Reportactive,obvious, andpersistent vandals and spammers here.
Before reporting, read thespam andvandalism pages, as well as theAIV guide. To submit, edit this page and follow the instructions at the top of the "User-reported" section. For other issues, file arequest for administrator attention.
Important!
- The edits of the user must beobvious vandalism orobvious spam.
- Except for egregious cases, the user must have been given enoughwarning(s).
- The warning(s) must have been givenrecently and there must bereasonable grounds to believe the user(s) will further disrupt the site in theimmediate future.
- If you decide that a report should be filed, place the following template at the bottom of the User-reported section:
* {{Vandal|Example user or temp account}} Your concise reason (e.g. vandalised past 4th warning). ~~~~
- Requests for further sanctions against a blocked user (e.g., talk page, e-mail blocks) should be made atWikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents.
- Reports of sockpuppetry should be made atWikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations unless the connection between the accounts isobvious and disruption isrecent and ongoing.
This noticeboard can grow and become backlogged; the guidelines above are in place to help administrators focus on the most urgent issues. Before notifying administrators at another forum about a backlog on this page, consider whether the remaining reports are actionable. Stale reports are automatically cleared byMDanielsBot after4–8 hours with no action.