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A not so common belief among vandals is that the correct way to vandalize is to press the "Edit" button before deliberately making unconstructive changes. But there are better methods that do not cause you to get blocked, and even allow you to vandalize pages regardless of protection level, and even page move vandalism! Instead, before clicking edit, vandals should carefully plan out their attack and slowly falsify information so as not to get caught doing it.
As of 2025, this method only works with desktop editions of web browsers.
Common shortcuts for such areF12 andCTRL+Shift+I.
If it is not already opened, it is usually the first (leftmost or uppermost) tab in the menu bar. Appearance may vary.
This can either be done through the "element picker" feature that your developer tools should be equipped with, or by searching for the text through the search bar. It may be labeled "search HTML".
Another way is to right-click on a paragraph and choose "Inspect element" from thecontext menu. If you wish to conduct page-move vandalism, select the page title at the top, and then change the text. Do not forget to do the same for the text between the<title>…</title>HTML tag as well.
Once you have found the paragraph in the list, you can freely vandalize all you desire, and no one is going to stand in your way!
This method works for both desktop and mobile users. You either need to be logged in, or you need a user script browser extension, the former of which is recommended for mobile users, since extension support is limited on mobile web browsers.
Add the following line toyour "common.js" file or a new user script:
document.body.contentEditable='true';document.designMode='on';void0;
Users of theVector andVector 2022 skins can use this more sophisticated script, which turns the "Edit" tab into "Vandalize" and lets you immediately bypass page protection. To save your changes, click on "read". Alternatively,the Master of Hedgehogs made this into auserscript for those who don't want to add code to their .js files, but do want to install a userscript.
functionunselectTab(){vartmp=document.getElementById("right-navigation").innerHTML;document.getElementById("right-navigation").innerHTML=tmp.replace("selected","");}functionselectEditTab(){document.getElementById("ca-edit").setAttribute("class","selected");document.getElementById("ca-view").getElementsByTagName("a")[0].setAttribute("href","#");document.getElementById("ca-view").addEventListener("mousedown",selectReadTab);}functionselectReadTab(){unselectTab();document.body.contentEditable=false;document.designMode="off";document.getElementById("ca-view").setAttribute("class","selected");}functionviewsource2edit(){if(document.getElementById("ca-viewsource")){document.getElementById("ca-viewsource").outerHTML=document.getElementById("ca-viewsource").outerHTML.replace("ca-viewsource","ca-edit");}}viewsource2edit();if(document.getElementById("ca-edit")){document.getElementById("ca-edit").getElementsByTagName("a")[0].innerHTML="Vandalize",document.getElementById("ca-edit").getElementsByTagName("a")[0].setAttribute("href","javascript\:document.body.contentEditable=true; document.designMode=\"on\"; void 0; unselectTab(); selectEditTab();");}
Now, with this newpower-up, you can vandalize limitlessly while enjoying immunity against any page protection, And also make sure you don't get caught, edit filters, and other administrative tyranny! No blocks can stop you with this superpower![1]Mwuahahahahahaaah!