Simple English Wikipedia and the regular English Wikipedia. Sometimes, vandals from the English Wikipedia will come here to vandalize. Vandalizing from...

Vandal Warner is a gadget that makes warning users about their bad edits easier. It is based on a tool named "Whackamole", which was created by User:Pilotguy...

Do not insult the vandals. Most vandals fall into one of two categories: newbies who do not know any better, and true vandals or trolls. Getting angry...

on the servers. If the vandal made one change, the rollback button will change back to the older change just before the vandal. The rollback button will...

time, but I'd like to know how I'm doing with my two main activities here: vandal fighting and QD tagging! I'm considering an RfA here in a couple months...

header template --Auntof6 (talk) 17:07, 3 June 2016 (UTC) Template talk:Vandal (edit · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete) · close request...

en:Wikipedia:AntiVandal This page is a soft redirect....

you most edit here? I first became active here in..August 2009. I saw a vandal though back in July of the same year. 07:39, 22 July 2009 (hist | diff)...

WP:VIPWP:VIP WP:AIVWP:AIV WP:ANVWP:ANV WP:UFAAWP:UFAA This page is to report vandals, spammers, and usernames that violate the username policy, to administrators...

Show the door to trolls, vandals, and wiki-anarchists, who, if permitted, would waste your time and create a poisonous atmosphere here. — Larry Sanger...

admins - ~2026-41942-05 (talk · contribs) has been going a bit crazy on the vandal side. They've been reported on VIP, but leaving this here in case it gets...

Very good vandal fighter who knows what vandalism is just by looking through a few of his/her reversions. User will be of good use to the vandal fighting...

be vandalizing or spamming. Vandal and spambots should be blocked as soon as possible. If you need help to stop a vandal bot, ask a steward in the #wikimedia-stewards...

user warnings and welcomes, maintenance tags, semi-automatic reporting of vandals, and much, much more. Twinkle was started as a reversion script based on...

more advanced tools, in case I founding a vandal, so I can block the vandal from editing, revert the vandal's changes by rollback, and left a message on...

promote articles to GA status. Vandal fighting, too, is always worthwhile. I agree, DYK and GA are certainly important but vandal fighting is important too...

when to use these. The templates here are used to welcome users, warn vandals and other templates that should go on a user's talk page. This is the place...

learn how to fight vandalism Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress – to report vandals Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not – what you should not be writing Special...

lot of contact with Brian, both on wiki and on IRC. Brian does a lot of vandal patrolling and has shown good judgement in using rollback. Brian became...

to track down persistent vandals. Like a sort of staging ground for collecting all information we know about this Disney vandal. Cassandra talk 00:51, 19...

warnings are meant to guide good-faith testers and dissuade bad-faith vandals. You may place any of the warning templates listed here on talk pages to...

October 2007 (UTC)  Done: All usernames associated with the "Admin Username Vandal" created from August 21 forward are now blocked. -- Creol(talk) 02:55, 9...

think that the starting point for all of this was the infamous Simplewiki vandal known mostly by the name "Static" (User:StaticFalcon and User:ShockingHawk...

Barnstars I will keep control of myself. I will be more careful with my money. I will gain more friends. Happy New Year! ✼ VandalFighterFR bad warning?...

Some of the gadgets in this group can only be used by administrators. Vandal Warner - Makes warning users about their bad edits easier. Enhanced Undelete...

joined a wikiproject. Yot: Mhhh, you naughty vandal! BG: (laughs) Didn't most people start out as a vandal? And it wasn't intentional! Yot: I don't know...

filters, they have been used far too many times by far too many blocked vandals for Wikipedians to assume good faith on their part. This includes Tor nodes...

are being linked from a high-traffic website, or are affected by evasive vandals. A user can also request semi-protection in their userspace if they want...

Horlockon has admitted to being the 63.19 vandal. Can't say I'm that surprised, more impressed that a vandal would spend so much time vandalising himself...

the "You are Kimberly Ashton" (YaKA ? ) vandal starts attacking pages Bobo edited. Bobo and the Yaka vandal get into a minor edit skirmish. Yaka gets...

all this, so I request a checkuser for these accounts, to find all other vandal accounts created by this person, and if the IP isn't shared with anyone...

Origami Paralympic Games Palestine Papua New Guinea References Reformed Vandals Wikiproject Religion Russia Komi Republic Saudi Arabia Sex and Sexuality...

WP:VIPWP:VIP WP:AIVWP:AIV WP:ANVWP:ANV WP:UFAAWP:UFAA This page is to report vandals, spammers, and usernames that violate the username policy, to administrators...

since then I've edited near daily. My work here includes article-writing, vandal-fighting, and general maintenance work. Sounds cool, and quite busy! So...

than click "save page" is not so quickly to revent vandal, so I think rollback can help me fix vandal quickly. 铁铁的火大了 (talk) 12:58, 19 June 2012 (UTC)  Done...

you're 100% sure that someone is a worthless, no-good, internet troll, vandal, or worse, you should behave as if they are not. By being calm, interested...

am frequently dealing with vandals, and are sometimes the only person on, and have to wait for a SysOp, leaving the vandal to run free. I will be happy...

Good vandal fighting skills. —Mythdon [talk] [changes] 08:20, 20 December 2009 (UTC) Support No problems here. User is active and fights vandals, and...

don't have a lot of recent edits to articles. Your warning to the vandal "YOU VANDAL!!!!" is not acceptable for an admin. Kennedy (talk) 08:57, 27 October...

my edit we fount a good number a rollback. Sometimes when I fight with vandals I never found an admin to help me. I'm a sysop on italian wikipedia, but...

always edit badly are bad editors and editors who always vandalize are vandals, we all need to be civil to each other. But being civil should not be confused...

new admin for this project. He's especially active as vandal fighter and busy reverting vandals, reporting them and also proposing pages for quick deletion...

talk space. I see very little vandal reverting or AIV reporting so I can't tell if she knows when to revert/block vandals. I also see little to no participation...

for deletion for the reason: Article created by The Liberation, a known vandal. This redirect was created as part of a wider pro-communist crusade against...

suggesting that everyone from Pakistan is the same person or a vandal. In fact, this vandal is not from Pakistan at all, but rather from UK! If an admin...

option, check to see if a vandal has deleted good content from the article. If that is the case, consider reverting the vandal's changes instead of requesting...

changes who are good or bad. If I find a vandal, I think to revert the changes, warn the vandal, and if the vandal makes many bad changes, I will quickly...

similar to one's main account to preemptively prevent impersonation by vandals. Such accounts are permitted and should be marked with the {{doppelganger}}...

PotsdamLamb (talk · contribs · count) (assign permissions) For fighting against vandals repeatedly PotsdamLamb (talk) 18:32, 6 May 2021 (UTC) I was blocked on...

April 2008 (UTC) Thanks. That's probably the best choice. I guess if more vandals come later, we can always protect the article later. Alexhl (talk) 07:48...

particularly frustrated over the past few days by a number of persistent vandals against whom I can do nothing but issue a level four warning, report to...

hardworking guy who makes a lot of high-quality contribs and a very active vandal fighter. He fills the holes in SEWP and if it were not for him being here...

edits/rollbacks on Spanish Wikivoyage look good, I am looking forward to your vandal fighting in this project. --Eptalon (talk) 21:06, 2 November 2014 (UTC)...

vandalism more efficiently than he can now. He has already fought a lot of vandals. His first edit was on 2006/07/09 09:56:37. Now he has 831 Edits.(ארגה...

great tool but only if a person uses it. It takes a lot of experience with vandals and sockpuppeteers to make CU really work for you and D's activity level...

creation, all edits from the vandals have occurred within 1-3 minutes of FSM's edits from the same IP. No vandal (or non-vandal for that matter) edits are...

checkuser of an old vandal. The checkuser shows that an admin edits from the same address and has the exact same user agent as the vandal. What are your actions...

because it would help me revert vandalism. I have expirance on YourWiki. VandalFighterFR(V) Bad warning? 21:06, 9 December 2008 (UTC)  Done --Gwib -(talk)-...

verify anything in the way you think I did. Your IP did match the vandals. The vandals could be you. What I said was that I was inclined to believe they...

consider denying recognition to more long-term vandals. Making an RfD for a template simply because a vandal keeps on using it is not denying recognition...

