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 the CVU Academy !
The Counter-Vandalism Unit (CVU) is a WikiProject whose aim is to help detect and remove vandalism on 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 the Counter-Vandalism Academy.
Our goals are:
- Protect Wikipedia from disruption.
- React to vandalism in progress.
- Inform active counter-vandalism users on updates and new software.
- Train new counter-vandals.
- Study the effects of vandalism on the encyclopedia.
| The Anti-Vandalism barnstar | 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 | 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 | 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. |
If you have any questions about counter-vandalism, feel free to
post them here.
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
See this list for all unit members.
| Code: | Results in: |
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| {{User wikipedia/CVU-Vandal Fighter }} | This user fights vandalism. |
| {{user CVU1-en }} |
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| {{User CVU9-en }} | |
| {{User CVU10-en }} |
| Code: | Results in: |
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| {{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 to Category:Wikipedians in the Counter-Vandalism Unit.
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