Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-2226235-20140926004346/@comment-452-20140927123143

I also only replied because you replied - that's how a conversation works. Our discussion does not stop others from responding, but if you do not wish to continue discussing this, you are free to not reply.


 * vandals have no rights.

The TOU applies to all "users", not only "good contributors". Vandals are still protected under the law, and the TOU, the same as any other user. Unfortunately, although any abuse is technically against the TOU, Wikia Staff won't do something about it until it becomes either "very abusive language" or "hate speech", so the only way to test whether vandals have no rights is to become more abusive towards them and see what happens.

You might be interested in this help page: Help:Don't feed the trolls Here are a few methods that are not the appropriate way to handle these situations:
 * Do you have any more advice?
 * Leaving angry or derogatory words in block messages and/or talk pages.

I also suggest reading these:
 * User_blog:Sannse/Admin_philosophy
 * User_blog:Sannse/Blocking_Best_Practices
 * Help:Don't feed the trolls#How do I deal with these users?.
 * Wikipedia:Do_not_insult_the_vandals

There are surprisingly few pages which actually state this, probably because it's regarded as common sense. It is also common sense that:
 * Making blocks personal encourages the vandal to continue, and makes it a game.
 * Blocking is intended to prevent problems. Taunting the blocked user is likely to cause problems.

Regardless of the original block reason, or what vandalism has been done since, continuing to use insults against a vandal cannot possibly help  the ongoing situation.