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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.

January 2009

User:Wiki Martyr

Verdict	Vandalism
Action taken	Permaban + Alt warned

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

Pretty obvious sockpuppet aimed at trolling Iscariot. --Cyberbob 06:52, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

IP check brings back Conndraka. --ZsL 06:59, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Uh oh. --Cyberbob 07:35, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

oh come on! it's a bit of 'armless fun. Someone was bound to do it. If it was Conn, then kudos for being able to have some fun :) --xoxo 09:22, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

lolpuppetry? Liberty 09:25, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

exactly. should be encouraged really. --xoxo 09:28, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Is sockpuppetry common on the UDWiki? Or is this something that will be remembered? Liberty 09:37, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism - a sock puppet account created solely to troll another user. There is no good faith reason to create such an account, and while alt wiki accounts themselves arn't specifically barred, creating one simply to troll is the definition of bad faith. Account permbanned, and Conndraka warned -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 09:39 15 January 2009 (BST)

User:Sgt Raiden

Verdict	Not Vandalism
Action taken	Informal message on talk page

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

Impersonation of a group and a user under the same name.

This user has shown through past contributions to pages and danger reports that he is aware of how to sign correctly. His report is nothing but an attempt to besmirch a group and user due to actions he disagrees with, namely moving to a suburb he is not in.

This user has previously declared Mall Tour targets when not in a position to do so and has therefore runout of second chance, reverting his shit is something I'm tired of. I want this warning and reverting. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 03:44, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Proper link --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 03:48, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

OK, there's something wrong with the links I'm getting from other people, because this is the second time this has happened. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 03:54, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I clicked on it right after you posted this request and it sent me to the right history comparison...--SirArgo ^Talk 03:58, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

The url is wrong it was diff=0 instead of diff=1362921. It defaults to the most recent, I suppose. --  AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 03:59, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Not vandalism - new users often forget to change the signature part of those templates because it's a separate variable. Only a few days ago this guy tried to make a report on an image talk page, so I'll have a talk to him on his talk page about signing (and keeping reports NPOV) -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 04:25 15 January 2009 (BST)

The man has a history of perfect signing and a history of announcing false targets for the Mall Tour! Do I not even get my sysop revision? -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 04:31, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

I can only find two cases of him signing a template like this (one where the sig is a separate variable) before, an