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A WikiTroll is a person who purposefully defaces a document on a wiki. There are a few methods in place for dealing with WikiTrolls.
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[[File:troll.png|thumb|Or maybe a troll?]]
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A '''WikiTroll''',  unlike a [[HRWiki:WikiGnome|WikiGnome]], is a person who purposefully defaces a document on a wiki. There are a few methods in place for dealing with WikiTrolls.
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==How to revert a page==
==How to revert a page==
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Any page can be reverted to a previous version. Simply click "diff" in [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]], and then click "undo". State after the text that is already in the summary box that you are reverting because of a troll and click "Save page". This can also be accomplished by comparing versions of a article in its page history.
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Any page can be reverted back to a previous version. Here's how:
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*''sysop:'' Simply click "history" at the top of the page you wish to roll back. Position the radio buttons at the current version and the version you want to roll back to, then click "Compare selected versions". Next, click the "rollback" link near the upper right side of the page (directly to the right of the most recent author's name).
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*''non-sysop:'' Simply click "history" at the top of the page you wish to roll back.  Then click on the time and date of the archived version you want to revert back to.  The page will appear with the version indicated at the top of the page, just underneath the page title.  Next, click "edit" at the top of the page.  Add a note in the Summary box that you are reverting the page because of a troll, and then click "Save page".
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After repeated defacings, an offender's IP address can be blocked by [[Special:Listadmins|several users]] who have [[HRWiki:Sysops|sysop]] rights. These admins pay careful attention to the [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] page, and will [[Special:Ipblocklist|block]] IP addresses where/when appropriate.
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After repeated defacings, an offender's IP address can be blocked by [[Special:Listadmins|several users]] who have admin rights. These admins pay careful attention to this page, and will [[Special:Ipblocklist|block]] IP addresses where/when appropriate.
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== Known Offenders ==
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If you see any suspicious, defamatory, or objectionable behavior by any individuals on our wiki, please add their IP address to the list following the same format as the example shown below.  For our purposes, an "offense" is defined as the defacement of a single document of our wiki.
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''Now, this table format might be a bit confusing, so if you can't figure out how to add people to it, just toss the date, IP address, and pages defaced down at the bottom of the page and someone will add it in for you.  We're flexible like that.''
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==See also==
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=== Example ===
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*[[HRWiki:WikiTroll Archive|WikiTroll Archive]]
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{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
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*[[HRWiki:Blocking policy|Blocking policy]]
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[[Category:HRWiki Maintenance|{{PAGENAME}}]]
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! Date !! IP Address and Contributions !! Pages defaced !! Description
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| 12/13/2004 || [[User:127.0.0.1|127.0.0.1]] ([[Special:Contributions/127.0.0.1|all edits]]) || [[Main Page|Page Defaced]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=0&oldid=1 actual edit] || Description of dastardly deed.
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== Offenders ==
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''For a listing of older offenders, please see [[HRWiki:WikiTroll Archive|the archive]].''
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! Date !! IP Address and Contributions !! Pages defaced !! Description
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||3/1/05 || [[User:130.245.237.90|130.245.237.90]] ([[Special:Contributions/130.245.237.90|all edits]]) || [[HRWiki:Sandbox|Sandbox]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&oldid=48461] || Removed sandbox template
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||3/2/05 || [[User:69.138.174.8|69.138.174.8]] ([[Special:Contributions/69.138.174.8|all edits]]) || [[PhoneTime XL8]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=PhoneTime_XL8&oldid=48874] || Tried to convince readers that in inanimate object's butt is stupid and its IQ is zero.
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||3/3/05 || [[User:24.218.255.186|24.218.255.186]] ([[Special:Contributions/24.218.255.186|all edits]]) || [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]]  [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad%27s_Message_Bored&oldid=48946] || Blanked part of Strong Bad's Message Bored and replaced with a spam link.
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||3/3/05 || [[User:210.24.235.164|210.24.235.164]] ([[Special:Contributions/210.24.235.164|all edits]]) || [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad%27s_Message_Bored&oldid=49171] || Same as edit above.
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||3/6/05 || [[User:147.46.105.103|147.46.105.103]] ([[Special:Contributions/147.46.105.103|all edits]]) || [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad%27s_Message_Bored&oldid=49171] || He's at it again.
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||2/24/05, 3/4/05, 3/7/05 || [[User:61.242.178.231|61.242.178.231]] ([[Special:Contributions/61.242.178.231|all edits]]) || [[HRWiki:About]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:About&diff=46978&oldid=46964] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:About&diff=49263&oldid=49208] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:About&diff=49364&oldid=49363] || Added spam links on three separate occasions but somehow missed the WikiTroll page in the meantime.
