User:21655/on Vandals' Stupidity
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An unrelated offshoot of Persian Poet Gal's genius essay Why Vandalism is Silly!
As if my Wikisong "Empty Heads" didn't put it clearly enough, Wikipedia vandals are clearly a bunch of morons.
Now why do I say this in full view of the Interweb, in bold face, for that matter? Let's run down the list, shall we?
[edit] It gets reverted in a nanosecond
ClueBot, VoABotII, DerHexer, The Rambling Man, at least a jillion other vandal fighters, and yours truly (in that order)...we log hours on end reverting so much vandalism the database starts lagging, and yet you still come back for more. This is no to imply that our efforts are futile (since its creation in 2005, AIV has had...er, a jillion edits), but it signifies that you're obviously a glutton for punishment.
Put simply, for any vandals reading this: WHEN YOU VANDALIZE A PAGE, WE UNDO SAID REVISION—IT'S LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED!!!!!!!! LOL @ YOU ASSHOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[edit] It sends out signals that you are a total child
I've had the good fortune of stumbling upon vandalism that would make Laszlo Carreidas laugh like an idiot. As much as it contributes to Wikipedia's sense of humor, there are even funnier ways to tickle the community's funny bone—vandalism, no matter how funny, is generally the kind most likely to get your ass chucked outta here.
What makes it truly funny is that we're laughing at you, not with you; vandalism practically screams out "I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN ATTEMPT TO IMPEDE THE PROGRESS OF FREE HUMAN KNOWLEDGE IN FULL AWARENESS OF THE FACT THAT IT'S LIKE POURING A DROP OF WATER INTO A FOREST FIRE."
[edit] Did I mention you'll get your ass chucked outta here forever?
To resurrect a previous statement, vandalism...er, does just that. After enough vandalistic edits, you get taken here (most likely by me), and you end up at the mercy of these guys. And then you get indef-blocked.
That means you can never vandalize again.
...of course, unless you're using a school IP, in which case a more sensible student can take it to the tech support, who'll then write you up. ☺
[edit] Your vandalism is a candle in the midst of a raging hurricane
You can't fuck with 1000 administrators, and ten times as many vandal fighters. It's that simple. 'Nuff said.
[edit] Vandalising wikipedia is self harm (Kerotan)
Vandalising wikipedia is self harm because of this fact. This encyclopaedia is for you, we aren't creating this encyclopaedia so we can sit back after a hard days editing and watch the money roll in, no wikipedia is for you, we aren't creating a delicate ornament here which can sit on a shelf so that people can sit back at a distance and exclaim what a pretty encyclopaedia it is, no this encyclopaedia is very much for using, and is used. Billions of times a day. By anyone. By people like you. Even by you. by vandalising wikipedia you are damaging it, not just for others but for yourself also, since as they say, what goes around, comes around, for the next time you want look something up, you may find that the information that you require has been replaced by the comments of a immature editor who thinks they made a funny.
[edit] Think of the time you could've spent helping out
...Exactly.
[edit] The End
Well, that's it for now. If you know a thing or two about (fighting) vandalism, feel free to add. After all, the {{essay}} box says "one or more users..."
