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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?

Thats too bad! The legacy of lions in Cat Creek will live on, despite the best efforts of CVU. CVU is defenseless and will not be able to stop it without some industrial washing machines... there are just too many smelly socks on our side! :)

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The Counter-Vandalism Unit (CVU) is a Misplaced Pages project whose aim is to help detect and remove vandalism on Misplaced Pages by using tools and experience, and to provide advice on dealing with vandals. All members of the Misplaced Pages 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.

Vandalism
Dealing with vandalism
Obvious vandalism Sockpuppet investigations Long-term abuse reports WikiProject Open proxies
Resources and assistance
Counter-Vandalism Unit Counter Vandalism Academy Cleaning up vandalism Counter-vandalism tools
Further information
Blocking IP addresses Do not insult the vandals CVU Vandalism studies
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Goals
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Our goals are: Protect Misplaced Pages 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.

Help
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How to help: Identify that an edit qualifies as vandalism. Restore the page to the last non-vandalized version. Inform the editor that the edits were perceived as vandalism. Report the editor if vandalism persists.

Associates

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	New Pages Patrol — review New Pages to detect copyright violations, vandalism, attack pages, hoaxes and spam, making minor improvements, and listing inappropriate pages for deletion.
	ClueBot NG — a bot that uses a vandalism-detection algorithm to automatically revert most vandalism.
	Recent Changes Patrol — users who regularly patrol Recent Changes in real time and, among other things, remove vandalism.
	Counter Vandalism Network (CVN) — recent changes broadcasted live on IRC channel #cvn-wp-en with 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 Misplaced Pages. 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.

Discussions
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Discussions that may be of interest to CVU members: New Pages Feed Unwatched pages https://meta.wikimedia.org/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, sneaky vandalism.
	Tools Descriptions of various tools and scripts used to counter vandalism.

Participants

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See this list for all unit members.

CVU Userboxes

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This user fights vandalism.

This user is a member of the
Counter-Vandalism Unit.

This user trains others to fight vandalism at the Counter Vandalism Unit's Academy.

This user learns to fight vandalism at the Counter Vandalism Unit's Academy.

CVU Topicon
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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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