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Description
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Vandalism
Blatant vandalism
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Subtle vandalism
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General disruptive editing not categorized elsewhere
Disruptive editing
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Gaming the system
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Behavior in articles
Using edit summaries or comments that are uncivil, inappropriate or otherwise unconstructive
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Page blanking
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Removal of content without adequate explanation
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Misleading edit summaries
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Frequent or mass changes to genres without consensus or reference
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Image-related vandalism
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Improper humor in articles
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Censorship of material
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Ownership of articles
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Inappropriate expansion of plot summaries
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Inappropriately changing pronouns of BLP subjects
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Disrupting the taxonomy templates
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Talking in articles
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Removal of maintenance templates
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{{N/A}}
Editing tests
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{{N/A}}
Uploading unencyclopedic images (image vandalism)
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Triggering the edit filter
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Behavior towards editors
Not assuming good faith
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Harassment of other users
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Personal or uncivil attack directed at editors
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Improper use of warning or blocking template
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{{N/A}}
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Adding promotions of objects or ideologies (also spam)
Using Wikipedia for advertising or promotion
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Inserting fringe or undue weight content into articles
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Not adhering to neutral point of view
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Paid editing without disclosure under the Wikimedia Terms of Use
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Adding spam links
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Inserting factual inaccuracies and/or libel
Adding unreferenced controversial information about living persons
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Defamation regarding article subjects
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Introducing deliberate factual errors
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Adding original research, including unpublished syntheses of sourced material
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Addition of unsourced or improperly cited material
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Large language model (LLM; Chatbot) misuse
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Unaccepted practices, unilateral action against policies or guidelines
Removing {{ afd }} templates / refactoring others' comments in AfD discussions
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Removing {{ rfd }} templates / refactoring others' comments in RfD discussions
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Removing {{ tfd }} templates / refactoring others' comments in TfD discussions
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Triggering the abuse filter by attempting to vandalize
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Removing {{ Prod blp }} templates
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Removing {{ cfd }} templates / refactoring others' comments in CfD discussions
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Using LLMs to generate comments in discussions
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Using talk page as forum
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Adding non-compliant colours
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Creating inappropriate pages
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Undue use of euphemisms
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Removing {{ ffd }} templates / refactoring others' comments in FfD discussions
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Uploading files missing copyright status
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Removing file deletion tags
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Removing {{ mfd }} templates / refactoring others' comments in MfD discussions
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Manual of Style (Formatting, date, language, etc.)
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Malicious or bad page moves
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Creating malicious redirects
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Removing {{speedy deletion }} templates from self-created articles
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Editing, correcting, or deleting others' talk page comments
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Adding offensive, libelous, disruptive, or defamatory content to a sandbox
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Description
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Level 4im