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On Misplaced Pages, Vandalism is the act of editing the project in a manner that is intentionally disruptive. Vandalism includes the addition, removal, or other modification of the text or other material in a manner that consists either of humor, nonsense, hoaxes, spam or promotion of a subject, or is of an offensive or degrading nature.
Frequent targets of vandalism include articles on hot and controversial topics and current events.
Fighting vandalism
The are various measures taken by Misplaced Pages to prevent or reduce the amount of vandalism. These include:
- Reverting the vandalism by restoring the article to the last version before the vandalism occurred
- Locking articles so only established users, or in some cases, only administrators can edit them
- Blocking and banning those who have repeatedly committed acts of vandalism from editing for a period of time or in some cases, indefinitely
Notable acts of vandalism
- In 2006, Rolling Stone Magazine printed a false story from which they learned the information from an act of Misplaced Pages vandalism. Their article's title stated that Halle Berry was set to ruin her reputation.
- Professional golfer Fuzzy Zoeller sued a Miami company whose IP-based edits to the Misplaced Pages site included negative information about him.
- Soon after the death of Steve Irwin in 2007, the stingray article was vandalized, stating that stingrays "hate Australian people."
References
- ^ http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10432042
- http://en.wikinews.org/Rolling_Stone_prints_story_based_on_Wikipedia_vandalism
- http://www.tomshardware.com/news/golfer-sues-wikipedia-vandalism,4377.html