A4, A6, G3.. possibly G4 (we may have already deleted this vandals prior work) or A3 (vandal ported info over from En with no notable changes made) may...

for deletion for the reason: Article created by The Liberation, a known vandal. This redirect was created as part of a wider pro-communist crusade against...

they identified the Kate McAuliffe vandal's IP address last December. I blocked the IP here for 30 days (the vandal has more than enough individual blocks...

been doing. During the day (13:00 to 22:00 UTC, i think), I basically do vandal patrol, reverting, warning, adding delete tags, and quick grammar and spelling...

is just me and Tholly, of which neither of us can delete pages, block vandals etc. One night this week I believe we tagged around 8 or 9 articles for...

have over 60 deleted edits, and most of those are QD requests) or block vandals. Sometimes, when there has been serious vandalism, I have had to ask the...

around. What if some vandal strikes? SwirlBoy39 03:43, 7 April 2008 (UTC) But still, that was open a while and what if a vandal does strike? SwirlBoy39...

in WikiGnoming (fixing typos, layout, grammar and spelling), reverting vandals, contributing to some articles related to music and sometimes science....

The outcome of this request for deletion was to  Keep. Request from IP vandal with no valid reason to delete. --Auntof6 (talk) 21:38, 29 October 2018...

confidential information. CheckUsers are needed in many vandal attacks now (thanks to the Vandal Tribune), and Freshstart is most likely going to be there...

request for deletion was to  Delete. Created by a banned user/returning vandal who creates movie articles for her and her friends. Either way (talk) 03:04...

November 2019 (UTC) Alright, I won't beat around the bush. I mostly do anti-vandal work, but I have done some traditional edits. I've helped out in the Orphaned...

February 2010 (UTC) Support Of course. He is very active (3k edits), a good vandal fighter, and a friendly editor. :) --Bsadowski1(Talk|Changes) 07:19, 19...

vandal here is following patterns of the other examples of this vandal: a love for templates as well as a "I know vandals, I share IPs with vandals,...

at times..) -- Creol(talk) 03:46, 5 April 2008 (UTC) Support - Excellent vandal fighter, has shown need for the tools. Good luck!-- Lights  talk  12:27...

We should add a page creation warning button to the Vandal Warner gadget. SwirlBoy39 (talk) 04:41, 8 March 2008 (UTC) You can suggest the wording, and...

deleted pages, because of the qd-tags. He has made lots of VIP reports of vandals, which he could block himself if he had the tools. He is also the writer...

0/16 This user's changes are very similar to edits made by our "Kent State vandal" (IP range 131.123.0.0/16). Distinguishing features are quotes from Scrubs...

be done, even to a vandal. TheAE talk 17:49, 29 January 2009 (UTC) Obviously we were all just poking a llittle fun at the vandals; it wasn't like we were...

deletion for the reason: We shouldn't be having archives of that page. Vandals should be quickly forgotten in my opinion. Who ever looks at those archives...

Olympic Games is protected as it is a target for vandals and there has been a large number of vandal edits --  Da Punk '95  talk  03:42, 25 April 2008...

EhJJTALK 21:09, 16 June 2009 (UTC) Lots of great work on the wiki, great vandal fighter, has experience elsewhere, therefore a net positive. But one thing...

amateurs and may have been edited by less-knowledgeable passers-by or vandals. Although these tables are well designed, and useful to present the relevant...

have only found a repeat vandal a few times and have put in a VIP then. There are some much quicker and more efficient vandal hunters than me, but I'm...

very helpful, like when you helped me on IRC. I would like to see more vandal-fighting, though, and sometimes you can ABF like you did when you suspected...

of vandalism. Usually people use the term rvv when they revert multiple vandal actions at once. See Wikipedia:How to revert a page to an earlier version...

SE Wiktionary we've had some trouble with what we call the "Kent State Vandal" - a user or users from IP range 131.123.0.0 - 131.123.255.255, which WHOIS...

Despite what some "tough on vandals" editors' userpages may suggest, Wikipedia's primary purpose has nothing to do with vandal fighting! Soup Dish (talk)...

am requesting for adminship as I have noticed an increasing number of vandals on this wiki but there is no one(except me) to revert the edit. Besides...

also revert vandalism by diving into Recent Changes and quickly catch the vandal (either by no reason for changing a wiki or from an IP). I will not disappoint...

the IP addresses, and user agents of named users. This can be useful for vandal-fighting and in investigating sockpuppetry. The full requirements for CheckUsers...

give vandals one warning, and if the vandaliz again block them for at least 2 weeks, we need to get vandals off wikipedia. If that person vandals again...

contribs · count) (assign permissions) As you already saw I can help with vandal fighting. I'm admin and oversight at plwiki, so I know that tool quite well...

quicker due to this. The outcome of this request for deletion was to  Delete.  By Majorly, as "Disney vandal" hoax. TheAE talk 00:40, 7 February 2009 (UTC)...

aren't entriely on reverting vandalism and on tagging RfD templates on vandal articles, I requested my adminship to help me on contributing to simplewiki...

links are caused by vandalism (for example, a vandal disabling links to products competing with the vandal's favored product): it is worth checking to see...

months and I would like to help out in giving bot flags and renaming of vandal accounts, as well as other users' accounts. Thank you.-- Tdxiang 09:41,...

The editors were all nestled all snug in their beds, With visions of vandals advertising their meds. And Yotty in his ‘kerchief, and I in my cap, Had...

the RfA. Cheers, Razorflame 20:12, 13 June 2008 (UTC) I personally find vandal reverting a bit boring, and someone usually beats me to it. I'm not too...

about 250-500 edits/month. I am looking forward to being able to fight the vandals myself, rather than having to recur to others to block them. Thanks. --...

an admin here, as being mainly a vandal fighter, I can help with deletion of inappropriate pages, blocking of vandals, and perhaps even helping out with...

because I have been on this wiki for a long time and I have helped take vandals down and simplified articles. And I've also created tons of articles as...

administrator on Simple English Wikipedia. Ian has been a hardworking and steady vandal fighter for more than three months here, and he's been active for a longer...

Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Non clear, and take appropriate action against vandals and trolls. I would also assist in deleting the patent nonsense pages,...

with CheckUser itself, as well as other tools for dealing with persistent vandals. I don't like how some of our frequent contributors are being harrassed...

that dedicate there hard time to keep it from being a permanent home for vandals have my thanks for keeping this project on its feet.I may not look like...

request for deletion was to  Keep. Non-admin closure: Quite obviously a vandal having fun with a hoax RfD. Notable city that is a substantial article at...

article work is certainly an amount hard to achieve (especially when you are vandal-fighting so diligently)! I'm sorry I couldn't find any helpful suggestions...

I have traced the 1709 vandal, using WHOIS, to an ISP that is, unfortunately, handing out dynamic IP addresses. Checking the contributions of 195.189.142...

better then complaining about it. If i became an admin, I would fight vandals, delete junk, and help simplify the interface some more (I still see some...

made to simple are in the article space. She's particularly consisent with vandal fighting, expanding articles and so on. I've rarely seen any conflicts with...

outcome of this request for deletion was to  Delete. Non-notable creation by the Disney vandal; quick-deleted.Majorly talk 03:56, 27 December 2008 (UTC)...

All in favor for a ban for continuing to break policy, please say so. VandalFighterFR(V) Bad warning? 18:12, 31 December 2008 (UTC) I think it's time...

and just wait for someone to delete the pages while, in the meantime, the vandal keeps making bad pages. I would also like to be able to be an admin so that...

WorldTraveller101 (talk · contribs · count) (assign permissions) I am a large vandal fighter on various WMF sites and would like to help at Simple English Wikipedia...

opposite of WikiGnomes. WikiVandals, those who vandalise the encyclopedia; WikiGnomovandal, a variant of wikignomes and vandals. those who do minor vandalism...

Foundation order is issued that we ban a user or a user is deemed a cross-wiki vandal. Violations of this policy may also class as violations of the policies...

their own ways. None of the authors, editors, sponsors, administrators, vandals, or anyone else connected with Wikipedia, in any way at all, can be responsible...

userpage, why not work on Korea-related topics? I'd also suggest going on anti-vandal and newpages patrol. A concerning thing is that you have a high focus on...

request Ugochimobi has nominated this page for deletion for the reason: IP Vandal Ugochimobi (talk) 09:47, 12 August 2023 (UTC) Please discuss this request...

the least about Wikipedia? I would have to say the people who spoil it: vandals, POV pushers, and anti-social people. Good heavens yes. Is there one thing...

do you like the least about Wikipedia? Well, of course the drama, the vandals and the sockpuppeteers. Like the drama a couple of days ago, regarding...

vandal edits and 2 reverts of those edits). Mars had 2 edits (1 vandal edit and 1 revert of that vandal edit). Hurricane Ismael had 6 edits (1 vandal...

Also, I think vandals will regard this as a victory against Wikipedia and it may encourage them to continue. The only kind of vandals this will stop...

question at Simple talk Use an article's talk page Try out your editing skills in the sandbox Report a vandal Read our Rules See our list of useful pages...

but I haven't seen one revert. Vandal fighting seems like a good trait for admins. Try it. So overall, do some vandal fighting and article expanding....

this page for deletion for the reason: Likely hoax/vandalism by a Disney vandal. A number of the series listed here have nothing to do with Disney (possible...

has nominated this page for deletion for the reason: Test page made by a vandal. BlueHerring✆ 19:06, 29 October 2017 (UTC) Please discuss this request below...

