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The Counter-Vandalism Unit (CVU) aims to help in cleaning up vandalism on Wikipedia by producing tools to assist in removing vandalism, providing advice on dealing with vandals, and sharing information with other Wikipedians dealing with the same issues. Removing vandalism is a task open to all members of the Wikipedia community, and the CVU intends to make that task easier. In other words, anyone who wants to help with reverting vandalism is welcome to join.
Identifying with the CVU's role by one of the methods above does not grant you any special rights or privileges on Wikipedia. The CVU is not, and has not requested to be, sanctioned as an official project of the Wikimedia Foundation. It is merely a collection of individuals dedicated to removing vandalism and does not seek to represent itself as anything more. "Unit" is simply a little snappier than "WikiProject".
Volunteers: expand for current notices
- Project re-organization discussions are ongoing. Please check the Think Tank ASAP.
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If an edit meets the criteria of vandalism, revert it. Please be graceful in doing so and do not bite newcomers. Vandalism should be dealt with using warning templates; if it continues nevertheless, it should be reported directly to the administrators using the links at the top of the page. Tools such as blocking and sock puppet reports should not be used as punishment, but rather as prevention against future vandalism. The CVU's purpose is to repair and prevent vandalism, not to punish users, for which being a member of the CVU grants no special authority.
- See /Tools.
There are lots of good tools there.
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Study: Distribution of time to correction (in minutes) for Wikipedia vandalism.
Part of the Counter-Vandalism Unit's purpose is to think, discuss, study, and develop solutions for combating vandalism.
This is an overview of topics being currently debated at the think tank:
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- Study of vandalism survival times by John Lorne, User:Aetheling (14 June 2009)
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[edit] The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
The The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar (formerly the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar) may be awarded to those who show great contributions to protecting and reverting attacks of vandalism on Wikipedia. It was introduced on February 27, 2005 by Brian0918, and was designed by Deathphoenix. It has been renamed several times in its history.
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[edit] The CVU Anti-Vandalism Award
The CVU Anti-Vandalism Award (or CVU Award) may be awarded to Wikipedians who show great contributions to this project, and help reverting vandalism attacks.
Introduced and designed by Mmxx on September 1 ,2008.
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If you prefer not to use userboxes, you can add yourself to Category:Wikipedians in the Counter-Vandalism Unit.
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