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Hello, and welcome to TheQ Editor's Counter Vandalism Unit Academy! This is my Academy for training users to combat vandals and keep Wikipedia an enjoyable place! If you would like me to train you, please drop a message on my Talk Page.

Contents

Special Thanks

I have used some ideas of the following user(s) for my Academy. Thank you.TheQ Editor (Talk) 20:43, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Callanecc

Process

The process of this is very simple. I teach you things about vandalism like how to find and revert vandalism. You perform those and may receive some treats along the way. After you graduate, you may sign up for rollback and I can guarantee you 99%, they will accept the request. And that gives you access to a variety of tools to combat vandalism.

Current Students

Wackyike

Hi @Wackyike:, welcome to your Counter Vandalism Unit Academy page! Good thing to know that more users are becoming interested in fighting vandalism! Every person I instruct will have their own page on which I will give them support and tasks for them to complete. Please make sure you have this page added to your watchlist. Your academy page has been specifically designed according to you and what you have requested instruction in - for that reason, please be as specific as possible when under my instruction, so that I know the best ways to help you (and do not be afraid to let me know if you think something isn't working). If you have any general queries about anti-vandalism (or anything else), you are more than welcome to raise them with me at my talk page or just post them below the relevant part.

Make sure you read through Wikipedia:Vandalism as that's the knowledge which most of the questions I ask you and tasks you do will revolve around.

How to use this page

This page will be built up over your time in the Academy, with new sections being added as you complete old ones. Each section will end with a task, written in bold type - this might just ask a question, or it might require you to go and do something. You can answer a question by typing the answer below the task; if you have to do something, you will need to provide diffs to demonstrate that you have completed the task. Some sections will have more than one task, sometimes additional tasks may be added to a section as you complete them. Please always sign your responses to tasks as you would on a talk page.

Once you graduate I will copy this page into your userspace so you have a record of your training and a reference for the future.

Before we begin

Twinkle

Twinkle is a very useful tool when performing maintanence functions around Wikipedia. Please have a read through WP:TWINKLE.

Enable Twinkle (if haven't already) and leave a note here to let me know that you have enabled it.

Already doneWackyike (talk) 20:42, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Detailed Installation

Step 1: Go to My Preferences and click Gadgets. Or simply click this link. Then scroll down and find Twinkle. Check the box.

Step 1

Step 2: Scroll to the very bottom and find the Save button. Click the button.

Step 2

Step 3: Scroll up. It should say that your preferences are saved.

Step 3

Step 4: Just to clarify, go to any article and look at the top right corner. It should be a box saying TW

Step 4

Good faith and vandalism

When patrolling for vandalism, you may often come across edits which are unhelpful, but not vandalism - these are good faith edits. It is important to recognise the difference between a vandalism edit and a good faith edit, especially because Twinkle gives you the option of labelling edits you revert as such. Please read WP:AGF and WP:NOT VANDALISM before completing the following tasks.TheQ Editor (Talk) 01:52, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain below the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit, and how you would tell them apart below.

Vandalism is a deliberate attempt to harm Wikipedia whereas good faith edits are not. Vandalism is detected by obvious bad-faith edits while good faith edits are unconstructive but are edits that could be placed in other places besides Wikipedia or just simply accidents.Wackyike (talk) 20:58, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please find three examples of good faith but unhelpful edits, and three examples of vandalism. You don't need to revert the example you find. Just copy the diff of the page

Good faith

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Top_Thrill_Dragster&diff=611369759&oldid=611307181 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kim_Jong-un&diff=595210170&oldid=595208580 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Corkscrew_(Cedar_Point)&diff=565249195&oldid=565245285

Vandalism

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barack_Obama&diff=610953136&oldid=610952711 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maverick_(roller_coaster)&diff=607166270&oldid=607165736 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kings_Island&diff=611159855&oldid=611156679

Warning and reporting

Before, you start reverting some vandalism, I want you to go over this first. Thanks,TheQ Editor (Talk) 03:27, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

When you use Twinkle to warn a user, you have a number of options to choose from: you can select the kind of warning (for different offences), and the level of warning (from 1 to 4, for increasing severity). Knowing which warning to issue and what level is very important. Further information can be found at WP:WARN and WP:UWUL.

