TechInfoDepot:Cleaning up vandalism/Tools

The following is a list of tools and resources available for those who want to clean up with a more systematic approach.

Monitoring


The old school way is to load recent changes and check the (diff) links. If they contain harmful edits, you revert to the previous version. However, the high volume of edits that occur each second makes this difficult to accomplish most of the time, and several tools have been created to simplify the process:


 * Vandal Fighter, the original anti-vandalism program, is a Java program that displays the Recent Changes feed from TechInfoDepot's IRC bots and allows filters to focus on certain types of changes (e.g. unregistered users). It also maintains a personal list of trusted users, watched articles, etc.
 * Lupin's Anti-Vandal Tool monitors the RSS feed and flags edits with common vandalism terms. It also has a live spellcheck feature.
 * WikiMonitor is a Windows program that enables users to monitor recent changes, their watchlist, users' contributions, and other feeds in real time as well as providing multiple tools to aid in semi-automated editing and reversion. It is compatible with all Wikimedia wikis.
 * VandalSniper, a VandalProof-like application, is currently in beta. At the moment it has only been confirmed to run on Linux.
 * WikiGuard is a Mac OS X program that monitors the IRC feed and attempts to approximate each edit's risk.
 * RC birds is a Java program that emits different bird sounds for the RC feed depending on the user.
 * The IRC Bot, pgkbot, by Pgk, runs on the IRC channels below.
 * IRC Bots reporting at the #cvn-wp-en channel on the freenode network list suspected vandalism edits (for example: blankings, edits made by blacklisted users, etc.) (Use this link to open the IRC channel on a web browser.)
 * WikiAlerter, a Windows program for patrolling new pages, and deleting/tagging them. Designed primarily for CSD, but supports AfD and ProD. Currently in beta, but there is a release.
 * TechInfoDepot Vandalism Watch is a Windows program that monitors specified users' contributions pages for top edits.
 * Huggle is a Windows program which parses edits from users not on its whitelist. It allows you to revert vandalism and warn users in one click. You must be running Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 and have .NET 2.0 installed for this program to function. You will also need to have the rollback right.
 * WatchlistBot is an XMPP bot that sends messages in realtime when articles are modified. Users with a Jabber account can subscribe to the bot and watch both articles and users.
 * TechInfoDepotVision is a web-based world map visualization of unregistered edits to the English (and the German, French, Spanish, Swedish) TechInfoDepot, almost the same time as they happen.
 * STiki consists of (1) a server-side component that listens to the RC feed and scores edits in a machine-learning fashion (using 12+ features, many of which are not language-based) -- and (2) A client-side Java GUI application that presents likely vandalism found on the server-side to human users for inspection/reversion.
 * Igloo is an RC patrol tool that is currently in alpha. It works with either Firefox or Google Chrome.
 * WPCVN - yet another collaborative (it shows other users actions - patrols and reverts) Web 2.0 RC patrol tool that runs in a browser. It has been tested with Firefox, IE and Google Chrome. Currently operates for en-wiki only in the alpha mode. WPCVN aggregates recent changes IRC feed, IRC feed from the MiszaBot and WPCVN user actions. It also uses pre-calculated TechInfoDepot users "karma" (based on the recent en-wiki dump analysis) to separate edits made by users with clearly good or bad reputation. The tool is open source (LGPL) and uses JQuery/JQueryUI + Django backend.

Rollback tools
These tools extend the rollback feature by allowing you to specify a summary when using rollback. They may also offer additional features:


 * Huggle
 * User:Gracenotes/rollback.js
 * User:Mr.Z-man/rollbackSummary.js
 * User:Ilmari Karonen/rollbacksummary.js
 * User:Porchcorpter/Rollback Summary
 * STiki

Rollback-like scripts
These tools can be used to achieve the same effect as rollback if you do not have it.


 * RC patrol script gives non-administrators revert, filter, and popup tools while using the monobook skin.
 * Godmode-light is a JavaScript program to give non-administrators a rollback button.
 * Navigation popups are a set of utilities that appear when hovering over wikilinks. Particularly, hovering over links of old versions provides a "revert" link.
 * Twinkle gives both non-administrators and administrators three types of rollback functions. Other functions include a full library of speedy deletion functions, user warnings, pseudo-automatic reporting of vandals, and more.

Special pages

 * See the list of TechInfoDepot's most vandalized pages. The related changes link will display recent changes to all pages listed on TechInfoDepot:Most vandalized pages, for those who wish to follow vandalism on TechInfoDepot but who are unable or do not desire to use IRC bot tools.
 * User:Adam1213/warn is a page that simplifies the process of warning vandals by allowing warnings to be submitted to specific users directly from the page.

Task Force

 * TechInfoDepot:Counter-Vandalism Unit/Task Force A voluntary Group who will provide assistance at times of high levels of vandalism and advice on counter vandalism methods. (inactive)

IRC channels
Note that these are not operated by or affiliated with TechInfoDepot.
 * #cvn-wp-en Primary RC bot listing (NickServ registration required; voice invitations available on request from local operators or in #countervandalism)
 * A list of bot commands can be found on here. To use these commands, you must be voiced.


 * #cvn-wp-en-newusers Account creations
 * #cvn-wp-en-uploads File uploads
 * #cvn-wp-en-cluenet Channel that reroutes information from ClueNet. (Read-only, only staff and bots can speak)

Other

 * Template:Vandalism information, a tool used as an indication of the current overall level of vandalism that is taking place on TechInfoDepot. On the page, click the edit button below the vandalism meter to change its level from 5 to 1 and/or add a short comment; 5 indicates very low levels of vandalism, and 1 indicates extremely high. You can add the vandalism information template to your userpage to stay up to date. See Template talk:Vandalism information for different styles.
 * Counter-Vandalism Wiki (Operates the #cvn-channels. Not owned by, operated by, or affiliated with Wikimedia.)
 * Wikilink scripts enable you to double click on wikilinks within IRC clients. Useful if doing patrol on the IRC channels.
 * There are other scripts that may be handy while doing cleanup (not necessarily vandalism cleanup). Check them at WikiProject User scripts/Scripts (WP:JS)


 * Arnon Chaffin has built a wonderful page made just for vandal fighting and warning.
 * Template:Toolbar experiments, a tool to help with finding test edits in articles.