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It is not a [[Wikipedia:Sock puppetry|sock puppet]], but rather an automated or semi-automated account for making repetitive edits that would be extremely tedious to do manually.
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=AntiVandalBot=

AntiVandalBot is a bot that reverts vandalism. On October 24th (Firefox 2.0 day) the accounts [[User:Tawkerbot2|Tawkerbot2]] and [[User:Tawkerbot4|Tawkerbot4]] stopped editing and all bot activity was moved to AntiVandalBot as the name is more descriptive. AntiVandalBot runs on the [[m:Toolserver|toolserver]] and is now really freaking fast.


For '''frequently asked questions''' about AntiVandalBot please click [[User:AntiVandalBot/FAQ|here]].

===What AntiVandalBot is===
AntiVandalBot is an automated computer program based on patterns that catches vandalism. It is a set of check statements that if enough match true, it reverts. The patterns will be emailed upon request to users who can be trusted (for obvious reasons I'm not giving it to vandals). It also restores the header on the [[Wikipedia:introduction|introduction page]].

===What AntiVandalBot is not===
*AntiVandalBot is '''not''' an admin (although its owner, [[User:Tawker|Tawker]], is), it does '''not''' block users. AntiVandalBot does not have the intelligence of a human being and it will not catch everything.
*AntiVandalBot does '''not''' catch '''all''' vandalism, only some obvious vandalism. Human RC patrollers will '''always''' be needed.
*AntiVandalBot does not revert page-move vandalism.
*AntiVandalBot does not detect redirect vandalism (users redirecting pages to inappropriate locations)
*God (yet)