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||3/7/05 || [[User:68.212.36.99|68.212.36.99]] ([[Special:Contributions/68.212.36.99|all edits]]) || [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] || Take a wild guess. This time he '''kept on doing it''', over and over again, to the point reverting was a pain in the rear end (waaaay too many edit conflicts).
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||3/7/05 || [[User:212.235.87.238|212.235.87.238]] ([[Special:Contributions/212.235.87.238|all edits]]) || [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] || Made roughly 100 edits to the Bored article, all with advertisements for "cheap lasix".
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||3/7/05 || [[User:200.181.82.170|200.181.82.170]] ([[Special:Contributions/200.181.82.170|all edits]]) || [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] || Same problem as last troll, with about 42 edits. Also for "cheap lasix."
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||3/7/05 || [[User:24.73.8.74|24.73.8.74]] ([[Special:Contributions/24.73.8.74|all edits]]) || [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] || Say it ain't so! Not another dozen-edit troll spamming the Strong Bad's Message Bored page with advertisements for "cialis levitra!" But alas, it's true...
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||3/8/05 || [[User:220.108.115.156|220.108.115.156]] ([[Special:Contributions/220.108.115.156|all edits]]) || [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] || You know the drill. This time, "Linktrim" spam.
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||3/8/05 || [[User:209.42.207.133|209.42.207.133]] ([[Special:Contributions/209.42.207.133|all edits]]) || [[Poot Slap]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Poot_Slap&curid=4475&diff=50127&oldid=50123] || Added some inappropriate words to the Poot Slap page.
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||3/8/05 || [[User:68.15.28.115|68.15.28.115]] ([[Special:Contributions/68.15.28.115|all edits]]) || [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] || The usual spam, now about cheap fosamax.
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||3/8/05 || [[User:129.8.100.176|129.8.100.176]] ([[Special:Contributions/129.8.100.176|all edits]]) || [[best thing]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=best_thing&curid=5757&diff=50566&oldid=50565] || Blanked the page
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||3/9/05 || [[User:81.155.30.154|81.155.30.154]] ([[Special:Contributions/81.155.30.154|all edits]]) || [[best thing]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=best_thing&oldid=51143] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=best_thing&oldid=51144] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=best_thing&oldid=51147]|| Added the most swear words I have ever seen to 3 seperate edits. Replaced other parts of page with something he/she got by mashing his/her keyboard. Childish.
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||3/9/05 || [[User:67.40.121.97|67.40.121.97]] ([[Special:Contributions/67.40.121.97|all edits]]) || [[The Cheat]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Cheat&oldid=51339] || Turned The Cheat's biography into gibberish.
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||3/9/05 || [[User:205.188.116.10|205.188.116.10]] ([[Special:Contributions/205.188.116.10|all edits]]) || [[Toons]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Toons&curid=715&diff=51389&oldid=51385], [[User:Renegade Master]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Renegade_Master&curid=3764&diff=51391&oldid=51384] || Blanked toons except for a link to his crappy freewebs site, added his crappy freewebs site to Renegade Master's "favorite sites". (I'm assuming it's one of Renegade Master's friends, since that's all Renegade Master uses this place for, anyway.)
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||3/9/05 || [[User:82.77.137.102|82.77.137.102]] ([[Special:Contributions/82.77.137.102|all edits]]) || [[Sightings]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Sightings&oldid=51423] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Sightings&oldid=51426] || Filled Sightings with an incredible amount of porn-type links.
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||3/12/05 || [[User:69.47.101.176|69.47.101.176]] ([[Special:Contributions/69.47.101.176|all edits]]) || [[rock opera]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=rock_opera&oldid=52239] || Replaced words with random letters numerous times.
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||3/12/05 || [[User:146.115.57.64|146.115.57.64]] ([[Special:Contributions/146.115.57.64|all edits]]) || [[Puppet Stuff]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Puppet_Stuff&diff=52579&oldid=52519] || Blanked the entire page, replacing it with a childish message.
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||3/14/05 || [[User:69.138.174.8|69.138.174.8]] ([[Special:Contributions/69.138.174.8|all edits]]) || [[A Jumping Jack Contest]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=A_Jumping_Jack_Contest&diff=53309&oldid=53300] || Changed the dialogue and stage directions. A repeat offender.
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||Pi day '05 || [[User:24.20.52.9|24.20.52.9]] ([[Special:Contributions/24.20.52.9|all edits]]) || [[Main Pages]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Pages&diff=53381&oldid=53376], [[Toons]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Toons&diff=53385&oldid=53383], [[take-a-break.exe]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=take-a-break.exe&diff=53365&oldid=53357] || Added random garbage to the pages
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||3/15/05 || [[User:82.77.151.146|82.77.151.146]] ([[Special:Contributions/82.77.151.146|all edits]]) || [[That A Ghost]]  [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=That_A_Ghost&oldid=53514] || Added spam links
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||2/16/05 || [[User:130.156.38.11|130.156.38.11]] ([[Special:Contributions/130.156.38.11|all edits]]) || [[Tandy 400]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Tandy_400&oldid=53849] || Added swearing to this page.
