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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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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.
==How to revert a page==
==How to revert a page==
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Any page can be reverted back to a previous version. Here's how:
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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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*''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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==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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| 12/13/05 || {{troll|127.0.0.1}} || [[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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'''The general format:'''<br>Use the <nowiki>{{troll}}</nowiki> template as shown below to input the user name, which will automatically create the appropriate links. Spaces in user names must be entered as underscores.
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<div style="background:#F5F5F5;padding:8px;border:1px gray dashed"><tt>|-<br><nowiki>
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| 12/13/05 || {{troll|127.0.0.1}} || [[Page Defaced]] [http://link_to_actual_edit] || Description</nowiki></tt></div>
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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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== Offenders ==
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''For a listing of older offenders, please see [[HRWiki:WikiTroll Archive|the archive]].''
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| 2/1/06 || {{troll|Drwho?}} (formerly Dr Who Strikes back) || [[User:Dr Who Strikes back]] || Sockpuppet; personal attacks on [[User:It's dot com]] and [[User:Thunderbird L17]]
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| 2/1/06 || {{troll|Maulcaz}} || [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]] || WoW-style page moves
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| 2/3/06 || {{troll|65.167.69.131}} || [[The Poopsmith]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Poopsmith&curid=1033&diff=255336&oldid=254116&rcid=200874] || Blanking, profanity
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| 2/3/06 || {{troll|Zabulash}} || [[Original Book]], [[Teen Girl Squad]] || WoW-style page moves
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| 2/4/06 || {{troll|69.9.200.227}} || [[Original Book]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Original_Book&curid=917&diff=256017&oldid=255955&rcid=201617] || IP used by a friend of Yeltensic at his urging.
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| 2/4/06 || {{troll|Heimstern_Laufer}} || [[User:Heimstern Läufer]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Heimstern_L%C3%A4ufer&diff=256389&oldid=255344] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Heimstern_L%C3%A4ufer&diff=256393&oldid=256389]  || Personal attack on [[User:Heimstern Läufer|Heimstern Läufer]].
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| 2/5/06 || {{troll|71.113.6.44}} || [[HRWiki:The Stick]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:The_Stick&curid=7302&diff=257157&oldid=256173&rcid=202822] || Changed "The Stick" to "The Stupid Thingy"
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| 2/6/06 || {{troll|65.167.69.40}} || [[Whatsit]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Whatsit&curid=1557&diff=258466&oldid=258319&rcid=204174] || Blanked and replaced with message disparaging TBC and their fans.
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| 2/9/06 || {{troll|138.88.90.53}} || Multiple articles, [[User:it's dot com]] || Dr.Who vandal, blanked a lot of pages and replaced them with threats to vandalize other wikis.  Vandalized user pages for [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]], [[User:ACupOfCoffee|ACupOfCoffee]], and [[User:KieferSkunk|KieferSkunk]].
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| 2/9/06 || {{troll|Reverted}} || [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Stinkoman_20X6_Enemies_and_Items&diff=next&oldid=259015] || Replaced parts of character/enemy descriptions with "A fweakin' chair"
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| 2/11/06 || {{troll|Drwho?}} (formerly OhW .rD) || [[The King of Town's Grill]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=The_King_of_Town%27s_Grill&diff=261486&oldid=254059], [[User:Seriously ]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Seriously&diff=prev&oldid=261484], [[The Brothers Chaps]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Brothers_Chaps&diff=prev&oldid=261426] || Page move vandal, blanked several Main space and user pages and replaced with random text.
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| 2/12/06 || {{troll|71.197.51.200}} || [[HRWiki:The_Stick]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:The_Stick&diff=prev&oldid=262374] || Inappropriate language.
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| 2/14/06 || {{troll|198.209.24.254}} || [[Strong Bad]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad&diff=prev&oldid=264541] [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner_%28Flash_cartoon%29&curid=4252&diff=264543&oldid=262122&rcid=210445] || Blanking and spamming
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| 2/14/06 || {{troll|Kittie_Rose}} || [[Podstar Runner]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Podstar_Runner&curid=18365&diff=266759&oldid=266577] [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Marzipan%27s_Answering_Machine_Version_12.2&curid=7122&diff=266769&oldid=262773&rcid=212744]  HRWiki:WikiTroll [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:WikiTroll&curid=14852&diff=266780&oldid=266773&rcid=212754] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:WikiTroll&diff=next&oldid=266780] and many others || Swore a cuss, explicit personal attacks.
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| 2/19/06 || {{troll|65.6.40.225}} || [[User:The thing]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:The_thing&curid=13966&diff=268177&oldid=267459&rcid=214191] || Blanked user page
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| 2/19/06 || {{troll|69.117.231.192}} || [[Spin 'n Say]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Spin_%27n_Say&diff=prev&oldid=268193] || Wrote innappropriate things, added useless text
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| 2/19/06 || {{troll|More_than_four_vowels}} || [[User talk:More than four vowels]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:More_than_four_vowels&oldid=268399][http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:More_than_four_vowels&direction=next&oldid=268406]
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| 2/21/06 || {{troll|82.222.64.180}} || [[Game Sightings]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Game_Sightings&curid=7571&diff=269857&oldid=265039&rcid=215906], [[These peoples try to fade me]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=These_peoples_try_to_fade_me&curid=2487&diff=269860&oldid=269855&rcid=215909]
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| 2/21/06 || {{troll|71.131.48.254}} || [[The Poopsmith]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Poopsmith&diff=prev&oldid=271620] [[hello]] [[s***]] || Nonsense, page creation and very offensive language.
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| 2/25/06 || {{troll|Killer_French_Fry}} || [[Template:whatsnew]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:whatsnew&curid=7353&diff=272455&oldid=271264] || Offensive language, nonsense, personal attacks
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| 2/25/06 || {{troll|24.182.200.111}} || [[Main Pages]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Pages&diff=prev&oldid=272720] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Pages&diff=prev&oldid=272723] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Pages&diff=prev&oldid=272724] || Blanking
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| 3/2/06 || {{troll|68.90.49.115}} || [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad%27s_Message_Bored&curid=1726&diff=276553&oldid=273911] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad%27s_Message_Bored&curid=1726&diff=276558&oldid=276557&rcid=222838] || Profanity, blanking
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| 3/5/06 || {{troll|Homestar_Swimmer}} || Too many to list || Dr. Who vandalism, personal attacks, profanity.
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| 3/6/06 || {{troll|67.168.178.133}} || [[pop-up]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=pop-up&diff=prev&oldid=279325], [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=pop-up&diff=prev&oldid=279326], [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=pop-up&diff=prev&oldid=279328] || Spamming inappropriate content.
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Current revision as of 23:01, 15 August 2015

Shortcut:
HRW:WT
Or maybe a troll?

A WikiTroll, unlike a WikiGnome, is a person who purposefully defaces a document on a wiki. There are a few methods in place for dealing with WikiTrolls.

[edit] How to revert a page

Any page can be reverted to a previous version. Simply click "diff" in 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.

After repeated defacings, an offender's IP address can be blocked by several users who have sysop rights. These admins pay careful attention to the recent changes page, and will block IP addresses where/when appropriate.

[edit] See also

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