Linguifex:Vandalism policy

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The Linguifex Wiki vandalism policy describes the definitions and consequences of vandalism on the wiki.

Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Linguifex. Examples of typical vandalism are adding irrelevant obscenities and crude humor to a page, illegitimately blanking pages, and inserting obvious nonsense into a page.

Vandalism is prohibited. While editors are encouraged to warn and educate vandals, warnings are by no means necessary for an administrator to block.

Even if misguided, willfully against consensus, or disruptive, any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia is not vandalism. Edit warring over content is not vandalism. Careful consideration may be required to differentiate between edits that are beneficial, detrimental but well-intentioned, and vandalising. Mislabelling good-faith edits as vandalism can be considered harmful.

Upon their discovery, revert clearly vandalising edits. Then warn the vandalising editor. Notify administrators of vandalising users who persist despite warnings, and administrators should intervene to protect content and prevent further disruption by blocking such users from editing. When warranted, accounts whose main or only use is obvious vandalism or other forbidden activity may be blocked even without warning.