UDWiki:Administration/Vandal Banning

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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.

August

User:Mr.penhead

• Mr.penhead (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Verdict	Vandal alt
Action taken	Perma'd

Again, only two edits, different IP (maybe proxies being used?) but these two were severely wiki-breaking, so I perma'd. If you guys vote to un-perma and warn, we can do so, and feel free to misconbitrate me. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 05:23, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

The 3EV rule doesn't apply here. The account was CLEARLY created for the sole purpose of vandalizing (they knew exactly which pages to target and pasted in exactly the right amount of text to break the wiki), and we have a longstanding history of immediately permabanning those accounts as vandal alts. Moreover, A/M is there to deal with abuses of sysop power. If someone wants to argue that you abused your power by upholding the spirit of the guidelines (which are there to ensure the wiki remains operational for everyone), they're welcome to try, but it'd be such a monumental waste of everyone's time that I'd be half-tempted to take them to A/VB for spamming admin pages. —Aichon— 21:58, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Even when it was legitimate misconduct, you all didn't rule properly on an inappropriate perma case before, so I doubt anyone will start now. A ZOMBIE ANT 06:27, 25 August 2017 (UTC)

If the sole purpose of the account is to vandalize for its own sake, definitely permaban them. (That would include User:I AM A SPAMMER below.) I don't see policy being that relevant, practically speaking. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 23:29, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Agreed. I'm convinced, and have blocked the below account as well. My suspicion based on the latest attack is that the KERMIT vandal (assuming this is he) is also the AXE HACK IS AN AXE WHO HACKS one from a while ago — the caps lock, the targeting of a specific user, and return of anti-Axe-ation with the latest edits. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 23:37, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

User:I AM A SPAMMER

• I AM A SPAMMER (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Verdict	Vandal Alt
Action taken	Perma'd

Only two edits, so no 3eV, and IP doesn't match KERMIT & alts from a few weeks ago. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 23:00, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Perma'd, see next item. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 23:38, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

July

User:Thepickles

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

Verdict	Vandalism
Action taken	Warned

I reverted this user's first edit, which doesn't follow the pattern of the Kermit vandal, and they have different IP regions (although proxying is possible). Only one edit so far. Warning? Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 05:46, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Warning. Until they make three edits, 3EV doesn't apply, so we'll give them the benefit of the doubt. —Aichon— 09:09, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Warning seems to be right. If it's an honest newb mistake, we will hear back, and if it is a throwaway it won't return anyway. -- Spiderzed▋ 12:06, 27 July 2017 (UTC)

Since he did it again, I went ahead and warned. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 11:17, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

I added a slightly more blunt warning, given that he's driving at full speed into 3EV territory, and I'd like to give him every opportunity to avoid it. —Aichon— 14:52, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

"Kermit" & Alts

• KERMIT THE FROG (talk | contribs | logs | block | IP Check | vndl data | discuss)

Verdict	3-edit vandal & ban evasion
Action taken	Permas

Just wanted to post that I've been perma'ing various accounts in the last few days that are clearly the same vandal: User:KERMIT THE FROG, User:I AM KERMIT THE DICTATOR, User:KERMIT THE EMPEROR, and User:REMOVE MONGRIEF. First as 3eV, now as vandal alts. No idea why this dude thinks I'm a problem; I assume it's because I banned his original vandal alt. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 20:26, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Idiot should be using misconduct. (I always ban IP's separately.) --Rosslessness ^{; the shambling custodian of UD's past...} 20:55, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

Was User:Remove Moncrief already taken? Anyway, obvious 3ev is obvious. -- Spiderzed▋ 08:20, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

Continuing to block this guy. Based on IP User:BITCH is probably the same person. 3eV on its own anyway. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 20:45, 5 August 2017 (UTC)

User:Zab

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

Verdict	Spambot
Action taken	Perma'd

We've got a live spambit. --Cheese 11:16, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Looks like Stelar got it. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 11:25, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

March

User:Drawde

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

Verdict	Soft Warning
Action taken	Notice on talk page

oh, girl i wanna be with you -- Adward  15:49, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Is there a specific edit you're self-reporting on? You submitted this report not having made an edit in ~3 years. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 16:58, 15 March 2017 (UTC)

Soft warning - shitting up overused administration pages, for shame -- boxy 10:06, 17 March 2017 (BST)

I was leaning towards a permaban, but I guess I'll settle for a soft warning, so long as I don't have to be the one to deliver it. —Aichon— 15:52, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Turgid Warning --Rosslessness ^{; the shambling custodian of UD's past...} 19:59, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Since there's been no reply, I guess a soft, velvety warning is in order. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 20:17, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Enough of that soft warning bullshit, time to bring down the iron fist on all those common users who dare to act up against the wiki nobility. Death by Snu-Snu -- Spiderzed▋ 20:51, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

I like how all of you are too lazy to post the soft warning on his page. How is he supposed to know? That's so unfair. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 00:05, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

To be fair, I stipulated that I wasn't to be the one to do it. At least I was up front about it. ;) —Aichon— 06:11, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

That's the beauty of it... if he comes back here to do it again, anytime soon, he'll see it. Checkmate, Atheists! -- boxy 13:22, 23 March 2017 (BST)

i'm so efficient -- Adward  17:32, 13 May 2017 (UTC)

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