Template:Moderationvandalbanning

This page is for the reporting of vandalism within the Scroll Wars wiki. On this wiki, the punishment for Vandalism is temporary banning, but due to security concerns, the ability to mete out this punishment is restricted to Moderators. As such, regular users will need to lodge a report for a Vandal to be banned from the wiki. For consistency and accountability, Moderators are requested to note on this board their actions in dealing with Vandals.

Guidelines for Vandalism Reporting
In dealing with Vandalism, time is often of the essence. As such, we ask that all users include the following information in a Vandalism report Please place new requests at the top of the page.:


 * A link to the pages in question. Preferably bolded for visibility. If the Vandalism is occuring over a sufficiently large number of pages, instead include a time range of the vandalism attempt, or alternatively, a link to the first vandalised page. This allows us to quickly find the damage so we can quickly assess the situation.
 * The user name of the Vandal. This allows us to more easily identify the culprit, and to check details.
 * A signed datestamp. For accountability purposes, we ask that you record in your request your user name and the time you lodged the report.
 * Please report at the top. There's conflict with where to post and a lot of the reports are missed. If it's placed at the top of the page it's probably going to be seen and dealt with.

If you see a Vandalism in progress, don't wait for Moderators to deal with it, as there may be no Moderator online at the time. Lodge the report, then start reverting pages back to their original form. This can be done by going to the "History" tab at the top of the page, and finding the last edit before the Vandal's attack. When a Moderator is available, they'll assess the situation, and if the report is legitimate, we will take steps to either warn the vandal, or ban them if they are on their second warning. Moderators may, at their discretion, bypass a first warning and skip straight to a second.