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'''«- [[OpenVistA Wiki: Policies and Guidelines]]'''
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'''«- [[VistApedia: Policies and Guidelines]]'''
  
 
Dealing with [[Wikipedia:vandalism|vandalism]] is simple and straightforward — if you find a page that has been vandalized, all you have to do is perform the following steps:
 
Dealing with [[Wikipedia:vandalism|vandalism]] is simple and straightforward — if you find a page that has been vandalized, all you have to do is perform the following steps:
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And that's it!  It's that simple!
 
And that's it!  It's that simple!
  
'''Caveat:''' Don't confuse vandalism with really badly edited pages, poor styling, and other [[OpenVistA Wiki:Be bold in updating pages|bold edits]].
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'''Caveat:''' Don't confuse vandalism with really badly edited pages, poor styling, and other [[VistApedia:Be bold in updating pages|bold edits]].
  
 
==Vandalism in Progress==
 
==Vandalism in Progress==
If you believe that a vandal is in the process of defacing multiple pages, add their name to the [[OpenVistA Wiki:vandalism in progress|vandalism in progress]] page, and list the username or IP address in the [[OpenVistA Wiki:edit summary|edit summary]], then save the page.  The username or IP address will appear in the [[OpenVistA Wiki:Recent Changes|Recent Changes]] page, alerting the members of the problem.
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If you believe that a vandal is in the process of defacing multiple pages, add their name to the [[VistApedia:vandalism in progress|vandalism in progress]] page, and list the username or IP address in the [[VistApedia:edit summary|edit summary]], then save the page.  The username or IP address will appear in the [[Special:Recent Changes|Recent Changes]] page, alerting the members of the problem.
  
 
==Blocking==
 
==Blocking==
The [[OpenVistA Wiki:administrators|administrators]] have the ability to block vandals, either by username or by IP address.  See [[OpenVistA Wiki:bans and blocks|bans and blocks]] for more details.
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The [[Special:administrators|administrators]] have the ability to block vandals, either by username or by IP address.  See [[VistApedia:bans and blocks|bans and blocks]] for more details.
  
 
'''See Also:''' [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia: Dealing with vandalism|Wikipedia: Dealing with vandalism]] for information concerning types of vandalism and other informative details.
 
'''See Also:''' [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia: Dealing with vandalism|Wikipedia: Dealing with vandalism]] for information concerning types of vandalism and other informative details.

Latest revision as of 17:55, 1 June 2015

«- VistApedia: Policies and Guidelines

Dealing with vandalism is simple and straightforward — if you find a page that has been vandalized, all you have to do is perform the following steps:

  1. Revert the page to the last unvandalized version.

And that's it! It's that simple!

Caveat: Don't confuse vandalism with really badly edited pages, poor styling, and other bold edits.

Vandalism in Progress

If you believe that a vandal is in the process of defacing multiple pages, add their name to the vandalism in progress page, and list the username or IP address in the edit summary, then save the page. The username or IP address will appear in the Recent Changes page, alerting the members of the problem.

Blocking

The administrators have the ability to block vandals, either by username or by IP address. See bans and blocks for more details.

See Also: Wikipedia: Dealing with vandalism for information concerning types of vandalism and other informative details.