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This page is for the reporting of vandalism within the Nexus War wiki. On this wiki, the response to vandalism is temporary banning but due to security concerns, this ability is restricted to Administrators. As such, users will need to lodge a report for a vandal to be banned from the wiki. For consistency and accountability, Administrators are requested to note on this page their actions in dealing with vandals. Furthermore, administrators are requested to place notice of warnings and bannings to Vandal Data.

(See here for further information about the administrator's duties with regard to vandalism.)

[edit] Guidelines for Vandalism Reporting

In dealing with vandalism, time is often of the essence. As such, we ask that all users include the following information in a Vandalism report. Vandal requests must be placed at the top of the Vandalism Reports header, below.

A link to the page(s). If the vandalism is occuring over a sufficiently large number of pages, instead include a time range of the vandalism attempt, or alternatively, a link to the first vandalised page. This allows us to quickly find the damage so we can quickly assess the situation.
The user name of the vandal.
A signed timestamp. Vandal reports without a username will be ignored.

If you see vandalism in progress, please do not wait for Administrators to deal with it, as there may be no Administrator online at the time. Enter the vandal report, and then begin reverting pages to their previous "accurate" edit. This can be done by going to the "History" tab at the top of the page, and finding the last edit before the Vandal's attack. When an Administrator is available, they'll assess the situation, and if the report is legitimate, steps will be taken to either warn the vandal, or ban them if they have previously received two warnings.

[edit] What is Vandalism?

Wikipedia defines vandalism as "any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to reduce the quality of the encyclopedia. The most common type of vandalism is the replacement of existing text with obscenities, page blanking, or the insertion of bad jokes or other nonsense." That definition applies here for the most part, with some notable exceptions (see the ownership guidelines and Administration Conduct).

The Nexus War administration team takes a particularly dim view of vandalism. Vandals are typically banned for an infinite period after the first infraction; there is no drawn-out, bureaucratic system to handle infractions. Nexus Wiki administrators have "007" authority to ban instantly and permanently as their primary role is to protect the wiki rather than individuals.

Thus, as an editor, you can expect to have only one strike.

[edit] Vandalism Reports

Place new vandalism reports here

[edit] Served Vandalism Reports

[edit] Excel

Edits to The Divine Slayers--Gage 19:31, 24 February 2008 (CST)

[16:03:31] <Teksura> whats with your edit to the divine slayers page?

[16:03:44] <Excel> Eh?

[16:04:00] <Teksura> http://wiki.nexuswar.com/index.php?title=The_Divine_Slayers&diff=47158&oldid=47153

[16:04:03] <Teksura> your edits

[16:04:05] <Teksura> whats with them?

[16:04:10] <Excel> wtf...?

[16:04:15] <Excel> One second.

[16:04:33] <Excel> ....

[16:04:51] <Excel> My friend appears to have taken the initiative to be a jerk under my name, sorry.

[16:05:12] <Teksura> 'k

[16:05:19] <Teksura> check your contributations

[16:05:27] <Teksura> looks like there might have been more damage

[16:05:44] <Excel> Yeah, I'll do that.

[16:05:47] <Excel> God damnit.

[16:05:54] <Excel> Now I have to change my freaking password.

[16:07:35] <Excel> How do you do that on Wikipedia, actually..?

[16:07:39] * Excel doesn't know much about it.

[16:07:42] <Teksura> oh

[16:07:50] <Teksura> well, you click the history tab

[16:07:55] <Excel> Wait, nevermind.

[16:07:57] <Excel> Found it.

[16:08:01] <Teksura> and it... oh, ok

[16:09:36] <Teksura> Do you know who the friend is?

[16:09:55] <Excel> Yeah.

[16:10:05] <Excel> Password changed, sorry about any inconvenience.