(talk) 01:00, 20 November 2007 (UTC) Support – Excellant editor, great work vandal fighting. — Lights (talk) 01:04, 20 November 2007 (UTC) Triple Edit Conflict...

reason: Looks like both a notability problem and also the work of a long time vandal Peterdownunder (talk) 20:41, 1 January 2018 (UTC) Please discuss this request...

just as the proxy vandals began. Both have an unhealthy interest in adminship. Both seem to be frequently targeted by the OP vandals and are usually online...

several vandals to our adminteam. With the mop, she could delete the vandalism and block the vandals herself. However, she is not only a vandal fighter...

and more admin we have and I think that I could help with user rename (of vandal accounts). I will act upon the Community consensus. I'm an admin of this...

against vandalism (quickly deleting nonsense pages or blocking obvious vandals, for example) or quieting down drama and disruption, but I would also be...

Wikipedia. We can handle the vandals. Griffinofwales (talk) 18:58, 6 January 2010 (UTC) No, but we're on the same team and this vandal is simply unlike any I've...

"delete", such as merging. Quick delete Recently created by the cross-wiki vandal Alec Smithson with no substantial edits from others. Passengerpigeon (talk)...

involved(the exception, of course, being if the edit war is against a blatant vandal and not disruptive editing or good faith editing) and I have read the tool's...

that I have created about Civil war genreals. Maybe my vandalisim minor vandal fighting. Or maybe just my maintinance. Nothing that I am really proud of...

good work! Best, PeterSymonds (talk) 20:59, 9 December 2008 (UTC) Thanks! VandalFighterFR(V) Bad warning? 21:00, 9 December 2008 (UTC) Comments Review by...

good faith vandal to a bad one. Special:Nuke (in my opinion) should only be used as a last resort option for obvious and unquestionable vandals. I believe...

for the reason: The article is a hoax from sockpuppet of global locked vandal (BOjojo7777, Nublo777, Bruno666 and many other). Artur Galchenko's group...

even more than vandal fighting is content creation. We have so very little of that now-a-days. People mostly just come here to wack vandals and that is sad...

I'd like to nominate myself to become an administrator mainly to block vandals, and revert vandalism with a rollback button that actually works (I'm currently...

warning templates to vandals after they revert their bad edits? I ask because User:Jim.henderson has almost never warned vandals, and is continuing to...

source. — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page 07:33, 13 April 2022 (UTC) Definate Hoax vandal version of en's The Sweatbox. IMDb tag even leads to that movie. Redlinked...

position as there isn't really much equivalent to it. The closest would be vandal reverting of which I obviously do when I see it. I have been known to do...

of indefinite (vandal) 18:49, 18 Apr 2004 SimonMayer blocked "ANGELA IS A TROLLYING BITCH" with an expiry time of indefinite (vandal) 01:30, 15 Apr 2004...

user or a user is deemed a cross-wiki vandal...." Micheal Jackson would (in a wikiworld) be deemed a Cross Wiki vandal. --  Da Punk '08  talk  02:10, 24 August...

them a reward whenever you like They help the project alot by reverting vandals, helping the project. Such editors should be respected, and so you must...

reason: Partly AI-generated article written by the long-term cross-wiki vandal Alec Smithson about a non-notable architect. The claims of notability seem...

request Kunjarpunch has nominated this page for deletion for the reason: Vandal -- Kunjarpunch / [ t ] 01:05, 22 July 2021 (UTC) Please discuss this request...

good one -- Kunjarpunch / [ t ] 16:06, 20 July 2021 (UTC) {{Support}} Any vandal fighter needs rollback in my opinion it’s not that much of a big deal really...

know word could spread so fast. I have a strange feeling that there is a vandal cabal that somehow unifies our worst vandalism and sockpuppet cases. By...

English Wikipedia often means we also have to deal with many of their worst vandals and sockpuppeteers. Brian has shown that he is up to the job both with...

to identify as they give 0 Internet hits. Wonder if there's a particular vandal behind them. Sophocrat (talk) 03:56, 11 August 2025 (UTC) This request is...

such as blocking a vandal who just does not stop. In such cases, I see little or no benefit in getting into edit wars with the vandal, as they will revert...

blocked for the same thing? A range block may be needed (as in the 1709 vandal). Chenzw  Talk  13:25, 22 July 2008 (UTC) It is the same range and also...

with ease using Twinkle’s rollback feature, sometimes this can be slow for vandal edits that added a crap ton of bytes to a page, since it still has a delay...

position as there isn't really much equivalent to it. The closest would be vandal reverting of which I obviously do when I see it. I have been known to do...

not want to welcome vandals, do we? --Eptalon (talk) 09:48, 6 October 2008 (UTC) No, we certainly don't want to welcome vandals. My criteria, thus far...

limited protection time. Over the time, subjects move out of the scope of vandals or a protected title becomes then notable. I think it's not actually the...

company. --Eptalon (talk) 16:06, 13 November 2017 (UTC) Delete - reads like a vandal created article to me. In any case per Eptalon, company is not likely notable...

well. You work on the articles is appreciated, and I'd like to see more. Vandal fighting is also a good thing, so you might want to apply for rollback in...

it was the 1709 vandal again, I soft-blocked the IP range for a week (refer to the post on top). Please keep a lookout for this vandal after his block...

there are multiple vandals targeting articles related to broadcasting in the Philippines: This user (known as "careless girl" vandal in the English Wikipedia)...

Snake311 (I'm Not Okay!) 22:24, 28 February 2009 (UTC) Speedy delete disney vandal again, possibly. - Æåm Fætsøn /ˈaɪæm ˈfætsən/ 03:43, 1 March 2009 (UTC)...

and anyone supporting the article. This is a globally blocked sockpuppet vandal. Yes, globally, which means he is banned from all Wikipedia, not just one...

rather than just serving the vandals. The majority of our target audience don't know we exist, yet the majority of vandals seem to. The way to solve this...

protection (4 IP vandals in the last 48 hours)? << S O M E G A D G E T G E E K >> (talk) 20:26, 7 March 2017 (UTC) Update: 5 IP users making 14 vandal edits to...

are well deserved and his edits are numerous and dispersed. Even some vandals like him! My only criticism is that his Wikiproject seems to have ground...

screwed. Rollback vs multiple vandals is less than useless. It only takes two vandals to make it useless. Heck, one vandals and one person trying to help...

is because of security from vandals, to which Razorflame has a similar reason to mines. If you notice at en wiki, vandals have attempted (some successfully)...

active user here on simple. My main work here on simple is to help with vandal fighting, because this is very easy. I have requested several oversight...

we get more page creation vandals, so shall we get more administrators to deal with the increase in page creation vandals, so all in all, these reasons...

smart, and has brilliant solutions. Also, she did a really good job on vandal fighting. Her article work is wonderful, she is so friendly, and most of...

00:25, 17 December 2007 (UTC) Support... A couple of days ago I blocked a vandal that was vandalizing this user's page and I think he/she deserves admin...

115.155 User:27.109.115.158 These accounts (probably socks of the same vandal) are dedicated to creating hoax/non-notable articles. This has been going...

Wikipedia, as do I. Vandal warning from you is almost non-existant and it always helps to get people to learn how to deal with vandals so that it can take...

of obvious hoax articles like this one. I wonder if there's a particular vandal behind it. Sophocrat (talk) 22:28, 23 July 2025 (UTC) Quick delete: looks...

I don't really understand people who hurt others and am baffled by the vandals we get here on SimpleWP. I beleive I am a tolerant person and have zero...

privileges in order to block vandals and revert pages faster. I am becoming increasingly frustrated at the amount of vandal attacks on Simple English Wikipedia...

think we'd have less vandalism/vandals overall if you had to log in to create pages, although it's likely that vandals would attack more existing articles...

12 February 2009 (UTC) I agree with Juliancolton here. We only block vandals if they have made significant vandalism to this site within the past 48...

are a very civil, hardworking, friendly, and efficient user, and great at vandal fighting! The only improvements I can think of at present is that maybe...

