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This page is for the reporting of vandalism within the Urban Dead wiki, as defined by vandalism policy. On this wiki, the punishment for Vandalism is temporary banning, but due to security concerns, the ability to mete out this punishment is restricted to System Operators. As such, regular users will need to lodge a report for a Vandal to be banned from the wiki. For consistency and accountability, System Operators are requested to note on this board their actions in dealing with Vandals.

Guidelines for Vandalism Reporting

In dealing with Vandalism, time is often of the essence. As such, we ask that all users include the following information in a Vandalism report:

• A link to the pages in question.

Preferably bolded for visibility. If the Vandalism is occurring over a sufficiently large number of pages, instead include a time range of the vandalism attempt, or alternatively, a link to the first vandalised page. This allows us to quickly find the damage so we can quickly assess the situation.

• The user name of the Vandal.

This allows us to more easily identify the culprit, and to check details.

• A signed datestamp.

For accountability purposes, we ask that you record in your request your user name and the time you lodged the report.

• Please report at the top.

There's conflict with where to post and a lot of the reports are missed. If it's placed at the top of the page it's probably going to be seen and dealt with.

If you see Vandalism in progress, don't wait for System Operators to deal with it, as there may be no System Operator online at the time. Lodge the report, then start reverting pages back to their original form. This can be done by going to the "History" tab at the top of the page, and finding the last edit before the Vandal's attack. When a System Operator is available, they'll assess the situation, and if the report is legitimate, we will take steps to either warn the vandal, or ban them if they are on their second warning.

If the page is long, you can add new reports by editing the top report and placing your new report above its header in the edit screen.

Before Submitting a Report

• This page, Vandal Banning, deals with bad-faith breaches of official policy.
• Interpersonal complaints are better sorted out at UDWiki:Administration/Arbitration.
• As much as is practical, assume good faith and try to iron out problems with other users one to one, only using this page as a last resort.
• Avoid submitting reports which are petty.

Vandalism Report Space

Administration Notice

Talk with the user before reporting or accusing someone of vandalism for small edits. In most cases it's simply a case of a new user that doesn't know how this wiki works. Sometimes assuming good faith and speaking with others can avoid a lot of drama, and can even help newbies feel part of this community.

Administration Notice

If you are not a System Operator, the user who made the vandal report, the user being reported, or directly involved in the case, the administration asks that you use the talk page for further discussion. Free-for-all commenting can lead to a less respectful environment.

Administration Notice

Warned users can remove one entry of their warning history every one month and 250 edits after their last warning. Remember to ask a sysop to remove them in due time. You are as responsible for keeping track of your history as the sysops are; In case of a sysop wrongly punishing you due to an outdated history, he might not be punished for his actions.

November 2008

User:Crazyloop

Crazyloop (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Made every single link in the radio page link to his group Jenova's Witnesses.

Linkthewindow  Talk  00:01, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism - Warned. -- Cheese 00:03, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Dill123

Dill123 (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Blanked the page of another user. --Pestolence^(talk) 19:43, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Warned -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 11:58 29 November 2008 (BST)

User:PeerPressure

PeerPressure (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Special:Contributions/PeerPressure Noting the perma, he changed the dangermap completely red.--Karek^maps?! 07:04, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

inb4 iscariot miscontributes --Sonny Corleone ^{DORIS MSD pr0n} 08:42, 27 November 2008 (UTC)

Peer pressue makes me have to call Sonny a faeg. Sonny, you're a fag.-- dǝǝɥs oʇ ɯɐds: sʎɐʍ1ɐ! 12:43, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

User:SonnyIsGay

SonnyIsGay (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Vandalised Sonny's user and talk pages. --HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS 11:54, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Ah, what the hey, account blocked. It's only purpose is to vandalise, given the name -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 12:03 15 November 2008 (BST)

in before iscariot misconbitrating --HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS 13:07, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Gamestriker4

Gamestriker4 (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Page breaking edit, i've brought this up before and he has been warned about it.--xoxo 02:18, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

