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| Welcome to the '''[[Esperanza]] Education Center for Vandalism'''!
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| ==Introduction to Vandalism==
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| ===Definition of Vandalism===
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| Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Halopedia. Vandalism is prohibited on Halopedia.
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| There are four mechanisms by which vandals can vandalise:
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| *plain-text edits (includes "hidden" vandalism embedded within an article)
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| *image uploads/inclusions
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| *addition of external links
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| *page moves/redirects
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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.
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| ===Deliberate Vandalism===
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| ====Definition====
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| 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.
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| ====Examples====
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| Types of deliberate vandalism are as follows:
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| *Sexual mentions
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| *Racist mentions
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| *Other offensive mentions
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| *User page blanking/replacement
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| *Talk page blanking/replacement
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| *Creation of account(s) with offensive name(s)
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| ====What Can I Do?====
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| #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.
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| #Inform administrators immediately
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| #Administrators should administer a username/IP ban immediately without remonstration with the vandal
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| ===Ambiguous Vandalism===
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| ====Definition====
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| 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...
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| ====Examples====
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| Types of ambiguous vandalism are as follows:
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| *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...
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| *Spam - Examples could be advertisement or self-promotion on article namespace pages, etc...
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| ::Example: "Come visit my Freewebs site!" on an article
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| *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...
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| ::Example: "hax0r 133t pwnz0r ter8t3btqy948y" on an article or "I LOVE YOUUUUUU!" on the [[Cortana]] article
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| *Abuse of tags - Adding/removing "<nowiki>{{Delete}}</nowiki>", etc...when inappropriate.
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| ::Example: adding "<nowiki>{{Delete}}</nowiki>" to the [[SPARTAN-117]] article
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| *Modifying user comments
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| *Deleted page re-creation
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| ::Example: remaking <code>user talk:PENI.S</code> to taunt the vandal
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| ====What Can I Do?====
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| #Leave a message on the user's talk page with the [[Halopedia:Esperanza/Education_for_Vandal_Fighting#Warning_Templates|below-referenced templates]]. For the first time of ambiguous vandalism, leave [[Template:Vandalism Warning-1]]. For a second time, leave [[Template:Vandalism Warning-2]], etc...
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| #Be ''extremely'' careful not to ambiguate deliberate and ambiguous vandalism! Accusing an ambiguately vandalising user of deliberate vandalism could be very offensive!
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| ==Warning Templates==
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| *[[Template:Vandalism Warning-1]]
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| *[[Template:Vandalism Warning-2]]
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| *[[Template:Vandalism Warning-3]]
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| *[[Template:Vandalism Warning-4]]
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| {{Vandalism Warning Template Series}}
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| [[Category:Help]]
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