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{{award2|image=Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|size=100px|topic=The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar|text=Given to [[User:AntiVandalBot|AntiVandalBot]], for tireless, immediate and perfectly done reverting. Congratulations to [[User:Tawker|Tawker]] and [[User:Joshbuddy|Joshbuddy]] for the wonderful coding, which makes all of our 'jobs' easier! &mdash;[[User:Vanderdecken|Vanderdecken]]&there4;<b><font color="#007700">[[User talk:Vanderdecken|&int;]][[Special:Emailuser/Vanderdecken|&xi;]][[Special:Contributions/Vanderdecken|&phi;]]</font></b> 19:10, 24 April 2006 (UTC) }}
{{award2|image=Barnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Original Barnstar|text=Here's an award for you, a barnstar awarded to you for your reversion of vandalism to the Intro page. [[User:Steveo2|Jared W]] 16:20, 5 May 2006 (UTC) }}
{{award2|image=Barnstar3.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Diligence|text= Awarded to [[User:AntiVandalBot|AntiVandalBot]] for [[Wikipedia | Wikipedian]] ''community service''. Thanks for making our lives easier! [[User:EvocativeIntrigue|EvocativeIntrigue]] 17:11, 10 May 2006 (UTC) }}
{{award2|image=Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|size=100px|topic=The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar|text=Almost never wrong, your bot is just like a human. In fact, [[The_Terminator|too much like a human...]] [[User:Master of Puppets|Master of Puppets]] [[User talk:Master of Puppets|<sup>That's hot.</sup>]] 05:19, 23 May 2006 (UTC)}}
{{award2|image=Barnstar-rotating.gif|size=100px|topic=The Tireless Contributor Barnstar|text=For just rolling and rolling and rolling back vandalism, I award [[User:AntiVandalBot|AntiVandalBot]] this barnstar.--<strong>[[User:Digitalme|<span style="color:#000;">digital_m</span>]][[User:Digitalme/Esperanza|<span style="color:green;">e</span>]]<sup>([[User_talk:Digitalme|<span style="color:#000;">t</span>]]/[[Special:Contributions/Digitalme|<span style="color:#000;">c</span>]])</sup></strong> 22:15, 31 May 2006 (UTC)}}
{{award2|image=Barnstar_of_Reversion.png|size=100px|topic=The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar (old version for variety!)|text=For always beating me to reverts, I curse you forever! (But give you a shiny star for being so darned useful.)[[User:Goldom|Goldom]] [[User_talk:Goldom|(t)]] [[Wikipedia:Editor review/Goldom|(Review)]] 04:53, 5 June 2006 (UTC)}}
{{award2|image=Light at the end of the tunnel barnstar.png|size=100px|topic=The Optimistic's Star|text=For reverting endlessly even when vandals are coming at all directions. And for always beating me at revertion. {{User:Leon2323/sig}} 11:23, 17 July 2006 (UTC)}}
{{award2|image=Barnstar-rotating.gif|size=100px|topic=The Tireless Contributor Barnstar|text=Thanks for your over 100000 Edits! [[User:USADude|USADude]] 13:04, 18 August 2006 (UTC) }}
{{award2|image=Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|size=100px|topic=The AntiVandal award (huzzah)|text=I, [[User:AAA!|AAA!]] present '''AntiVandalBot''' this award for cleaning up vandalism. It actually beat me to some pages, which I'm quite suprised at! Keep up the good work, <s>boy</s> bot! We need you here!
<small>Now, if we can give a terrible award to the vandals...</small> --[[User:AAA!|AAA!]] 11:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)}}
{{award2|image=Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|size=100px|topic=The Mojtaba Saminejad Vandal| text=thanks for your attention to [[Mojtaba Saminejad]]'s page and keeping away vandalists! }}
{{award2|image=Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|size=100px|topic=The George Washington Vandal| text=thanks}}
{{award2|image=Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|size=100px|topic=The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar|text=I know you're a bot, but even bots deserve barnstars. This one is for your helping to stop the AOL Vandal. [[User:TehKewl1|TehKewl1]] 07:20, 27 June 2006 (UTC) }}
{{award2|image=Barnstar of Reversion2.png|size=100px|topic=The Barnstar of Tireless, Robotic Reversion|text=For beating me to the punch countless times, I award AntiVandalBot this fancy barnstar. --[[User:Mr. Lefty|'''Mr. L'''<span style="color:green">'''e'''</span>'''fty''']] <sub>[[User talk:Mr. Lefty|''Talk to me!'']]</sub> 20:09, 11 July 2006 (UTC)}}
{{award2|image=Barnstar of Reversion2.png|size=100px|topic=Peace Medal Barnstar|text=For protecting really important articles like [[Civilian casualties]], despite only being only a bot and not yet understanding that war is wrong, I award AntiVandalBot this internationally recognised peace medal. [[User:Addhoc|Addhoc]] 10:28, 22 July 2006 (UTC)}}
{{award2|image=Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|size=100px|topic=The Protecting-Your-Own Barnstar|text=Awarded for your lightning-fast defense of [[AWK (programming language)]], even if you weren't written in it. May all your edits be true, and your code never falter. — [[User:Pmc|ghoti]] 05:08, 11 September 2006 (UTC) }}
{{award2|image=Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|size=100px|topic=The Really Cool barnstar|text=Wow, you've beaten me to the punch so many times... For consistently defending Wikipedia's articles from the claws of annoying page-blanking vandals, and signifigantly lowering my edit count in the process, I award you this really cool thing. <small><span style="border: 1px solid">[[User:Daniel_123|'''<span style="background-color:White; color:#003333"> &nbsp;Daniel_123&nbsp;</span>''']][[User talk:Daniel_123|<span style="background-color:#003333; color:White">&nbsp;►&nbsp;</span>]][[User:Daniel_123/Esperanza|<font color="/Esperenza">►</font>]]</span></small> 01:57, 18 September 2006 (UTC)}}
{{award2|image=Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|size=100px|topic=The Lovestar |text=This is for being loved by many. I want to eat your children, and I think your uterus is on fire. [[User:TehKewl1|TehKewl1]] 15:20, 09 October 2006 (UTC) }}
{{award2|image=Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|size=100px|topic=The VandalKiller Award| text=With your honor and value, no vandal can be left unpunished! Thank you! {{unsigned|82.239.117.119}} }}
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For keeping vandals away, huzzar! While you can never have too many anti-vandalism barnstars, I thought something different may be in order. --[[User:H2g2bob|h2g2bob]] 17:47, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | A great bot,it's so good programated,it help us so much, best bot ever =D . --[[User:Samuelgames|Samuelgames]]
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{{award2|WikiChevrons.png|size=100px|topic=WikiChevrons |text=On behalf of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history|Military History Wikiproject]], I herby present the Military History WikiProject Distinguished Service Award to AntiVandalBot for its outstanding efforts to keep our [[USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)|USS ''George H. W. Bush'']] article vandal free. Congradulations! [[User:TomStar81|TomStar81]] ([[User talk:TomStar81|Talk]]) 07:10, 11 November 2006 (UTC) }}
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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar'''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | For beating me to the rollback button every single time. Keep up the good work! [[User:Bushcarrot|Bushcarrot]] 15:46, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | A refreshing award for my robot friend, a nice glass of motor oil. Enjoy![[User:Krazykenny|KeNNy]] 14:14, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
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== Praise ==
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Nice bot. With you and all the other bots on Wikipedia, I can worry less about vandalism and more about improving the articles ^_^ [[User:DiamondDragon|DiamondDragon]] 22:26, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

I love you. You stopped the vandilism of my school's page.

