Vandalism: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 04:08, 31 August 2011

Keep a page for administrators on the wiki related to quick links for dealing with vandalism. Click "Edit" for this section and copy the code below:

Block IP: Special:Block
IP block ranges (perform block ranges carefully and in most cases only temporarily such as 24 hours, 3 days, 2 weeks, 3 months and so on depending on the situation):
- Table of sample ranges
- Most commonly used (sample blocks):
  - 69.208.0.0/16 (for blocking 69.208.x.x)
  - 69.208.52.0/24 (for blocking 69.208.52.x)
Block log: Special:Log/block
Unblocking and list of current blocks: Special:BlockList

MediaWiki:Titleblacklist - for editing list of bad titles (requires Extension:Title Blacklist)
Hide Revisions: For hiding bad usernames still left in logs or bad edit comments etc
Special:RecentChangesCleanup - clean up recent changes from vandalism (requires Extension:Recent Changes Cleanup) (always the last step)

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 Keep a page for administrators on the wiki related to quick links for dealing with vandalism. Click "Edit" for this section and copy the code below:
 ;User related
-* User rename: [[Special:RenameUser]] (requires [[Extension:Renameuser]])
+* User rename: [[Special:RenameUser]] (requires [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Renameuser Extension:Renameuser])
 * New users log: [[Special:Log/newusers]]
 * User list: [[Special:ListUsers]]