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Once
a vandal puts bad things
onto
a page, there is
nothing
you can
do
. You
could call Pete
,
because he would
be
able
to
do something
,
but he never really answers his phone
.
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==Recent Changes==
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So
a vandal puts bad things
on pages, basically. How do you help prevent this sort of thing?
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:One way you can help is by going to the [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] page, and looking doing the following:
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:*First of all, every edit on the page with
a
! next to it has not been inspected yet.
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:*Click on the ''diff'' link next to an edit that has a ! next to it to see the difference between the two most recent edits.
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:*If the
page
is not vandalism
,
then click the [Mark as patrolled] link next to the edit.
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If
there
are so many ! signs that you can't possibly check them all, then look for these things:
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:*A new page, symbolized by a N,
is
important to check out.
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:*An edit made by an IP address, a red username, or a user name spoofing another user's name, needs to be inspected.
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:*An edit without a description is often made by a vandal in a hurry. Check these out.
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If the page you find ''is'' vandalism, like if the page is blank, or if profanity has been added,
you can
revert the edit:
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:*While in the differences page, click ''previous diff'' and/or ''next diff'' until you find the most current non-vandalized version.
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:*Click on the '''(edit)''' link next to the '''
Revision as of 00:00
''' link above that version. Alternatively, you can find the last good version and click on the date (not the diff) in the page history.
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:*Type "reverted vandalism" or "reverted spamming" in the edit summary. The shorthand for this is "rv/v" or "rv/s", repectively.
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:*Save the page (without making any changes).
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:*Now the page is the version that you selected, in effect removing the vandalism.
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===Page-move vandalism===
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Moving a page changes its title. Page-move vandalism is moving a page to deface it by giving it a title that is nonsensical or inappropriate.
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Any time a page is moved, an entry in the [[Special:Log/move|move log]] appears on Recent Changes telling what page was moved to what title. If you see a page moved to a title that is nonsensical or contains inappropriate language or that simply adds random words, you should revert this move in this way:
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:*The move log entry will begin with a link to the move log. Click this link
.
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:*
You
will see a list of the most recent page moves. Find the entry for the article that was vandalized and click the "revert" link at the end of the entry. (Note that often the vandal will have moved both the article and its corresponding talk page; you should click the revert link for the article
,
not the talk page).
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:*The old name of the page and the reason "revert" will
be
filled in automatically. If applicable, click the box that says "Move associated talk page", then click "Move page".
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:*The page has now been returned
to
its proper title.
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Note that there will still be redirects at the old title; a [[HRWiki:Sysops|sysop]] will need to delete these. If there's no sysop around at the time
,
you can add
{{delete|Vandal page}}
to the redirects to tag them for deletion
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[[Category:Help|Vandalism]]