Apologies for the disruption I've caused
This was a bit of an overdue, since I started paying more attention to other wikis I forgot about this one.
Anyways, to cut to the chase, a couple months ago I was blocked here for harassment and vandalism. Now I realize that I should not have done those two things no matter how angered I was at another user. That was a silly decision of me to make and I promise I will not do anything like that again in the future.
Apologies to those who have been offended. From now on I will revert back to the clean and helpful contributor here at CC and not do any trouble.
How to negotiate with an admin about a block
Generally, if you violate a wiki's policy, you will be issued a block, which prevents you from editing to the community until the length has elapsed. This may seem unfair and I'd understand why you'd be unhappy about being unable to contribute to a favored wiki of yours. However, if you want to be unblocked on a certain wiki, I will give you the following advice on how to negotiate with the blocking admin.
- 1 Understand why you were blocked in the first place
- 2 How to get unblocked
- 2.1 Negotiating with the admin
- 3 What if my negotiation with the admin fails?
There could be many reasons why. Common block reasons include vandalism, spam, inserting false information, inserting nonsense/gibberish into pages, abusing multiple accounts, or harassment/inti…
Why sockpuppetry is unacceptable
In a couple of my previous blogs, I wrote about the negative effects about harassment and vandalism, and in this one I will be tackling yet another prominent issue. Specifically, sockpuppetry.
Sockpuppetry, also simply known as socking, is the act of using multiple accounts for malicious and/or deceiving purposes, often to evade blocks and troll. It also includes the act of disguising as another person as a means to hide real identity, often through the help of VPNs and usage of relatives, friends, or affiliates' devices.
Often because their account on a certain wiki is blocked or banned from chat and they are impatient to wait it out, so they decide to circumvent the block/ban through usage of another account.
Because it is very disruptive to…
Why Vandalism is a Huge Problem
Hello wikians, this is RedBomb1 here with another blog on a wiki issue. In my first blog I discussed the negative nature of harassment and why one should never resort to it, and in this blog I will be discussing a similar issue that has been ongoing ever since knowledge databases like FANDOM and Wikipedia launched. Specifically, vandalism.
- 1 What is vandalism?
- 2 Why do people vandalize?
- 3 Why is vandalism a problem here?
- 4 Should one ever vandalize?
- 5 How to deal with a vandal
- 6 See also
Vandalism is, to put it simply, blatantly bad-faith edits to pages. It may include the addition of juvenile, deceiving, repulsive, offensive, derogatory, off-topic, or overall inappropriate content, often replacing the accurate information and overriding users' producti…
Advice on How to Get Certain User Rights
Have you ever wanted to apply for/receive a certain user right on a certain wiki, but either didn't succeed or never knew whether or not you were qualified, and you want to increase your chances? Worry no more; in this blog I will be addressing all the advice on how to be promoted to the following positions: administrator, bueraucrat, chat moderator, discussion moderator, and rollback.
- 1 Advice by rights
- 1.1 Rollback
- 1.2 Discussion moderator
- 1.3 Chat moderator
- 1.4 Administrator
- 1.5 Bueraucrat
- 2 Tips
A rollback is a user who has the ability to revert the latest edit(s) on a page in one click: by simply pressing the button in the revision that reads "[rollback]". This is a quicker and more convenient means to revert vandalism or other counterproductive cont…