Wikipedia talk:Recent changes patrol/Archives/2009/October

Incorrect warnings
I have a message on my talk page claiming that I have incorrectly warned a user. The user had 3 warnings for adding spam (one of the warnings was mine), and then I reverted a forth addition of spam with huggle, and gave the user a vandalism warning.

I occasionally give users the wrong warning with huggle, is it acceptable to give a vandalism warning when a user has just been adding linkspam? I often hit "Q" revert and warn, whether the addition is spam, NPOV or just plain vandalism.

Is it acceptable to warn a user for vandalism when they are adding linkspam, and they have had previous warnings for adding spam? Martin 4 5 1  (talk) 20:16, 21 October 2009 (UTC)


 * No, just as it is not appropriate to call POV pushing or hamhanded edit conflict resolution vandalism. Vandalism is a "deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia"; "any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism". I realize that Vandalism includes spam, but, at least in this case, the user seems to have believed he was improving the encyclopedia. --NE2 20:34, 21 October 2009 (UTC)