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-	'''Tara Gilesbie''' is a [[teenage]] girl stuck in the midst of [[adolescence]]. She is very active on the [[Internet]]. Tara is also known as goffikgurl on [[IMDb]], goffikgurl666 on [[livejournal]], and XXXbloodyrists666XXX on [[fanfiction.net]], and [[quizilla]]. Her screen names suggest that she is [[Gothic]], but she claims that she is “goffik”.	+	'''Here's how to help restore pages that have been vandalized.'''
-	== Tara’s life ==	+	==Vandalism==
-	Gillesbie is known for her frequent spelling mistakes. She is most likely [[dyslexic]]. Despite that, Tara writes [[Harry Potter]] [[fan fiction]]. Pop-punk band [[Good Charlotte]] has made a huge impact on Tara’s life, as their song, [[Hold On]], convinced her not to commit [[suicide]] after hearing it on the radio. She was upset at the time, because her [[boyfriend]] broke up with her, and her crush didn’t like her. Her current boyfriend is Justin. Tara lives in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]], but travels to the [[United States]] daily to shop at [[Hot Topic]].	+	To begin, you first must understand what vandalism is. Take this quote from [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Vandalism|Wikipedia]]:
-	== My Immortal ==	+	<blockquote>
-	Gillesbie has authored a [[Harry Potter]] story on fanfiction.net. The story, entitled ''My Immortal'', was named after an [[Evanescence]] [[My Immortal|song]]. Notably, [[Gerard Way]], lead singer of [[My Chemical Romance]], is greatly idolized in the story.	+	'''[[Wikipedia:Vandalism|Vandalism]]''' is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia (such as swearing, deleting letters to make inappropriate words, etc.) (see also [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Newbie experiment|Newbie experiment]]). The most common type of vandalism is the replacement of existing text with obscenities, namecalling, or other wholly irrelevant content.
-	== Likes and dislikes ==	+	Any [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Assume good faith|good-faith]] effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism. Apparent bad-faith edits that do not make their bad-faith nature inarguably explicit are not considered vandalism at Wikipedia.
-	As a wannabe goth, the music Gillesbie likes include [[Linkin Park]], [[Good Charlotte]], [[Evanescence]], [[Simple Plan]], [[Akon]], [[Avril Lavigne]], [[blink-182]], [[Marilyn Manson]], and [[My Chemical Romance]]. Tara likes to wear eyeliner, make-up. She is obsessed with [[death]], wrist slitting, and [[Hot Topic]]. Despite [[Hilary Duff]]’s relationship with Good Charlotte frontman, [[Joel Madden]], Tara dislikes the pop star, calling Duff a poser. She also hates being alive, [[pop music]], bright colors, [[pink]], and [[Barbie]]	+	</blockquote>
-	== External Links ==	+	:Vandalism is ''not'' synonymous with [[Wikipedia:Internet troll|trolling]], although some trolling is vandalism:
-	[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/999831/ Tara’s fanfiction.net profile]<BR> [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2828044/1/ Tara’s ''My Immortal'' story]<BR> [http://www.quizilla.com/users/xxxbloodyrists666xxx/quizzes/R20u20a20goth/ Tara’s quiz on quizilla]<BR> [http://www.petitiononline.com/tararox/petition.html Tara’s [[petition]]]	+
		+	<blockquote>
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		+	''Trolling'' is deliberate and intentional attempts to disrupt the usability of a wiki for its editors, administrators, developers, and other people who work to create content for and help run that wiki. Trolling is deliberate violation of the implicit rules of Internet social spaces. It is necessarily a value judgment made by one user about the value of another's contribution.
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		+	</blockquote>
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		+	==Recent Changes==
		+	So a vandal puts bad things on pages, basically. How do you help prevent this sort of thing?
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		+	:One way you can help is by going to the [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]] page, and looking doing the following:
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		+	:*First of all, every edit on the page with a <span class="unpatrolled">!</span> next to it has not been inspected yet.
		+	:*Click on the ''diff'' link next to an edit that has a <span class="unpatrolled">!</span> next to it to see the difference between the two most recent edits.
		+	:*If the page is not vandalism, then click the <nowiki>[Mark as patrolled]</nowiki> link next to the edit.
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		+	If there are so many <span class="unpatrolled">!</span> signs that you can't possibly check them all, then look for these things:
		+
		+	:*A new page, symbolized by a <span class="newpage">N</span>, is important to check out.
		+	:*An edit made by an IP address, a red username, or a user name spoofing another user's name, needs to be inspected.
		+	:*An edit without a description is often made by a vandal in a hurry. Check these out.
		+
		+	If the page you find ''is'' vandalism, like if the page is blank, or if profanity has been added, you can revert the edit:
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		+	:*While in the differences page, click ''previous diff'' and/or ''next diff'' until you find the most current non-vandalized version.
		+	:*Click on the '''<nowiki>Revision as of 00:00</nowiki>''' link above that version and click "edit" at the top of the page. Alternatively, you can find the last good version and click on the date (not the diff) in the page history.
		+	:*Type "reverted vandalism" or "reverted spamming" in the edit summary. The shorthand for this is "rv/v" or "rv/s", repectively.
		+	:*Save the page (without making any changes).
		+	:*Now the page is the version that you selected, in effect removing the vandalism.
		+
		+	[[Category:Help|Vandalism]]

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Here's how to help restore pages that have been vandalized.

Vandalism

To begin, you first must understand what vandalism is. Take this quote from Wikipedia:

Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia (such as swearing, deleting letters to make inappropriate words, etc.) (see also Newbie experiment). The most common type of vandalism is the replacement of existing text with obscenities, namecalling, or other wholly irrelevant content. Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism. Apparent bad-faith edits that do not make their bad-faith nature inarguably explicit are not considered vandalism at Wikipedia.

Vandalism is not synonymous with trolling, although some trolling is vandalism:

Trolling is deliberate and intentional attempts to disrupt the usability of a wiki for its editors, administrators, developers, and other people who work to create content for and help run that wiki. Trolling is deliberate violation of the implicit rules of Internet social spaces. It is necessarily a value judgment made by one user about the value of another's contribution.

Recent Changes

So a vandal puts bad things on pages, basically. How do you help prevent this sort of thing?

One way you can help is by going to the recent changes page, and looking doing the following:

• First of all, every edit on the page with a ! next to it has not been inspected yet.
• Click on the diff link next to an edit that has a ! next to it to see the difference between the two most recent edits.
• If the page is not vandalism, then click the [Mark as patrolled] link next to the edit.

If there are so many ! signs that you can't possibly check them all, then look for these things:

• A new page, symbolized by a N, is important to check out.
• An edit made by an IP address, a red username, or a user name spoofing another user's name, needs to be inspected.
• An edit without a description is often made by a vandal in a hurry. Check these out.

If the page you find is vandalism, like if the page is blank, or if profanity has been added, you can revert the edit:

• While in the differences page, click previous diff and/or next diff until you find the most current non-vandalized version.
• Click on the Revision as of 00:00 link above that version and click "edit" at the top of the page. Alternatively, you can find the last good version and click on the date (not the diff) in the page history.
• Type "reverted vandalism" or "reverted spamming" in the edit summary. The shorthand for this is "rv/v" or "rv/s", repectively.
• Save the page (without making any changes).
• Now the page is the version that you selected, in effect removing the vandalism.