Vandalism
From RationalWiki
Vandalism consists of editing an article (or any page) on a wiki not in accordance with that wiki's goals.
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[edit] Examples on some other wikis
For example, an editor adding an original thought to Wikipedia would be committing vandalism. In a similar fashion, an editor adding anything true to Uncyclopedia would be guilty of kitten huffing vandalism. Somewhat ironically, any editor adding thought or truth at Conservapedia will not only be adjudicated guilty of vandalism (and summarily hanged and banned), but probably sockpuppetry, trolling, being AmesG, cyber-terrorism, and being 95% liberal as well. Godspeed!
Likewise, an editor vandalizing RationalWiki, without succeeding at being funny, will almost certainly get blocked for an hour or two, and accused of rampant "Jebbism".
[edit] How it works, or doesn't, here
On RationalWiki, a vandal is an editor whose contributions might be unexpected in form or content. Their work is called "wandalism", and should be funny at the very least, to make archiving it a worthwhile effort. The best wandalism simply becomes part of the article if the mob likes it, of course. This particular form may be indistinguishable from so-called "normal" editing here,[1] and often committed by otherwise "respectable" editors. Alcohol may of course be involved.
[edit] Vandal hatin' snark
To quote TV Tropes Wiki:[2]
| “ | Wiki Vandal
The craftiest and most cunning of crackers. A person who has somehow figured out how to "break into" a site that has an open log-in policy in order to deface an article in a way that can be repaired instantly with two clicks of a mouse by the first person who comes along and notices the change. Wikipedia deals with these several times a minute, on average. Bum! | ” |
