User blog:BobbytheBlobby/Dealing with Vandals

I know that they are barely any vandals over the time, but in a senario where a major vandalism strikes, and knowing what to do well prove to be helpful in future causes.

There are three simple steps you should do.

1. Start reverting the vandal's edits

2. Act calmly while reverting the edits

3. Notify an admin to block the admin for you.

However, it will take a while before you have an admin, bereaucrat, Wikia Staff, or a Volunteer Spam Task Force (VSTF) block them. We can get into more depth in how to deal with vandalism as a regular user.

First, it is possible that some users might be confused on how to revert vandalism, but it is simple. All you have to do is click on the history of the page, and you can click the "undo" button to revert the vandalism.

Some users find it frustrating when a vandal starts striking at this wikia. It is not advisable to start complaining to the vandal and curse them. Why? The answer is obvious, to why the vandal is making his vandalism. He clearly wants to gain attention and complaining would motivate them to continue. They know that vandalism is wrong, so in that case, there is no need to start warning or threatening them that an admin is gonna beat them up and things. They desire people to get frustrated at them. Don't give them the attention they desire. Ignoring them is what you should do, even though it can be difficult to do. The thing is, there is not must you can do, and in that case, this is the best way to deal with a vandal.

One thing that can be discussed however is if one person post wrong information over and over again, as you keep on reverting their edit. It is possible that is what they believe, and at this point, you should discuss with the user. If they refuse to stop, or reveal their intention is to troll, then report them to an administrator.

Well, this is all to advise for now, so yeah, perhaps in a case of vandalism, you know what to do. Thankfully, we have active local administrators who can at most finish a vandal off in an hour or two.

For more information, look at http://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Vandalism.