User talk:The BCT

yo Bren

Percivl (talk) 20:29, 23 April 2012 (UTC)

May 2018
Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made: you may already know about them, but you might find Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. ''Regarding this revert. :) - zfJames Please ping me in your reply on this page '' (chat page, contribs) 02:10, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Hello. Regarding the recent revert you made&#32;to Duodenum: you may already know about them, but you might find Template messages/User talk namespace useful. After a revert, these can be placed on the user's talk page to let them know you considered their edit inappropriate, and also direct new users towards the sandbox. They can also be used to give a stern warning to a vandal when they've been previously warned. ''Please consider reading through the WP:VANDAL information and remember to place templates! :) - zfJames Please ping me in your reply on this page '' (chat page, contribs) 02:20, 14 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the heads up on this. I haven't done much counter-vandalism work on Wikipedia (let alone any work) and didn't realize the templates existed. One question though, how often is it necessary to add a message to the talk page of an IP user as opposed to a regular user? Should it always be done regardless of number of edits or how severe the vandalism is? - The BCT (talk) 03:15, 14 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Not a problem! I'm always happy to help!  You will want to always add a warning template (of the appropriate type—there are lots of templates) any time you revert someone's edits, regardless of whether they are an IP or regular user.  Severity is shown through template levels.  The level of the template will increase based on the number of times that a revert has happened in a short period.  If someone is repeatedly vandalizing a page, the first vandalism will receive a level one, after the second instance you can place a level two, and so on up until level four.  After level 4, you'd want to report the user to Administrator Intervention against Vandalism (or AIV).  This article has a helpful guide explaining what each level of a template means; all of the templates (and a basic description) are available here.  I would also recommend this article on cleaning up vandalism.  If you read the documentation (and really figure out what you're doing first), WP:Twinkle is a great tool to help automate this process.
 * As a general note, here's what the vandalism page says about reverting vandalism (I would highly recommend reading this on the WP:VANDAL page since the formatting here is a bit weird):


 * Keep up the great work and let me (or another experienced editor at the Teahouse) know if you have any more questions! :)  - zfJames Please ping me in your reply on this page  (chat page, contribs) 17:25, 14 May 2018 (UTC)