CannaQAWiki:Vandalism

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Vandalism is about making changes to CannaQAwiki content so that it becomes incorrect or does not make sense. This also includes removing content for no reason. Vandalism is a very bad problem. People who vandalize may be blocked so they are no longer able to make changes. Test edits are usually not vandalism.

What vandals might do
Add nonsense.
Add information that they know is wrong.
Remove information from pages without writing a reason.
Make personal attacks to other editors on Wikipedia.
Move pages to other names, usually names that make no sense or are offensive.
Make the same page over and over, after it has been deleted.

How to fight vandalism

  1. Go to the new changes.
  2. Look at some of the changes by pressing the diff link to see the changes. Look out for anonymous users - most vandals contribute with just their IP address rather than a user name.
    1. If it is a new page and meets the quick deletion policy place {{QD|reason}} on it and replace reason with why it should be deleted.
    2. If it is not, revert the page.
  3. Warn the vandal by putting a warning template on their talk page; some are listed below.
  4. They may have vandalized other pages before, so check their changes by clicking the "changes" link next to their username on the 'history' tab. if it is an anonymous user, you can click on their IP address.
  5. If they continue to vandalize pages, report them to an administrator. If there is no administrator online to block the users, try to contact them through their other talk pages if they have one, or through the email links on CannaQAWiki:Administrators.

For repeated vandalism by an anonymous IP addresses, it is helpful to do the following:

  1. Trace the IP address and add {{SharedIP|Name of owner}} to the user talk page of the address.
Hover over the template syntax to see a summary of the contents.

Don't forget to substitute these templates

Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 4im
Various types of nonconstructive edits
Vandalism {{subst:uw-vandalism1}} {{subst:uw-vandalism2}} {{subst:uw-vandalism3}} {{subst:uw-vandalism4}} {{subst:uw-vandalism4im}}

Tracing IP addresses

The owners of IP addresses can be found using:

If an address is not in one, it will might be in a different one.