Shortcut WP:DENYWP:DENY Some vandals want attention. They attempt to interrupt the Wikipedia community. They sometimes make Wikipedia users focus time...

only these, he is an active anti-vandal in the wiki. He tried to rectify every errors or bad edits done by vandals in the wiki. So, I strongly support...

shown that he is capable in fighting vandalism. He has reported many a vandal onto the Vandalism in Progress board and he has helped fight vandalism through...

log • email) End date: 00:00, 1 December 2018 (UTC) I'd like to block vandals Candidate's acceptance:self-nomination # Support 83.30.27.70 (talk) Close...

fighting some cross-wiki vandals, some of whom have already caused trouble here. Rollback will allow me to revert the vandals more easily too. Thank you...

report vandals and make use of WP:AN for more complicated requests. I also take part in RFD discussions. I help new users, unless they are vandals. I am...

done any of this here yet. Can you advise if you are intending to do anti-vandal work here? If not you do not need Rollback. If so I'd like to see some edits...

course! What do you like the least about Wikipedia? I really don't like vandals, they ruin the encyclopedia. Don't they have anything better to do? It...

stuff related to India, Pakistan and related areas. I wouldn't say it's a vandal, but the edits aren't good either. I remember that some admins (Chenzw,...

I just want to report that a cross wiki vandal (which I will refer from here on as the "Philippine TV vandal") that was blocked from en.wiki, transferred...

impersonating Darubrub (now renamed), they've actually been doing a lot of anti-vandal work here. Just notifying all admins here. SHB2000 (talk) 12:49, 30 September...

compared to many our overlap with En gives us more then our fair share of vandals and troublemakers unfortunately making Oversight and Checkuser more helpful...

think that global sysops should be allowed to block vandals for a short period. Vandals are vandals in any project and any help to stop them should be...

you first came here, and was continually more and more impressed by your vandal fighting, editing, interaction in Wikipedia, and, above all, your cool,...

fr33kman talk 21:29, 9 March 2009 (UTC) Could 69.85.235.3 be the disney vandal again? Just want to make sure. Cheers, Razorflame 19:00, 10 March 2009 (UTC)...

of high quality. I see you've been personally attacked by at least one vandal and remained cool. I think you have what it takes to be a good admin. EhJJTALK...

check new changes regularly, and have done a fair bit of vandal reverting. Despite this, vandal fighting is not my strength, so I don't have a great number...

O M G E R vandal at Meta had been here too. Ironic isn't it, that one of the reasons EN want to shut us down is because we attract vandals, and then the...

issues relating to looking for sock puppets, spambots, and other long term vandals. He has been able to identify problem users, and make valid request for...

can see those were not vandal-edits. So by those edits he or she probably helped this Wikipedia more than by warning vandals (or welcoming users..)....

mean to offend you, but saying "I'm not a vandal or a sock" is only going to make people wonder if you're a vandal or a sock. If you've been mistaken for...

we have sufficient warning templates already. We can just use the normal vandal one for this unless it becomes a big issue. Desertborn (talk) 19:19, 10...

be smart would be to award vandal catching in the Cup Purplebackpack89 (talk) 07:08, 1 December 2009 (UTC) How does "vandal catching" relate to...

changed. He's marked hundreds of pages for deletion and also reverted vandals and warned them. He's also created several articles and helped to expand...

has been vandalized 42 times. Transclusions {{User:Razorflame/VNLU}} >:( Vandals don't like this user. Transclusions {{Template:User English Wikipedia|your...

Archer7 has been active, knowledgable, and diligent in dealing with sustained vandal attacks, especially when they're targeting Wikipedians (rather than the...

the project and with the community in discussion right away. A dedicated vandal fighter, Philosopher has proven that there is need for the tools as well...

Looking at your edits, I see a very low activity without any evidence of vandal fighting or related matters in the last few months. Sorry. -- Mercy (☎|✍)...

Oysterguitarist 14:35, 19 August 2007 (UTC) Seems like a dynamic IP, or just lots of vandals in different houses (unlikely). Semi-protect, because some registered users...

SUL · CA · checkuser (log)) Griffinofwales and Mythdon are the open proxy vandals. They are trying to gain sympathy and show a need for more admins so they...

the moment to make this a better place. I am on here most days fighting vandals when I could be making good edits to the encyclopedia. I am asking for...

// ip addresses are more likely to be vandals score-ip:200 // flagged bots are likely not vandals, even if they add swear words score-bot:-20000...

the cross-wiki vandals and naughty IPs while embracing content generators (even if they're incivil). Here, we embrace cross-wiki vandals and naughty IPs...

notice. The block is to prevent that user from making vandal changes. If they make even one vandal or POV edit from that IP, I think we ought to consider...

Wikipedia make you feel high? (20) Do you bite other Wikipedians? (-5) Vandals (23, teach them a lesson) Newbies (-40, show Welcome instead) Admins/Bureaucrats...

really don't get, why their IP's aren't just blocked? They're obvious vandals, but I'm guessing it's policy. 'sigh' -- ApEtSIG 04:23, 11 June 2008 (UTC)...

(UTC) I guess it wouldn't hurt to increase it, but the only autoconfirmed vandal that I can remember is Adorno rocks (talk · contribs). πr2 (talk • changes)...

need more crats and they are clueful as well as flexible when it comes to vandals etc so I think they'd be a NETPOSITIVE to the project, Thanks, –Davey2010Talk...

it have been, that it would possibly prevent vandal and attack pages from vandals, especially proxy vandals, and that "anyone" could still edit but that...

quite long with warnings dating back to 2006, and i'm not entirely sure vandals will scroll all the way to the bottom of the page if they "have new messages"...

from one unregistered user. There is always a preference for blocking vandals instead of protecting a page, and that user has been blocked. Before today...

2011 (UTC) Okay, thanks for the info. I misunderstood it; I thought some vandal changed it so people would think we speak German or something...I've really...

uniquely tuned to make all the Geobox templates work correctly, and if any vandal were to move any of these pages or change any part of them, it could cause...

of that show on En. The article has issues as being the work of a known vandal with a history of creating fake articles. Googling each band member looking...

semi-protect) {{-}}? It is a widely used and transparent template that a vandal can easily vandalize. Also, can someone fully-protect {{tl}}? Thanks! MathCool10...

at the same time. This came up because on simpleWQ today an open proxy vandal (the same one as here of late) begun an attack there. This proxy had already...

Well, I'm very sorry, but when a vandal is blocked, the IP is blocked as well, to prevent creation of a new vandal user. You'll have to wait. I will...

to be the same but couldn't find any strong relations with any previous vandals. Did find one extra User:Car_Go_Go. James (T|C) 00:12, 2 January 2010 (UTC)...

is handling vandals and reverting vandalism. I want to be an admin to help out around the wiki by increasing my ability to revert vandals and help build...

A vandal vandalised the List of Greek gods and goddesses, and when it was reverted by someone else, the edit summary did not show the same vandal [1]...

the future! Good luck! Razorflame 01:33, 5 June 2008 (UTC)  Comment: Not vandal reverting in my opinion is not a valid reason - administrators have a rollback...

I have written around sixty stubs. I consider myself to be an effective vandal-fighter as well, as well as contributing to Simple Talk and the Admin Noticeboard...

April 2006 (UTC) Oppose. While Keitei has quality edits, and is a strong vandal fighter, he or she has not been here very long and does not have a high...

make a vandal revert, might fix a typo, might add some info to an article they don't necessarily like the best. All editors that aren't vandals are beneficial...

I have been wondering a couple of things. We often block users who are vandals, create attack pages etc., but they sometimes return and we just block...

just in the past three days. I could really use rollback to help with my vandal fighting - it's quicker than Twinkle rollback or the undo button, and I...

Really bad vandals would probably get blocked by me even they haven't be editing for 25 minutes, whilst I would watch the a "regular" vandal actively,...

in this situation? A user is a vandal. He is blocked. He creates a sockpuppet. The sockpuppet does not do any vandal edits but instead accumulates a...

Mr. Berty. I'm sure you've all seen me around. I have good expertise in vandal fighting and have many articles (see here). I also have some admin experience...

blocking anyone without even seeing what their edits are like? I think vandals have more lenient treatment with all the warnings etc... so why can't we...

believe having the rollback tool would assist me in handling more persistent vandals. I agree to the terms, including refraining from using the tool in edit...

treating vandals fairly, with good faith until no other course of action bar VIP remains. He always seems to be one step ahead of me in picking the vandals up...

ones that aren't working in specific for me are: Hotcat.js and whackamole vandal by Pilotguy. Razorflame 17:33, 1 March 2008 (UTC) The upgrade to MW 1.13alpha...

Sorry, not quite yet. Brian has shown a willingness to actively fight vandals, proxies, and sock puppets; all good stuff, but I just don't feel that...

article of the VGA on the Main Page, the vandal should click the more... link, and to access the other VGAs, the vandal should click the Other very good articles...

that simplewiki is like a hot spot for vandalism, every day I see multiple vandal edits on here, which I revert, of course. Rollback right would certainly...

remove all the edits of that user (could probably be applied to the "Jew vandals", we have from time to time). I think that whether the usual graffiti ("XYZ...

that... What would all those admins do if they could no longer delete ip-vandal created articles? --Eptalon (talk) 10:08, 20 May 2008 (UTC) A lot of pages...

this involves vandals. I therefore would find it quicker if I had the tools to delete and block the vandals. This way, I can stop the vandals earier. I would...