Please answer the following questions

Why do we warn users?

To stop the unconstructive edits.Wackyike (talk) 21:28, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

When would a 4im warning be appropriate?

In extreme cases of vandalism(especially with BLP violations).Wackyike (talk) 21:28, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Should you substitute a template when you place it on a user talk page, and how do you do it?

Yes, by adding subst:.Wackyike (talk) 21:02, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What should you do if a user who has received a level 4 or 4im warning vandalises again?

Go to administrator intervention against vandalism.Wackyike (talk) 21:28, 4 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please give examples (using {{Tlsubst|''name of template''}}) of three different warnings (not different levels of the same warning and excluding the test edit warning levels referred to below), that you might need to use while recent changes patrolling and explain what they are used for.

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, we would ask that you assume good faith while interacting with other editors. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Thank you. Hello, I'm Wackyike. I noticed that you made a change to an article, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Welcome to Wikipedia. At least one of your recent edits did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at the welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use the sandbox for that. Thank you. Wackyike (talk) 21:02, 5 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Explanation

I see you are kind of confused with the templates used with warning, and that is normal among new editors. Even I am not very profficient in templates. But first things first. You did a very good job. For the first question about why we warn users, the answer should more be about warning them about their unconstructive edits. Not exactly stopping them but warning them as they may not know the Wikipedia guidelines and they may think what they are doing is right. But the final goal of warning is to stop their unconstructive edits, either by blocking them or by them learning from their mistakes. I'll give you half points.

For the template part, I'll first explain what substitution does. When you transclude a template, you usually do it with {{Template Name}} and the result in the source page would be {{Template Name}}. When you substitute it, like this: {{subst:Template Name}}, it transcludes the template too but at the source page, instead of the template name in curly brackets, it would be the wikitext of the template. We use that when we warn users.

My last question was a bit confusing, but it's more like {{subst:Template Name}}. So my question was to basically give me 3 examples of warning templates. You don't have to learn much about substituting when we get more into Twinkle so just give me 3 examples of warning templates for the last question.

You may fill in the ones you are confused about. If you have any more questions, you can always post them below. Thanks, TheQ Editor (Talk) 00:46, 5 June 2014 (UTC) Make sure you keep in mind that some edits that seem like vandalism can be test edits. This happens when a new user is experimenting and makes accidental unconstructive edits. Generally, these should be treated with good faith, especially if it is their first time, and warned gently. The following templates are used for test edits: {{subst:uw-test1}}, {{subst:uw-test2}} and {{subst:uw-test3}}.[reply]

Warning and Reporting Task

I just wanted to make sure you know about Special:RecentChanges, if you use the diff link in a different window or tab you can check a number of revisions much more easily. If you enable Hovercards in the Hover section of your preferences, you can view the diff by just hovering over it. Alternately, you can press control-F or command-F and search for "tag:". some edits get tagged for possible vandalism or section blanking.

Find and revert some vandalism. Warn each user appropriately, using the correct kind of warning and level. Please include at least two test edits and at least one appropriate report to AIV. For each revert and warning please fill in a line on the table below

Table

@TheQ Editor:Do you need to provide an edit summary when reverting BLP violations? Also, since I have 1,000 main space edits, can you show me how to use STiki?Wackyike (talk) 18:43, 26 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Wackyike: Yes, you do need to provide an edit summary when reverting BLP violations. Frankly, a good editor should always leave an edit summary. It makes it easier for the Recent changes patrollers to understand your work.

