start out with a survey that will allow me to gague your current level of experience. Vermont (talk) 21:21, 15 June 2021 (UTC)

Important Note: This survey is intended to be taken without any use of onwiki links or guidelines/policies. Only use your current knowledge. I want to see how much you know; I'm not testing you. Please answer honestly and to the best of your ability so I can best customize the rest of the CVUA course to your present knowledge.


 * How confident do you feel about anti-vandalism?
 * A: As far as fighting vandalism is concerned, I am pretty sure but not too sure as I have had four failed rollback requests
 * What is a good faith edit?
 * A: Good faith changes are changes made for the purpose of improving the quality of the encyclopedia
 * What is vandalism?
 * A: Vandalism is damaging on purpose Wikipedia
 * How could one distinguish between good faith and vandalism?
 * A: We should read WP:VAND througly. If an edit has the purpose to damage wikipedia (joke edits, nonsense moves, etc..) it's vandalism. If the edit is made by an user who made a grammatical error or which misunderstood Wikipedia's rules it isn't vandalism. We should use the word vandalism only if it is obvious that the user wanted to damage Wikipedia
 * When should you revert an edit?
 * A: I revert the edit if it is destructive. I revert edits if there are BLP violations, copyright violations, bad edits, harassement, etc...
 * What is sockpuppetry?
 * A: Sockpuppetry is the use of more than one account by a person on Wikipedia
 * What should you do if you encounter a sockpuppet?
 * A: I report them to WP:SPI
 * If you notice an account is vandalizing on multiple wikis, what do you do?
 * A: I ask a global block
 * What is the difference between how you should treat edits from an IP editor and from a registered user?
 * A:
 * What is ORES?
 * A:
 * If you see a threat of harm, what do you do?
 * A: I revert the edit and I email the oversight team requesing that the change's suppression
 * If you see a copyright violation, what do you do?
 * A: I revert the edit and I email the oversight team requesing that the change's suppression
 * If you see personal details or doxxing, what do you do?
 * A: I revert the edit and I email the oversight team requesing that the change's suppression
 * If you see personal attacks on a BLP, what do you do?
 * A: I revert the edit and I email the oversight team requesing that the change's suppression
 * If you see grossly insulting, degrading, or offensive content, what do you do?
 * A: I revert the edit and I email the oversight team requesing that the change's suppression
 * What is metawiki?
 * A: We should other users' edits in the same way regardless of whether they are registered or not.
 * What is mediawiki?
 * A:
 * What is the Wikimedia Commons?
 * A:
 * What copyright is text on Wikipedia licensed under?
 * A:
 * What can rollbackers do?
 * A: :Rollbackers can use Huggle and SVWiever. Moreover, they have access to a lot of anti-vandalism tools
 * What are a few of the more important things admins can do?
 * A: Admins can delete pages, block users, protect pages and change the user's user group
 * What is a steward, and what do they do?
 * A:
 * If you have questions about anything, where can you go for help?
 * A: I ask to WP:HD
 * Is this survey too long?
 * A: Yes

I admit that I did not answer honestly. This is my real knowledge of Wiki. I apologise for the confusion.I hope it helps. If you see that I haven't answered the questions, it's because I don't really know the answer.
 * Alright Dr Salvus. A handful more questions, then I'll curate a few training phases for you.
 * Do you have Twinkle installed, and if so what experience do you have using it?
 * What do you want to gain through CVUA?
 * Best, Vermont (talk) 00:24, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

I have both Twinkle and RedWarn installed but rarely use the latter.I have great experience with Twinkle. I would prefer to answer your other question privately.

Reading
Phase I is composed of readings and related prompts to prepare you for counter-vandalism work. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Hi Dr Salvus, we're going to start out with a short reading list. Just skim over these pages and, if you have any immediate questions, please list them below. If not, note completion and understanding in the questions section.


 * WP:PILLARS
 * WP:VD
 * WP:AGF
 * WP:WARN
 * What is a troll?

Questions
Please ask any questions you may have here:
 * For now, I don't have any question

Part I
Go into Special:RecentChanges and:
 * Find 3 edits that are vandalism, and explain why they are so.
 * 1) This edit was vandalism beacuse "Serie A (disambiguation)" was correct and "Messi(disambiguation)" is clearly incorrect
 * 2) An IP adress made four edits (which were undone here) beacuse the user changed and removed correct informations changing also Adrien Rabiot's height who was correct
 * 3) This edit was vandalism beacuse Federico Chiesa the user changed correct informations
 * Find 3 edits that are good faith but disruptive, and explain why they are so.
 * 1) This edit wasn't vandalism beacuse the user couldn't be aware of WP:ACMILAN
 * 2) This edit wasn't vandalism beacuse the Fella's transfer wasn't at that time officialized
 * 3) This edit wasn't vandalism even if it was unnecessary but clearly not vandalsim

I apologize for the delay
 * Looks good, Dr Salvus. The next part is below! Vermont (talk) 19:03, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

Part II
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.

We warn users to notify them of their uncostructive edits This is appropriate when the user makes an edit who's clearly and evident vandalism
 * Please answer the following questions:
 * Why do we warn users?
 * When would a 4im warning be appropriate?


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


 * What should you do if a user who has received a level 4 or 4im warning vandalises again?
 * If this happens, I must report the user to WP:AIV


 * Please give examples 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.


 * 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

You do not need to fill out all 15. Whatever you end up doing in some time of Recent Changes patrolling works!