This page is for editors to report vandalism' to administrators for overview and response. If you witness a particular user or IP address repeatedly engaging in vandalism, please report the activity on this page.

Using this page

If the vandal is operating under an anonymous IP address, please report the activity under IP Addresses. If the vandal is a logged-in user, please report said user under, you guessed it, Registered users.

When NOT to use this page

Do not report any of the following here:

• Edit wars
• Incivility
• Personal attacks
• Clueless newbies (ie green users)
• Trolls

Manner of Reporting Vandalism

Cautions and alternatives

• Wikipedia:Clueless newbies
  .
  • If you suspect an edit may be vandalism but are unsure, list the edit on
    RC patrol
    .
• Do not report NPOV disputes here.
• Do not report accuracy disputes here.
  • In both of these circumstances, use Requests for comment.
• If a page is being defaced at a high rate, page protection may be requested here.
• Report
  WP:AN/3RR
  .
• If you come across very recent vandalism where it seems that the perpetrator should be blocked immediately (and has already been warned), try listing your report on Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism.

Archives and related pages

Old page history (pre May 2004)

Tools for administrators

• Blocks
  • Block user
  • List of blocked users
• Tracing information/Dealing with vandals
  • WHOIS information on IP addresses
  • Whois
  • Meta:Finding network abuse contacts,
  • Trace the location of an IP address

Pages suffering from repeated vandalism

See Wikipedia:Most vandalized pages.