User:Mdann52/CVUA/Rafy

Hi Rafy, this is your page for your CVUA course! I will put new lessons up here after you complete the previous one, but, before we start, can you outline what you wish to gain from this course. Thanks in advance, Mdann52 (talk) 06:19, 19 August 2012 (UTC)

Hi Mdann52 and sorry for my late answer,

As you may have known I'm not quite a newcomer to Wikipedia and I have been reverting what I assume to be vandalism for a couple of years now. I believe I am a kind of perfectionist and I tend to get involved in some situations were I sense an error or a mistake have been made. However, I think that I should use twinkle with more reservation. You might help guiding me to other tools and ways of finding vandalism, etc.--Rafy talk 20:41, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Right, ok. I will review your edits, and see just what I think needs doing, but I guess it will mainly be to do with semi-automatic vandal reverting then...Mdann52 (talk) 15:04, 30 August 2012 (UTC)

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Right, Just a quick test so I know where you're at - Can you also watchlist this page for me if you havn't already, so I don't need to keep notifying you of mew sections :)

Progress test

The following 3 scenarios each have 5 questions that are based on WP: VANDAL, WP:3RR, WP: REVERT, WP: BLOCK, WP: GAIV, WP: WARN, WP:UAA, WP:CSD, and WP:UN. Good Luck!

Scenario 1

You encounter an IP vandalizing Justin Bieber by adding in statements that he is gay.

• Would this be considered vandalism or disruptive editing?

• What would be an appropriate warning template to place on the IP's User talk page?

• The user adds in curse words to the article 3 times. You keep on reverting the edits, but then you reach the 3rd time that you have to revert the edits. Can you be blocked for edit warring in this case?

• Which of the following AIV entries should be made in this case: IP Vandal or Vandal

• Can this user be blocked indef.?

Scenario 2

You see a new account called "Hi999" that is adding in random letters to pages and is making test edits.

• Would this be considered vandalism or disruptive editing?

• What would be an appropriate warning template to place on the User's talk page?

• Which of the following Twinkle options should be used to revert these edits: Rollback-AGF (Green), Rollback (Blue) or Rollback-Vandal (Red)?

• The user stops making test edits after getting warned. Would it be appropriate to report this user to AIV?

• If this user keeps on vandalizing, can this user be blocked indef.?

Scenario 3

You see a new account called "LaptopsInc" which has created a new page called "Laptops Inc" (which only contained "Laptops Inc"), and added a link to www.laptopsinc.com on the Laptop article. You research Laptops Inc on Google and find that is a very small company.

• Should you revert the edit to Laptop, if so which Twinkle option would you use?

• If you do revert which warning template would you use?

• Would you tag the artilce they created with a speedy deletion tag. If so what tag(s) would you place on the article?

• Would you leave a template on the user's talk page regarding their username? If so which one and with what parameters?

• Would you report the user to UAA? If so what of the four reasons does it violate?

Answers

Senario 1

• I believe that this is blatant vandalism.
• Usually a {{welcomevandal}} if the IP's talk page is still bank otherwise a {{uw-vandalism1}} or a higher level warning if this is not his first warning.
• I believe the 3RR doesn't apply to reverts of blatant vandalism.
• IP vandal
• indef. block cannot be applied on IPs, you can never be sure that the vandal is the sole user of this address.

Senario

• Disruptive editing in this case.
• {{welcomlaws}} in case no other welcome template exist in, otherwise {{uw-test1}} is suffice.
• Diffenitely not a Rollback-Vandal, depending on the severity of the edits Rollback-AGF or Rollback can be used.
• If warning works there is no need to get the account holder punished.
• If the user is ignoring more than one warning he/she can be reported to AIV and blocked.