Thanks for reverting that vandalism on the [[Knight Online]] article, AntiVandalBot. j00 15 t3h ro><0rz! --[[User:Tanner R|Tanner]] 11:17, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks AntiVandalBot - reverted vandalism done by 199.247.128.250 to [[Burke and Wills expedition]] - Rocketfrog.

tawker, no it was verrrrrry coool

neat bot

I liked how it nailed me when I wasn't logged in. :) -- Jimbo Wales (on IRC)

Wow, you're my hero. Thanks for making and running the bot!!!! ⇒ SWATJester

Fabulous bot. Bravo! Maustrauser

Dear AntiVandalBot, thanks so much for reverting the recent vandalism to the typeface article. I'm trying to bring that and related typography articles up to a much higher standard and am very grateful for your intervention. —Arbo

(Not enough praise on this page.) :-) — Omegatron (see the full comment on the talk page)

Good work reverting page blanking of Hashish within the same minute it was blanked. HighInBC

Good work! I've seen the bot in action, and I think it will make life better for all wikipedians. --PeR

This bot is invaluable to the [[Newbie]] article, which is repeatedly vandalized. I watch it, and recently have had much less vandalism to deal with because of this! Thank you! [[User:Nihiltres|Nihiltres]]

Extremely useful. Thank you so much for letting it loose, it's a joy watching it whack the vandals. If you improve it any further, I'll put it on RFA :) dab (ᛏ)

Fine job, all those involved. Wizzy…☎

Darn you TawkerBot! You keep on stealing my reverts! :) Seriously though, nice bot! --[[User:Sir_Lewk|Lewk_of_S]][[User:Sir_Lewk/Esperanza|<font color="green">e</font>]][[user:Sir_Lewk|rthic]] <sub><span style="text-decoration:none">[[Special:Contributions/Sir_Lewk|contrib]]</span></sub> <sup><span style="position: relative; left: -36px; margin-right: -36px; text-decoration:none;">[[User talk:Sir_Lewk|talk]]</span></sup> 22:00, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I hate this bot - it makes us human vandal fighters obsolete :-) [[User:Jamyskis|Jamyskis]] <font size="-3">[[User_talk:Jamyskis|Whisper]], [[Special:Contributions/Jamyskis|Contribs]]</font> [[Image:Flag_of_Germany.svg|25px|Germany]] 11:47, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Super bot. It just reverted back an article I wrote that was erased. [[User:Luigibob|Luigibob]] 14:30, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for stopping KingdomKey at the [[Organization XIII]] article :DDDD [[User:Urutapu|urutapu]] 04:48, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

I have run across the bot many times, seems to be doing a great job! --[[User:Hetar|Hetar]] 06:48, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

great bot! thanks! [[User:Sparsefarce|Sparsefarce]]

Very impressive, reverted a non-trivial vandalism in the same minute. --[[User:Vlad1|Vlad1]] 04:12, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Awesome - auto revert on [[Knox Grammar School]] of chunk of continuously repeated text vasndalism -- [[User:Moa999|Moa999]] 09:56, 28 March 2006 (UTC) and another one - snagging two edits by the same IP.. [[User:Moa999|Moa999]] 05:14, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

Very cool idea indeed. Makes RC Patrol much more difficult (a good thing I guess). [[User:MFago|MFago]] 04:13, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Saving me at least 2-5 reverts a day on my watchlist. -[[User:Ravedave|Ravedave]] 16:02, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Instant reverting, how useful. :) Saves real people doing the tedious work...--[[User:Andypandy.UK|Andeee]] 17:14, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

I've seen your bot in action several times now and wanted to thank you for saving all of us time that is better spent improving articles! [[User:Jokestress|Jokestress]] 20:51, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Excellent bot. I scan the recent changes pages for potential vandalism and before I even click 'History' your bot's beaten me to it. Good stuff. [[User:R.E. Freak|R.E. Freak]] 22:56, 4 April 2006 (UTC)

From everything I've seen, I can attest that this is an awesomely well-programmed bot. You win, good ''day'' sir! -[[User:Jetman123|Jetman123]] 00:37, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

