It's the intention that's important. Many well-intentioned people make mistakes. They aren't vandals. We want to improve upon their changes and encourage them to participate more so that they learn how Wiki s works.
We want to delete (or correct) vandalism as soon as we see it. We can also block vandals when we catch them in the act. E-mail Wiki s @ s.com when you spot one.
It can be tough making these calls; it takes good judgment.
Here are some tips and examples to help you:
There is no way to completely eliminate vandalism from wikianswers, but if you do see vandalism, you can report it on the community forum.
Spamming is a type of vandalism, but not all vandalism is spam.
Vandalism/spammingSoftware glitches
WikiAnswers feels very strongly against vandalism. Vandalism is cause for warning, and possibly blocking, whether temporary or permanent. Vandalism ruins the site for all the legitimate users that are interested in some answers. If vandalism is found, please click 'Report Abuse' in the top right hand corner of a question. You may also post in the 'Report Vandalism and Abuse' forum.
Vandalism in general is bad because it is destruction of property that isn't yours, and could lead to serious consequences.Vandalism is bad because it is an intent to ruin WikiAnswers as a Q&A site, and is destruction of 'property' that is not yours, so vandalism isn't tolerated on WikiAnswers and is bad.
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Questions about vandalism and spam and copyright and sexual themes
All questions containing inappropriate subjects about Justin Bieber will be considered vandalism and deleted/merged into a Catch-All Question. However questions regarding Justin Bieber that follow the Community Guidelines are fine. We even have a whole category housing Justin Bieber questions!
Because, it might be consider vandalism or not enough information or the wrong answer.
Every visitor to WikiAnswers can help catch and fix vandalism. One of the most effective ways to catch vandalism is by watching the live changes going on right now: click "Recent Site Changes" in the left toolbox when you're signed-in. Many people choose to take responsibility for watching for vandalism in a specific topic. Some become the official "Supervisor" of the topic.
The History pages are very important for tacking vandalism.
A Supervisor makes sure questions add value to wikianswers and stop vandalism and etc.