User:Wavemaster447/Notes

Wikifying

List of Articles
{{User:The Thadman/Template/Wikification}}

Copyediting

List of Artilcles

While Copyediting:

{{Template:Inuse}}

After copyediting: (on talk page)

==Copyedit== {{WP:LoCE |{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} |~~~~ }}

On proofread page submit proofreading request

If break in editing: add {{Template:WP:LoCE:In Progress}} and mark where you left off with a comment in the article page.

Dealing with vandalism

If you see vandalism (as defined below), revert it and leave a warning message on the user's talk page. Check the page history after reverting to make sure you have removed all the vandalism; there may be multiple vandal edits, sometimes from several different IPs/accounts; and that you have not unintentionally reverted any legitimate edits. If it is obvious that all versions of the page are pure vandalism, then you should nominate it for deletion. Also remember to check the vandal's (or vandals') other contributions -- you will often find more malicious edits to revert.

Warnings

Warning templates PageName is optional {{subst:uw-vandalism1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional vandalism/test) {{subst:uw-delete1|PageName}} ~~~~ (unintentional removal of content) {{subst:uw-vandalism2|PageName}} ~~~~ (suitable for intentional nonsense or disruption) {{subst:uw-delete2|PageName}} ~~~~ (variant for removal of content) {{subst:uw-vandalism3|PageName}} ~~~~ ("please stop" for use after level 2 warning) {{subst:uw-delete3|PageName}} ~~~~ (please stop removing content) {{subst:uw-vandalism4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for vandalism) {{subst:uw-delete4|PageName}} ~~~~ (last warning for removing content) {{subst:uw-vandalism4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for severe or grotesque vandalism only) {{subst:uw-delete4im|PageName}} ~~~~ (only warning; for many blankings in a short period of time) See additional templates and examples of output

Note: Do not use these templates in content disputes; instead, write a clear message explaining your disagreement.

There are several templates used to warn vandals. They are listed at right in order of severity, but need not be used in succession. Though some people vandalizing are incorrigible returning vandals and may be blocked quickly, it is common for jokesters or experimenters to make non-encyclopedic edits; these people are usually stopped by a simple warning and often become productive contributors. If you are not sure that an edit is vandalism, always start with {{uw-test1}}.

The "subst" causes the template text to be pasted into the talk page as if you had typed it out, instead of leaving {{uw-vandalism1}} visible when editing the page, because it is a comment in a talk page. You may also write your own message to the user.

If the vandal continues, list them at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. The blocking admin may leave {{subst:uw-block1}} to notify that they have been blocked.

Tracing IP addresses

Also, consider tracing the IP address. Find owners by using:

• ARIN (North America)
• RIPE (Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia)
• APNIC (Asia Pacific)
• LACNIC (Latin American and Caribbean)
• AfriNIC (Africa)

(If an address is not in one, it will probably be in another registry.) Then add {{vandalip|Name of owner}} to the talk pages of users who vandalize.

If an IP address continues to vandalize and is registered to a school or other kind of responsive ISP, consider listing it on Wikipedia:Abuse reports. Follow the instructions there and read the guide to see if it applies. If it does, list it.