Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit

You want to revert vandalism, but don't yet know the ropes? You want to share your experience in training the next generation of vandalism fighters? Either way,your search stops here,at theCVU Academy!

Introduction

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TheCounter-Vandalism Unit(CVU) is aWikipedia projectwhose aim is to help detect and removevandalismon Wikipedia by using tools and experience, and to provide advice on dealing with vandals. All members of the Wikipedia community can revert vandalism at any time. Active vandalism patrollers who join this project will receive occasional newsletters with information on training, software updates, and new or modified policies and guidelines.

Some active members have volunteered to train other editors in countering vandalism. If you would like to learn more about the process or if you think you would like to train others, please see theCounter-Vandalism Academy.

Goals

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Our goals are:

1. ProtectWikipedia from disruption.
2. Reactto vandalism in progress.
3. Informactive counter-vandalism users on updates and new software.
4. Trainnew counter-vandals.
5. Studythe effects of vandalism on the encyclopedia.

Help

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How to help:

1. Identifythat an edit qualifies as vandalism.
2. Restorethe page to the last non-vandalized version.
3. Informthe editor that the edits were perceived as vandalism.
4. Reportthe editor if vandalism persists.

Associates

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	New Pages Patrol— reviewNew Pagesto detectcopyright violations,vandalism, attack pages, hoaxes and spam, making minor improvements, and listing inappropriate pages for deletion.
	ClueBot NG— abotthat uses a vandalism-detection algorithm to automatically revert most vandalism.
	Recent Changes Patrol— users who regularly patrolRecent Changesin real time and, among other things, remove vandalism.
	Counter Vandalism Network (CVN)— recent changes broadcasted live on IRC channel#cvn-wp-enconnectwith information on how likely the edit is to be vandalism.

Recognition

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	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar may be awarded to those who show great contributions to protecting and reverting attacks of vandalism on Wikipedia. Use barnstars sparingly – don't dilute their importance.
	The Silver CVU Award is awarded to those who make significant contributions to The Counter-Vandalism Unit or to counter-vandalism.
	The Gold CVU Award is awarded for outstanding contributions to The Counter-Vandalism Unit or to counter-vandalism where the Silver CVU Award would be insufficient.

Questions?

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If you have any questions about counter-vandalism, feel free to

post them here.

Discussions

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Discussions that may be of interest to CVU members:
New Pages Feed
Unwatched pages

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IP_Editing:_Privacy_Enhancement_and_Abuse_Mitigation

Divisions

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	The Academy For users wishing to learn more about Counter-Vandalism.
	Vandalism Studies For research on unconstructive edits.
	Subtle Vandalism Taskforce (SVT) For resources and discussion about subtle,sneakyvandalism.
	Tools Descriptions of various tools and scripts used to counter vandalism.

Participants

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Seethis listfor all unit members.

CVU Userboxes

Code:	Results in:
{{User wikipedia/CVU-Vandal Fighter}}	This user fightsvandalism.
{{user CVU1-en}}	This user is amemberof the Counter-Vandalism Unit.
{{User CVU9-en}}	This user trains others to fightvandalismat theCounter Vandalism Unit's Academy.
{{User CVU10-en}}	This user learns to fightvandalismat theCounter Vandalism Unit's Academy.

CVU Topicon

Code:	Results in:
{{CVU topicon}}	A little CVU seal will be displayed in the same way as it does here, in the top-right corner.

If you prefer not to use userboxes or a topicon, you can add yourself toCategory:Wikipedians in the Counter-Vandalism Unit.

Vandalism Status

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