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A quick question about the acadamy
I have rollback rights and use Huggle in order to fight vandals, but I have never been confident enough to go after the more subtler forms of vandalism. Would the academy be able to help me identify this sort of vandalism or is there another place I can go to learn about it? --Skamecrazy123 (talk) 16:47, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
- The Academy was designed to help new users learn, as it were, the basic part of counter-vandalism. Subtle vandalism is an issue, and one that needs to be dealt with. I don't know is The Academy is the best place to go. I would suggest looking to one of the more experienced members of WP:SVT for guidance. Pretty much any experienced user would be willing to help you out, it just seems that a structured program like The Academy might not be the best place to find what you're looking for. Achowat (talk) 17:06, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
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- I am always happy to discuss subtle forms of vandalism. Just drop a note on my talk page linking to examples if possible. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 00:31, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
Twinkle vs. Huggle
I've been using Twinkle to revert vandalism, and while there are things I don't particularly love about it, it's a pretty good tool. Is Huggle markedly better in any way from Twinkle? I don't have rollback so I cant judge for myself, but if Huggle has useful features that Twinkle doesn't, I wound probably apply for permission to use it. Thanks, Jonathanfu (talk) 18:14, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
- They're quite different. Twinkle only helps with reversion (i.e. you have to find the vandalism/diff yourself), whereas Huggle uses various algorithms and feeds to generate "probable vandalism", which you then click a button to revert/warn in one step. So, yes, they are quite different — see also, WP:TW and WP:HUG. This was probably the shortest summary I could give...if you have more specific questions, I'll be happy to help. —Theopolisme 04:06, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
- Ah I see. I'd forgotten that Twinkle and Huggle both have wikipedia pages. Thanks a bunch. Jonathanfu (talk) 01:29, 23 November 2012 (UTC)