Wikipedia namespace, such as answering questions on Simple talk, reporting vandals, etc. Changes made to the scripts User:EhJJ/twinklespeedy.js and User:EhJJ/twinklewarn...

up another anti-vandal bot, please? Computer Fizz (talk) 13:48, 3 June 2019 (UTC) Why it has to be admin setting up another anti-vandal bot ? Tomybrz Bip...

amount of time, and that you feel the community trusts you. Oh, and do some vandal fighting also, I don't really see much work in that area. Well, that's just...

I had edited was the result of blanking more than five months ago by a vandal. On En-Wiki, that blanking would likely have been detected by ClueBot. For...

unsettling. Accounts jackjack (talk · contribs · logs · block log) - Indef ban: vandal only account. was banned quickly so only used one of the IP addresses in...

simple.Yotcmdr =talk to the commander= 20:54, 16 January 2009 (UTC) CONOM by VandalFighterFR(V) Bad warning? I would also like to nominate Sam for adminship...

January 2015 (UTC) Can someone please protect my archives? I don't want vandals desecrating or defacing my archive pages, please. Angela Maureen (talk)...

not great if this wiki to overly kind to vandals, but it's much worse if we're overly mean to each other! Vandals can be dealt with without resorting to...

2008 (UTC) The vandal warner can be customized to use whatever warnings you want to put into it. You just need to set the WarnVandalCustomItems listings...

article is being AFD'd as a hoax, the creating IP has a long history of vandal and made-up edits. Ravensfire (talk) 16:26, 12 August 2024 (UTC) Please...

and vandal-reverter here (but never really enough to be worth using an account) it's quite striking how much editor time gets wasted on vandals and warning...

self-nominate myself again after I had been here a full three months, our recent vandal (and Shenme's suggestion) has made me speed up my thought process a bit...

mean you are trying to use an anti-vandal bot here? If so I would suggest you not, as we already have an anti-vandal bot that runs here. And in order to...

(UTC) SUPPORT - As a vandal fighter, I support User:operator873's proposal for an orange-colored Blue triangle for the level 2 vandal warning indicator....

someone with a good knowledge of .js please look at User_talk:Bluegoblin7#Vandal_Warner_-_Help_Me, and can someone with good template knowledge please look...

2009 (UTC) Weak support Never heard of him, but I trust Sam's judgement. VandalFighterFR(V) Bad warning? 13:55, 5 January 2009 (UTC) WP:DUH support.Wait...

provides, and always leave behind appropriate messages (edit test messages, vandal/blanking warnings, etc.) when performing undos. Link to User talk namespace...

2008 (UTC) Well, to be frank it is not needed on a Wiki of this size. Vandals rarely, from what I've seen, make more than one edit to the page before...

IhateCrisCrotz (talk · contribs) is an obvious Jack Gaines (talk · contribs) vandal. Please block now. TenPoundHammer (talk) 19:24, 28 April 2018 (UTC) But...

the refrences. <refrences/> makes a refrence appear in the {{reflist}}. VandalFighterFR(V) Bad warning? 14:05, 16 January 2009 (UTC) Incorrect. You are...

links cite similarly unreliable sources. Also, both the IPs and Saša are vandals as well, since (in the case of the Hungarian article, at least) they keep...

their activity here, this doesn't mean we should welcome all the EnWP vandals with open arms without analyzing each case's circumstances. Our project...

Grunny to be very even toned. I am comfortable with the QD requests, the vandal reverts. There is no doubt in my mind that he will act accordingly to policy...

any IP address edits in the range of 151.49.x.x as they are most likely vandals. Thanks. Razorflame 17:29, 15 February 2008 (UTC) An administrator here...

four times before I blocked them, despite the fact they are a returning vandal creating the exact same pages. Instead of blocking as should be done, RF...

articles? UAA is one of the worst "report" pages on enwiki. If it's a blatant vandal, report to VIP. If not, bring it here or Simple talk to discuss it. Or....

it happens that vandals are damaging simple.wikipedia or creating pages that are to be speedied. While I have seldom blocked vandals in urgency, I feel...

have been reverting vandalism here lately after noticing a great need for vandal fighters. Rollback would make this alot easier. I have rollback at enwiki...

English Wikipedia. As a strong recent changes patroller, rollbacker, and vandal-fighter there, I believe I can make good use of the rollback tool here as...

16:36, 25 January 2009 (UTC) Of course, I would revert vandalism, warn the vandals who vandalised the page, protect pages, delete bad pages and block users...

began using the Twinkle tool more often such as tagging pages and notifying vandal warnings or welcoming new users on user talk pages. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk)...

For people making serious contributions to this wiki (as opposed to real vandals, spammers, self-promoters, etc.), there are pretty much two QD rules that...

rules state: "Simple English Wikipedia is not a rehabilitation centre for vandals from other sites. It is not somewhere for banned users to try and get unbanned...

innocent user and not the vandal in question (Part of his home ISP's range is already soft-blocked until January due to a different vandal). Obviously, without...

the protection following previous vandal attacks. There's enough admins to update it without opening the door to vandals. :-) Goblin 18:23, 26 December 2010...

2009 (UTC) Just wondering if this is possible: to create a tool similar to VandalWarner that would put the following automatically into your edit summary...

tell you, I am sick to death of this individual. English has a long-term vandal of nearly five years nicknamed "MascotGuy." His idiosyncracies point toward...

(UTC) Uhhhh.... Derpdart56 (talk) 15:28, 30 September 2021 (UTC) I know... vandal user talk redirects are annoying... 💠Ely - Talk💠 16:03, 30 September 2021...

you type 'WP:VANDAL' it will automatically link to 'Wikipedia:Vandalism' with a redirect message saying 'Redirected from Wikipedia:VANDAL'). Tharnton345...

newly created articles. Here we should look to filter out those that are vandal edits; so I guess we could do something like: new articles last month, with...

(UTC) "Have a group of committed volunteers who are reputable (meaning non-vandals or not disruptive in the community) take charge. I don't believe that a...

Support - Robert Sieger (talk) 23:48, 27 January 2009 (UTC) Banned crosswiki vandals do not get a vote. --Creol(talk) 07:55, 28 January 2009 (UTC) Indented...

it? why? A: Not very much if any at all. Q: How many warning's should a vandal have before being blocked? A: Depends on how many previous warnings, severity...

patterns continue after a recent block, there's no point in warning the vandal. Although on twinkle it does mention: "Vandalism after recent (within 1...

else). Thanks for helping us keep the main page penis-free. I wish these vandals would realize that their attacks are neither amusing, nor frustrating (just...

of the nature of their policy violation. IP addresses used by blatant vandals, sockpuppets, and people issuing legal threats should never be blocked...

notice logs that some admins may have forgot to revdel Help block and stop vandals I do not intend to participate in irc channels, as it confuses me there...

no doubt about his skills and intentions. Good content writer as well as vandal fighter who will help the wiki if he becomes an admin. Pmlineditor ∞ 07:44...

maximum of 20-30 regular (named) contributors, not counting admins and vandals. So our focus should be to get more (good-quality) editors. My fear is...

August 2010 (UTC) Is it built-in? I added the scripts, and don't see any vandal warning tool.  Hazard-SJ Talk 02:26, 2 August 2010 (UTC) Did you refresh...

most vandals here edit with an IP, but most vandalism here is done by the same few IP's and accounts, so actually, the percentages of IP vandals is pretty...

Systems Engineer (current). I believe I have proven that I fight against vandals and users who run sock-puppet accounts. I have submitted multiple reports...

(anons, named, socks, etc) edit this project; they could be anyone, socks, vandals etc. We need to have accountability for edits made to this site. Most anons...

WP:ABUSE project / local oversightship. In particular, how should repeat vandals and serious vandalism / personal attacks be dealt with? The discussion...

the best interest of the wiki in mind would hide the presence of a known vandal. That you would trust the word of a person you seem to know is in violation...

(assign permissions) Unfortunately, My ip have block in meta because a vandal use the same ip for me. So I decided to be active on this wiki for the time...

request at WP:CHU. Cheers, Razorflame 14:25, 3 June 2008 (UTC) As it was a vandal account that probably doesn't care all that much about the licensing attribution...

Edit: I'm not quite sure. Peter added the tag as being the I'm On Base vandal, but an anonymous IP removed it. The block still stands, and for me is enough...

05:26, 8 April 2022 (UTC)  Delete - Accidently created. And block this IP vandal. --Al-Zaynir (talk) 19:22, 8 April 2022 (UTC) Who are you talking about...

you have the option to hide it. This will let us see edits faster for vandal fighting and you don't have to hide it. Synergy 17:30, 30 November 2008...

