Changes: Wowpedia:Vandalism

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The definition of vandalism from the Wiktionary:

"Needless damage or destruction of property, usually someone else's property or common or shared property."

Vandalism in wikis

In terms of wikis, vandalism is adding any unwanted content to or removing any wanted content from the web site. Some vandalism is done by bots. Sneaky bot is a term coined by CJ for a "fake spam cleaner". This is a user who pretends to clean spam just to fool people into thinking the spam is removed when all they are doing is make a small edit or removing a few lines of spam.

Generally, in Wowpedia, this means adding content to this wiki which is not about or related to Wowpedia, Warcraft, or the World of Warcraft and ruining existing information. See the definition according to policy.

Before you start reverting vandalism: Please read "About reverting vandalism".

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-: '''''Vandalism'''''
+The definition of '''vandalism''' from the [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vandalism Wiktionary]:
-:: From [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vandalism wiktionary.org]: ''Needless damage or destruction of property, usually someone else's property or common or shared property.''
+''"Needless damage or destruction of property, usually someone else's property or common or shared property."''
-== Vandalism in Wikis ==
+==Vandalism in wikis==
+In terms of [[wiki]]s, vandalism is adding any unwanted content to or removing any wanted content from the web site. Some vandalism is done by [[Wowpedia:Wiki bots|bots]]. '''Sneaky bot''' is a term coined by [[User:CrazyJack11266|CJ]] for a "fake spam cleaner". This is a user who pretends to clean spam just to fool people into thinking the spam is removed when all they are doing is make a small edit or removing a few lines of spam.
+Generally, in [[Wowpedia]], this means adding content to this wiki which is not about or related to Wowpedia, ''[[Warcraft]]'', or the ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' and ruining existing information. See the [[Wowpedia:Vandalism policy|definition according to policy]].
-In terms of [[wiki]]s, '''vandalism''' is adding any unwanted content to or removing any wanted content from the web site. Some vandalism is done by [[bot (user)|bot]]s.
+:{{icon-information}} '''Before you start reverting vandalism''': Please read [[Wowpedia:Known vandals#About reverting vandalism|"About reverting vandalism"]].
-Generally, in [[WoWWiki]], this means is adding content to this wiki not about or related to [[WoWWiki]], [[Warcraft]] or [[World of Warcraft]] or ruining existing information. See the [[WW:VANDAL|definition according to policy]].
+==See also==
+*[[Wowpedia:Violations|Violations list]]
+*The Wowpedia [[Wowpedia:Vandalism policy|vandalism '''policy''']]
+[[Category:Wowpedia|{{PAGENAME}}]]
-:{{icon-information}} '''Before you start reverting vandalism''': Please read [[WoWWiki:Known_vandals#About_reverting_vandalism|"About reverting vandalism"]].
-== Examples of Vandalism ==
-* [http://www.wowwiki.com/index.php?title=Widget_API&diff=36966&oldid=36961 Drug ads in Widget API] by [[User:Puta20|Puta20]]
-* [http://www.wowwiki.com/index.php?title=Paper_doll&diff=34525&oldid=34493 Pointless profanity] by [[User:Wasyoproblemson|Wasyoproblemson]]
-{{AlsoSee|The [[WoWWiki:Known vandals|known '''vandals''' list]], The WoWWiki [[WoWWiki:Policy/Vandalism|vandalism '''policy''']]}}
-[[Category:WoWWiki|{{PAGENAME}}]]