User:NorsemanII

{{Wdefcon}}

Flag vandals with:

• (unintentional vandalism/test) {{subst:test|PageName}} -~~~~
• (suitable for nonsense) {{subst:test2|PageName}} -~~~~
• (variant for blankings) {{subst:test2a|PageName}} -~~~~
• (please stop) {{subst:test3|PageName}} -~~~~
• (obvious vandalism) {{subst:blatantvandal|PageName}} -~~~~
• (last warning) {{subst:test4|PageName}} -~~~~
• (only warning) {{subst:test4im|PageName}} -~~~~

• (for vandals who remove their edits) {{test-self|PageName}} -~~~~

Full range of templates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:TestTemplates

For repeat vandals:

Copy this:

• {{vandal|username}} Repeat vandalism.-~~~~

OR

• {{IPvandal|ip}} Repeat vandalism.-~~~~

Report them to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism&action=edit§ion=2

For serious long-term repeat vandals from IPs:

Find out who owns the IP http://www.ibeast.com/content/tools/ipLookup/index.asp or use http://samspade.org/

If they are government owned or something likely to respond to requests to stop:

Copy:

• ===ip===

{{tl|IPvandal}}

[Link-to-the-whois Whois] *Name the ISP* *provide a summary of their abuse*

Paste it to: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Abuse_reports&action=edit§ion=5

And fill in the necessary info.

Wikipedia:External links#Links normally to be avoided

Marking unsigned comments:

{{subst:unsigned|user name|date}}

Mark an unreferenced page:

{{Unreferenced}}

Mark a statement that needs a citation:

{{citation needed|date=Month Year}}

Cite a source: Reference templates

-Work in progress -NorsemanII 00:30, 25 October 2006 (UTC)