= ? Hot Cat = MediaWiki:Gadget-Hotcat.js Twinkle = User:EhJJ/twinkle.js Vandal Warner = MediaWiki:Gadget-vandalwarner.js The rest are basic javascripts...

useful Twinkle feature to revert multiple edits of an LTA or a persistent vandal quickly from their user contributions page. However, the feature seems to...

out at 60 months of service. This is to my own disadvantage. Would some vandal please sneak back in and change them to a low number so that we can all...

I noticed that he was making mostly vandalous edits, and usually, for vandal-only accounts, you usually get an indefinite ban for that. -Razorflame (contributions)...

really great job as an admin (even as I type this down you're blocking a vandal). :D Please keep up the good work, dear Kansan! Sincerely, —Classical Esthertalk...

2018 (UTC) They all redirect to Bemani, and were created by cross-wiki vandals. Vermont (talk) 00:50, 13 June 2018 (UTC) Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 01:43...

all other possible pages where drama can be caused and keep open VIP for vandals. Barras (talk) 16:48, 5 September 2009 (UTC) You're right Barras. But the...

a chanop for an invite exemption. We share IPs of cross-wiki spambots/vandals, open proxies; you can also get help with complex admin tasks, and get...

aiv-ip and aiv-user. This is to resolve the issue of Huggle users reporting vandals to WP:VIP and not signing their posts, which appears to be a standard practice...

banned users on en-wp that have reason to be banned here, ie, interwiki vandals, or similar circumstances, but I think that a unilateral method is the...

without references. I use enwiki for this kind of thing cautiously, since a vandal can make the same changes in both places. I'll look at the CIA site, thanks...

be beneficial to try to get it onto this site. I am quite happy with the VandalWarner gadget and would love it if it could just stay that way. Cheers, Razorflame...

steadily growing everyday, and with it brings more users and of course vandals and trolls. While vandalism is not a major concern, I think we should enable...

been an undo, and not a rollback. Rollback says to a person that you are a vandal. I've just seen global rollbackers abuse it far too often. fr33kman 07:59...

will be easier for the cleanup if rollbackers can supress redirect (i.e. a vandal move page A to nonsense page name B, he/she can revert and then without...

articles and fixing them, do it. If you enjoy reverting vandal edits and reporting repeat vandals to be blocked, do it. If you enjoy spending some time...

block log • email) End date: 00:54, 27 June 2012 (UTC) So i can block vandals and contribute to wikipedia! accept Candidate's acceptance: VERY STRONG...

with it on the Strategic Planning Wikimedia, happen to be a friend of the vandal. Noticed the name when I saw a "You Have New Message" on the libary when...

wiki, with over 75 confirmed/suspected sockpuppet accounts. He's a known vandal, and he has already established a bad rep and a disregard for rules here...

requesting the rollback feature because I am currently being targeted by an IP vandal, who most recently created a User draft under my name, copied from a draft...

recent vandalism. Last vandal edit was a month ago Oxford High School shooting - page was just created and there has only been one vandal edit earlier today...

(UTC) We should talk about the impact of leaving content created by LTAs, Vandals, and otherwise blocked contributors in place. See above conversation about...

archives) being protected as long as possible ? They are targeted by IP vandals, but I don't think IP users have to edit them. MathXplore (talk) 12:49...

keeping IP vandals’ behaviour in check and checking the recent changes area to make sure nobody has done anything bad. If an IP editor or vandal’s talk page...

punishment remember. We don't keep a person blocked because they called you a vandal, we keep them blocked only if they are a danger to the wiki. @Orashmatash:...

criteria:". Chenzw  Talk  03:26, 3 June 2016 (UTC) Please block this habitual vandal, who removes good info and adds nonsense to articles. This person has also...

vandals, I have been re-establishing pages to prevent them from being deleted. Though I do promise if promoted, I will work harder to revert vandals and...

Template:Firstarticle are not necessarily vandalism or warning templates. Template:RepeatVandal --> Template:Uw-vandalism4. Rationale: Nearly exact same content. Template:Testarticle...

images, it may be helpful to modify this website's stylesheet to prevent vandals from adding inappropriate images to that page, as Roberto recently did...

school shares the same IP, I can't edit the normal Wiki due to thick headed vandals. Hmmph. One last thing, It'd be cool if some people (me included) wrote...

2007 (before the economy fell apart) and coincided with the deployment of vandal-fighting bots. There is less need to edit when a bot reverts juvenile vandalism...

borderline vandalism is under control thanks to Chris G Bot and a few other vandal patrollers, it does create spam and unnecessary used up space in the new...

Anyway article work appears to be tagbombing and vandal work is via SWViewer (my point is I revert vandals on-site not externally and 9 times out of 10 improve/update...

heavy DR work I do there. However, simple is growing - fast. The volume of vandals commuting between wikipedia.english and here is growing every day, yet...

major issue here is that the user who transwikied this page is a confessed vandal at wikipedia and has done very, very little to expand the articles and just...

move along, nothing to see here. WP:DENY. Though I guess that is more for vandals. Just a big sock farm. -Djsasso (talk) 18:45, 8 November 2021 (UTC) Dear...

by the way, can you have a look at Wildhaus (I had to create it after a vandal attack); I am not as good at geographical stubs... All the best nevertheless...

example. One of the stub types we've been using {{bio-stub}}. Now, if a vandal gets by us and makes a very bad edit, it will show up on (as I write this...

would ask for your assistance pretty much as soon as possible, since I fear vandal warnings won't cut it with this one, they'll probably get removed like everything...

other users to add additional reviews. In summary: Keep up the good work in vandal fighting and try to contribute more to articles than user-space. Regards...

Contribs · CentralAuth · Log) 20:39, 5 December 2017 (UTC) Yes, this is a vandal known as ZestyLemonz. I'm going to block both the account and the IP. In...

namespaces. You are also skilled at article work as well as DYK noms. Your vandal skills could use more practice (I'm not saying I'm perfect, because mine...

a sysop and a meta developer. The purpose to the removal were fears of vandals attempting to compromise their accounts by hacking their passwords. The...

and Blocking Policys - incuding things like dodgy Usernames etc Warning Vandals on en:wiki i have Popups, Godmode-light (Rollback), RC Filter,etc and other...

no action to be taken. -DJSasso (talk) 11:03, 10 October 2017 (UTC) WikiVandal (talk+ · tag · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user ·...

use Twinkle. But I will only use rollback feature if the edits are clear vandal. Hope to get a consent very soon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by...

on other projects. I wish to use my admin tools to help out by blocking vandals and deleting pages that are not needed. I'll also help out in any way I...

type @Moderators and then your message like this: @Moderators There is a vandal in this channel! Moderators can only help with issues on the Discord server...

telling users the history of the vandal and what to look for, also tells the vandal what we know and gives other vandal ideas about how to operate. -...

Goblin, but mostly reverting (or undo-ing as I can't revert) and warning vandals. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel...

anyone else. Having Rollback rights would help me protect Wikipedia from vandals even faster than I do it now. I believe I have shown that I can be trusted...

being disruptive. Another admin is welcome to reverse, but I think its a vandal/disruption only account if not a sock. -DJSasso (talk) 17:19, 7 June 2011...

requesting, Jianhui67, however you have only made around ten reverts by vandals and I definitely don't think that is enough for you to be granted this...

crat can also make an admin or a crat out of someone they know to be a vandal or a global sockpuppet: a truly horrific situation!! An admin, is a position...

on with Twinkle? Is there a possible fix? Additionally, I noticed that Vandal Warner only works while using the Monobook skin. MJ94 (talk) 17:42, 29 July...

2011 (UTC) Don't shoot me. In our recent craze of proxy vandals, there was a certain vandal who kept saying that we need to watch out for the next RFA...

been in good faith. Keep an eye on me by all means, but if I was really a vandal who was trying to conceal my identity, would I have stated that I was a...

(: [+piccolo] 01:59, 17 February 2012 (UTC) Yes we have a known Pakistan vandal. This is probably them at it again. -DJSasso (talk) 03:38, 17 February 2012...

requirements." WP:RBK: "You should have made a lot of changes, preferably showing vandal fighting. If you have rollback elsewhere, or admin rights elsewhere, this...

