Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Academy (old)/Header

The Counter-Vandalism Unit Academy aims to match experienced members of the community with budding vandal fighters for one-on-one coaching with the goal of ' training budding anti-vandals how to better deal with vandalism and vandals. ' Experienced users, being better versed with the qualities expected of vandal fighters and the methods of fighting different types of vandalism in different places, help the hopefuls learn how to combate disruptive editing on Wikipedia.

The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but want help and guidance in learning this new role. Students will learn to how identify vandalism, learn to recognize other kinds of disruptive editing, how to warn and report those who persist in vandalism, and (perhaps most importantly) how to recognize when they have done wrong and deal with good faith editors who are upset at their contributions being removed.

Participating in The Academy does not endow you with any new rights or abilities, nor is it required to fight vandalism. Ultimately, you are responsible for every edit you make; removing good faith edits and labelling them as vandalism has the potential to do just as much harm as vandalism itself. An Instructor may teach you the ropes, but what you do with the ropes is up to you. Good luck and enjoy!