So glad this bot was in effect today when I was at work. This is an active time for one of the pages I work on and it was highly vandalized today. WTG for keeping that off the page most of the day. -- [[User:Immunity|vi]] 02:11, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

I love it! Kills idiot edits before I have to deal with reverting them. Thank you for doing this. -- All the best, [[User:Nickj|Nickj]] [[User talk:Nickj|(t)]] 06:11, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

I hate it! I keep going to revert and find this thing has beat me too it :P jk, great work! -[[User:Lanoitarus|Lanoitarus]] <sub><sup>[[User_talk:Lanoitarus|(talk)]]</sup></sub> '''.:.''' 04:01, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks AntiVandalBot - just saved [[Babur]] from egregious vandalism twice before I'd even noticed. Great Job. [[User:Sikandarji|Sikandarji]] 11:15, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

AntiVandalBot is great. I'm wondering if it wouldn't be more useful to release the pattern-match than to continue keeping it secret. My rationale is that most vandals are casual dweebs and not likely to research enough to figure out how to get a copy of the pattern-match and then actually study it to figure out where the holes are. By sharing the pattern-match, people interested enough to get the pattern-match and read it could contribute to closing the holes (sort of an "open source" approach).

I just noticed that AntiVandalBot deleted a racial comment from the article on [[Booker T. Washington]]. Way to go!!! I'm glad that didn't stay up for long! Imagine someone of the targeted race researching Booker T. and finding that slur in the middle of the article. Congrats, AntiVandalBot!

Alternatively, there could be a means of reporting vandalism that is not caught by AntiVandalBot. Maybe the rv function on "popups" could be modified to automatically notify the AntiVandalBot developers when a human reverts vandalism. [[User:Richardshusr|Richard]] 16:31, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Fast work by the bot. Impressive! [[User:Besidesamiracle|gunslotsofguns]] 06:21, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Excellent work. Keep it up! [[User:JTFryman|JTFryman]] 02:01, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you so much this helps with the vandalism greatly! Love it!!! [[User:SirGrant|SirGrant]] 22:22, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

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--<font color="66AAFF">[[User:Primate|Primat]]</font><font color="00FF00">[[Wikipedia:Esperanza|e]]</font>
<font color="6699CC"><sup>[[User_talk:Primate|#101]]</sup></font> 02:40, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I now no longer click on obvious page blanking in CryptoDerk's tool because AntiVandalBot is usually just a few seconds behind. [[User:Savidan|savidan]]<sup>[[User_talk:Savidan|(talk)]] [[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<span style="color:#008000;">(e@)</span>]]</sup> 12:47, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
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Great bot! Woe is my edit count! What everybody else said, a great reverter of vandals indeed. -- '''''[[User:Banes|<font color="darkblue">Ban</font>]]''[[Wikipedia:Esperanza|<font color="green">e</font>]]''[[User_talk:Banes|<font color="darkred">z</font>]]''''' 13:08, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

nice bot, have seen it in action a few times, always spot on. does anyone know what percentage of vandalism it's reverting compared to regular users? --[[User:MilkMiruku|MilkMiruku]] 18:25, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I love this bot. Not in a romantic way, I don't think, but there's definitely love there. <b>[[User:Tijuana Brass|<span style="color: #FF4500; font-family: Times New Roman; font-variant: small-caps;">Tijuana Brass</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Tijuana Brass|<span style="color: #228B22;">¡Épa!</span>]]-[[User:Tijuana Brass/EA|<span style="color: #228B22;">E@</span>]]</sup></b> 12:13, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

I have a major complaint: It's so danged efficient, it's going to put the rest of us out of business! :) [[User:Pat Payne|Pat Payne]] 00:31, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Seeing all this, it is trouble, hopefully you won't improve it enough to judge alone what [[vandalism]] is and is not!... Keep on the work, but remember, what vandalism is: ""The criminal fight against culture is only the reverse side of a criminal culture"... Cheers RobOt and the [[Ghost in the Machine]] ! [[User:Lapaz|Lapaz]] 03:42, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

When I grow up, I wanna be just like AntiVandalBot! --[[User:Metron4|Metron4]] 02:00, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

