User talk:TheQ Editor/CVUA/SkaterLife
Hi @Schoolskater:, 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[edit]
Twinkle[edit]
Twinkle is a very useful tool when performing maintanence functions around Wikipedia. Please have a read through WP:TWINKLE.
- Enable Twinkle (if haven't already).
Good faith and vandalism[edit]
When patrolling for vandalism, you may often come across edits which are unhelpful, but not vandalism - these are good faith edits. It is important to recognise 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.TheQ Editor (Talk) 15:42, 9 June 2014 (UTC)
- Please explain below the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit, and how you would tell them apart below.
Well, the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit is how or what it looks like. For example, say that user-3 had edited an article about whales, but user-3 was also a new editor. User-3 decides to change "Whales a big" to "Whales are Humongous". You could tell that user-3 was trying to be helpful, but there was also no reason to change big to humongous. Now lets change the story. Say User-3 was editing the same topic-Whales. And user-3 decides that instead of "Whales are big" He writes "Whales are giant floating marshmallows" You could easily tell that that was vandalism. Schoolskater (talk) 12:44, 10 June 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.
- Good faith
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Children_Act_2004&oldid=612351545
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=944_Cup&diff=612353448&oldid=612253119
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AIn_the_news%2FCandidates&diff=cur&oldid=prev
- Vandalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trumpet&oldid=612349755
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cuffley&diff=cur&oldid=prev
- The Steven Byrne one doesn't seem to be vandalism and try to keep the good faith edits inside of article mainspace. Before we move on, I would like you to find one Vandalism and one good faith. Thanks, (and sorry for the delay) TheQ Editor (Talk) 22:56, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
- Good faith
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marco_van_Basten&diff=cur&oldid=prev
- Vandalism
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leader_(comics)&diff=prev&oldid=613010764
Warning and reporting[edit]
Before, you start reverting some vandalism, I want you to go over this first. Thanks,TheQ Editor (Talk) 19:45, 15 June 2014 (UTC)
When you use Twinkle to warn a user, you have a number of options to choose from: you can select the kind of warning (for different offences), and the level of warning (from 1 to 4, for increasing severity). Knowing which warning to issue and what level is very important. Further information can be found at WP:WARN and WP:UWUL.
- Please answer the following questions
- Why do we warn users?
We warn users so that we can make them aware that, while their edits may seem helpful, Their not. This way, we can help stop unconstructive editing.Schoolskater (talk) 14:46, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
- When would a 4im warning be appropriate?
A 4im warning would be appropriate during EXTREME cases of vandalism. For example, A user who has vandalized just after their block expiring.Schoolskater (talk) 14:46, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
- Should you substitute a template when you place it on a user talk page, and how do you do it?
Yes, by adding subst:.Schoolskater (talk) 14:46, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
- What should you do if a user who has received a level 4 or 4im warning vandalises again?
If a user who has received a level 4 or 4im warning vandalizes again, you should get an administrators attention immediately.Schoolskater (talk) 14:49, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
- Please give examples (using
{{Tlsubst|''name of template''}}) 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.
Hello, I'm Schoolskater. I noticed that you made a comment that didn't seem very civil, so it has been removed. Wikipedia needs people like you and me to collaborate, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you.
Hello, I'm Schoolskater. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.
Welcome to Wikipedia. At least one of your recent edits did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at the welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use the sandbox for that. Thank you.
Done Perfect!
Warning and Reporting Task[edit]
I 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 or good faith edits. Warn each user appropriately, using the correct kind of warning and level. Please include at least two test edits and at least two appropriate reports to AIV. For each revert and warning please fill in a line on the table below.TheQ Editor (Talk) 23
- 50, 16 June 2014 (UTC)
I'm not sure what you mean. Could you explain more please? Thanks, SkaterLife (talk) 15:33, 18 June 2014 (UTC)
- I made an example one. Hopes this helps!. Thanks, on behalf of TheQ Editor TheQ Tester (talk) 02:22, 19 June 2014 (UTC)
Very good reverts with only minor problems. Now, on to the next step...Vacation Q (talk) 06:44, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
[edit]
There are a number of IP user talk page templates which show helpful information to IP users and those wishing to warn or block them. There is a list of these templates
{{Shared IP}}- For general shared IP addresses.{{ISP}}- A modified version specifically for use with ISP organizations.{{Shared IP edu}}- A modified version specifically for use with educational institutions.{{Shared IP gov}}- A modified version specifically for use with government agencies.{{Shared IP corp}}- A modified version specifically for use with businesses.{{Shared IP address (public)}}- A modified version specifically for use with public terminals such as in libraries, etc.{{Mobile IP}}- A modified version specifically for use with a mobile device's IP.{{Dynamic IP}}- A modified version specifically for use with dynamic IPs.{{Static IP}}- A modified version specifically for use with static IPs which may be used by more than one person.
Each of these templates take two parameters, one is the organisation to which the IP address is registered (which can be found out using the links at the bottom of the IP's contribution page. The other is for the host name (which is optional) and can also be found out from the links at the bottom of the IP's contribution page.
Also, given that different people use the IP address, older messages are sometimes refused so as to not confuse the current user of the IP. Generally any messages for the last one-two months are removed, collapsed, or archived. The templates available for this include:
{{OW}}for when the messages are deleted from the talk page.{{Old IP warnings top}}and {{Old IP warnings bottom}} for collapsing the user warnings and leaving them on the talk page.{{Warning archive notice}}for when the messages are archived, and that archiving follows the usually naming sequence (that is, /Archive 1).
NOTE: All of the templates in this section are not substituted (so don't use "subst:").
Go ahead and place 3 shared IP tags manually or with Twinkle. Just show me that you understand. Tell me when you have finished. Cheers, Vacation Q (talk) 06:54, 10 July 2014 (UTC)
{{Shared IP edu}}
{{Static IP}}
{{Shared IP corp}}
- Perhaps this is all a misunderstanding. Sorry I didn't explain it very well. I asked you to place 3 shared ip tags manually or with twinkle on talk pages of IP addresses . Vacation Q (talk) 03:48, 14 July 2014 (UTC)