VSTF Wiki:WikiaRC

WikiaRC is the primary way to spot spam or vandalism on Wikia's many wikis. See here for a list of commands.

The following are examples of how the bot can report bad edits that you should check:

Blanking
User wikia:User:Shifty user page blank Main page (-6518) Diff: http://foo.wikia.com/index.php?diff=519761&oldid=519716


 * No explanation needed really, needs a good ol' revert.

Large text removal
User wikia:User:Foobar Large removal Main Page (-31501) Diff: http://foo.wikia.com/index.php?diff=12345&oldid=12344


 * This is where a user or IP has removed a large amount of characters of a page, and may indicate section blanking or replacing a large amount of the page with undesired or offensive information.

Large text additions
User wikia:User:Yuhang91 Possible gibberish? Warrior Skills (+3635) Diff: http://foo.wikia.com/index.php?diff=4592&oldid=4591 "/* Foobar */ "


 * This is the opposite of removal, and could be a user or IP that is copy/pasting a lot of random text or adding nonsense to the page that should be checked out.

Watched edit summaries
User wikia:User:Charitest used edit summary "viagra" wikia:Forum:Index (+154) Diff: http://foo.wikia.com/index.php?diff=4754&oldid=4753 "buy cheap viagra"


 * This is pretty straightforward, and...in most cases, is usually a sign the edits definitely need attending to.

Watched pages
User wikia:User:Foo create containing watch word "Forum talk:Index" wikia:Forum talk:Index (+9) URL: http://foo.wikia.com/index.php?oldid=4762&rcid=209 "Created page with 'fasdfasfd'"

User wikia:User:Foo edited watched page wikia:Talk:Main Page (+334) Diff: http://foo.wikia.com/index.php?diff=224364&oldid=224275&rcid=225229 "/* No advertisements */ "


 * Watched pages have been marked as such as they're usually potential targets for trouble (such as page move vandalism, blanking, or spam)

Flagged users

 * There are a few types of lists you can assign users to define them as trusted or untrusted.

Admin wikia:User:Angela Large edit Random Wiki (+1790) Diff: http://foo.wikia.com/index.php?diff=654141&oldid=654140


 * Someone marked as an admin is a user with global rights, such as Wikia staff, Helpers, or VSTF.

Blacklist! wikia:User:Vandalspam edited Foo Wiki (+1) Diff: http://foo.wikia.com/index.php?diff=41807&oldid=38125


 * Someone on the blacklist has either been blocked on a Wikia wiki before, or has been manually added to the list because edits from that account or IP have been previously identified as spam or vandalism.

Whitelist wikia:User:Well known wikian edited watched page wikia:User talk:Sannse (+94) Diff: http://foo.wikia.com/index.php?diff=41811&oldid=11989


 * Someone on the whitelist is considered trusted. Channel operators may occasionally whitelist a well known user that often shows up on the feed, but whose edits are always considered "good".

Greylist wikia:User:Wikian Tiny create wikia:User blog:Wikian (+0) URL: http://foo.wikia.com/index.php?oldid=19363&rcid=15477 "Created article for blog listing"


 * A greylist happens automatically, for various reasons. A user could have triggered the exact same type of certain action several times, along with other factors that aren't really public to anyone but the bot owner. Greylisted edits should always be checked.