The Counter-Vandalism Unit (CVU) is a Wikipedia project whose aim is to help detect and remove vandalism on Wikipedia by using tools and experience, and to provide advice on dealing with vandals. All members of the Wikipedia community can revert vandalism at any time. Active vandalism patrollers who join this project will receive occasional newsletters with information on training, software updates, and new or modified policies and guidelines.
Some active members have volunteered to train other editors in countering vandalism. If you would like to learn more about the process or if you think you would like to train others, please see the Counter-Vandalism Academy.
In addition, I would have found you image vandalism, but it was so grotesque it had to be hidden from review. (I had gone to a deletion discussion and voted an article for deletion-then the author decided to put a very inappropriate picture with a fitting caption on our talk pages as IPs-bad vandalism). Citrusbowler (talk) (contribs) (email me) 19:38, 8 June 2013 (UTC)
Please answer these questions about Vandalism and let me know when you are done. You don't need to give a long answer. Thanks!
Test 1
Please briefly describe what vandalism is.
A: Vandalism is any edit made with the intent to disrupt Wikipedia.
Am I allowed to get in an edit war while reverting vandalism?
A: Technically yes I am allowed to war the vandal since the 3RR makes an exception for reverting vandalism. But I think it should be avoided at all times.
What should I do after I spot vandalism? (3 steps)
A: I should do three things: Revert the vandal, Warn the vandal (and report if persistent), and Ignore his reactions.
Please list 3 ways how to spot vandalism.
A: One way to spot vandalism is to go to Recent changes and look through the diffs for vandalism. Another is to check your watchlist frequently. A third is to check a vandal's contribs.
If an entire article is vandalism, what should you do?
A: If an entire article is vandalism, you should tag the article for speedy deletion under criteria G3 by using {{db-g3}} and then notify the author.
Is making test edits considered vandalism?
A: Making test edits are not considered vandalism because test edits are not made with the intent to disrupt Wikipedia; vandalism is.
