User:J.delanoy/reversion

The official Wikipedia policy defines "vandalism" as follows:

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Vandalism is any addition, removal, or change of content made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia.

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Below is a list of specific things that I regard to be unconstructive and unhelpful.
If your edit follows the pattern of any of the things listed below, I can almost assure you I will revert it.

Anything listed on Wikipedia:Vandalism as a common type of vandalism.

Any edit that consists completely or primarily of swear words.

Any edit that compares someone or something to a body part below the waist.

Any edit that mentions, discusses, desires, or in any way alludes to human reproduction. Even in articles about human reproduction.^[1]

Almost any edit that mentions, discusses, desires, or in any way alludes to the reproduction of any living thing. (or non-living things...)^[2]

On pages about days: (e.g. August 27)
- Any edit that adds a name without a link.^[3]
- Any edit that adds a name with a red link.^[3]
- Any edit that adds a name and states that the subject "is 'the man'", "is 'the best'", "sucks", "got beat by XXXXX", "is gay", etc.

On articles about sports: (Teams/athletes/stadiums/referees/equipment/rivalries/etc.)
- Any edit that states that a team/an athlete/a stadium/a referee/some brand of equipment/etc. "sucks", "is 'the best'", "is gay", etc.
- Any edit that states that an athlete has zero career touchdowns/goals/tackles/assists/RBIs/saves/home runs/etc.
- Any edit that states that an athlete made an inordinately large number of touchdowns/goals/tackles/assists/RBIs/saves/home runs/etc.^[4]
- Any edit that states that Albert Pujols went through an entire season without making one home run.^[5]
- Any edit that states that a team/an athlete/a stadium/a referee/some brand of equipment/etc. "is widely regarded as the best/worst ever" without providing a citation.

On articles about towns, cities, countries, other political divisions, schools, colleges, universities, etc:
- Any edit that adds a name without a link.
- Any edit that adds a name with a red link.
- Any edit that adds a name and states that the subject "is 'the man'", "is 'the best'", "sucks", "got beat by XXXXX", "is gay", etc.

Any edit that says "Bush is teh gay." or something similar.

Any edit that includes a broad generalization about an elected official. (e.g. XXXXX is the best/worst/most incompetent/whatever)

Any edit whose edit summary lies. (e.g. saying you corrected a typo when you actually deleted half of the article.)

Any edit that personally attacks someone or something.

Any edit that involves a person, place, or thing that is not especially important, or that does not provide enough information to positively identify the subject of the sentence or phrase.^[6]

Any edit, not on a talk page, that apologizes for vandalizing. If you are really sorry, please, just stop.

Any edit that consists solely of text generated by clicking on the buttons above the editing window. ^[7] If you want to experiment, please use the Wikipedia Sandbox.

Almost any edit at all that includes text generated by clicking on the buttons above the editing window.^[8]

Any edits that add external links pointing to the same domain to more than one page in quick succession.

Any edit that adds defamatory content to a page without including a citation, regardless of what the page's subject is.

Any edit that uses variants of the word "legend" as a direct object, an adjective, or an adverb without including a citation.^[9]

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If after reading this page, you still think that I should not have reverted your edit, feel free to leave me a note on my talk page.

When writing, please remember that, as I am a human being, I am not infallible, and I do make mistakes. For best results, write a clear, concise, and civil note. If possible, include the name of the article you are concerned with. Also, please remember to sign your post with four tildes (~~~~).

Swearing, cursing, and/or attacks will simply be reverted and ignored, and they could even get you blocked from editing.

Notes

^ Nothing has changed with this for thousands of years. The articles are fine the way they are; there is no need for you to turn a perfectly good encyclopedic article into a porn magazine entry.
^ I do not want to irrevocably commit myself here. There may be a way to rationally discuss this subject — I just haven't found any yet.
^ ^a ^b This function has largely been taken over by a robot account, User:PseudoBot. I will still revert if I see a diff before the bot does.
^ e.g. 13 touchdowns in one game, 350 goals in the last two months, 35 RBIs in a doubleheader, etc.
^ The Cardinals are one of my least favorite teams, and this still drives me nuts. You have no idea......
^ For example, "Alice was here", "Joe's Bar serves great food", "Juan Sanchez recently placed fourth in the 9th Annual Fayetteville 5K Run"
^ For example: '''Bold text'''[[Link title]]''Italic text''<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki>[[File:Example.jpg]]<sub>Subscript text</sub><ref>Insert footnote text here</ref> and so forth.
^ If it is obvious that the inclusion of the default text was an error, I will simply remove it, and leave the rest of the edit.
^ Anyone who actually is a "legend" will be able to back it up.

[1] Nothing has changed with this for thousands of years. The articles are fine the way they are; there is no need for you to turn a perfectly good encyclopedic article into a porn magazine entry.

[2] I do not want to irrevocably commit myself here. There may be a way to rationally discuss this subject — I just haven't found any yet.

[pseudobot-3] This function has largely been taken over by a robot account, User:PseudoBot. I will still revert if I see a diff before the bot does.

[4] .g. 13 touchdowns in one game, 350 goals in the last two months, 35 RBIs in a doubleheader, etc.

[5] The Cardinals are one of my least favorite teams, and this still drives me nuts. You have no idea......

[6] For example, "Alice was here", "Joe's Bar serves great food", "Juan Sanchez recently placed fourth in the 9th Annual Fayetteville 5K Run"

[7] For example: '''Bold text'''[[Link title]]''Italic text''<nowiki>Insert non-formatted text here</nowiki><!-- Comment -->[[File:Example.jpg]]<sub>Subscript text</sub><ref>Insert footnote text here</ref> and so forth.

[8] If it is obvious that the inclusion of the default text was an error, I will simply remove it, and leave the rest of the edit.

[9] Anyone who actually is a "legend" will be able to back it up.

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