Senario 3

• Rollback option can be used with an edit summary showing the WP:NOTPROMOTION policy.
• {{uw-advert1}} is most fitting here.
• The page can be speedy deleted according to G11 "unambiguous advertising".
• {{uw-username}} warning can be used.
• According to WP:CORPNAME the user can be reported to UAA

--Rafy talk 00:11, 7 September 2012 (UTC)

Results

Your Score: 15/15

Apsolutely fine :)

Rollback

Read WP:ROLLBACK, and apply for rollback at WP:PERM/R. Once you have done this, rollback 5 acts of blatant vandalism, warn, and post the revert diffs here. Mdann52 (talk) 06:07, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Just applied for rollback. I will post back once I caught some vandalism.--Rafy talk 16:17, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

My watchlist is not prone to vandalism so I picked random edits from Special:RecentChanges:

1. Harlem + Welcome anon vandal
2. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting + Welcome anon vandal
3. Tigris + Welcome anon vandal
4. Spring roll + Welcome vandal
5. History of the periodic table + +Welcome anon vandal

--Rafy talk 15:00, 9 September 2012 (UTC)

Huggle

Huggle is a good tool for spotting vandals. Go to WP:HUGGLE, follow the instructions, and make at least 30 reverts with it - Notify me on here when done. By all means, feel free to ask me for help with it :). Mdann52 (talk) 15:32, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

I will do some reverting with Huggle and will report back in a couple of days.--Rafy talk 20:54, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

 Done--Rafy talk 14:45, 24 September 2012 (UTC)

Ok, looking at your reverts, I can't see any issues. Final exam will follow shortly!! Mdann52 (talk) 19:43, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Final Exam

When responding to numbered questions please start your response with "#:" (except where shown otherwise - with **). You don't need to worry about signing your answers.

GOOD LUCK!

Part 1 (25%)

For each of these examples, please state whether an edit is vandalism or good faith (please also include a brief reason).

1. A user inserts 'ektgbi0hjndf98' into an article.

   Good faith, could have happened by mistake.

   • Y
2. A user adds their signature over and over into an article.

   Good faith, typical of new users to Wikipedia.

   • Y.... But not always....
3. A user adds 'John Smith is the best!' into an article.

   Vandalism, the user wilfully vandalises the article.

   • Y
4. A user adds 'I can edit this' into an article.

   Good faith, probably a new user checking whether it is possible edit a page as advertised by Wikipedia.

   • Y
5. A user removes sources information from an article, with the summary 'this is wrong'.

   Good faith, they could know better than the previous editor. For this and previous cases, persistence after a welcome message is received can be assumed as vandalism.

   • Y, but if the information is possibly contended/contriversial, it may be considered vandalism

Part 2 (15%)

What type of warning you would give an editor in the following scenarios. If you don't believe a warning is appropriate outline what you would do instead (make sure you state all the actions you would take).

1. A user blanks Cheesecake.

   Revert as vandalism and warn the user with Template:uw-delete1.

   • Y
2. A user trips edit filter for trying to put curse words on Derek Jeter.

   Revert as vandalism and warn with Template:uw-vandalism1.

   • Y - But there is also a template for this in Twinkle under "one-time notices" or whatever
3. A user trips edit summary filter for repeating characters on Denis Menchov.

   Nothing. I would warn the user with Template:uw-wrongsummary if needed, for example cases of improper humour or vulgarity.

   • Y
4. A user puts "CHRIS IS GAY!" on Atlanta Airport.

   Revert as vandalism and warn the user with Template:uw-vandalism1.

   • Y
5. A user section blanks without a reason on David Newhan.

   Revert as vandalism and warn the user with Template:uw-delete1.

   • Y
6. A user adds random characters to Megan Fox.

   Revert as good faith and warn the user with Template:uw-test1.

   • Y, however, {{uw-vandalism1}} may be better in some cases
7. A user adds 'Tim is really great' to Great Britain.

   Revert as vandalism and warn the user with Template:uw-vandalism1.

   • Y
8. A user adds 'and he has been arrested' to Tim Henman.

   Revert with edit summary unsourced. Since this info is likely to be false the user can be warned with Template:uw-unsourced1 or Template:uw-biog1.

   • Y
9. A user blanks Personal computer for a fifth time.

   Revert as vandalism and report the user.

   • Y
10. A user blanks your userpage and replaced it with 'I hate this user' (you have had a number of problems with this user in the past).

    Revert as vandalism and warn the user with Template:uw-npa1. The user can be reported if they had a history of improper behaviour.

    • N It isn't really a personal attack - a normal vandal template may be better in this case
11. A user adds File:Example.jpg to Taoism.

    Revert as good faith and notify the user with Template:uw-image1.

    • Y

Part 3 (10%)

What CSD tag you would put on the following articles (The content below is the article's content).