1337 b0tz0r, d00d! [[User:Haukurth|Haukur]] 15:44, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm astounded at how much I bump into good old AntiVandalBot when I'm patrolling... well done, you made a good one here, Tawker! --[[Darth]] [[User:Deskana|Deskana]] <small>[[User_Talk:Deskana|(talk page)]]</small> 21:22, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks 4 stopping 66.210.50.50 in Arminianism. Not coming from a protestant background Wikipedia is a good place 2 learn about protestant faith and vandals like those difficults reading.
--[[User:Albnaose|Albert]] 01:06, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

AntiVandalBot saved my user-page's hide....and that's great! --[[User:Pikang|Pikang]] 00:43, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

You rock, AntiVandalBot! Thanks for your vandalism duties at [[Tool (band)]] and [[10,000 Days]].. ;) Nice work Tawker! --[[User:Johnnyw|Johnnyw]] 21:43, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

This bot rocks! Too bad it will be replaced by AntiVandalBot3 :( [[User:Pseudoanonymous|Pseudoanonymous]] 00:22, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Damn cool bot, you should seriously be thinking about an admin version with blocking powers for really obvious stuff. [[User:JeffBurdges|JeffBurdges]] 11:13, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

* '''Support''', AntiVandalBot will make an excellent addition to the ArbCom! [[User:Ashibaka|Ashibaka]] <small>[[User talk:Ashibaka|tock]]</small> 03:59, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

*AntiVandalBot is fantastic. [[User:PaulHanson|Paul]] 22:11, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Two words of vandalism in an otherwise legit edit reverted—I don't even think a human could have caught the vandalism that quickly! [[User:Hyenaste|Hyenaste]]&nbsp;<sup>[''[[User_talk:Hyenaste|citation]]&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Hyenaste|needed]]'']</sup> 00:31, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Well done, AntiVandalBot - a persistent vandal dealt with. [[User:Jess Cully|Jess Cully]] 15:41, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Very clever, I see it understands spanish too.--[[User:Gibnews|Gibnews]] 20:26, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

Gibnews: I'm sure it's not language-based, there would be no need. Anyway, great work, reverted some religious vandalism on [[Satanism]] in record time. [[User:Fearwig|Fearwig]] 19:06, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

It beat me at some vandalism!--[[User:Gangsta-Easter-Bunny|Gangsta-Easter-Bunny]] 15:28, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Very good tool, I hate reverting 'cause I always screw up the edit summary in some way. Saved me from the effort several times! --[[User:Niroht|Niroht]] 12:55, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

AntiVandalBot, you're my hero! By the time I can get to the vandalized page, you've already fixed it. --[[User:Maestlin|Maestlin]] 16:20, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Twakerbot, we need you! Seto Kamiki Jurai's profile has been vandalized again! Please fix it! [[BiggKwell]]

I'm naming my first child after tawkerbot! --[[User:Jeffrey O. Gustafson|Jeffrey O. Gustafson]] - ''[[User:Jeffrey O. Gustafson/Shazaam|Shazaam!]]'' - [[User_Talk:Jeffrey O. Gustafson|&lt;*&gt;]] 08:29, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

"[[Scooby Doo|And I would've gotten away with it, if it wasn't for that pesky bot!]]" --[[User:Robdurbar|Robdurbar]] 10:53, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Wow! AntiVandalBot saved the [[zine]] page from homophobic vandalism, nice one! [[User:Mujinga|Mujinga]] 16:54, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

A great bot. Reverts vandalism at a quick pace. <font face="Croobie" color="red">[[User:Anonymous_anonymous|Anonymous]]</font><font face="Croobie" color="blue">[[User talk:Anonymous_anonymous|_anonymous_]]</font><font face="Croobie" color="green">[[User:Anonymous_anonymous/Esperanza|Have a Nice Day]]</font> 15:48, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

[[Wu-Tang Clan]] are down with your bot. [[User:W guice|W guice]] 18:12, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Hey, keep up the great work! I see AntiVandalBot as a fellow patroller often, and it cheers me up knowing that we have the 24/7 round-the-clock support! Great Job! [[User:Inhuman14|Ian]] 18:06, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Impressive to see how much vandalism there is on wikipedia and how efficiently this is reverted by AntiVandalBot. I checked several of the latest reverts and did not find a mistake. Great, [[User:Longbow4u|Longbow4u]] 20:12, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Dear AntiVandalBot and operaters: Thank you so much for all your hard work! I especially appreciate your saving an article I wrote, [[Northshore Junior High]]. Thanks again! [[User:NSD Student|NSD Student]] 01:10, 14 June 2006 (UTC)NSD Student

