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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.
==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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    *                IT IS NO LONGER NECESSARY                *
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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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*[[HRWiki:WikiTroll Archive|WikiTroll Archive]]
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=== Example ===
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*[[HRWiki:Blocking policy|Blocking policy]]
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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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||5/1/05 || [[User:68.14.159.51|68.14.159.51]] ([[Special:Contributions/68.14.159.51|all edits]]) || [[King Of Town]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Floppy_Disk_Container&diff=74036&oldid=74035] || Created this page (which I changed to a redirect to [[King of Town]]), and posted garbage on it.
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||5/1/05 || [[User:216.185.205.250|216.185.205.250]] ([[Special:Contributions/216.185.205.250|all edits]]) || [[HRWiki:Sandbox]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&oldid=75089] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&oldid=75090] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&oldid=75091]  || Deleted the template from the sandbox.
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||5/3/05 ||[[User:65.43.84.220|65.43.84.220]] ([[Special:Contributions/65.43.84.220|all edits]]) || [[Strong Sad's Lament]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Sad%27s_Lament&oldid=76573] || Defaced Strong Sad's Lament. Replaced "Posts" section with the word "poop."
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||5/4/05 ||[[User:Ganome|Ganome]] ([[Special:Contributions/Ganome|all edits]]) || [[HRWiki:Select The Usable Fun Facts]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Select_The_Usable_Fun_Facts&diff=0&oldid=76735] || Blanked out the "Aunt Gert" fun fact in the [[garage sale]] section.
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||5/4/05 ||[[User:66.189.160.142|66.189.160.142]] ([[Special:Contributions/66.189.160.142|all edits]]) || [[garage sale]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=garage_sale&curid=7249&diff=77016&oldid=77015&rcid=20326] || Deleted the external links section.
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||5/6/05 ||[[User:161.184.18.33|161.184.18.33]] ([[Special:Contributions/161.184.18.33|all edits]]) || [[HRWiki:The Stick]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki%3AThe_Stick&diff=77841&oldid=77839] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki%3AThe_Stick&diff=77844&oldid=77843] || Defaced the page a couple times.
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||5/8/05 ||[[User:68.161.147.101|68.161.147.101]] ([[Special:Contributions/68.161.147.101|all edits]]) || [[Cheerleader]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Cheerleader&diff=78823&oldid=78799] || Defaced Cheerleader with purposfully wrong and explicet information.
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||5/8/05 ||[[User:68.36.209.155|68.36.209.155]] ([[Special:Contributions/68.36.209.155|all edits]]) || [[HRWiki:Introduction]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Introduction&oldid=79055] || Deleted Template.
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||5/9/05 ||[[User:81.153.145.147|81.153.145.147]] ([[Special:Contributions/81.153.145.147|all edits]]) || [[Help:Contents]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Help:Contents&diff=prev&oldid=78429], [[20X6 Marzipan]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=20X6_Marzipan&diff=prev&oldid=78428], [[Strong Bad Email]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Strong_Bad_Email&diff=prev&oldid=78425], [[HRWiki:The Stick]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:The_Stick&diff=prev&oldid=78432], [[HRWiki:Sandbox]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&diff=prev&oldid=78424] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&diff=prev&oldid=78420] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&diff=prev&oldid=78417] || Blanked several pages.
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||5/11/05 ||[[User:64.12.116.5|64.12.116.5]] ([[Special:Contributions/64.12.116.5|all edits]]) || [[Bug In Mouth Disease]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Bug_In_Mouth_Disease&diff=80573&oldid=80568], [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Bug_In_Mouth_Disease&diff=80588&oldid=80575], [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Bug_In_Mouth_Disease&diff=80593&oldid=80590], [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Bug_In_Mouth_Disease&diff=80600&oldid=80595] || Defaced page through series of edits and continued after reversions of said edits, defacing included removal of valid Fun Fact
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||5/15/05 ||[[User:24.85.161.134|24.85.161.134]] ([[Special:Contributions/24.85.161.134|all edits]]) || [[HRWiki:The Stick]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:The_Stick&diff=82295&oldid=82293], [[Bug In Mouth Disease]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Bug_In_Mouth_Disease&diff=prev&oldid=82290] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Bug_In_Mouth_Disease&diff=prev&oldid=82291] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Bug_In_Mouth_Disease&diff=0], [[HRWiki:Cleanup]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Cleanup&diff=0] || Replaced various words with nonsensical ones, removed portions of pages..
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||5/22/05 ||[[User:210.49.138.193|210.49.138.193]] ([[Special:Contributions/210.49.138.193|all edits]]) || [[HRWiki:Sandbox]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&oldid=85785] || Removed the text that reads <nowiki>{{sandbox}}</nowiki> from the top of the page.
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||5/22/05 ||[[User:67.32.163.29|67.32.163.29]] ([[Special:Contributions/67.32.163.29|all edits]]) || [[HRWiki:Sandbox]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&oldid=85894], [[rock opera]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=rock_opera&diff=prev&oldid=86437] et al, [[Museum Sketchbook]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Museum_Sketchbook&diff=prev&oldid=86439] et al, and many others || Removed line that reads "do not remove this line" in Sandbox, repeatedly added the word "squib" to several pages.
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||[[QWERTY]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=QWERTY&diff=88187&oldid=88185], [[Rabbit Algebra]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Rabbit_Algebra&curid=1530&diff=88184&oldid=88183]
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||[[HRWiki:About]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki%3AAbout&diff=0&oldid=88272], [[User:pertmywert]] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User%3Apertmywert&diff=0&oldid=88273]
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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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