To answer your second question, first step is the registering process. You have to get rollback rights or grant permission on the STiki talk page. I woulds suggest you request on WP:RFP/RV and Wikipedia talk:STiki. It's the fastest way. Once you have permission, then click on the instructions here. Cheers, TheQ Editor (Talk) 00:10, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have STiki now.Wackyike (talk) 01:56, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

From your recent contributions, I see you are using STiki very well so far. If you still have any questions regarding STiki or other stuff, feel free to ask them.

Questions

I'm a bit confused on how to tell vandalism and test edits apart.Wackyike (talk) 17:00, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please read over WP:VAND and WP:VANDNOT. I suggest you read the first few sentences. It says. "Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content, in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia." TheQ Editor (Talk) 20:26, 31 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Did I use the correct warning for this revert?https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=El_Toro_(Six_Flags_Great_Adventure)&diff=622363420&oldid=622353465 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:71.175.31.246&oldid=622363510

I think {{subst:uw-nor1}} would work. uw-vandalism would work too, only if you write an optional message explaining why it was not constructive. Cheers, ΤheQ Editor ^Talk? 21:03, 22 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@TheQ Editor:I'm all done with this assignment. Also, I now have the reviewer right.Wackyike (talk) 22:42, 26 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The other tasks

I see you already have used STiki, how is it? Have you tried the other tools yet? For example, Huggle and Igloo. You don't have to, just a recommendation.

Also, here's a tip I always forget to mention. "about this vandalism finding, there is actually an easier way to find vandalism. Go to your gadgets her in the preferences panel and click the "Navigation popups" gadget. Now, save your preferences and go on to Recent Changes again. Now, you don't have to click the link to the diff, all you have to do is hover over the link and it will show you the diff. It's quite useful." I don't know if you've enabled it or not. But if you hadn't feel free to try it!

Now, here's a choice, which subject do you want to learn next? ΤheQ Editor ^Talk? 18:57, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Shared IP tagging
Usernames
Trolls
Edit Warring
Protection

Let's do shared IP tagging. Also, I can't use the other tools because I do not have the rollback right.Wackyike (talk) 20:38, 28 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Upjav

Hi @Upjav:, and welcome to your Counter Vandalism Unit Academy page! Good thing to know that more users are becoming interested in fighting vandalism! Every person I instruct will have their own page on which I will give them support and tasks for them to complete. Please make sure you have this page added to your watchlist. Your academy page has been specifically designed according to you and what you have requested instruction in - for that reason, please be as specific as possible when under my instruction, so that I know the best ways to help you (and do not be afraid to let me know if you think something isn't working). If you have any general queries about anti-vandalism (or anything else), you are more than welcome to raise them with me at my talk page or just post them below the relevant part.

Make sure you read through Wikipedia:Vandalism as that's the knowledge which most of the questions I ask you and tasks you do will revolve around.

How to use this page

This page will be built up over your time in the Academy, with new sections being added as you complete old ones. Each section will end with a task, written in bold type - this might just ask a question, or it might require you to go and do something. You can answer a question by typing the answer below the task; if you have to do something, you will need to provide diffs to demonstrate that you have completed the task. Some sections will have more than one task, sometimes additional tasks may be added to a section as you complete them. Please always sign your responses to tasks as you would on a talk page.

Once you graduate I will copy this page into your userspace so you have a record of your training and a reference for the future.

Before we begin

Good faith and vandalism

When patrolling for vandalism, you may often come across edits which are unhelpful, but not vandalism - these are good faith edits. It is important to recognize the difference between a vandalism edit and a good faith edit, especially because Twinkle gives you the option of labelling edits you revert as such. Please read WP:AGF and WP:NOT VANDALISM before completing the following tasks.

Mini-assignment

Please explain below the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit, and how you would tell them apart below.

A: The key distinction between vandalism and a good faith edit is the intention of the editor - while vandalism is a blatant attempt to lower the quality of Wikipedia, a good faith edit unintentionally does so, whether by ignorance of Wikipedia's guidelines and functions or by pure accident. Vandalism tends to be more egregious - edits such as replacing content with offensive words and slander clearly cannot be construed as constructive, and is therefore obvious vandalism. If there is any chance that the editor's contribution was in good faith, I think one should assume good faith and then warn the user appropriately and help guide them.