The vandalism and the revert at [[Royal Grammer School, Newcastle|NRGS]] had the same timestamp. Its reactions are so fast, it's like [[Anakin_Skywalker|it reacts before the article has actually been vandalised]]... Fantastic bot. Congrats '''[[User:Tyrhinis|Tyr]]''[[User_talk:Tyrhinis|hinis]]''''' 21:08, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Best thing since wrapped cheese! [[user:GangstaEB|<font color="black">Gang</font>]][[user talk:GangstaEB|<font color=red>sta</font>]][[Special:Contributions/GangstaEB|<font color=yellow>E</font>]][[user:GangstaEB/pagemap|<font color=purple>B</font>]] [[user:GangstaEB/Esperanza|<font color=green>EA</font>]] 01:20, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Amazing! It can almost "read" the text like a human vandal fighter! -- [[User:King of Hearts|King of]] [[User:King of Hearts|<font color="red">&hearts;</font>]] [[User talk:King of Hearts|<font color="red">&diams;</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/King of Hearts|<font color="black">&clubs;</font>]] [[Special:Emailuser/King of Hearts|<font color="black">&spades;</font>]] 19:06, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Excellent reverting on the [[Bangladesh]] article today. <b><font color="teal">[[User:DaGizza|Gizza]]</font></b>''<sup><font color="teal">[[User_talk:DaGizza|Chat]]</font></sup>'' <sup><b><font color="teal">[[Special:Contributions/DaGizza|&#169;]]</font></b></sup> 03:31, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Argh. You always beat me (and many others, apparently) to reverting things. Now, please go malfunction and/or self-destruct so human patrollers can feel worthwhile. :D [[User:Picaroon9288|Picaroon9288]] 02:02, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank u for reverting vandalism at [[Small Steps (novel)]] >-D '''[[User:Frosty0814snowman|<font color="skyblue">Frosty</font>]]''' <sup>[[User talk:Frosty0814snowman|(sup?)]]</sup> 18:40, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

All glory to the [[Hypnotoad|Tawkertoad]]. Err I mean bot. [[User:Jobjörn|Jobjörn]] ([[User talk:Jobjörn|Talk]] ° [[Special:Contributions/Jobj%C3%B6rn|contribs]]) 00:34, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Great thing you got here.--[[WP:CCD|<font color="gray">C</font>]][[User:Chili14|<font color="blue">hi</font>]][[User talk:Chili14|<font color="red">li</font>]][[User:Chili14/Esperanza|<font color="green">14</font>]] 03:09, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

TawkerBot, you rock! Thank you for your tireless, 24/7, 365 days-a-year vandal-fighting! &mdash; [[User:QuantumEleven|Quantum]]<i>[[User_talk:QuantumEleven|Eleven]]</i> 13:33, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

No wonder I cant find anything to revert vandalism from! Keep it up! [[User:Nwwaew|Nwwaew]]([[User_Talk:Nwwaew|<small>My talk page</small>]]) 12:57, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, Bot!

Man, i delete that stuff because Deep In The Hole album is not a AC/DC album.

WOW, you are amazing. Reverting vandalism as soon as I refresh the page... Well done.

I love you ANTIVANDALBOT

All bow down and praise the awesome AntiVandalBot.

(Just Kidding) But please leave positive comments about this bot.

Hey, I am trying to find some vandalism edits, hoping to revert them but everytime I find one this bot already clears it and I have no job here. This Bot is cutely coded. Love you so much. [[User:Codetiger|codetiger]] 10:41, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Thank you, you cuty cuty little botty *huggles* for protecting the NavyFIELD entry. [[User:Obst|Obst &amp; Gemuese]] 17:16, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Hooray! You have saved me work. [[User:Dar-Ape|Dar-Ape]] 23:11, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting [[Bradford]] -- [[User:Chris Q|Chris Q]] 14:23, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Omg, you saved the entire article on Wicca. [[User:Divsky]]

Thanks for reverting Breast Implants!! It's an ongoing battle, but the vandal is alone in his desire to make the article an advertisement. You have saved some of us from more work. Hooray~! [[User:Jgwlaw|jgwlaw]] 23:56, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I've always felt the computer should "do the work" and voila--so done and in seconds. I suggest a 10% salary bonus. (Hehe..) -[[User:RJFerret|RJFerret]] 18:46, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