(along with feeding the trolls) has made him a more visible target to other vandals: User_talk:Krett12/Archive_2#Krett [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] (more available...

keep it in sync and because, as I said above, just because a user says a vandal will be blocked doesn't mean an admin will actually do it. When "will be...

this. User:Artix Kreiger/Graf. I was hoping that an admin could move the vandal history to somewhere else. Artix Kreiger (talk) 15:28, 9 December 2017 (UTC)...

seems to be only exclusively used by one vandal on Simple Wikipedia since November 2019. This is a long term vandal who changes birth dates, locations, and...

talk page now. Childishbeat (talk) 22:33, 22 May 2020 (UTC) Interested vandal fighters may want to add Peg + Cat to their watch lists. Over the last month...

edit-warring.Our mission here is to inform. Providing a playground for vandals is left to the others.--Eptalon (talk) 01:12, 5 September 2008 (UTC) "McCain...

acceptance: Majorly (talk) 21:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC) Support. Excellent vandal fighter and trustworthy. Sean William 22:28, 14 May 2007 (UTC) Support Majorly's...

(talk • changes) 21:34, 16 August 2010 (UTC) Are you sure? There has been a vandal creating "socks" of banned/retired users. I think they are rarely the person...

From: fr33kman talk Q: Recently we have had a problem with an IP open proxy vandal, under what circumstances would a CU be useful to perform on an open proxy...

disruption due to our language being English. We get quite a few of the same vandals and sockpuppets that enwiki does because of this. This also means that...

Special New Changes. Can any admin grant that. For your confirmation I'm a vandal fighter in 6-7 wikis. So I won't vandalize this wiki. Thanks in advance...

almost positive the majority of feedback will be non-constructive from vandals. Pending(tell me I screwed up and where) I actually like the idea. However...

bad thing. We could hope that the positive contributors outnumber the vandals it would attract but its hard to tell at this point. Certainly we would...

contributing. Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 11:21, 24 May 2019 (UTC) Nah they are vandals I have blocked before and already did again before I saw you post this...

2022 (UTC) I don't want to continue too much discussion about long-term vandals on-wiki (per WP:DENY) but Etoza, I haven't heard of this private database...

March 2011 (UTC) Good work on article creation, but I see very little anti-vandal activity. Also, I once saw him make a very questionable edit on Utah Jazz...

admin sat and watched a vandal vandalizing a bunch of articles, sure they can choose to not use their flag to block said vandal. Does that make it right...

administrator, I would like to see more vandal reversions as well as more reports to the ViP page and warnings to the vandals that you reverted appropriately...

didn't know we don't block by request I can't see how he'd fair during vandal sprees. He does some great work with articles, and is a big help in the...

I don't usually write biographies of living people, so could someone double-check my expansion of Anish Kapoor? I added a section on the Vantablack controversy...

SUL · CA · checkuser (log)) I believe these are all socks of the notorious vandal Freddy. They all fit his pattern of editing.MKil (talk) 18:40, 14 April...

reason why all users don’t have rollback rights. I would do a lot more vandal fighting here if I had the tool but I can’t be bothered to without as I...

and most to talk pages. Start editing articles, and show us you do some vandal fighting. You don't need rollback to edit talk pages... --Eptalon (talk)...

at WP:AN. 73.170.137.168 (talk) 04:38, 26 June 2024 (UTC) You are also a vandal though? Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 02:00, 30 June 2024 (UTC) You seem to be vandalizing...

User:Pratyya Ghosh semi-protected. I'm a vandal fighter and many users or vandal come to vandalize userpages of anti-vandal user's. That's why I want it semi-protected...

limited itself mostly to putting tepmlate tags on the talk pages of supposed vandals. Probably can be reduced to like four tags. - 213.200.248.36 15:39, 14...

post every single vandal onto this page now. I have only been posting vandals here if there isn't an administrator on and the vandal needs to be blocked...

a bit longer because they could be trying to get better as opposed to a vandal who comes here and continues who clearly isn't. -Djsasso (talk) 19:44, 25...

Enciclopedia. This page was created by Alec Smithson, a banned crosswiki vandal and spammer, who uses spam, machine translations and other covert ways of...

permissions) I know all about reverting vandalism. I have warned three vandals. TurboGolf 17:18, 2 January 2009 (UTC)  Done --Gwib -(talk)- 17:24, 2 January...

block log • email) End date: 15:59, 1 July 2017 (UTC) I'd like to block vandals Candidate's acceptance:self-nomination Support 83.31.75.34 (talk) The nominee...

for a not very important historical detail, are less trustworthy since vandals sometimes change them. However, it probably will not stay that way very...

month, and at least 500-1000 edits, before approving admins. Your edits and vandal fighting are good, though, although it takes practice to try to find the...

therefore, I humbly request to be a sysop for Simple Wikipedia. I am an avid vandal fighter on English Wikipedia, English Wiktionary, and here at Simple Wikipedia...

edit-summary line, emphasize the improved change, rather than highlight that vandals have forced someone to "revert" under their power. Perhaps volunteer to...

done it to this page.) Only pages that you think some people (who are not vandals or the author) might want to keep should be nominated for regular deletion...

is a stretch. Its use in vandalism is not a good argument for deletion. Vandals will always find something to vandalize. Garsh (talk) 04:54, 27 February...

believe that the rollback tool could help me deal with more persistent vandals. I agree to the terms that I can not use the tool in edit wars or to revert...

always hard to disprove). The main user (possible 2 users = one = en: IP vandal) has also blanked my user page, dropped unsigned comment(s) on another's...

long-term abusers that attack this wiki, and just also to combat the ordinary vandals. I understand that I may not be considered trustworthy due to my socking...

candidates for Admin here. Those that are Vandal Fighters, and those who are Content Writers. Generally Vandal Fighters have low Main Space page creations...

18:27, 2 May 2011 (UTC) Thanks, and we need more vandal fighters now too, there are so many vandals today! --—SEPTActaMTA8235— (t — c — l) 18:28, 2 May...

addressed those subjects, please.-- ✧ CM16  18:15, 8 December 2008 (UTC) Oppose VandalFighterFR(V) Bad warning? 21:04, 9 December 2008 (UTC) Oppose Sorry but you...

Mirage (talk) 06:51, 14 January 2020 (UTC) Striaght off protection, the same vandal strikes again, I think we can try a longer period of protection. --Camouflaged...

700 edits to my name in that time frame. I am very active in the area of vandal fighting, and the ability to delete bad pages, and issue the blocks as required...

Wikidata), and I know what is and is not vandalism. As I become more active in vandal fighting on this wiki, I think I will need to use this privilege to assist...

release listing. No one has written about the movie other than a cross-wiki vandal who is known on the Simple English Wikipedia as the Disney Anon. Please...

userspace redirects for me, and second off, since I already help a lot with vandals and vandalism, I would be able to deal with them in a more efficient manner...

helpful, I believe. :) I can't find anything especially wrong, and your vandal fighting looks great. I'm sure your changes would be even better, though...

no idea why you have filed an ER. Everything you do is exemplary, from vandal reversion to your massive answers to this ER below. I am surprised that...

user has also been a great help in keeping the Simple English Wikipedia vandal-free. Not many people can say that on their first days :P Keep it up! Cheers...

contributions to Wikipedia is reverting vandalism and warning/reporting vandals. My other contributions consist of adding/removing citations and fixing...

your !vote. I tend to be a wikignome so deleting qds etc and blocking vandals is right up my ally. And as a side note, don't let people disagreeing with...

were, somehow, not required when deleting an article section, then any vandal could delete sections, anywhere, by just claiming the text had violated...

Because of how active I am, I'd be able to deal with quick deletions and vandals quickly. I'm not actually expecting this to pass, and if it doesn't, I'll...

most of the time its not a big deal once its been reverted. 99.9% of vandals leave after a couple edits. If you happen to be around for the rare one...

work, and well done editing. :) It's nice to hear that you do a lot of vandal fighting - ;) I hope you don't mean that by "amusing yourself" would be...

just delete myself without adding to the backlogs Most of time when a user/vandal is reported at WP:VIP, or not, they just have a free vandalism spree, because...

(UTC) I don't think so. Not what I would call persistent, and the recent vandal is now indeff'd. Macdonald-ross (talk) 15:06, 17 July 2014 (UTC) Many users...

spend evaluating the 'quality' of this page as an article is a win for vandals. Osiris (talk) 08:20, 22 August 2013 (UTC) This request is due to close...

on the other hand, is for cases involving vandals (LTA) and offensive usernames (incidentally, such vandals frequently vandalize my talk page on plwiki:...

delete.--TBCΦtalk? 16:32, 14 December 2006 (UTC) Article is created by a vandal or troll, we do not know if the person is even real, this article needs...

to reconsider at that time, since we always can use experienced & Active Vandal Fighters. -- Enfcer (talk) 01:21, 9 August 2014 (UTC) Mr Wiki Pro (talk ·...

was done in the past by a vandal (wiki-linking each letter or individual terms) and may indicate that it is a repeat vandal. -- Creol(talk) 06:19, 9 July...

artiocle for IHOP, why not this?David g. Non-valid vote by a self-proclaimed vandal/test account. · Tygartl1·talk· 23:44, 12 August 2007 (UTC) Delete not notable...

active user here on simple. My main work here on simple is to help with vandal fighting, because this is very easy. I have requested several oversight...