Please find three examples of good faith but unhelpful edits, and three examples of vandalism. You don't need to revert the example you find. Just copy the diff of the page

A:

Good faith

[4] [5] [6] --> In its earliest versions, this page was written like a promotional page, which was clearly just misunderstanding of NPOV on Wikipedia

Vandalism

[7] [8] [9]

Wow, perfect. Let's move on now shall we?TheQ Editor (Talk) 21:04, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Warning and reporting

Before, you start reverting some vandalism, I want you to go over this first. Thanks, TheQ Editor (Talk) 21:13, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

When you use Twinkle to warn a user, you have a number of options to choose from: you can select the kind of warning (for different offences), and the level of warning (from 1 to 4, for increasing severity). Knowing which warning to issue and what level is very important. Further information can be found at WP:WARN and WP:UWUL.

Please answer the following questions

Why do we warn users?

When would a 4im warning be appropriate?

Should you substitute a template when you place it on a user talk page, and how do you do it?

What should you do if a user who has received a level 4 or 4im warning vandalises again?

Please give examples (using {{Tlsubst|''name of template''}}) of three different warnings (not different levels of the same warning and excluding the test edit warning levels referred to below), that you might need to use while recent changes patrolling and explain what they are used for.

Question regarding rollback

Hi, TheQ Editor. I saw that I have access to a series of rollback functions (with Twinkle) that automatically show on other users' contributions pages when they've made the most recent edit to something. It looks to me like this is rollback and acts like it - how does this differ from administrative rollbacking privileges? The screenshot is here: [10]

Hi Upjav, regarding the question you just asked. The other rollback available to all administrators and privileged users is rather different than the Twinkle version. Here are some examples. By the way, I found an interesting discussion about it too. Here

The way it undoes the edit is different. Rollback can revert the edit with just one click. While the Twinkle version just automatically finds the revision, press the undo button and press the save page button.

Rollback is faster than Twinkle and there is no prompt.

The rollback button also displays on recent changes and page histories while the Twinkle version of rollback can only show when you go on the edit revision.

Rollback is only used for reverting vandalism and your own edits while Twinkle's rollback can rollback any unhelpful edits.

Hope this helps. TheQ Editor (Talk) 21:02, 4 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Romtam

Hi @Romtam:, and welcome to your Counter Vandalism Unit Academy page! Good thing to know that more users are becoming interested in fighting vandalism! Every person I instruct will have their own page on which I will give them support and tasks for them to complete. Please make sure you have this page added to your watchlist. Your academy page has been specifically designed according to you and what you have requested instruction in - for that reason, please be as specific as possible when under my instruction, so that I know the best ways to help you (and do not be afraid to let me know if you think something isn't working). If you have any general queries about anti-vandalism (or anything else), you are more than welcome to raise them with me at my talk page or just post them below the relevant part.

Make sure you read through Wikipedia:Vandalism as that's the knowledge which most of the questions I ask you and tasks you do will revolve around.

How to use this page

This page will be built up over your time in the Academy, with new sections being added as you complete old ones. Each section will end with a task, written in bold type - this might just ask a question, or it might require you to go and do something. You can answer a question by typing the answer below the task; if you have to do something, you will need to provide diffs to demonstrate that you have completed the task. Some sections will have more than one task, sometimes additional tasks may be added to a section as you complete them. Please always sign your responses to tasks as you would on a talk page.

Once you graduate I will copy this page into your userspace so you have a record of your training and a reference for the future.

Before we begin

Good faith and vandalism

When patrolling for vandalism, you may often come across edits which are unhelpful, but not vandalism - these are good faith edits. It is important to recognize the difference between a vandalism edit and a good faith edit, especially because Twinkle gives you the option of labelling edits you revert as such. Please read WP:AGF and WP:NOT VANDALISM before completing the following tasks.

