Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit



The Counter-Vandalism Unit (CVU) aims to help in cleaning up vandalism on Wikipedia by producing tools to assist in removing vandalism, providing advice on dealing with vandals, and sharing information with other Wikipedians dealing with the same issues. Removing vandalism is a task open to all members of the Wikipedia community, and the CVU intends to make that task easier. In other words, anyone who wants to help with reverting vandalism is welcome to join.

Identifying with the CVU's role by one of the methods above does not grant you any special rights or privileges on Wikipedia. The CVU is not, and has not requested to be, sanctioned as an official project of the Wikimedia Foundation. It is merely a collection of individuals dedicated to removing vandalism and does not seek to represent itself as anything more. "Unit" is simply a little snappier than "WikiProject".

Current events

 * New warning templates have been fully implemented.


 * This project was recently up for MfD. The result was No consensus.


 * Bug ID 9213 (Info) is affecting almost all anon editors (IP addresses). This bug is serious in that it prevents anonymous IPs from seeing the "New Messages" bar when a warning or notice is placed on that IPs talk page.


 * WikiScanner, a tool to identify edits from specific organizations, has been released


 * Counter-Vandalism Unit/Task Force is now up and running. Please feel free to join.

Guidelines and policy
If an edit meets the criteria of vandalism, revert it. Please be graceful in your doing so and do not bite newcomers. Vandalism should be dealt with using warning templates; if it continues nevertheless, it should be reported directly to the administrators using the links below.

Tools such as blocking and sock puppet reports should not be used as punishment as opposed to prevention. The CVU's purpose is to repair and prevent vandalism, not to punish users, for which being a member of the CVU grants no special authority.

Tools
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Recognition
The RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar (formerly the Anti-Vandalism Barnstar) may be awarded to those who show great contributions to protecting and reverting attacks of vandalism on Wikipedia. It was introduced on February 27, 2005 by brian0918, and was designed by Deathphoenix. It was renamed on July 24, 2005 in appreciation of the efforts of former Wikipedian RickK in fighting vandalism.



Userboxes
If you prefer not to use userboxes, you can add yourself to Category:Wikipedians in the Counter Vandalism Unit.