User:Hellno2/Premeditated vandalism

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Premeditated vandalism or planned vandalism is vandalism that is thought out in advance prior to being committed. It is generally committed not by

newbies

but by experienced editors who know in advance the tricks to editing semi-protected pages making the vandalism less noticeable, and avoiding sanctions.

Premeditated vandalism is often committed by those using

single-purpose

accounts.

Types of premeditated vandalism

Sneaky vandalism

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Sneaky vandalism is vandalism that is committed in a manner in which detection is avoided.

Page-move vandalism

Page-move vandalism is often premeditated. Since an account must be

sock puppet account

has been used with an attack plan to move the page.

Actions that shall be taken

Sockpuppet investigation

Due to the likelihood that the perpetrator is an experienced editor and therefore operating another account, a sockpuppet investigation shall be opened, perhaps using a

checkuser inquiry

.

Page protection

Protection or semi-protection of the page in question may be necessary. If a page has been moved to a title not plausible for ever being that of a legitimate Wikipedia article, that title should be blocked from creation.