Mini-assignment

Please explain below the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit, and how you would tell them apart below.

A: The key distinction between vandalism and a good faith edit is the intention of the editor - while vandalism is a blatant attempt to lower the quality of Wikipedia, a good faith edit unintentionally does so, whether by ignorance of Wikipedia's guidelines and functions or by pure accident. Vandalism tends to be more egregious - edits such as replacing content with offensive words and slander clearly cannot be construed as constructive, and is therefore obvious vandalism. If there is any chance that the editor's contribution was in good faith, I think one should assume good faith and then warn the user appropriately and help guide them. Romtam^talk 15:02, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please find three examples of good faith but unhelpful edits, and three examples of vandalism. You don't need to revert the example you find. Just copy the diff of the page

A:

Good faith

[11] This user changed a word (acceptable), without citations.

[12] Same as above.

[13] Edit summary says all.

Vandalism

[14] Changing name of person (multiple times, even after warning on talk page)

[15] Inappropriate word is inserted ($ex)

[16] Unconstructive edit

Romtam^talk 15:10, 23 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@TheQ Editor:

Warning and reporting

Before, you start reverting some vandalism, I want you to go over this first. Thanks, ΤheQ Editor ^Talk? 20:11, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please answer the following questions

Why do we warn users?: To make them know that their action is wrong.

When would a 4im warning be appropriate?

When the user make a very serious issue that shouldn't be repeated once more.

Should you substitute a template when you place it on a user talk page, and how do you do it?

Yes. Just type subst: (eg. subst:uv-vandalism1)

What should you do if a user who has received a level 4 or 4im warning vandalises again?

Report the user to WP:AIV manually or via TW.

Please give examples of three different warnings (not different levels of the same warning and excluding the test edit warning levels referred to below), that you might need to use while recent changes patrolling and explain what they are used for.

subst:uw-vandalism1 Level 1 vandalism warning

Hello, I'm Romtam. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks!

subst:uv-delete1 Level 1 warning of unexplained/bad explained content removal

Hello, I'm Romtam. I noticed that you recently removed some content without explaining why. In the future, it would be helpful to others if you described your changes to Wikipedia with an accurate edit summary. If this was a mistake, don't worry; I restored the removed content. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks!

subst:uw-image1 Level 1 warning of inappropriate image insertion

Thank you for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your image was inserted successfully and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thank you.

Romtam^TalkToMe 00:20, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@TheQ Editor:

Task

I just wanted to make sure you know about Special:RecentChanges, if you use the diff link in a different window or tab you can check a number of revisions much more easily. If you enable Hovercards in the Hover section of your preferences, you can view the diff by just hovering over it. Alternately, you can press control-F or command-F and search for "tag:". some edits get tagged for possible vandalism or section blanking.

Find and revert some vandalism. Warn each user appropriately, using the correct kind of warning and level. Please include at least two test edits and at one appropriate report to AIV. For each revert and warning please fill in a line on the table below ΤheQ Editor ^Talk? 02: 18, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

#	Diff of your revert	Your comment. If you report to AIV please include the diff	TheQ Editor's Comment (optional)
1	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alastair_Burnet&diff=622688635&oldid=622688247	Unexplained content removal- General note
2	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chaparral_High_School_%28Arizona%29&diff=622689338&oldid=622688014	Unexplained content removal- General note
3	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenneth_Kendall&diff=622689914&oldid=622687517	Unexplained content removal- Caution
4	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_New_Tricks_episodes&diff=622690656&oldid=622687402	Disruptive editing- Caution
5	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sovereign_Hill&diff=prev&oldid=622696844	Vandalism- General note
6	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christopher_Clyde-Green&diff=prev&oldid=622598540	Unexplained content removal- General note
7	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yaroslav_the_Wise&diff=prev&oldid=622607204	Unexplained content removal- General note
8	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Luke_Brooks&diff=prev&oldid=622608328	Unexplained content removal- General note
9	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Corning_Clark&diff=prev&oldid=622696673	Unexplained content removal- General note
10	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alastair_Burnet&diff=prev&oldid=622688635	Unexplained content removal- General note
11	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_IV_of_Denmark&diff=prev&oldid=622709212	Vandalism- 4im warning (Now blocked)
12	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mil_Mi-24&diff=prev&oldid=622696791	Unexplained content removal- General note
13	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Crossbow&diff=prev&oldid=622819390	Vandalism- Caution
14	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charbel_Makhluf&diff=622832812&oldid=622832722	Vandalism- Caution
15	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Plant_cell&diff=prev&oldid=622819248	Vandalism- Caution
-	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dragonology:_The_Complete_Book_of_Dragons&diff=prev&oldid=622693734	Test edit- General note	They are all very good so far. Keep up the good work!
-	For test edit	comment
-	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Microsoft_Windows_versions&diff=prev&oldid=623297508	AIV diff