He wasn't warned, and not vandalism. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 02:19, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Nubis said "Not Vandalism this time. Note left on his talk page explaining that perhaps he should make his own sandpit." and i didn't mean warned as in through the vandalism system, i meant warned like advised not to do it again. This is intentional repeated page breaking, whats not to vandalism?--xoxo 02:32, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

As a point, I would have reverted his edit, but the page caused that much slowdown that my system froze. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 02:37, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Get a decent computer? --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 02:41, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I thought we had a policy against edits that caused such computer lock up, whether intentional or not. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 02:43, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

That'd the page breaking edit clause i refered to that i'm sure is around somewhere (or maybe not..)--xoxo 02:44, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Can you two take that page a little less seriously ? Its a freaking sandbox! Just kick the castle out and start building another one! Sheesh. --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{talk mod} 02:46, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I couldn't give two shits about that page, I give a shit about losing whatever isn't saved because my computer locks up. If this isn't escalated then next time it happens I'm replacing the entire page with a 'How to' guide to make your own Sandpit and requesting protection. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 02:50, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Should i quote Gnome? get a descent computer XD Anyway, write the guide, request the protection and i'll protect it myself tomorrow morning --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{talk mod} 02:54, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

racism is serious business.--xoxo 02:48, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

So, i guess i'll report you for racism, since you force me to use Sandpit instead of caixa de areia --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{talk mod} 02:51, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Have i ever forced anything upon you Haggy? If you actually want it make it!! Server space is cheap. --xoxo 03:14, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Holy crap! LOL! But still, that's this wiki's sandbox, and people are free to play with it. Not vandalism --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{talk mod} 02:36, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

fffiiinnnneeeee--xoxo 02:38, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Wow, he is still doing it? I know this is the sandpit... But surely something like that can't possibly be taken in good faith at all? And regardless of how bad Iscariot's computer may be, if it inhibit's others use of the wiki and otherwise surely it should be stopped, he is a repeat offender.... D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 03:01, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I might add that my 4 gig alienware was significantly slowed. I mean, I had a lot of stuff going at that time, but that was the straw that pushed the boulder over the cliff edge.-- dǝǝɥs oʇ ɯɐds: sʎɐʍ1ɐ! 19:06, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

So, wait a minute. He's made these kinds of edits before to this page and was asked nicely not to do it. He did it again and isn't getting in trouble? Other than bad faith can anyone explain the purpose of his edits? Was he testing a template? Making a new sig? Oh no wait, he was making @ really big and adding gibberish text. Vandalism The whole point of leaving a personal note on the talk page the first time was so that ANY repetition of the action would be swiftly voted vandalism. --– Nubis ^NWO 19:33, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

By not voting this vandalism you guys are basically saying any edit to a public sandbox is kosher. That's not a good idea.--– Nubis ^NWO 19:34, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Pretty much, short a few things like malicious links. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 19:41, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

He's turning Sandbox into a malicious link. --Midianian ^{Big Brother Diary Room: [501,14]} 01:06, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism - 1. The user knows better, 2. Midianian is indeed right, nothing excuses turning the page into a malicious link which causes loading errors and that's what's going on here.--Karek^maps?! 01:10, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

It does not cause so much of the slightest slowdown for me. What the hell are you people running? --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 01:12, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm on my home pc, slower than my travel computer but still good enough that no text page should be able to make my whole monitor flash. My apologies if I'm not willing to go out and spend $800 upgrading to a 8gb system with a current generation motherboard and video card but there's really no reason to ignore this. If you're not seeing the errors strike your ruling, you're not fully aware of the situation and can't make an informed decision, or at least you obviously couldn't at the time.--Karek^maps?! 01:25, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

