This help page is a
how-to guide. It details processes or procedures of some aspect(s) of Wikipedia's norms and practices. It is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, and may reflect varying levels of
consensus and
vetting. |
Welcome to Wikipedia! This page will teach you how to easily fix vandalism that you may come across while browsing the site.
Vandalism is editing deliberately intended to obstruct the project's purpose of building a free encyclopedia. Examples include adding irrelevant obscenities or jokes, illegitimately blanking pages, and inserting obvious nonsense. Not all bad edits are vandalism. If an edit is misguided but plausibly made in good faith, you can try undoing it once, but you should use the dispute resolution process if it is restored. Most vandalism is obvious, so don't be afraid to fix it.
If you are unable to revert the vandalism because of subsequent edits, you can fix it manually. Here's how:
Manual reverting:
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It is better to fix vandalism yourself, but if you're not comfortable editing an article directly, it's alright to just let others know about it:
If the page is high-traffic:
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If the page is not high-traffic:
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This help page is a
how-to guide. It details processes or procedures of some aspect(s) of Wikipedia's norms and practices. It is not one of
Wikipedia's policies or guidelines, and may reflect varying levels of
consensus and
vetting. |
Welcome to Wikipedia! This page will teach you how to easily fix vandalism that you may come across while browsing the site.
Vandalism is editing deliberately intended to obstruct the project's purpose of building a free encyclopedia. Examples include adding irrelevant obscenities or jokes, illegitimately blanking pages, and inserting obvious nonsense. Not all bad edits are vandalism. If an edit is misguided but plausibly made in good faith, you can try undoing it once, but you should use the dispute resolution process if it is restored. Most vandalism is obvious, so don't be afraid to fix it.
If you are unable to revert the vandalism because of subsequent edits, you can fix it manually. Here's how:
Manual reverting:
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|
It is better to fix vandalism yourself, but if you're not comfortable editing an article directly, it's alright to just let others know about it:
If the page is high-traffic:
|
---|
|
If the page is not high-traffic:
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|