Vandalism is defined as unhelpful or unconstructive edits. This can encompass a lot of things and should be treated with care. Note that it is very important that it was deliberately done to disrupt Wikipedia, i.e. an act in bad faith.
YCorrect.
2 List 3 situations where an edit which could be considered vandalism, may not actually be vandalism.
1. Tests from new users outside of their own, or the general, sandbox.
2. Edit warring is not considered vandalism, even though it is disruptive.
3. Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia is not vandalism, even against consensus, misguided, disruptive, etc.
YCorrect.
3 What are obvious indicators of a vandalism edit while watching recent changes?
A very large change in the size of the article (either greater or smaller).
Edits without a summary (especially combined with larger changes in size).
Edits tagged by the abuse filter (Blanking the page, etc).
Note: WP:HTSV also says to look for IP editors. Personally, I don't like this generalization. I read a bit more and would probably point people to WP:HUMAN if they do it.
YCorrect. Remember always that you should use judgment here. Look at the edits first before you revert.
4 How do you revert vandalism?
By hand with the undo button from the history page of an article or using a tool like Twinkle.
YCorrect.
5 What warning template would you use if a user removed or blanked all the content from a page?
{{uw-delete1}} or a higher level if the user has been warned before or the situation warrants it. Note that blanking or removing content from a users own talk page, user page or sandbox should not be considered vandalism and should not receive a warning (even though it will look suspicious on the recent changes page).
YCorrect.
6 What warning template would you use if a user add the words "i really hate wikipedia!" to an article?
The general {{uw-vand1}} template or a higher level if the user has been warned before or the situation warrants it.
YCorrect.
7 How do you add an article to your watchlist?
By clicking on the star (watch tab) at the top right next to "view history".
By editing and checking the "Watch this page" box (or set this to be done automatically in preferences).
YCorrect.
8 If you misuse such tools as WP:TW or WP:VPRF what could happen?
The same rules apply to using tool functions as would when performing actions by hand, i.e. you can be warned, blocked, etc. depending on what you did.
YCorrect.
For the reverting of vandalism with Twinkle and the old fashioned way part of the lesson, I looked at your sandbox as instructed. However, it seemed to me to be more of a notepad for you instead of part of the lesson (perhaps it was in the past?). Anyhow, I applied the common sense principle and decided to mess in my own sandbox instead; sandbox :-). I made some edits and reverted them manually. I also tried doing it with Twinkle; I logged out to make a 'bad' edit and logged back in. Unfortunately I got beaten to it by a recent patroller :-(, but I do understand how it works now.
Sounds good. I'd strongly advise against logging out to edit, especially to make "bad edits". Such behaviour can indeed get you blocked. Just FYI.
On wikipedia it is possible to use different kinds of styles like bold and italic. It is also possible to combine these styles into this. This can be with wikimarkup in the following manner: '''bold''', ''italic'' and '''''bold/italic'''''.
On wikipedia it is possible to link and reference, for instance to my userpage or to an outside page [1]. This information can all be found in the different Wikipedia help pages[1].
We can make small text and big text. Or use typewriter font like this. Ofcourse there are more things possible with wikimarkup, but the list is to extensive to try them all here.
A permission is a right that can be given to an account/user to perform certain (extra) functionalities on Wikipedia YCorrect.
What pages are un-registered users able to edit?
They can edit all unprotected pages and create (which can be thought of as a kind of edit) pages within the Talk: namespace or their own namespace. YCorrect.
What is an auto confirmed account?
An auto confirmed account is a registered user account that has been created at least 4 days earlier and has 10 edits. YCorrect.
What is a confirmed account?
A confirmed account is an account that does not meet the auto confirmed requirements, but are nonetheless granted permission to upload files and edit semi-protected pages. This right is normally given for specific reasons only, e.g. a veteran editor on nl wiki who wants to make a change on en wiki when the page is protected. YCorrect.
What permissions do autoconfirmed accounts have?
Permissions to edit any page on Wikipedia, with the exception of fully protected pages. They can also move pages and upload files. Furthermore, auto confirmed accounts have permissions to customize their Wikipedia interface and can save books to wiki. YCorrect.
Who can grant rollback?
Rollback can be granted to non-administrator users by administrators. Administrators themselves have the right include in the admin tool package. YCorrect.
What does rollback enable you to do?
Enable you to rollback the edits until a revision made by a different user than the current version, i.e. you can revert several vandalism edits from one user at once. YCorrect.
What should you not use rollback for?
Reverting anything other than vandalism. YCorrect. This is correct enough, and the conservative option. You can also use rollback to revert your own edits, a large amount of unproductive changes, or a malfunctioning robot. This is because though the edits are not vandalism, manually correcting/undoing the edits would take lots of time. But these sorts of situations is best left to a veteran editor or an administrator.
What does the account creator allow you to do?
The account creator permission allows a user to create more than 6 accounts from a single IP per day and can override anti-spoof checks imposed on creating new accounts. YCorrect.
If you have the IP block exemption user right, what does it allow you to do?
It will make sure your account is not affected by autoblocks and blocks of IP ranges/addresses. It allows users to evade the block opposed on other users that affect them because of shared IPs or dynamic IPs. YCorrect.
What does the autopatrolled user right allow you to do?
When a user with the autopatrolled right creates a new page, this page is automatically listed as patrolled in Special:NewPages. It saves the New Page patrollers time, but is only granted to users who are trusted not to create pages in violation of policies. YCorrect.
What are administrators able to do?.
Administrators can:
Delete/restore pages
Protect/unprotect pages and edit fully protected pages
Grant rollbacker, account creator, IP block exemption, confirmed user, auto-reviewer and edit filter manager status to other users
Block/unblock users
View deleted contributions (not deleted with oversight)
Change the MediaWiki interface YCorrect.
How do you request adminship?
You have to file an RfA and get a clear consensus based on votes from the community. YCorrect.
What are bureaucrats main duties?
Deal with renaming users based on their own good judgement
Control permissions and can grant a variety of rights including promoting users to administrator or bureaucrat status Partly correct (half marks). They're also responsible for flagging bots.
What does checkuser enable a user to check?
Checkuser accounts can view information about the IP's related to an account, generate lists of all edits from an IP and see which accounts used a certain IP. It is useful in the investigation of sock-puppetry and other issues that need IP data to be investigated. YCorrect.
What is oversight?
Oversight is an enhanced form of deletion, which removes content from access even by administrators. The right is granted to a very restricted group of users. YCorrect.
What type of a user must you be to be granted oversight?
An exceptionally trusted user of the community, who is highly available. Generally, Arbitration Committee members are granted the right, and ArbCom can also grant the right to non-ArbCom users at their own discretion. YCorrect.
