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There are two types of vandalism: deliberate and ambiguous. A concerted effort should be made to differentiate between the two in regards on how to counter vandalism. | There are two types of vandalism: deliberate and ambiguous. A concerted effort should be made to differentiate between the two in regards on how to counter vandalism. | ||
===Deliberate Vandalism=== | ===Deliberate Vandalism=== | ||
Deliberate Vandalism is vandalism where it is definitively concluded that vandalism was ''intentional'', and not a ''faux pas''. Types of deliberate vandalism are as follows: | ====Definition==== | ||
Deliberate Vandalism is vandalism where it is definitively concluded that vandalism was ''intentional'' and was a ''deliberate'' effort to damage Halopedia, and not a ''faux pas'' on behalf of the vandal. | |||
====Examples==== | |||
Types of deliberate vandalism are as follows: | |||
*sexual mentions | *sexual mentions | ||
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*user page blanking/replacement | *user page blanking/replacement | ||
*talk page blanking/replacement | *talk page blanking/replacement | ||
*creation of account(s) with offensive name(s) | *creation of account(s) with offensive name(s) | ||
====What Can I Do?==== | |||
#Leave a message on the vandal's talk page telling them to stop immediately. However, do ''not'' provoke the vandal in any way or form, and state it perfunctorily and business-like. | |||
#Inform administrators immediately | |||
#Administrators should administer a username/IP ban immediately without remonstration with the vandal | |||
===Ambiguous Vandalism=== | ===Ambiguous Vandalism=== | ||
====Definition==== | |||
Ambiguous Vandalism is vandalism where it can not be definitively concluded that vandalism was an ''intentional'' and ''deliberate'' effort to damage Halopedia, and may have been an accidental edit, a misunderstanding of Halopedia policy, etc... | |||
====Examples==== | |||
Types of ambiguous vandalism are as follows: | |||
*article blanking - If a user does not understand Halopedia policy and means to delete a page to recreate it, make space for a redirect, etc... | |||
*spam - Examples could be advertisement or self-promotion on article namespace pages, etc... | |||
:example: "Come visit my Freewebs site!" on an article | |||
*nonsense additions - Adding irrelevant information to an article that in no way pertains to the article. This does ''not'', however, include adding information to a wrong ''section'' of an article. Mentioning that SPARTAN-117 was a male in the "references" section would ''not'' be construed as vandalism...the sentence should be moved to the appropriate section. This is, however, NOT nonsense. Nonsense is grafitti, etc... | |||
:example: "hax0r 133t pwnz0r ter8t3btqy948y" on an article or "I LOVE YOUUUUUU!" on the [[Cortana]] article | |||
==Warning Templates== | ==Warning Templates== | ||
*[[Template:Vandalism Warning-1]] | *[[Template:Vandalism Warning-1]] | ||
Revision as of 15:21, April 16, 2007
Welcome to the Education Center for Vandal Fighting of Esperanza!
Introduction to Vandalism
Definition of Vandalism
Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Halopedia.
There are three mechanisms by which vandals can vandalise:
- plain-text edits
- image uploads/inclusions
- addition of external links
There are two types of vandalism: deliberate and ambiguous. A concerted effort should be made to differentiate between the two in regards on how to counter vandalism.
Deliberate Vandalism
Definition
Deliberate Vandalism is vandalism where it is definitively concluded that vandalism was intentional and was a deliberate effort to damage Halopedia, and not a faux pas on behalf of the vandal.
Examples
Types of deliberate vandalism are as follows:
- sexual mentions
- racaist mentions
- other offensive mentions
- user page blanking/replacement
- talk page blanking/replacement
- creation of account(s) with offensive name(s)
What Can I Do?
- Leave a message on the vandal's talk page telling them to stop immediately. However, do not provoke the vandal in any way or form, and state it perfunctorily and business-like.
- Inform administrators immediately
- Administrators should administer a username/IP ban immediately without remonstration with the vandal
Ambiguous Vandalism
Definition
Ambiguous Vandalism is vandalism where it can not be definitively concluded that vandalism was an intentional and deliberate effort to damage Halopedia, and may have been an accidental edit, a misunderstanding of Halopedia policy, etc...
Examples
Types of ambiguous vandalism are as follows:
- article blanking - If a user does not understand Halopedia policy and means to delete a page to recreate it, make space for a redirect, etc...
- spam - Examples could be advertisement or self-promotion on article namespace pages, etc...
- example: "Come visit my Freewebs site!" on an article
- nonsense additions - Adding irrelevant information to an article that in no way pertains to the article. This does not, however, include adding information to a wrong section of an article. Mentioning that SPARTAN-117 was a male in the "references" section would not be construed as vandalism...the sentence should be moved to the appropriate section. This is, however, NOT nonsense. Nonsense is grafitti, etc...
- example: "hax0r 133t pwnz0r ter8t3btqy948y" on an article or "I LOVE YOUUUUUU!" on the Cortana article