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ClueBot NG was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 13 July 2017 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into Vandalism on Wikipedia. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here.

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APRIL GLASER and WILL OREMUS (October 9, 2018). "Editing the Internet's Second Screen: How Wikipedia deals with vandals, harassers, false news, and its diversity problem".

Semi-protected edit request on 27 November 2022

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[in miscellaneous]

In 2017, Buzzfeed Unsolved paranormal investigators visited Old Alton Bridge in Texas and claimed ownership of it over the mythical Goatman said to inhabit the bridge. This led to a number of fans attempting to change the Wikipedia article to reflect their self-purported ownership.^[1]

Sorry if it is a bit trivial for the article, it just feels like quite a prominent example of vandalism that could be worth including. Mr Blumenthal (talk) 10:11, 27 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not done, it isn't a significant enough example to include. --Mvqr (talk) 11:35, 28 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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^ Kavanagh, Emily. 7 Best 'Buzzfeed Unsolved' Episodes to Watch While Waiting for More 'Ghost Files'. Collider https://collider.com/best-buzzfeed-unsolved-episodes-ghost-files/. Retrieved [27/11/2022]. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

On Svante Pääbo's Article

There was an incident not long after the announcement of the Nobel Prize winner where someone had edited a person's full personal info onto the beginning of his article. The edit has since been purged from the edit log. Perhaps this should be included in the "Miscellaneous" section. TheOneTEM (definitely a human) (talk) 23:08, 16 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"WikiVandal" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect WikiVandal has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 June 17 § WikiVandal until a consensus is reached. Voxl (talk) 20:59, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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2601:246:5D00:9540:813:9D24:B238:A07D (talk) 17:49, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Add 2023 Titan Submarine Victim Vandalism.

Not done: Unless I'm missing something I don't believe that the vandalism there was particularly notable or attracted any significant media attention. Vandalism is an extremely common event on Wikipedia - this isn't supposed to be an exhaustive list. Tollens (talk) 17:57, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Remove Willy from the examples

Their vandalism was 20 years ago, and they were just one vandal out of the hundreds of vandals listed on WP:LTA, they don't even have an LTA page anymore. For the sake of WP:DENY and avoiding trivializing the seriousness of vandalism the mention should be removed and the redirects to it deleted. In fact this whole page needs to be revised to stop giving WP:BEANS to vandals. 77.103.193.166 (talk) 14:51, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Kavanagh, Emily. 7 Best 'Buzzfeed Unsolved' Episodes to Watch While Waiting for More 'Ghost Files'. Collider https://collider.com/best-buzzfeed-unsolved-episodes-ghost-files/. Retrieved [27/11/2022]. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

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