User:Vermont/CVUA/Nithin.danday

This is the CVUA page for Nithin.danday.

Initial Survey
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 accustom the rest of the CVUA course to your strengths.


 * How confident do you feel about anti-vandalism?
 * A:
 * What is a good faith edit?
 * A: A good faith edit is an edit made in good faith, meaning that the person who made the edit was trying to be helpful and make a good edit.
 * What is vandalism?
 * A: Vandalism is an edit with malicious intent, meant to be harmful.
 * How could one distinguish between good faith and vandalism?
 * A: Usually vandalism stands out, you can tell that a person is trying to be harmful, or are they trying to be helpful?
 * Yes. When unsure, always assume good faith. Vermont (talk)
 * When should you revert an edit?
 * A: You should revert the edit as soon as possible.
 * Revert an edit if it is vandalism, or disruptive. Vermont (talk)
 * What is sockpuppetry?
 * A: I don't know, (sorry)
 * Please see WP:Sockpuppetry. Vermont (talk)
 * What should you do if you encounter a sockpuppet?
 * A:--
 * Report to WP:AIV. You can use Twinkle for this. Vermont (talk)
 * If you notice an account is vandalizing on multiple wikis, what do you do?
 * A: Add to their talk page and eventually add it with a reason HERE
 * If it's vandalizing on multiple wikis (example: English Wikipedia, French Wikipedia, Slovak Wikibooks) report to stewards to be locked (locked = unable to login/edit anywhere) at meta:SRG. Vermont (talk)
 * What is the difference between how you should treat edits from an IP editor and from a registered user?
 * A: Usually ip edits are more likely to be vandalism, but you should treat them the same.
 * Yes. Always assume good faith. Vermont (talk)
 * What is ORES?
 * A: I dont know.
 * See ORES. Vermont (talk)
 * If you see a threat of harm, what do you do?
 * A: Revert it. (Report???) (Contact law enforcement???)
 * Revert it and email Emergency. See Responding to threats of harm. Vermont (talk)
 * If you see a copyright violation, what do you do?
 * A: Revert it and post on User's talk page
 * Revert it and ask for revision deletion. If an entire article is a copyright violation, tag it for deletion as WP:G12. Vermont (talk)
 * If you see personal details or doxxing, what do you do?
 * A: Revert it, (i don't know what doxxing is)
 * Doxxing is also known as outing. In essence, it's exposing private details of a person that they did not make public. Please see WP:DOX. Vermont (talk)
 * If you see personal attacks on a BLP, what do you do?
 * A: BLP? Whats that?
 * BLP = Biographies of Living Persons. If there's personal attacks on one of those articles, revert it and warn the user on their talk page. Vermont (talk)
 * If you see grossly insulting, degrading, or offensive content, what do you do?
 * A: Revert it and post a warning.
 * What is metawiki?
 * A: I don't know
 * See the main page of meta at meta:Main Page. It's worth a quick read; meta is very useful, Vermont (talk)
 * What is mediawiki?
 * A: I don't know
 * See mw:MediaWiki. In short, it's what Wikipedia/media/books/quote/all-these-projects is running. Vermont (talk)
 * What is the Wikimedia Commons?
 * A: Isn't that where the images are hosted?
 * Yep. Vermont (talk)
 * What copyright is text on Wikipedia licensed under?
 * A: I don't remember... (Is it CC?)
 * Yes! CC BY-SA 3.0 Vermont (talk)
 * What can rollbackers do?
 * A: Rollback vandalism.
 * Rollback allows reverting with the single click of a button. Vermont (talk)
 * What are a few of the more important things admins can do?
 * A: Block users, revert better, resolve problems.
 * Admins can block users, delete pages, protect pages, and do a variety of other tasks. It's useful to know when to seek help from an admin and when not to. If you have any questions for a situation, you can always ask me on my talk page. Vermont (talk)
 * What is a steward, and what do they do?
 * A: I dont know what a steward is.
 * See meta:Stewards. Vermont (talk)
 * If you have questions about anything, where can you go for help?
 * A: The help desk
 * Yes. You could also go to one of many noticeboards depending on what it's for. Vermont (talk)
 * Is this survey too long? Any suggestions?
 * A: Maybe, now im stressed that you will judge me. Thank you btw.
 * I'm not here to judge you! When I started, I knew none of this information. We all start somewhere. Vermont (talk)
 * Do you use IRC?
 * A: Can i google IRC... k I googled it, i don't, but I can if you need me to.
 * It's a useful tool. If you want to, you can hop into the #wikipedia-cvu IRC Channel and say "Vermont" in the channel, which will ping me. From there, I can help you get setup on IRC. There's a lot of experienced users on IRC that could help you if you have questions or need advice, which I use frequently. Vermont (talk)

Thank You, Nithin Danday! (talk) 02:44, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
 * I wrote a lot above, so I'll give you some time to read it over and open the links to related pages before I add your next task. If you have any questions, you can message me on my talk page, on IRC (with the link above), or by email (vermont@vtwp.org). Take as much time as you need and ask me as many questions as you could possibly think of. The more you know the better. Once we have this survey finished, I'll begin with focused anti-vandalism training. Thanks, Vermont (talk) 02:28, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Ready? Vermont (talk) 02:36, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Yea i am Nithin Danday! (talk) 21:22, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

Part I
Please read WP:AGF and WP:VAND. Once you believe you understand those, go to Special:RecentChanges and answer the below. Please paste the diff of each edit as well. (not done yet)
 * Find 3 edits that are vandalism, and explain why they are so.
 * 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=International_Hydrographic_Organization&type=revision&diff=873760693
 * 2:
 * 3:
 * Find 3 edits that are good faith but disruptive, and explain why they are so.
 * 1.
 * 2.
 * 3.