6 January 2010 (UTC)  Not done Very little vandal fighting experience. I like to see atleast 100 vandal reverts or experience with it on another wiki...

"oops" or "forget it" style justifications. Has heavy use of the same "vandal fighting" tool (Twinkle) right from the start. Her editing also began (as...

contribs · count) (assign permissions) Have rollback at en:wp, have done vandal fighting here as well cymru.lass (talk)⁄(changes) 06:01, 26 January 2011...

their help. :) Orashmatash (talk) 18:22, 14 January 2012 (UTC) When this vandal returns the following clicks done by a local sysop for 24 hours again will...

myself to make GA articles. I have submitted a lot of DYKs and reduced vandals. So granted or not, I'm just grateful for where I am now :) --TDKR Chicago...

fair share of vandals too but nothing like EN, Keeping tabs in this manner is pointless as we don't have a major problem with vandals etc, This is more...

(log)) Reason:Users are the same person on en.wiki. See this for more info. VandalFighterFR(V) Bad warning? 23:58, 13 December 2008 (UTC) Note AN OLD MAN is...

Naconkantari 13:21, 22 May 2006 (UTC) Though I am concerned about the possible vandals from the Wikipedia above, Wikitruth is a notable website and critic of...

I did with the Greek list. Osiris (talk) 04:53, 14 January 2014 (UTC) A vandal replaced an article with this, and stated her first and last name. Should...

for disruptive editing. Their editing is reminiscent of the Disney IP LTA vandal that was here in the past. This one is also from Florida so it may be more...

to handle basic admin responsibilities? (deletes, move over redirects, vandal bitch slapping (blocks) etc... ) yeah. Do I trust him to do this under freak...

your nomination. I’ve done quite a bit of both content creation and anti-vandal work here. I feel ready to pick up the mop! I’ll happily answer any questions...

this involves vandals. I therefore would find it quicker if I had the tools to delete and block the vandals. This way, I can stop the vandals earier. The...

wiki, plus rollback rights there and is doing a good job in reverting vandals here too, so I don't see why not. Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 17:49, 16 May...

incorrect information.) These actions are very similar to the previous Disney vandal although the IP does not trace to the same geographic location (although...

be checked), so people know if that user is a good one, a poor one, or a vandal. Even though it's a pain, I'd say to get editing, and request admin status...

2020 (UTC) We also need to be aware that the editor is a multi-site mass vandal. All edits and their sources need questioned. User has a history of creating...

2013. I have got around 50 reverts (my contribs), some good faith rvts and vandal rvts. How I fight vandalism is I go to the recent changes, find vandalism...

'special authority', but are allowed to protect vandalised pages and block vandals when necessary. I would only use these powers to combat blatant vandalism...

anyone speaking English as a second language, and is vulnerable to subtle vandals. It seems as though some kids tried to get this on Wikipedia by taking...

more good edits. I have noticed you reverting more vandalism and warning vandals. The OYU4Me incident was a little strange. Anyway, for now, I'd say you...

we have younger people on here, and they should not have to put up with vandals. Article-wise, M-Train and M-Tram are the 2 articles I am proud of, as...

never used my admin power in any content dispute, other than with blatant vandals. I feel that if we can harness the category system usefully, we could have...

that I was a friendly, approachable editor. And therefore, haven't got into any arguments or conflicts. Of course, vandals might hold a grudge ;) ......

Juliancolton! I do have to agree that three months is a bit steep for only a few vandals...--Gordonrox24 | Talk 20:53, 22 November 2009 (UTC) I've lowered it to...

Reverting vandalism, reporting vandals, removing spam links Description: Using this to revert vandalism, add user warning to a vandal/spammer's talk page, and...

commitment? Osiris (talk) 12:16, 12 July 2013 (UTC) I've never been a massive "vandal fighter" since being on the wiki, as I'm sure all of my contributions and...

most common type of edits and I do enjoy keeping the wiki (relatively) vandal-free.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 09:17, 2 September 2024 (UTC)...

Although my changes here in simple are not much and I've reverted few vandals these days, having this user rights and the ability to revert vandalism...

redirects like this, but it is better as a redirect rather than a magnet for vandals that it previously was. --Ferien (talk) 22:25, 10 March 2023 (UTC)  Comment:...

permissions) I am a prolific vandal fighter on The english wikipedia. I would like to help out on this wiki with the vandal reversion.--ABCDEFAD (talk)...

be linked out of context" and "calling anyone who disagrees with him a vandal, defending his work by saying "duh" a lot") and WP:AN#Freddy?. Toliar (talk)...

Macdonald-ross (talk) 12:34, 1 December 2010 (UTC) Oppose Adminship is all about vandal fighting. It also requires supporting a NPOV, even when it opposes the truth...

even subtle vandalism! Sometimes he has to wait for admin action when a vandal is rampaging, so why not hand him the mop? I hope he gets it, and I don't...

and watch recent changes for any vandalism. We always like to see some vandal-fighters around. One more thing. I don't see you very active, in other words...

I'm so sorry about the incident with you, Jyolowski. I thought you were a vandal :-) --Diego (talk) 15:10, 4 March 2010 (UTC) Questions Of your contributions...

this Wikipedia. I wish to have the tools given to me so I can help fight vandals, and reduce the strain on the 15 or so other SysOp's here. I will answer...

for a few minutes or so until they check the QD page, or block a recent vandal. You don't have to do everything! Relax and breathe a little, please!! It...

user talk pages diff Removal of "sockpuppet" tag on a globally-blocked vandal (who had been blocked for abusing mulitple accts.) [4] Abuse of rollback...

cross-wiki vandal, Cometstyles might know more about that. Oysterguitarist 15:53, 3 January 2008 (UTC) He is a cross-wiki vandal. He's a John the Vandal sock...

semi-protect both my user page and my talk page, indefinitely, to fend off vandals. I will then create a separate, unprotected page as per regular wikipedia...

doing great work in fighting vandals and LTAs over a period of nearly six months. I often see Naleksuh reverting a vandal while waiting for an admin to...

nuke contribs • logs • filter log • block user • block log) Both "color vandals"...put nonsense colors like "Leuvee" in color articles. Fannon sprung up...

stop vandals and LTAs. I've been editing here since June 2016, and racked up about 3500 edits. Most of my work here revolves around reverting vandals and...

semi-protection is appropriate for an article? Are there occasions when warning a vandal is not appropriate? If so, when? When reviewing a request for rollbacker...

permissions) I am requesting access to the rollback feature to assist me in anti-vandal cases where the user or IP has made multiple vandalism edits in a row. I...

Bulgars Burgundians Goths Ostrogoths Visigoths Huns Moors Rus' people Suebi Vandals Middle Ages Guild Boyar Knight Knyaz Samurai Serfdom Chivalry Ajuran Sultanate...

something that the bot removes also stale IP vandal entries after six hours of either no edits from the vandal or once six hours since the report have passed...

happening to be on the 1 article in an hour that has a vandal edit for the minute or so at most our vandal edits sit is infinitesimally small. As for interpersonal...

QDs are deleted within a couple hours in the worst cases. Rarely does a vandal not get blocked in a timely fashion to stop excess vandalism. Remember there...

(UTC) Support. We need more active admins because there are cases when vandals do over 50 edits before being blocked. We also need more active admins...

subjective but I concur with the nom this page only serves to give trolls/vandals/harassers more ammunition to continue and I'm pretty sure those being harassed...

(UTC) This Template's Sole Purpose is to serve wikipedia only and warn vandals. deleting it will not serve any purpose as far as i know. 🌸 Sakura emad...

preference is to develop the framework of the wiki (such as categories) or on vandal interception. Everyone is a volunteer; all make up their own minds as to...

Previous versions failed GNG, and was recreated commonly by a wikiwide vandal (I do not know the exact term). However, this version looks very similar...

"article" and blocked its author, as I will always do there whenever a vandal attacks. Here in simple:wiki, and in other wikis, I only can alert you....

content in Pokemon and Homer Simpson because they were newly made by a vandal is too much. I even had to look up Pokemon on en. So despite the fact that:...

as well as on WP:AN and in deletion discussion. I also want to see some vandal work, which could warrant having the extra tools. Most importantly, I want...

I mean we already do it with a few problem editors such as the disney vandal and the pakistani pov pusher. -DJSasso (talk) 12:00, 27 June 2019 (UTC)...

English Wikipedia. Protecting pages is not needed unless it is a frequent vandal target and even then, shouldn't be protected unless the mass amount of vandalism...

for input for edit summary. rollback (VANDAL) - Labels rollback as vandalism in edit summary, and opens vandal's talk page (does NOT allow edit summary)...

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