1. Check out my Twitter page (link to Twitter page)!

   Template:Db-g11

   • Y
2. Josh Marcus is the coolest kid in London.

   Template:Db-g11 or Template:db-a1.

   • Y - {{db-multiple}} will work too.
3. Joe Nathan is the biggest idiot!

   Template:db-g10.

   • Y - or {{db-A1}}
4. A Smadoodle is an animal that changes colors with its temper.

   Template:db-g3.

   • Y
5. Fuck Wiki!

   Template:db-g10.

   • N Not really - A1 would be better

What would you do in the following circumstance:

• A user blanks a page they very recently created.
  • Use Template:db-g2, and notify the user with Template:Uw-create1 since the final product is a blanked page.
    • N Tagging with {{DB-G7}}.

• After you have speedy delete tagged this article the author removes the tag but leaves the page blank.
  • Depending on the content of the article, the last edit can either be reverted and the user warned with Template:uw-speedy1, or the original article restored and the user notified with a welcome message.
    • Y, but it may be easier to just add a G7 template.

Part 4 (10%)

Are the following new (logged in) usernames violations of the username policy? Describe why or why not and what you would do about it (if they are a breach).

1. TheMainStreetBand

   Promotional, can be reported to the WP:UAA.

   • Y, once they have made promotional edits
2. Poopbubbles

   Offensive, should be reported.

   • Y
3. Brian's Bot

   Possibly misleading, assuming good faith the user can be notified with Template:uw-username.

   • Y - It should really be reported at UAA as misleading
4. sdadfsgadgadjhm,hj,jh,jhlhjlkfjkghkfuhlkhj

   Confusing, user can be notified with Template:uw-username.

   • Y - and reported, as it is just a mess.....
5. Bobsysop

   Possibly misleading, assuming good faith the user can be notified with Template:uw-username.

   • Y
6. 12:12, 23 June 2012

   Confusing, since it is intentionally meant to resemble Wiki-style time format it can be reported.

   • Y
7. PMiller

   No violation.

   • Y
8. OfficialJustinBieber

   Promotional and probably misleading. Can be reported.

   • Y

Part 5 (10%)

Answer the following questions based on your theory knowledge gained during your instruction.

1. Can you get in an edit war while reverting vandalism (which may or may not be obvious)?

   Reverting vandalism does not constitute edit warring.

   • Y
2. Where and how should vandalism-only accounts be reported?

   If users ignores several warning they can reported at WP:AIV.

   • Y
3. Where and how should complex abuse be reported?

   At WP:LTA.

   • Y
4. Where and how should blatant username violations be reported?

   WP:UAA

   • Y
5. Where and how should personal attacks against other editors be reported?

   Recurring personal attacks can be reported at WP:ANI.

   • Y
6. Where and how should an edit war be reported?

   WP:AN3

   • Y
7. Where and how should ambiguous violations of WP:BLP be reported?

   WP:BLPN

   • Y

Part 6 - Theory in practice (30%)

1. Find and revert three instances of vandalism (by different editors on different pages), and appropriately warn the editor. Please give the diffs the warning below.

1. revert, warning Y
2. revert, warning Y
3. revert, warning Y

2. Find and revert two good faith edits, and warn/welcome the user appropriately. Please give the diffs of your warn/welcome below.

1. revert notice Y
2. revert notice Y

3. Correctly report two users (either AIV or ANI). Give the diffs of your report below.

1. reported, blocked Y
2. reported blocked Y

4. Correctly request the protection of two articles; post the diffs of your requests below.

1. request Y
2. request Y

5. Correctly nominate one articles for speedy deletion; post the diffs of your nominations below.

1. Matt Sheaffer, notice Y

6. Correctly report one username as a breache of policy.

1. [1] Y

Final score

Part	Total available	Your score	Percentage weighting	Your percentage
1	5	5	25	25
2	11	10	15	14
3	8	6	10	8
4	8	8	10	10
5	7	7	10	10
6	18	18	30	30
TOTAL	51	48	100	94

- Mdann52 (talk) 10:02, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

All done.--Kathovo talk 23:13, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

Clear pass - well done! I would leave you the graduation template, but it seems to of disappeared somewhere down the line... Mdann52 (talk) 14:01, 2 April 2013 (UTC)