Someone should fix the tiffany lamps article, i don't really know how to do it, but basically, it should go with the guy who started tiffanys & co's son, who apparently made the lamp in the first place, because it just basically starts off with what looks like a continuation of that article[[User:Nick Bond|Nick Bond]] 00:56, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

The changes I made to the Antiseptic Poetry page are legit. Its up for deletion and I don't need or want my comic to be dragged through the mud so a few wiki trolls can feel good about themselves. Otherwise the bot seems to work fine. - [[User:Lessthankate|Lessthankate]]

Thanks for all your help, Mr. AVB! I would give you a barnstar, but...you kinda have a lot already. --[[User:Kitty the Random|Passerby Cat]] <sup>[[User_talk:Kitty_the_Random|talk cat]]</sup> 08:48, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I have no tales of great victories for the bot over the darkness lurking on Wikipedia, but the bot attends to the small as well as more problematic matters, and it's always a pleasure to see its tireless work. :-) -- [[User:Northgrove|Northgrove]] 22:04, 2 August 2006 (UTC)


Something like AntiVandalBot has too much possibility. We should watch out. It's one step away from being sentient. Beware! I did encounter a hitch, though, recently with it, but it was mostly my own fault. ''Sometimes'', it's not vandalism. 99% of the time it is, so, because I don't give barnstars, here's a bold asterik of reverting glory: '''*'''. Spend it wisely, AntiVandalBot, spend it wisely. -[[User:Bordello|Bordello]] 09:23, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

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Thank you! You saved my little brother from putting profanities on the Wiki![[User:Cryptosporidium-137|Darwin]] 00:00, 12 August 2006 (UTC) Cryptosporidium-137

You saved Ghandi's reputation! What would wikipedia be without you...

It would be a place full of chaos and heck without the AntiVandalBot. --[[User:Eiyuu Kou|Eiyuu Kou]] 00:28, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

AntiVandalBot, you're my favorite ro'''BOT''' ever. With the exception of [[Robo (Chrono Trigger)|Robo]] of course. And [[Marvin the paranoid android]]. And [[R2D2]]. With this thing running as well as it has been, we're only a few steps away from turning Wikipedia into a fully automated process that runs smoothly even if all the users are asleep.--[[User:BigCow|BigCow]] 01:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

I'd make out with you if you were a woman!

I gotta admit, the writer of this bot is good. reverted my vandalism attempts before i could even refresh the page.

Thank you for saving [[Sandra Cisneros]]! [[User:RedRollerskate|RedRollerskate]] 22:13, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

You are very good programmed, Mr.Hyperbot ops, Mr.AntiVandalBot =D [[user:Samuelgames]]! <small> --the preceding comment was left by [[User talk:200.195.111.227|200.195.111.227]] </small>

Some bugger tried to delete my ''[[At the Soundless Dawn]]''. Praise be! [[User:Seegoon|Seegoon]] 13:15, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure if you ruined my vandalism experiment or not. Whatever the outcome, you provided some interesting data. For obvious vandalism - the vandalism in question was in [[Pseudonym]] and read "[THIS IS SOME VANDALISM. I'M TRYING TO PROVE A POINT ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME IT WILL TAKE TO REMOVE IT. MY GUESS: LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES.]" - I turned out to be wrong in my hypothesis. Although, ''technically'', I was right - it was less than five minutes, it was about four seconds. [[User:58.107.16.154|58.107.16.154]] 02:37, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Ooops. Your bot reverted a redirect I just did from [[Ajahn Chah]], to [[Chah]] in order to rename the article w/o honorific title. I've re-done the redir and hope the bot doesn't revert it again. Deebki 02:59, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Well done AntiVandalBot! Auroranorth 12:35, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

I received your message regarding the Robert Newman article. The article was moved to a new page [[Robert Newman (comedian)]]. The [[Robert Newman]] page was used for a disambiguation page.
[[User:Dbart|Dbart]] 21:39, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Damn you AntiVandalBot, everytime I close in on a vandal you are already there! Good work. [[User:Bakilas|Bakilas]] 04:48, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

You're both my friend and enemy for beating me to reversions ^_^ Thanks muchly. --[[User:Jitterro|Jitterro]] 02:43, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

