User talk:TheQ Editor/CVUA/Romtam
Hi @Romtam:, and welcome to your Counter Vandalism Unit Academy page! Good thing to know that more users are becoming interested in fighting vandalism! 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 or just post them below the relevant part.
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.
Before we begin
editGood faith and vandalism
editWhen 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 labelling edits you revert as such. Please read WP:AGF and WP:NOT VANDALISM before completing the following tasks.
Mini-assignment
edit- Please explain below the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit, and how you would tell them apart below.
A: The key distinction between vandalism and a good faith edit is the intention of the editor - while vandalism is a blatant attempt to lower the quality of Wikipedia, a good faith edit unintentionally does so, whether by ignorance of Wikipedia's guidelines and functions or by pure accident. Vandalism tends to be more egregious - edits such as replacing content with offensive words and slander clearly cannot be construed as constructive, and is therefore obvious vandalism. If there is any chance that the editor's contribution was in good faith, I think one should assume good faith and then warn the user appropriately and help guide them. Romtamtalk 15:02, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
- Please find three examples of good faith but unhelpful edits, and three examples of vandalism. You don't need to revert the example you find. Just copy the diff of the page
A:
- Good faith
[1] This user changed a word (acceptable), without citations.
[2] Same as above.
[3] Edit summary says all.
- Vandalism
[4] Changing name of person (multiple times, even after warning on talk page)
[5] Inappropriate word is inserted ($ex)
[6] Unconstructive edit
Warning and reporting
editBefore, you start reverting some vandalism, I want you to go over this first. Thanks, ΤheQ Editor Talk? 20:11, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
- Please answer the following questions
- Why do we warn users?
- To make them know that their action is wrong.
- When would a 4im warning be appropriate?
When the user make a very serious issue that shouldn't be repeated once more.
- Should you substitute a template when you place it on a user talk page, and how do you do it?
Yes. Just type subst: (eg. subst:uv-vandalism1)
- What should you do if a user who has received a level 4 or 4im warning vandalises again?
Report the user to WP:AIV manually or via TW.
- Please give examples of three different warnings (not different levels of the same warning and excluding the test edit warning levels referred to below), that you might need to use while recent changes patrolling and explain what they are used for.
subst:uw-vandalism1 Level 1 vandalism warning
Hello, I'm Romtam. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks!
subst:uv-delete1 Level 1 warning of unexplained/bad explained content removal
Hello, I'm Romtam. I noticed that you recently removed some content without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; I restored the removed content. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks!
subst:uw-image1 Level 1 warning of inappropriate image insertion
Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your image was inserted successfully and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thank you.
RomtamTalkToMe 00:20, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
Task
editI just wanted to make sure you know about Special:RecentChanges, if you use the diff link in a different window or tab you can check a number of revisions much more easily. If you enable Hovercards in the Hover section of your preferences, you can view the diff by just hovering over it. Alternately, you can press control-F or command-F and search for "tag:". some edits get tagged for possible vandalism or section blanking.
- Find and revert some vandalism. Warn each user appropriately, using the correct kind of warning and level. Please include at least two test edits and at one appropriate report to AIV. For each revert and warning please fill in a line on the table below ΤheQ Editor Talk? 02
- 18, 25 August 2014 (UTC)
@TheQ Editor: I'm sorry, but I need a wikibreak so I'm asking to suspend the course for a while. I'll come back. Thanks, RomtamTalkToMe 05:03, 18 September 2014 (UTC)