User:HeartGlow30797/CVUA/Curriculum

Hello, welcome to your Counter Vandalism Unit Academy page! Every person I instruct will have their own page on which I will give them support and tasks for them to complete. Please make sure you have this page added to your watchlist. Your academy page has been specifically designed according to you and what you have requested instruction in - for that reason, please be as specific as possible when under my instruction, so that I know the best ways to help you (and do not be afraid to let me know if you think something isn't working). If you have any general queries about anti-vandalism (or anything else), you are more than welcome to raise them with me at my talk page.

Make sure you read through Wikipedia:Vandalism as that's the knowledge which most of the questions I ask you and tasks you do will revolve around.

How to use this page

This page will be built up over your time in the Academy, with new sections being added as you complete old ones. Each section will end with a task, written in bold type - this might just ask a question, or it might require you to go and do something. You can answer a question by typing the answer below the task; if you have to do something, you will need to provide diffs to demonstrate that you have completed the task. Some sections will have more than one task, sometimes additional tasks may be added to a section as you complete them. Please always sign your responses to tasks as you would on a talk page.

Once you graduate I will copy this page into your userspace so you have a record of your training and a reference for the future.

Day One

The Tech Stuff

Twinkle

This curriculum will be using Twinkle, however, please know that there are other tools out there! Enable Twinkle (if haven't already) and leave a note here to let me know that you have enabled it.

Have you enabled Twinkle? (0/1)

Lesson One: Good Faith

When patrolling for vandalism, you may often come across edits which are unhelpful, but not vandalism - these are good faith edits. It is important to recognize the difference between a vandalism edit and a good faith edit, especially because Twinkle gives you the option of labeling edits you revert as such. Please read WP:AGF and WP:NOT VANDALISM before completing the following tasks.

Assignment 1

True or False? When finding a copyright violation, you should assume that it was in bad faith. Explain. (0/2)

True or False? Edit warring is vandalism. Explain. (0/2)

True or False? Editing without a consensus is bad faith. Explain. (0/2)

What evidence should you have when accusing someone in having bad faith? Provide an example of that evidence. (0/2)

What should you do when no edit summary is present when making an edit? Explain. (0/2)

Assignment 2: Essay

Write in 2-5 sentences how to tell the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit. How do they differ? (0/10)

Assignment 3: Finding Diffs

Please find five examples of good faith but unhelpful edits, and five examples of vandalism. You don't need to revert the example you find, and I am happy for you to use previous reverts in your edit history if you wish. (0/10)

Assignment 4: Practice for the Quiz!

Answer whether or not the following edits would be vandalism or good faith edits.

A user replaces the first sentence with "afksdjlfak;flkjdsa" on a mainspace article. (0/1)

The same user deletes categories on the same page. (0/1)

A user replaces "Beyonce" with gay in an article mentioning her. (0/1)

A user quotes a famous TV series without citing their source. (0/1)

A user blanks a page citing in his edit summary, "I don't like it." (0/1)

Quiz 1: Good Faith

Answer whether or not the following edits would be vandalism or good faith edits.

A user replaces his whole talk page with "I'm da best."

A user replaces another's talk page with "I'm da best."

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