User:Phauge

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Contents 1 Phauge 2 Vandalism 3 Contributed Articles 4 Planned Articles 5 User Boxes

[edit] Phauge

I was born on the same day as all of these folks and currently live in this crazy city.

[edit] Vandalism

I use Wikipedia on almost a daily basis and i have been doing edits here and there for a little while now. Lately, I've devoted much of my downtime to finding and reverting vandalism. I'm not really sure how others go about staying on top of vandalism, but here is how I do it. Perhaps my tips will help others:

1. I check out the Recent Changes page. You can refresh this page just about every two seconds and see tons of newly changed articles. There is always work to be done.
2. I skim the page for articles that have been edited by unregistered users, or changes to major articles.
3. I click on the (diff) link and see what has been changed. Any vandalism?
4. If so, click on the Revision as of xx:xx link at the top of the left most column (the article that has been changed)
5. Once the article loads, click the edit this page tab.
6. You will get a warning saying that You are editing a prior version of this page. If you save it, any changes made since this version will be removed.. Good. That is what you want.
7. In the edit summary, type something like "Revert Vandal", or "Revert Vandalism by (insert idiots name here)" if you want to rat them out.
8. Click Save Page
9. Presto Change-O! You are done! Vandalism goes bye-bye and the world is a safer place because of you.
10. Rinse and repeat.

[edit] Contributed Articles

Here are some of the pages I've contributed to at Wikipedia. This is mostly just a list for myself to help me keep track of where I have been and where I'm going:

• Dirge
• Morse Code
• Solomon Grundy
• Pasadena, California

[edit] Planned Articles

More of a to-do list for myself of articles I'd like to give a crack at creating, or contributing to:

• Enemy Mine add Book Plot Summary
• Arroyo Seco Bridge
• Castle Green
• Pasadena Public Library
• Pasadena City Hall

[edit] User Boxes