Wikipedia talk:How to deal with vandalism

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((WHOIS))

Hello all, Wondering if I could get some clarity on the usage of the command ((WHOIS)). When combating vandalism, I have added the template to IP userpages in the past, but it appears that the toolforge link is broken. Is it still appropriate to add a WHOIS template to IP userpages? Is there another method to hold the parties accountable for unconstructive or disruptive edits?
Example1: [1]
Example2: [2]
Any suggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks!
PerpetuityGrat (talk) 18:10, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's way too much work to report and warn about vandalism

I noticed a user vandalizing a page and I looked at their contributions and it's an account that was created 13 hours ago and they have a couple of edits which are all vandalism. In order to deal with this I have to first google this page then I have to read like five paragraphs of text, which don't really actually tell me how to fix the problem. Then I have to manually click on each one of his edits and click on history and click undo and click confirm. Then I have to go back to this page read 10 more paragraphs to find the correct template to copy paste onto their page.

It's all very tiresome. I wish I could just click report on the user page, and somebody else deals with it. Why is wikipedia so cumbersome? Akeosnhaoe (talk) 19:48, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]