User:Vermont/Adoptee Section

This is the work-in-progress "curriculum" of sorts for Vermont's adoptees. If any adopters like the ideas used here, please use them.

Overview

This cirriculum is divided into 5 sections.

1. Getting Started
2. Anti-Vandalism
3. Articles for Creation
4. New Page Patrol
5. General Wikipedia Knowledge

Section 1- Getting Started

IRC

• Account Created  Done
• Joined #wikipedia-en  Done

Tools

• MoreMenu  Done
• Twinkle  Done
• Navigation Popups  Done

Section 2- Anti-Vandalism

Original Trial

Written Trial

Click here to go to the trial.

10 anti-vandal reverts, using Twinkle in Special:RecentChanges

• Show understanding of WP:DTTR
• Show understanding of the differences between good faith and bad faith edits, and how to respond to each.
• The adoptee should analyze the 10 anti-vandal reverts. They should say why they reverted it, what type of vandalism it was, what warning the user was given, and why.

My Diff Checklist

Steps to analyzing a diff for vandalism:

1. Check the user who made the edit

Check for past blocks, what's on their talk page, edits, etc.

If they are a regular, take more care into reverting their edits as it's more likely to be constructive. If you do revert, instead of templating, leave a thoughtful note on their talk page.

1. Good faith or bad faith?

If it's good faith, revert with the good faith button and leave a note as to what they did wrong in the edit summary.

If it's bad faith, revert with the vandalism button.

Unsure? Consult Google, the article's references, or possibly past revisions. If you still have no idea, leave it or bring it to someone else's attention.

1. Decide whether to warn or not.

If it's bad faith, warn them. If it's within a few days or a week or so of a block, possibly start at a level 3 warning depending on how bad it is. Make sure it's in a section titled "[Month] [Year]" Example: "February 2018". If there is already one created for this month, add a level higher. If it's already reached level 5, and the user vandalized again, report to WP:AIV

If it's good faith, decide whether to warn or not. If it was definitely good faith, do nothing, leave a thoughtful note, or leave a a level 1 (not harsh) warning. If it could possibly be vandalism, leave a warning. Warn for test edits.

Note: This is a basic list. It doesn't include some things, and isn't perfect.