User:Aaron Liu/CVUA/Tasks
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 | No peekies! Hey CVUA students, this is my private lesson planning area. If you continue on, you'll get spoilers, which are very bad! I'll select tasks for you when you are ready for them, and if you go on, you'll ruin the surprise and scaffolding I'm going for.
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Wikipedia is a happy place that realizes one of the biggest planned features for the internet: anyone can edit! However, with great power comes great responsibility, and unfortunately some editors did not watch Spider-Man. To defend against these dangerous vandal attacks, the glorious WP:CVU has formed the Counter Vandalism Academy to train you, <insert username here>, into our next vandal-fighting warrior!
To finish my tasks, simply press reply on the given task and reply in your answer. You can finish tasks at your own pace and do whatever you want as long as... you actually do them! I may activate extraordinary maneuvers if you do not report back in 2 weeks though..
Interaction
[edit]Before we start learning how to fight, we shall learn some peaceful measures.
Good Faith
[edit]Often, misguided people who leave bad edits can be mistaken as vandals. There are 8 billion people in the world, and most of them have never heard of Wikipedia's rules. Many people will come to this great oasis of information to try and contribute, and we shouldn't scare them away by assuming they're vandals. In summary, it is important to have good WP:FAITH in all editors at first, and specific cases are detailed in WP:NOTVANDAL.
After reading these policies, explain how one can differentiate good-faith edits and vandalism. ~~~~
Find 3 examples of good-faith yet disruptive edits and 3 examples of vandalism. ~~~~
Civility
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Whether you meant to harm or not, being rude is really bad and can drive potential editors away. In summary, being WP:NICE is very important for any Wikipedia user, especially vandal-fighting warriors who often talk with other editors, as we'll learn later. One very damaging enemy you'll have to deal with is the mighty troll.