@TheQ Editor: I'm sorry, but I need a wikibreak so I'm asking to suspend the course for a while. I'll come back. Thanks, Romtam^TalkToMe 05:03, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

VeNeMousKAT
User talk:TheQ Editor/CVUA/VeNeMousKAT

Inactive (over 1 week)

Schoolskater, Retired

Hi @Schoolskater:, welcome to your Counter Vandalism Unit Academy page! Good thing to know that more users are becoming interested in fighting vandalism! Every person I instruct will have their own page on which I will give them support and tasks for them to complete. Please make sure you have this page added to your watchlist. Your academy page has been specifically designed according to you and what you have requested instruction in - for that reason, please be as specific as possible when under my instruction, so that I know the best ways to help you (and do not be afraid to let me know if you think something isn't working). If you have any general queries about anti-vandalism (or anything else), you are more than welcome to raise them with me at my talk page or just post them below the relevant part.

Make sure you read through Wikipedia:Vandalism as that's the knowledge which most of the questions I ask you and tasks you do will revolve around.

How to use this page

This page will be built up over your time in the Academy, with new sections being added as you complete old ones. Each section will end with a task, written in bold type - this might just ask a question, or it might require you to go and do something. You can answer a question by typing the answer below the task; if you have to do something, you will need to provide diffs to demonstrate that you have completed the task. Some sections will have more than one task, sometimes additional tasks may be added to a section as you complete them. Please always sign your responses to tasks as you would on a talk page.

Once you graduate I will copy this page into your userspace so you have a record of your training and a reference for the future.

Before we begin

Twinkle

Twinkle is a very useful tool when performing maintanence functions around Wikipedia. Please have a read through WP:TWINKLE.

Enable Twinkle (if haven't already).

Good faith and vandalism

When patrolling for vandalism, you may often come across edits which are unhelpful, but not vandalism - these are good faith edits. It is important to recognise the difference between a vandalism edit and a good faith edit, especially because Twinkle gives you the option of labelling edits you revert as such. Please read WP:AGF and WP:NOT VANDALISM before completing the following tasks.TheQ Editor (Talk) 15:42, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please explain below the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit, and how you would tell them apart below.

Well, the difference between a good faith edit and a vandalism edit is how or what it looks like. For example, say that user-3 had edited an article about whales, but user-3 was also a new editor. User-3 decides to change "Whales a big" to "Whales are Humongous". You could tell that user-3 was trying to be helpful, but there was also no reason to change big to humongous. Now lets change the story. Say User-3 was editing the same topic-Whales. And user-3 decides that instead of "Whales are big" He writes "Whales are giant floating marshmallows" You could easily tell that that was vandalism. Schoolskater (talk) 12:44, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please find three examples of good faith but unhelpful edits, and three examples of vandalism. You don't need to revert the example you find. Just copy the diff of the page.