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||3/16/05 || [[User:68.193.194.69|68.193.194.69]] ([[Special:Contributions/68.193.194.69|all edits]]) || [[Strong Bad]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad&oldid=53993], [[Main Page 11]] [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page_11&oldid=53992], [[Strong Bad Email]] [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email&oldid=53990]] || Deleted entire articles.
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||3/17/05 || [[User:129.98.193.63|129.98.193.63]] ([[Special:Contributions/129.98.193.63|all edits]]) || [[On Point Kings]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=On_Point_Kings&oldid=54059] || Blanked page.
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||3/17/05 || [[User:pertmywert|pertmywert]] ([[Special:Contributions/pertmywert|all edits]]) || [[User: Uh! Bob]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Uh%21_Bob&curid=5960&diff=0&oldid=54104] || Second offence. Trolled Uh! Bob's user space with "you suck real bad", but then deleted it on another edit.
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||3/17/05 || [[User:132.38.190.10|132.38.190.10]] ([[Special:Contributions/132.38.190.10|all edits]]) || [[A Jumping Jack Contest]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=A_Jumping_Jack_Contest&oldid=54435], [[Talk:A Jumping Jack Contest]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:A_Jumping_Jack_Contest&oldid=54438] || Blanked "A Jumping Jack Contest" and replaced user comments on its talk page with a stupid message.
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||3/17/05 || [[User:63.204.74.235|63.204.74.235]] ([[Special:Contributions/63.204.74.235|all edits]]) || [[virus]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=virus&curid=3279&diff=54504&oldid=54503] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=virus&curid=3279&diff=54505&oldid=54504] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=virus&curid=3279&diff=54506&oldid=54505] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=virus&curid=3279&diff=54507&oldid=54506] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=virus&curid=3279&diff=54510&oldid=54507] || Blanked virus page
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||3/18/05 || [[User:213.154.101.208|213.154.101.208]] ([[Special:Contributions/213.154.101.208|all edits]]) || [[Pom Pom]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Pom_Pom&curid=1116&diff=54537&oldid=54536] || Added many spam links to Pom Pom's page.
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||3/18/05||  [[User:66.24.105.105|66.24.105.105]] ([[Special:Contributions/66.24.105.105|all edits]]) || [[Peasant's Quest Walkthrough]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Peasant%27s_Quest_Walkthrough&oldid=54614] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Peasant%27s_Quest_Walkthrough&oldid=54620] || Changed formatting so page glitched up, blanked parts of DRESS Like A Peasant.
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||3/18/05||  [[User:66.121.167.12|66.121.167.12]] ([[Special:Contributions/66.121.167.12|all edits]]) || [[Homestar Runner]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner&oldid=54683] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner&oldid=54684] || Changed heading and link text; replaced part of article with gibberish.
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||3/18/05||  64.136.27.226 ([[Special:Contributions/64.136.27.226|all edits]]) || [[12:00]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=12:00&oldid=54749], [[Toons]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Toons&oldid=54795], [[Glossary]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Glossary&oldid=54793], [[HRWiki:Sandbox|the Sandbox]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&oldid=54801], [[Strong Bad Email]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email&oldid=54794], [[Old Intro 2]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Old_Intro_2&oldid=54804], [[STUFF]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Select_The_Usable_Fun_Facts&oldid=54784] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Select_The_Usable_Fun_Facts&oldid=54797], and the WikiTroll page itself [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:WikiTroll&oldid=54789] || Multiple offender: blanked pages, added nonsense info, etc.
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||3/19/05||  [[User:4.5.114.106|4.5.114.106]] [[Special:Contributions/4.5.114.106|all edits]]) ||  [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]]  [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?Peasant%27s_Quest_Movie_Trailer&diff=54872&oldid=54870] || Altered Known PQ Trailer Dialogue
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||3/20/05 || [[User:217.70.109.152|217.70.109.152]] [[Special:Contributions/217.70.109.152|all edits]]) || [[Help:Contents]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Help:Contents&curid=845&diff=55478&oldid=55466] || Added spam links to the Help page.
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||3/23/05 || [[User:67.121.137.15|67.121.137.15]] [[Special:Contributions/67.121.137.15|all edits]] || [[virus]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=virus&oldid=57048], [[User:Dark Grapefruit]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Dark_Grapefruit&oldid=57089] || Removed transcript and easter eggs on Virus page, removed content of userspace.
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