You hardly need 8gig, I'm running with 4. I'm sorry if I can't rip out the 4 gigs and stick in a single one to see how it'd perform. As far as I'm concerned, the page handles perfectly normal. But seeing as a few other people have complained I'll strike. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 01:33, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you, that's understandable, I was exaggerating. I'm running about a gig, most people don't run 4 unless they are running a gaming computer and even then there are some limitations as to who can effectively run 4 anyway. :P.--Karek^maps?! 02:54, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm running 2.5 and I'm not getting any slowdown... I think this case has been correctly ruled vandalism but I hope future cases of this sort aren't blindly ruled based on precedent. It's really dangerous to so strictly punish people for slowing down people's computers when the range of possible setups - and internet bandwiths - is so wide. --HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS 03:05, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I think provided the person has been asked previously not to make an identical edit then it is fine, however next time perhaps more forceful language that clearly spells out the consequences should be used when informing someone. Soft warning anyone? --xoxo 03:19, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

You may really want to consider making your own personal sandbox if your edits to a community sandbox are going to continue along those lines. I already told him that. That quote is from my note the first time.--– Nubis ^NWO 03:22, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Yeah i agree with you, i brought this case here. I was saying that basically if someone else was do the same thing again you should clearly threaten vandalism rather than ask him to consider making a personal sandbox.--xoxo 03:33, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

While reading the sandpit talk page, i can't help to notice this comment from gamerdood: There,I have "nuked" the page.Don't be a rascist-support the Sandbox Revoltion!!!!--Gamestriker4 00:58, 17 October 2008 (BST) Therefore i am switching my ruling to vandalism --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{talk mod} 11:01, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Warned - but only because he did so as part of an extended and deliberate campaign to break the page, not for experiment's sake, but to be annoying -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 11:47 14 November 2008 (BST)

User:Matt Aries

Matt Aries (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Keeps blanking pages--xoxo 03:58, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Watch carefully: They're. His. Pages. See what I did there? -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 04:00, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Own comment struck. New information from LoD leadership shows that the page was created by User:LoDmember as shown here. A sysop IP check should show that to the same IP as Psychotic Pantomine below. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 05:04, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

His pages??? The history purge makes that impossible to tell, and the one i did check has other editors too. Also it's most unusual to blank a page anyway, my guess would be he's a disgruntled dude leaving a group. Anyway i posted on his talk page to try and find out the full deal, until then, this stands.--xoxo 04:02, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

No, they really are his. He's the Co-Leader of the LoD. --DT^PK 04:03, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Ah ok, blanking seems odd at any rate, in conjunction with the fact he chose to edit war the other guy rather than report him.--xoxo 04:04, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

In the future, hit his talk page. Can lend some clues. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 04:07, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I did hit his talk page, admittedly not his user page, which was a mistake, however as i said above just because someone claims to be in a group doesn't mean they are and he wasn't a/vbing the guy who was restoring the page which suggested potential internal conflict.--xoxo 04:09, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I'm the one who was edit warring with him, out of game I'm a friend with the leader of LoD (Psychotic Pantomime). She contacted me about some issues with Matt Aries, apparently he departed the group in a pretty bad way and while I don't really have anything against the guy it's not the first time hes pulled something like this. His argument will be that he was asked to redo the wiki pages, but at that point it becomes a he said she said. That being said, I've been told about some threats from him and I expect that Psychotic Pantomime may be able to provide proof of that. --RichterFury 04:39, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I made the main page and yes he is disgruntled..we asked him to stop and he kept going.he has vandalized all the LOD pages out of rage. --Psychotic Pantomime 04:32, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism even if he created the pages he wasn't the only contributor and has no right to blank them now. --– Nubis ^NWO 04:45, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Warned - group members can wipe their own group pages, but only if they're sure that the rest of the group agree. That obvioulsy isn't the case here, so warned -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 08:52 11 November 2008 (BST)

User:Researcher15

Researcher15 (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Warned twice for vandalism. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 00:15, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

You are being very lenient. If he does anything like that again, without any positive contributions, he needs to be permaed -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 02:23 11 November 2008 (BST)

I took some of his earlier contributions for constructive so I didn't ban him. I had already warned him and he stopped so I decided to leave it. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 02:31, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Santa Claus

Santa Claus (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

This edit, which will be the first of many. Same spamming moron that's been banned about a million times before. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 19:18, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, I got him. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 19:19, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Proof that Iscariot is the new Grimch... he just reported Santa Claus and ruined xmas. --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{talk mod} 02:37, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Fgsfdsderpderp