Good faith

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Children_Act_2004&oldid=612351545

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=944_Cup&diff=612353448&oldid=612253119

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AIn_the_news%2FCandidates&diff=cur&oldid=prev

Vandalism

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trumpet&oldid=612349755

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Byrne_%28broadcaster%29&diff=612352331&oldid=600082724

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cuffley&diff=cur&oldid=prev

The Steven Byrne one doesn't seem to be vandalism and try to keep the good faith edits inside of article mainspace. Before we move on, I would like you to find one Vandalism and one good faith. Thanks, (and sorry for the delay) TheQ Editor (Talk) 22:56, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Good faith

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Marco_van_Basten&diff=cur&oldid=prev

Vandalism

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leader_(comics)&diff=prev&oldid=613010764

Warning and reporting

Before, you start reverting some vandalism, I want you to go over this first. Thanks,TheQ Editor (Talk) 19:45, 15 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

When you use Twinkle to warn a user, you have a number of options to choose from: you can select the kind of warning (for different offences), and the level of warning (from 1 to 4, for increasing severity). Knowing which warning to issue and what level is very important. Further information can be found at WP:WARN and WP:UWUL.

Please answer the following questions

Why do we warn users?

We warn users so that we can make them aware that, while their edits may seem helpful, Their not. This way, we can help stop unconstructive editing.Schoolskater (talk) 14:46, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

When would a 4im warning be appropriate?

A 4im warning would be appropriate during EXTREME cases of vandalism. For example, A user who has vandalized just after their block expiring.Schoolskater (talk) 14:46, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Should you substitute a template when you place it on a user talk page, and how do you do it?

Yes, by adding subst:.Schoolskater (talk) 14:46, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What should you do if a user who has received a level 4 or 4im warning vandalises again?

If a user who has received a level 4 or 4im warning vandalizes again, you should get an administrators attention immediately.Schoolskater (talk) 14:49, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please give examples (using {{Tlsubst|''name of template''}}) of three different warnings (not different levels of the same warning and excluding the test edit warning levels referred to below), that you might need to use while recent changes patrolling and explain what they are used for.

Hello, I'm Schoolskater. I noticed that you made a comment that didn't seem very civil, so it has been removed. Wikipedia needs people like you and me to collaborate, so it's one of our core principles to interact with one another in a polite and respectful manner. If you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you.

Hello, I'm Schoolskater. I wanted to let you know that I undid one or more of your recent contributions because it appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you.

Welcome to Wikipedia. At least one of your recent edits did not appear to be constructive and has been reverted or removed. Although everyone is welcome to contribute to Wikipedia, please take some time to familiarise yourself with our policies and guidelines. You can find information about these at the welcome page which also provides further information about contributing constructively to this encyclopedia. If you only meant to make some test edits, please use the sandbox for that. Thank you.

Done Perfect!

Warning and Reporting Task

I just wanted to make sure you know about Special:RecentChanges, if you use the diff link in a different window or tab you can check a number of revisions much more easily. If you enable Hovercards in the Hover section of your preferences, you can view the diff by just hovering over it. Alternately, you can press control-F or command-F and search for "tag:". some edits get tagged for possible vandalism or section blanking.

Find and revert some vandalism or good faith edits. Warn each user appropriately, using the correct kind of warning and level. Please include at least two test edits and at least two appropriate reports to AIV. For each revert and warning please fill in a line on the table below.TheQ Editor (Talk) 23: 50, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

