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Admin: Privacy/takedown patrol steps

2026-09-13T19:50:07Z

Privacy/takedown patrol steps

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	This page is for administrators and trusted editors who watch the open wiki. Most of the roster is historical; ~~the main risk is~~ spam, blanking, ~~and~~ unsourced invention ~~— not~~ living-person ~~privacy~~.		This page is for administrators and trusted editors who watch the open wiki. Most of the roster is historical; watch for spam, blanking, unsourced invention, '''and''' private living-person details that should not stay public.

	== Daily habit ==		== Daily habit ==
	# Open [[Special:RecentChanges]] (sidebar link, or bookmark it)		# Open [[Special:RecentChanges]] (sidebar link, or bookmark it)
	# Skim new edits and new accounts		# Skim new edits and new accounts
	# Open anything that looks wrong: mass blanking, gibberish, promotional links, or large unexplained removals of research notes		# Open anything that looks wrong: mass blanking, gibberish, promotional links, large unexplained removals of research notes, or new private contact details
	# Prefer '''rollback''' for obvious vandalism; use undo for a single bad revision you want to reverse carefully		# Prefer '''rollback''' for obvious vandalism; use undo for a single bad revision you want to reverse carefully

			== Privacy and takedown ==
			Treat these as urgent (same day when possible):

			* Social Security numbers or other modern identity numbers
			* Street addresses, phone numbers, or email for living people
			* Gallery uploads that expose private modern documents (medical, banking, full modern IDs)

			Remove the text or file, leave a short edit summary (“remove private contact”), and if the request came via [[Contact Us]], reply that it was handled. Contested historical facts still belong on Talk; private contact data does not.

			Public note for families: [[About#Corrections_and_privacy]].

	== Rollback and undo ==		== Rollback and undo ==

Admin: Link Contribute documents and Facebook OCR review

2026-09-13T02:54:39Z

Link Contribute documents and Facebook OCR review

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Contribute]] — public editing help		* [[Contribute]] — public editing help
			* [[Contribute documents]] — document OCR inbox (upload → review → Apply)
			* [[Facebook OCR review]] — editors-only Facebook document OCR candidate queue
	* [[About the data]] — disclaimer, what the import contains, and how to read confidence		* [[About the data]] — disclaimer, what the import contains, and how to read confidence
	* [[Featured pool]] — curated weekly Main Page portraits (sysop)		* [[Featured pool]] — curated weekly Main Page portraits (sysop)

	[[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]]		[[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]]

Admin: How admins edit Featured pool

2026-09-02T19:57:37Z

How admins edit Featured pool

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	* Contested facts belong on the article Talk page until a source is added		* Contested facts belong on the article Talk page until a source is added
	* Inline <code><nowiki>{{Needs source}}</nowiki></code> marks a claim that still needs a citation		* Inline <code><nowiki>{{Needs source}}</nowiki></code> marks a claim that still needs a citation

			== Featured Main Page portraits ==
			The Main Page thumbs rotate automatically each week. To change '''who''' can appear:

			# Open [[Featured pool]] (administrators only — edit-protected)
			# Add, remove, or reorder bullets (one soldier page title per line)
			# Save. Purge [[Main Page]] only if the old set still shows after a refresh

			You do not edit the Main Page itself to rotate features. Details and line formats are on [[Featured pool]].

	== Useful special pages ==		== Useful special pages ==
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	* [[Contribute]] — public editing help		* [[Contribute]] — public editing help
	* [[About the data]] — disclaimer, what the import contains, and how to read confidence		* [[About the data]] — disclaimer, what the import contains, and how to read confidence
			* [[Featured pool]] — curated weekly Main Page portraits (sysop)

	[[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]]		[[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]]

Admin: Point disclaimer notes to About the data

2026-08-26T02:24:35Z

Point disclaimer notes to About the data

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Contribute]] — public editing help		* [[Contribute]] — public editing help
	* [[About the data]] — what the import contains and how to read confidence		* [[About the data]] — disclaimer, what the import contains, and how to read confidence
	* [[Disclaimer]] — class-roster and Museum reproduction notes

	[[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]]		[[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]]

Admin: Admin patrol guide for Recent changes

2026-08-21T01:28:02Z

Admin patrol guide for Recent changes

New page

This page is for administrators and trusted editors who watch the open wiki. Most of the roster is historical; the main risk is spam, blanking, and unsourced invention — not living-person privacy.

== Daily habit ==
# Open [[Special:RecentChanges]] (sidebar link, or bookmark it)
# Skim new edits and new accounts
# Open anything that looks wrong: mass blanking, gibberish, promotional links, or large unexplained removals of research notes
# Prefer '''rollback''' for obvious vandalism; use undo for a single bad revision you want to reverse carefully

== Rollback and undo ==
* '''Rollback''' (administrators): one click restores the last good version by undoing a user’s consecutive bad edits on that page. Use it for clear vandalism.
* '''Undo''': reverses one revision and lets you leave an edit summary. Use when the page has mixed good and bad edits.
* Always leave a short summary (“revert spam”, “restore roster fields”) so the next patrol editor knows why.

== Blocks ==
Block a user or IP when they keep vandalizing after a warning, or when the edit is clearly automated spam.

* Prefer a short first block (hours or a day) unless the pattern is obvious spam
* Block the account; block the IP only if abuse continues while logged out
* Leave a block reason others can understand
* Do not block people for good-faith mistakes — correct the page and leave a Talk note instead

== Protect pages ==
Protect a page only when it is under repeated attack and rollback is not enough. Prefer semi-protection (registered accounts) over full lock. Unlock when the wave stops.

== Uploads ==
Anonymous users cannot upload. If a logged-in account floods junk files:

# Delete the files
# Block the uploader
# Check [[Special:Log/upload]] for related uploads

== Sources and confidence ==
* Yellow '''Record status: unconfirmed''' banners mean class-roster match confidence is not high — do not treat those class fields as settled
* '''Research notes''' may be wrong; prefer a sourced sentence over silent deletion unless the note is spam
* Contested facts belong on the article Talk page until a source is added
* Inline <code><nowiki>{{Needs source}}</nowiki></code> marks a claim that still needs a citation

== Useful special pages ==
* [[Special:RecentChanges]]
* [[Special:NewPages]]
* [[Special:Log]]
* [[Special:BlockList]]
* [[Special:ListUsers]]
* [[Special:UnwatchedPages]] (if watching is in use)

== See also ==
* [[Contribute]] — public editing help
* [[About the data]] — what the import contains and how to read confidence
* [[Disclaimer]] — class-roster and Museum reproduction notes

[[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]]