Fgsfdsderpderp (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Lalz & more lelz.--xoxo 06:37, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

Perma - while there are only 2 contributions, this is obviously a vandal alt, given the name and use of a proxy to edit with -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 09:50 6 November 2008 (BST)

Yeah when i saw just the talk page one i thought he wanted to join and had just stuffed up...then i saw the main page one and was like "oh..." Anyway thankyou for being transparent in your decision making boxy, it is greatly appreciated.--xoxo 10:02, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Rs2play

Rs2play (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

adbot.--xoxo 08:05, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Gorn. --ZsL 08:26, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Mpontius

Mpontius (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Suspected sockpuppet of someone on the 'Censorship-Yay!' side of the Borehamwood argument. Two contributions, both removing sourced information from a community page. Obvious bad faith. Request IP check, warning of main alt and banning of this puppet. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 20:13, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Do not backseat mod, iscariot, this can be real bad for you... And as far as i am concercened, this guy commited no vandalism... but i am biased on this case. --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{talk mod} 21:52, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

How is any of that backseat modding? Not once did I rule vandalism. And all of this from an admitted biased judge, why are you postin g on this case then? -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 00:36, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

This IP is from the University of Central Florida. Nobody else uses this particular IP.--Thari ^{TжFedCom is BFI!} 22:39, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

In the future, do not post the location from the ip you just checked. Saying it doesnt match any other user is already enough. --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{talk mod} 23:18, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Unfortunately Hagnat is correct for once. This breaks the privacy policy by detailing where the edit is made from. Ruling? -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 00:36, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

It doesn't match anything according to Thari, so not vandalism. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 00:42, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

User:Iscariot

Iscariot (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Don't we have a rule against obnoxious flashing signatures [1]? -- Cheese 15:25, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't think so, it's not covered in the policy regarding signatures. - User:Whitehouse 15:32, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Not Vandalism - Obnoxious signature policy failed, and the signature policy above doesn't seem to cover it. Iscariot's signature quite nicely ruined the location for me, but what can you do. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 16:38, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

What's this? A sysop creating a case and it being shown that he doesn't know the policies by which this wiki is governed? This from a person who gets to vote on vandalism cases? You'd think I'd be shocked.... -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 20:13, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Fuck off and stop trolling the Admin pages with your "I know best so give me attention" bullshit. Grow up. -- Cheese 21:00, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Not trolling, commenting. This case has been made against me and I am allowed to comment on it's content and the reasons for it being brought here. Enjoy. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 21:04, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Tap your helmet mate. Come on, not that big of a deal.-- dǝǝɥs oʇ ɯɐds: sʎɐʍ1ɐ! 21:03, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism - Iscariot currently signature makes it look like its me signing ;) --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{talk mod} 21:59, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

What. No. It doesn't.--Thari ^{TжFedCom is BFI!} 22:42, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Hagz, not it doesn't. And by your little wink smilely, I'm to assume you're joking. On a case that affects a user pretty heavily. Don't joke.-- dǝǝɥs oʇ ɯɐds: sʎɐʍ1ɐ! 22:50, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Unless a policy against fun was created during my idletime, i think i am still able to joke around in here. --People's Commissar Hagnat ^{talk mod} 23:15, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

Sure, you're allowed to joke, just make it seem more of a joke next time. It looks quite official how it is, you have to admit that. :). Glad its not serious, I'd have to hang you for being power corrupt. :D -- dǝǝɥs oʇ ɯɐds: sʎɐʍ1ɐ! 23:20, 3 November 2008 (UTC)

I'll see if he removes the bolding, or adds a note at the beginning of his edit, before deciding if I'll misconduct him for being an involved party and ruling on this case, or vandalism him for spamming the admin pages for admitted humour. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 00:39, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

Actually, if I'm not mistaken, other Sysops have jokingly ruled with bold and got away with it. No changes or anything.-- dǝǝɥs oʇ ɯɐds: sʎɐʍ1ɐ! 00:47, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

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