Wikimodels:Vandalism

Vandalism is a popular type of editing on MediaWiki websites. It is frequent on the English Wikipedia, mostly by unregistered users, of which the vast majority have been blocked, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?damaging=verylikelybad&goodfaith=verylikelybad&hidebots=1&hidenewpages=1&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&hidelog=1&limit=50&days=7&urlversion=2.

You could even be a vandal. Consider taking the time to read below.

Consequences of being a vandal
To prevent huge distruption, Wikimodels does not allow vandalism. If illegal vandalism is triggered, an administrator may delete the vandalized page and restore legit revisions ("removing" a revision) for legal reasons.

The Wikibot can also be used to vandalize Wikimodels. Using the Wikibot while not (auto)confirmed is discouraged and not recommended.

When a user vandalizes Wikimodels, they get a notice. If they keep up, they get a warning. If they continue the vandalism, they will get blocked. (Sometimes they may have a temporary block.)

A few users can also get their only warning, then get blocked. This can be in the case of strong distruption, too strong for a notice or any other warning.

The solution
Introducing: Approved Revisions and Moderation. This is a way to prevent vandals from destroying and messing up pages. When a revision from a new user is saved, it will not be visible to anyone until approval by a moderator.

Moderation allows reporting inappropriate revisions such as vandalism.

Moderators can handle reports and approve revisions. Autoconfirmed users can report but not handle reports. Autoconfirmed users cannot approve revisions.

There are good-faith editing IPs!
Most IPs are vandals, but not all. Wikipedia has good faith IPs (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges?damaging=likelygood&goodfaith=likelygood&userExpLevel=unregistered&hidebots=1&hidenewpages=1&hidecategorization=1&hideWikibase=1&hidelog=1&limit=50&days=7&urlversion=2). See Not every IP is a vandal for more info.

Rollback
Rollback permissions (sometimes referred to as "rollbacking") allow a registered user to mass revert vandalism quickly without having to go one-by-one. Users without rollback permissions can use Twinkle rollback if they have (auto)confirmed permissions.