User blog:Golurk 88/Wiki Guide: Damage Control

Introduction
As many of you probably know, I’ve done rather a lot of blogs on different aspects of the game. However, I’ve recently noticed another ‘gap’ in my blog themes...the wiki. Now, this blog will have more or less nothing to do with the game. Instead, it’s intended to help Admins, Mods as well as general users on how to react and what to do when things get out of control. I hope that you find this useful.

When Politics Strikes...
Oh dear. The one thing we all saw coming. Well, as it turns out, the ‘no politics’ rule on the wiki is well justified. Only satirical politics and comedy should really take place, in order to avoid insults and worse starting to fly left, right and centre. However, once in a while, things can get messy:


 * If you disagree with them: DON’T do the tempting thing and start a flame war by hurling insults. Keep calm and try to switch topic...and if you’ve been insulted, be the better person and ignore it. And by saying ‘you’ve been insulted’ I mean extremely rude words, swearing or racist language...NOT ‘taking offence on behalf of someone else’. Stick to your own beliefs. Usually in this case Mods and Admins will monitor the situation and edit/remove comments if they break the rules.


 * Another thing: When looking at someone’s profile page, remember that this is THEIR profile page, not yours. Issues may range from you disliking their Shocktrain Spectres to more serious things like politics. Read any warning notices on their page...if you see a warning that says: ‘Don’t read/open if you are easily offended’, then don’t open it. If you do and are offended, well then it’s your fault. Of course, if there is inappropriate/illegal/extremist content then it will be removed.

Trollers, Spammers and Vandals
Whatever you think, this is the more serious issue, no arguing about it. Anyone who’s been on the wiki for several months will remember when the wiki’s equivalent of the Dark Lord rose to prominence in his ruthless attempts to destroy the wiki using VPNs, dozens of fake accounts and other nefarious means. To would-be-trollers: These methods don’t work...if you don’t believe me, then ask yourselves how we got rid of him.


 * Admins: You have the power to block users indefinitely, so use this against multiple account trollers. Banning new users for a while should also deter mass account trollers. If all else fails, then you have access to the last resort ‘Nuke’ option and contacting FANDOM for assistance.


 * Mods: Monitoring of threads and pages, EVEN stub sections, means that we should be able to spot rule-breaking vandalism and comments. Do not be afraid to remove or edit rule-breaking comments, depending on their severity, and undo troll edits.


 * Users: You also have an important role to play. If you see any suspicious activity, e.g a whole lot of new users with similar usernames and dodgy contributions, please consider alerting a moderator or admin. This also applies to rule-breaking comments. As for vandalism of pages, remember that you can always undo edits!

Overview
All of the information here already exists in some shape or form, but I thought that it would be useful to have them all on one page as a guide for everyone, not just mods and admins. After all, the bulk of active users do not have any position but that also means that they can be extremely useful in the fight against trollers, should they attack the wiki. Anyway, I hope that you’ve found this informative and useful, and as per usual please comment below if you have any ideas!