Look out for vandalism, and revert it. It is often worthwhile to check the page history after reverting to make sure you have removed all the vandalism. Also, check the user contributions of the vandal - you will often find more malicious edits.
Additionally, leave warning messages on the vandal's talk pages using the following system.
Note that these templates need not be used sequentially. If the edit is clearly vandalism, use the template {{ uw-vandalism1}} instead. For continuing severe vandalism, {{ uw-vandalism2}} may be skipped and {{ uw-vandalism3}} given straight after the first warning. If, however, you are not sure that the edit is vandalism, always start with {{ uw-test1}}. If a user made such an edit and reverted it himself, use a {{ selftest}}. For extreme or extensive cases of vandalism committed by users who have received no prior warnings, {{ uw-vandalism4im}} may be used. The ~~~~ in the templates below cause the time and your signature to be added to the warning.
Alternatively, you can use:
to explicitly state which articles were vandalized. Where appropriate, replace the "#" with the warning level number (1 to 4). Insert the title of the article being referenced. For example:
The " subst" causes the template text to be pasted into the talk page as if you had typed it out, instead of leaving {{subst:uw-test1}} visible when editing the page. This makes the messages more personal to the user, and thus, more friendly. Also, if someone vandalizes the template, then the vandalism will not affect every page that uses the text from the template.
If the vandal will not stop, list them at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Ensure that the user has been warned thoroughly before posting a notice on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism and has had time (three or four minutes) to read the warnings and still ignore them. If a user has not been sufficiently warned, or has only vandalised a couple of times an administrator may simply remove the notice without action.
The blocking administrator will usually leave this on the vandal's talk page:
{{
unblock|Your reason here}}
, but you should read the
guide to appealing blocks first. Look out for vandalism, and revert it. It is often worthwhile to check the page history after reverting to make sure you have removed all the vandalism. Also, check the user contributions of the vandal - you will often find more malicious edits.
Additionally, leave warning messages on the vandal's talk pages using the following system.
Note that these templates need not be used sequentially. If the edit is clearly vandalism, use the template {{ uw-vandalism1}} instead. For continuing severe vandalism, {{ uw-vandalism2}} may be skipped and {{ uw-vandalism3}} given straight after the first warning. If, however, you are not sure that the edit is vandalism, always start with {{ uw-test1}}. If a user made such an edit and reverted it himself, use a {{ selftest}}. For extreme or extensive cases of vandalism committed by users who have received no prior warnings, {{ uw-vandalism4im}} may be used. The ~~~~ in the templates below cause the time and your signature to be added to the warning.
Alternatively, you can use:
to explicitly state which articles were vandalized. Where appropriate, replace the "#" with the warning level number (1 to 4). Insert the title of the article being referenced. For example:
The " subst" causes the template text to be pasted into the talk page as if you had typed it out, instead of leaving {{subst:uw-test1}} visible when editing the page. This makes the messages more personal to the user, and thus, more friendly. Also, if someone vandalizes the template, then the vandalism will not affect every page that uses the text from the template.
If the vandal will not stop, list them at Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism. Ensure that the user has been warned thoroughly before posting a notice on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism and has had time (three or four minutes) to read the warnings and still ignore them. If a user has not been sufficiently warned, or has only vandalised a couple of times an administrator may simply remove the notice without action.
The blocking administrator will usually leave this on the vandal's talk page:
{{
unblock|Your reason here}}
, but you should read the
guide to appealing blocks first.