User:Dbiel/Vandalism Worksheet

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Contents

[edit] Link to template pages

[edit] Cut and paste copy

Page Blanking - 1st offense

{{subst:uw-delete1}}


== Second Warning regarding Page Blanking ==

{{subst:uw-delete2}}


newbie unwanted edit warning unintentional vandalism

== First Message ==

{{subst:uw-test1}}

Your unwanted edit of the Wikipedia article [[ Name of Article ]] at ( replace with time stamp ) was quickly reverted, please refraim from these type of edits in the future. {{vandalip| Name of IP owner }} ~~~~


== Additional Warning about Inserting Nonsense into Wikipedia pages ==

{{subst:uw-test3}}


Use if an edit is clearly vandalism

{{subst:uw-vandalism1}}

== Second Warning regarding Vandalism ==

{{subst:uw-vandalism2}}

== Additional Warning regarding Vandalism ==

{{subst:uw-vandalism3}}


Your vandalism of the Wikipedia article [[ Name of Article ]] at ( replace with time stamp ) was reverted at ( replace with time stamp ). Deliberate vandalism will not be tolerated and is quickly reverted, in this case within XX minutes of being posted. {{vandalip| Name of IP owner }} ~~~~

[edit] Spam

see Wikipedia:Spam {{subst:uw-spam1}} is a useful "first warning" to put on the Talk page of a spammer. For new users, an alternative is {{subst:welcomespam}} may be used for users who may have added spam or inappropriate external links in good faith.

Subsequent offenses can be tagged with {{subst:uw-spam2}}, then {{subst:uw-spam3}} (warning of possible block) and {{subst:uw-spam4}} (final warning). If an editor spams numerous articles in a systematic fashion, they may be warned with {{subst:uw-spam4im}} as the only warning that they will receive before they are blocked. The template {{subst:uw-sblock}} indicates that the spammer has been blocked.

If you have tagged an article for speedy deletion with {{subst:db-spam}} because it is blatant spam, you may add {{subst:spam-warn}} to the originating editor's talk page to warn them of the impending deletion, and to allow them to possibly edit the article so it is no longer spam.

Please remember to substitute these templates using for example {{subst:uw-spam1}} instead of {{uw-spam}}.

[edit] Trace IP

Also, consider tracing the IP. Find owners by using:

  • ARIN (North America)
  • RIPE (Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia)
  • APNIC (Asia Pacific)
  • LACNIC (Latin American and Caribbean)
  • AfriNIC (Africa)

If an address is not in one, it will probably be in another. Then add {{vandalip|Name of owner}} to the talk pages of users who vandalise - the realisation that they can be traced is often sufficient to make them stop.