How do I report someone for misbehaviour? Specifically edit warring, repeatedly removing information, three times in a row. I’ve seen people be suspended for it but I don’t know how to report it to the moderator.
Here’s the page on dealing with vandalism:
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How do I report someone for misbehaviour? Specifically edit warring, repeatedly removing information, three times in a row. I’ve seen people be suspended for it but I don’t know how to report it to the moderator.
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See the section on enforcing the three revert rule: Wikipedia:Edit warring - Wikipedia
[QUOTE=Peter Morris]
How do I report someone for misbehaviour? Specifically edit warring, repeatedly removing information, three times in a row. I’ve seen people be suspended for it but I don’t know how to report it to the moderator.
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I don’t think they’re interested, Harry.
Been editing the James Randi page, have we?
[QUOTE=Peter Morris]
How do I report someone for misbehaviour? Specifically edit warring, repeatedly removing information, three times in a row. I’ve seen people be suspended for it but I don’t know how to report it to the moderator.
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Wikipedia doesn’t have moderators, certainly not in the sense that message boards like SMDB do.
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Wikipedia doesn’t have moderators,
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So who takes the action required to suspend someone’s posting privileges?
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So who takes the action required to suspend someone’s posting privileges?
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A wiki admin can temporarily block a user… see this page for an explanation of how that works.
Message boards have moderators who oversee particular sections, but that’s not the case with wikipedia, which is a self-policing community.