[16:10:13] <Teksura> meh, its a wiki

[16:10:17] <Teksura> reverts are free

As a leader of Divine Slayers, I'm willing to accept that Excel may not have been the one responsible for the edits. However, I would be interested to know who is responsible. --Teksura 19:40, 24 February 2008 (CST)

Moving to server reports, I accept Excel's explanation. --Brizth 16:07, 25 February 2008 (CST)

[edit] User:CapnFugie

Posted a link to goatse as his first edit. Permabanned. --Brizth 01:36, 8 January 2008 (CST)

[edit] User:Richard John

Vandalized Acta Sanctorum; not dealing with fuckchimps; permabanned.--Jorm 00:35, 6 October 2007 (CDT)

[edit] User:CraglathISACHEATER

With a name like that, you know he can't be up to any good. Here's proof, too. —Hinoa talk.un 08:23, 5 October 2007 (CDT)

thanks for the heads-up! Permabanned the account and the IP address. --Brizth 09:06, 5 October 2007 (CDT)

[edit] My Little Bitch

Banned for mass vandalism. --Brizth 09:38, 6 July 2007 (CDT)

[edit] Kaen

Spamming up the BGW1Y wiki page with his own personal issues after being booted from aforementioned faction. BGW1Y wiki page here I have deleted his edits. Glampers 00:46, 24 June 2007 (CDT)

Warned--Jorm 01:52, 24 June 2007 (CDT)

[edit] VxuUjm

Posted a load of linkspam on Admin/Conduct Talk page which I have deleted (could not find any previous content). --SerialKillaSmile 16:54, 10 June 2007 (CDT)

Banned by Jorm on 10 June 2007. --Brizth 09:38, 6 July 2007 (CDT)

[edit] UtbCak

What the Vandal did.

Added a huge chunk of useless links to the Chuckwagon page, after Jorm reverted hsi edit in the first place. --Axe27 11:47, 10 June 2007 (CDT)

Banned. Thanks for fixing the page, too. --Liche 12:08, 10 June 2007 (CDT)

[edit] FhaDuk

Removed large chunks of text from Talk:Main Page (diff) as his first and only edit. Additionally, he was using an open proxy. Permanently banned. --Brizth 13:35, 11 April 2007 (CDT)

[edit] 8yo and ready to suck

Banned for vandalizing Satan's Workshop's page. Diff. --Brizth ^{T A} 09:46, 20 March 2007 (CDT)

[edit] User:Biteurthumb

series of edits of the Acta Sanctorum faction page between 23:46, 14 March and 01:47, 15 March -- SpriteFire 21:06, 14 March 2007 (CDT)

Banninated.--Jorm 21:13, 14 March 2007 (CDT)

[edit] Fgf

"Hacked" Talk:Main_Page--Jorm 14:07, 10 March 2007 (CST)

[edit] Pwn123

Again some minor vandalism on About Nexus War page. Permabanned. --Brizth ^{T A} 11:27, 26 February 2007 (CST)

[edit] User:K, User:Imapwnu11 and User:Zomgnub3

Vandalized Talk:Main_Page. Permabanned. Forgot to add them. --Jorm 16:50, 23 February 2007 (CST)

[edit] Woot1

Vandalism account, permabanned. --Brizth ^{T A} 16:41, 23 February 2007 (CST)

[edit] Henryelder and User:Herno

Same as the case below. Both permabanned. --Brizth ^{T A} 11:24, 11 January 2007 (CST)

[edit] Bananers

Vandalised The_Merry_Men adding a well-known porn/shock link. Restored to previous version, but he edited it 5-6 times, all of those changes can be clearly seen in history.--Catwhowalksbyhimself 04:35, 11 January 2007 (CST)

- Permabanned.--Jorm 22:44, 10 January 2007 (CST)

[edit] CheckUser

Vandalised Template:Faction, permabanned, template protected. --Brizth ^{T A} 07:05, 8 November 2006 (CST)

[edit] Drlion

Adbot. Lol. see here. – Nubis 09:31, 23 October 2006 (CDT)

Blocked. --Brizth ^{T A} 10:48, 23 October 2006 (CDT)

[edit] Sidra

Sidra has been vandalizing Faction page of ¬_¬. Starts from here: http://wiki.nexuswar.com/index.php?title=%C2%AC_%C2%AC&diff=prev&oldid=10705 --Prague 05:02, 7 July 2006 (CDT)

Warned. Repost back here if he continues. -- Odd Starter ^A 05:33, 7 July 2006 (CDT)

Thank you--Prague 05:42, 7 July 2006 (CDT)

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