User talk:Kai Ojima/Archives/2011/May

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Hello Kai Ojima, and Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Mr. Stradivarius

Kai Ojima, good luck, and have fun. -- — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 22:34, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you kindly for the information! I was seeking documentation on markup and general miscellania at the time of your post, so it is appreciated. Kai Ojima (talk) 22:40, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Adoption

— Waterfox ^~talk~ 23:34, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for your kindness, I accept. I suspect I will need guidance if I am to become competent, so I am grateful. Kai Ojima (talk) 23:39, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Anti-vandalism

Here's some other information I've collected for you on how to revert things the Twinkle way:

1. Select the last diff in a page's history. In addition to all the usual stuff you see on a diff screen, now you've got more buttons! These buttons are the Twinkle version of rollback. On the left, you'll see a brown "Restore this version" link. This will undo all edits back to that edition of the page. This shouldn't be used too often, although may be necessary if multiple vandals hit a page all at once. The ones you'll be dealing with are on the right side. There are three forms of rollback within Twinkle. All three work essentially the same way, and very similarly to the actual rollback feature. The difference between the three is the edit summary left by the script. For what you know is vandalism, click the red button only. If you're pretty sure the editor made a genuine mistake, but it still needs to be removed, then click the "AGF" button (stands for Assume Good Faith). The blue button in the middle generally won't be used, but it goes neither direction (does not assume good or bad faith).
2. Now, to revert the edit, click the red button (assuming it's vandalism). A page will load and begin spitting out a bunch of lines of text, telling you what the script is doing.
3. Sometime during the script's running, it will open a new tab or window. This new screen will have your talk page open for editing. This is so that you can give the vandal (in this case, you) a warning.
4. At the top of your talk page (in the new window), you'll see a small tab that says "warn", which should appear right next to "watch/unwatch". Click on this now.
5. A blue box should appear. This form allows you to select a warning message to issue to the vandal. After you vandal-revert someone, the form will have some information already filled in for you. Leave this alone. What you are interested in are the two menus up top. The first one allows you to select the level of warning to issue. For a first-time vandal edit, you should usually select a "General Note (1)" warning. If the vandal has been given warnings previously, you can go to the next highest level they haven't been given yet. (If the last warning was a level 2, the next should be level 3, and so forth). In the second box, choose the most appropriate reason for the reversion and warning. "Vandalism" is rather general and vague, but sometimes is the best to issue.

Other functions of Twinkle allow you to report vandals to administration for blocking (AIV), mark or propose pages for deletion (CSD, PROD, XFD), request protection of a page (RFP), and more.

Please note that the current policy states that users are allowed without penalization to remove vandalism warnings from their usertalk pages, doing so indicates that they have read the warning template.

When using Twinkle, be very careful about what you are doing and why. Twinkle is a very powerful tool, and because of this, it creates a great potential to cause great damage. Misuse of this tool, intentional or otherwise, can and will result in a block. You should not use the functions of this script until you understand how to do so. These will be explained to you in time. Even for those functions you do know how to use, if you are ever in doubt about what action to take in a situation, just don't take it. On patrol, there is always a more experienced editor just seconds behind you, so it'll be taken care of. As you do patrol, you'll become more and more confident about what it and what is not vandalism. Until then, good luck going on patrol!

Please note that my teaching to you will be mainly in the form of topical lessons. After completing the 5 elementary lessons, you'll choose other subjects to learn more about. You can then learn more on anti-vandalism. Please let me know as soon as possible if you have any questions. If you are comfortable with the subjects covered, please also report back so we can proceed with other stuff. Happy editing as always. — Waterfox ^~talk~ 02:03, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Welcome to the 'pedia! You've done some good early work in the area of anti-vandalism and I award you this barnstar in recognition of that (particularly for an article I wrote). May your time here be long and productive - Basement12 (T.C) 23:24, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

You are too kind, but thank you. I am enjoying my time so far here. I hope you are having a nice day! Kai Ojima (talk) 08:51, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Since you already have the barnstar...

		CVU Anti-Vandalism Award
		For your many contributions reverting vandalism on Wikipedia. Glad to see new members taking such a great stand against vandalism! RA0808 (talk) 16:30, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, this sort of work is its own reward. I have seen you around cleaning up vandalism also -- keep up the good work! :-) — Kai Ojima 16:32, 27 May 2011 (UTC)