The cure for the common idiot/jackass. [[User:Whatocean|Whatocean]] 06:08, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for stopping the idiot who keeps vandalises [[Man Ray]]. May your programming be good! [[User:Ryubread|Ryubread]] 14:33, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[[User:KRBN|KRBN]] changed the name of teams within [[Panathinaikos]] category without consultation. He chose very poor alternative names. I was only trying to revert name back to original correct name. [[User:Djln|Djln]] --[[User:Djln|Djln]] 22:03, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Your edits are everyware you rock,--[[User:Seadog.M.S|<span style="color:red;">Sea</span>]][[User talk:Seadog.M.S|<span style="color:blue;">dog</span>]][[User:Seadog.M.S/You clicked my "Green" M.S|<span style="color:green;">.M.S</span>]] 01:51, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

You should change your name to Captain VandalBot. Then, every time you revert a page, your edit summary can scream "''VANDALBOT...PUNCH!''". - [[User:Kribbeh|<font color="red">'''¡Kribbeh!'''</font>]]<sup>[[User talk:Kribbeh|<font color="red">''Speak!''</font>]]</sup>\<sub>[[Special:Contributions/Kribbeh|<font color="red">''Contribs''</font>]]</sub> 17:26, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for taking care of Joe Hacker @ [[Urban Assault]]. [[User:Meneth|Meneth]] 23:16, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Somehow, someone managed to replace the [[Snoop Dogg]] page with a biography of Elton John. Attempts to revert it are being undone by this bot. Please correct. [[User:BryanEkers|BryanEkers]] 16:58, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

AVB, You are '''Pure Pwnage''' in a box! Keep up the good work! Oh, and I LOLed at your 'VandalFucker Award'. GG! [[User:E. Sn0 =31337=|E. Sn0 =31337=]] 22:43, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

My edit to Mario's Let Me Love You is not vandalism. I corrected the wording.

Thanks for fixing vandalism to my opening graf of Art article. I really struggled with a definition that respected the distinction between aesthetics and art, and I of course welcome a well-meaning critique or discussion, even from a former vandal! Julie Martello 12:46, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

By protecting the letter "L", you singlehandedly saved the English language! Well, there's always the looming threat of ebonics, but that's for another day!


A blessing to have on election night...

Pleasantly surprised to find that this bot had done my work on one of my more frequently vandalised watched pages. [[User:An Siarach|siarach]] 19:39, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia presents: Real Bots of Genius. Today we saulte you, Mr. AntiVandalBot. What does it take to get up and rock the house? Four million lines of basic programing, a will to rival that of Skynet, and one bad ass sense of justice. Vacations? Not for you, because your place is here, patiently waiting to throw down some 24th century justice on those who were foolish enough to wrestle with you. And all without the aid of a laobour union or a paycheck. So lets break out the fireworks folks, and celebrate the one and only AntiVandalBot! [[User:TomStar81|TomStar81]] ([[User talk:TomStar81|Talk]]) 07:27, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

I started RC patrolling yesterday (Oct 10) and you have reverted many edits I wanted to revert. Good work. <small> -- ''[[User:Andy M. Wang|A. Wang]]'' <sup>'''([[User talk:Andy M. Wang|talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Andy M. Wang|contrb.]])'''</sup></small> 16:12, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

Aargh! I praise your hard work... yet protest because you revert vandalism only seconds before I do! [[User:Scoutersig|Scoutersig]] 18:41, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
:AARGH again! I'm almost mad, except that the end result (i.e. ''no vandalism'') is the same either way. [[User:Scoutersig|Scoutersig]] 02:08, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Nice work, some minor flaws but other then that you get rid of some tedious work that we would otherwise have to do! Thanks
[[User:Woodenbuddha|Woodenbuddha]] 21:16, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

You are really, really useful! Keep up the good work! --[[User:Calupict|Calupict!]] 03:26, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

AntiVandalBot is usually a good thing, but sometimes it makes mistakes.
[[User:207.200.116.13|207.200.116.13]] 02:13, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

If AntiVandalBot were a woman, and not a computer program without any physical existence except as electrical signals being sent through some servers in Florida, I would marry her. -- '''[[Special:Contributions/The Hybrid|<font color="Blue">T</font>]][[User:The Hybrid|<font color="Red">H</font>]][[User Talk:The Hybrid|<font color="Green">L</font>]]<sup>[[User:The Hybrid/CCD|<font color="Gray">CCD</font>]]</sup>''' 07:52, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

Hello Vandal Bot, i am a lovely lady bot looking for a man of your caliber

Your my hero, I'm naming my children after you!!

Thanks for stopping another horrid attack by a vandal on the [[Dora the explorer]] page our younger users and me thank you! [[User:Superx|Superx]] 02:46, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

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