User talk:Blaze Wolf/CVUA/GreatGambino

Hello, and welcome! Here is where I will help you become a vandal fighter. When I post an assignment, please respond under the assignment (or in a table, if there is one). In some exercises I will ask you to provide "diffs". See Help:Diffs for how to do this.

Tools
Before we start, I wanted to show you some useful tools for counter-vandalism work which can be used by any editor. You can use all of these, none of these, or some of these. I don't mind, these links are just for your convenience. If you do use any of these I will teach you how to use them. You may have already installed some of these in the past.

Twinkle
Twinkle is a very popular gadget which is helpful for a variety of tasks. To install it, go here and tick the box that says Twinkle. Then scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "save". When you refresh the page, a "TW" tab will be available on every page, next to the "More" tab. Scrolling over the TW tab will show a list of modules you can use on the particular page. Twinkle has a large number of useful modules, including but not limited to, one which can be used to warn users, one which can be used to request page protection, one which can be used to suggest a page is deleted, and many many more helpful features. It also adds a non-admin "rollback" feature on all diff pages. I highly suggest you enable Twinkle, as it's incredibly useful and poses no risk of harming your account.

RedWarn/Ultraviolet
RedWarn and Ultraviolet are also very popular tools that are helpful with anti-vandalism. To install RedWarn, simply go to WP:RW/GET and follow the instructions there. To install Ultraviolet, simply go to WP:UV/GET and follow the instructions there. Do note, however, that Ultraviolet is currently in a very early beta so certain features may be missing or not work properly, so install it at your own risk. If you do decide to use it I will teach you how to use it using my alt account User:Blaze Fire Wolf since it is currently not fully compatible with RedWarn. Both tools are similar to Twinkle, however, they both mostly focus on tools to aid in anti-vandalism. When you go to any page, in the top right hand corner of the actual page you will see a series of icons. Hovering over each one will tell you what it does. When viewing a diff it has a number of pre-set rollback reasons, and 2 in which you can add an additional reason, one for assuming good faith, and another for just rollback with reason. I highly suggest using these along with Twinkle as RedWarn and Ultraviolet's interface is much simpler than Twinkle's, and Twinkle is able to fill in the gaps of features not yet in either tool.

'''Now that you've read these, reply below with which scripts you installed/what you signed up for. I don't mind how many you installed, or if you installed none, it's just so I know and can set tasks using those scripts. Also note that there are many more advanced scripts out there, but they'll only be available to you when you have more experience.'''


 * Hey, I installed both of these, thank you, they look super helpful. Ready for stage 2! GreatGambino (talk) 10:04, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hey! Sorry I didn't see this until now. I"ll post stage 2 real soon. ― Blaze WolfTalkblaze&#95;&#95;wolf 13:16, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Good faith and vandalism
When patrolling for vandalism, you may often come across edits which are unhelpful, but not vandalism - these are good faith edits. It is important to recognise the difference between a vandalism edit and a good faith edit, especially because Twinkle gives you the option of labelling edits you revert as such. Please read WP:AGF and WP:NOT VANDALISM before completing the following tasks.


 * Please explain below the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit, and how you would tell them apart.


 * Please find three examples of good faith but unhelpful edits, and three examples of vandalism. You don't need to revert the example you find, and I am happy for you to use previous undos in your edit history if you wish.
 * Good faith


 * Vandalism