User:Vanished user 9oijnsdfknefijh3tjasfi34/Welcome/Vandal Fighters' Guide

Hey there! Here's some tips to get you started with fighting vandalism!

Create an account for yourself! You can fight vandalism even as an anonymous user, but it's very slow and you will have to only use that undo button. Which, you could be easily beaten by users that have more advanced tools.
Make some constructive edits. Just go around, and do some maintenance. You could revert vandalism now, but remember that you'll still have to use only that undo button.
Be an autoconfirmed user by making 10 edits and having your account on the wiki more than four days.
Go find, install, and enable Twinkle. It gives autoconfirmed users the rollback links, as well as a few extra features to make it easier to warn and report users, and to tag articles for deletion.
Go on recent changes and pick out some random edits. Click on the "diff" link to compare that revision with the previous revision. If it meets the criteria for vandalism, hit "rollback (VANDAL)", go to the editor's talk page, mouse-over "TW" on the top-right, select Warn, and add a warning. Consult User Warnings for details. Generally, you should add a stricter, sterner warning if friendlier warnings already exist.
Once you've been reverting for a good amount of time, and show that you can differentiate between a vandal edit and a good faith edit, you can ask for rollback permission on this page. You must prove that you will use the rollback feature wisely, and not use it to revert edits you disagree with, or to edit war (unless it's vandalism, which should always be reverted).
Wikipedia Rollback Logo
Once you get accepted, this is where I leave you - at the crossroads. I would suggest tools like Huggle or STiki to enhance your fighting experience. Twinkle shouldn't be removed, because it is still a useful tool, even if the rollback links are slower than the default rollback link (Don't forget about those other features). Other than that, happy reverting, and thank you for helping Wikipedia!

Here's a meter to show how much vandalism is on Wikipedia right now:

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edit purge view		Low to moderate level of vandalism					3.77 RPM according to EnterpriseyBot 23:10, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

I have used some ideas of k6ka for my guide. Thank you.
-- Romtam^TalkToMe 09:39, 20 September 2014 (UTC)