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.
- 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
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| 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.
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| 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.
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April
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None yet
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None yet
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We are requesting this newly created user account be banned for multiple attempts to vandalize our group page since yesterday. They even undid the revision that was done by Rosslessness, which may be another sort of infraction? In their most recent edits they mentioned Doritos, which is also what another user, sniper4625, presented as well with their unwanted edit yesterday too. We would postulate that this is someone very familiar with this site, and likely a longstanding user here too afraid to comment with their real user name and IP address.
Fee free to let us know what else we need to do to facilitate this process further. Thank you. --The Jack (talk) 01:45, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
- I’m inclined to Perma as a 3EV, but I’ll wait for other opinions lest someone disagree. And I doubt Sniper4625 is the same person as Starlingt. —Aichon— 04:36, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
- They're not letting up. Very likely just a vandal account at this stage. -- Cheese 08:15, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
We would also like to mention that we have openly offered for anyone, including detractors, to leave open commentary of the Discussion part of our group page if they have something they wish to convey. But this offender seems bent on simply attempting to be annoying, infantile, and destructive only. --The Jack (talk) 02:07, 28 April 2018 (UTC)
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Vandalism
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Perma'd
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He really isn't --RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 14:38, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
- This dude really seems to be into skunks, on top of the rest of it Bob Moncrief EBD•W! 15:27, 10 April 2018 (UTC)
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Vandalism
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Perma'd
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Created a bunch of spam pages. --AORDMOPRI ! T 20:21, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
- Also, creating a bunch of sockpuppets. For example, User:Anti-Soros 005 --AORDMOPRI ! T 20:27, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
- Looks to be the Siptar guy from last month based on IP. I've perma'd the one you linked and blocked its IP, but it'll take me a few minutes before I can get to the rest. —Aichon— 21:09, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
- Okay, blocked all of the accounts linked to that IP, blocked the IP, and nuked the pages. If I missed anything, let me know. —Aichon— 21:38, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
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3 edit rule
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Perma
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Sockpuppeting and impersonation. [1] [2] --AORDMOPRI ! T 18:18, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- 3 Edit rule - Also stuck a semi protection on the page in question. --RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 20:15, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- As an addendum, checkuser seems to confirm that this one is yet another vandal alt of the below cases, since it's showing a match with Infernozerg when the IP range is slightly widened. —Aichon— 16:10, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
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Vandalism
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Banned forever
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Vandal alt
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Banned forever
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Vandal alt
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Banned forever
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Probably another sockpuppet of User:Wangguy. [3] --AORDMOPRI ! T 15:24, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- I got him. We should ban all the associated accounts at this point. -- AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 16:16, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- I’d suggest this should be a second warning for Wangguy, given that he did it after he had already received the warning from Bob. —Aichon— 20:45, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- Is this all the same guy, no? It's good to give the benefit of the doubt for a new user, but he hasn't done anything else except vandalize. -- AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 20:54, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- Infernoguy and sirguy are using the same IP, which I've now blocked. --RosslessnessWant a Location Image? 21:03, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- Have also blocked Blowme, and the IP that account edited from. At this point I'd say User:Wangguy counts as a 3eV, since none of the original account's edits were constructive either, so I'd support a perma of the Wangguy account as well. Bob Moncrief EBD•W! 15:20, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
- Agreed, and Perma'd appropriately. —Aichon— 15:50, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
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Vandalism
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Warned
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Vandal Alt
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Perma'd
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Vandal Alt
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Perma'd
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Good old fashioned vandalism. [4]. Looks similar to User:Wangguy who was doing similar stuff to the same page. [5] A ZOMBIE ANT 01:04, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
Likely a sock puppet of Sirguy in DDR's report below. --Cheese 22:00, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
- I've combined the two since they're clearly the same M.O. Technically both have exactly three edits and thus count as 3eV-eligible. They're also with the same M.O. as Wangguy, whose target is also Clubbed to Death, and which I meentioned in my welcome message on their talk page. If others are OK with it, I may checkuser all three and see if they're alts of the same person. Bob Moncrief EBD•W! 13:40, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
- Having checked, I'd suggest we Permaban Clubbedtodeathsucks and Sirguy as vandal alt accounts and then apply this case as a Warning on Wangguy. I'd have been willing to accept that he may not have known better, but the fact that he's using multiple accounts tells me that he knows he's up to no good. —Aichon— 19:38, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
- He's still at it. - Cheese 20:44, 7 April 2018 (UTC)
- And again. - Cheese 09:24, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
Due to the ongoing offenses, I've perma'd Clubbedtodeathsucks & Sirguy and left a warning on Wangguy's talk page. Bob Moncrief EBD•W! 13:28, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
March
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vandalism
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blocked forever
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vandalism
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blocked forever
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vandalism
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blocked forever
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vandalism
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blocked forever
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See all contribs. --AORDMOPRI ! T 19:19, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
I believe I blocked all of them and deleted any associated pages. Wish I would have seen this sooner. Thanks Armpit. -- AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 20:42, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- Endorsed. Bob Moncrief EBD•W! 00:05, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
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vandalism
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warning
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Blanking the Autobots page, despite a previous warning not to do so. --AORDMOPRI ! T 19:43, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
- And I warned him. -- AHLGTG THE END IS NIGH! 20:48, 10 March 2018 (UTC)
- Endorsed. Bob Moncrief EBD•W! 00:05, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
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