#	Diff of your revert	Your warning to them (diff). If you report to AIV please include the diff	TheQ Editor's Comment
Example	[17]	[18]	My advice/comments about further improvements.
1	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aveyron&diff=613557175&oldid=613557032	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A86.43.75.229&diff=cur&oldid=prev	First one! Perfect!
2	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tutenstein&diff=prev&oldid=615687878	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A178.66.187.151&diff=cur&oldid=prev	Very good. Nice revert and warning given.
3	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tutenstein&diff=cur&oldid=prev	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A178.66.187.151&diff=cur&oldid=prev	Good. Moved on to second warning. Great job!
4	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siege_of_Sloviansk&diff=cur&oldid=prev	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A89.216.56.3&diff=cur&oldid=prev	I think you've got the wrong url. It should be this [19] probably. Everything is perfect. Just when putting the url don't put the url comparing the last two, as it changes when someone edits. Instead, go to the history of the article and compare the two revisions. Then copy the url.
5	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_rhinoceros&diff=cur&oldid=prev	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A50.53.101.183&diff=cur&oldid=prev	Good job, and for the url, you may want to make some changes as per above.
6	[6]	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A178.66.137.141&diff=cur&oldid=prev	And a bunch more reverts. Good job!
7	[7]	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A92.21.45.174&diff=cur&oldid=prev	Good revert, but the warning should probably be uw-blank1 instead. You used uw-vandalism1
8	[8]	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A112.198.64.94&diff=cur&oldid=prev	good job. If it was the first edit, i would assume good faith but you did the correct thing.
9	[9]	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Impactamerica	good job
10	[10]	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AImpactamerica&diff=cur&oldid=prev	good.
11	[11]	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3APrimitiveOne&diff=cur&oldid=prev	nice. and thank you for reverting because I actually offered to adopt the user.
12	[12]	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AWikihacker2000&diff=cur&oldid=prev	good job.
13	[13]	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3AWikihacker2000&diff=cur&oldid=prev	does this count as one or two? I would say one. You should've reverted the two edits together, but judging by the quality of your reverts, i think it would be enough.
14	[14]	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3A08mohammed_y&diff=cur&oldid=prev	good but uw-disruptive4 fits better for this case.
15	[15]	https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ARskonacme&diff=cur&oldid=prev	perfect.

I'm not sure what you mean. Could you explain more please? Thanks, SkaterLife (talk) 15:33, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I made an example one. Hopes this helps!. Thanks, on behalf of TheQ Editor TheQ Tester (talk) 02:22, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Very good reverts with only minor problems. Now, on to the next step...Vacation Q (talk) 06:44, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Shared IP tagging

There are a number of IP user talk page templates which show helpful information to IP users and those wishing to warn or block them. There is a list of these templates

{{Shared IP}} - For general shared IP addresses.
{{ISP}} - A modified version specifically for use with ISP organizations.
{{Shared IP edu}} - A modified version specifically for use with educational institutions.
{{Shared IP gov}} - A modified version specifically for use with government agencies.
{{Shared IP corp}} - A modified version specifically for use with businesses.
{{Shared IP address (public)}} - A modified version specifically for use with public terminals such as in libraries, etc.
{{Mobile IP}} - A modified version specifically for use with a mobile device's IP.
{{Dynamic IP}} - A modified version specifically for use with dynamic IPs.
{{Static IP}} - A modified version specifically for use with static IPs which may be used by more than one person.

Each of these templates take two parameters, one is the organisation to which the IP address is registered (which can be found out using the links at the bottom of the IP's contribution page. The other is for the host name (which is optional) and can also be found out from the links at the bottom of the IP's contribution page.

Also, given that different people use the IP address, older messages are sometimes refused so as to not confuse the current user of the IP. Generally any messages for the last one-two months are removed, collapsed, or archived. The templates available for this include:

{{OW}} for when the messages are deleted from the talk page.
{{Old IP warnings top}} and {{Old IP warnings bottom}} for collapsing the user warnings and leaving them on the talk page.
{{Warning archive notice}} for when the messages are archived, and that archiving follows the usually naming sequence (that is, /Archive 1).

NOTE: All of the templates in this section are not substituted (so don't use "subst:").

Go ahead and place 3 shared IP tags manually or with Twinkle. Just show me that you understand. Tell me when you have finished. Cheers, Vacation Q (talk) 06:54, 10 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

{{Static IP}}

{{Shared IP corp}}

Perhaps this is all a misunderstanding. Sorry I didn't explain it very well. I asked you to place 3 shared ip tags manually or with twinkle on talk pages of IP addresses . Vacation Q (talk) 03:48, 14 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]