Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-5645428-20170918124841/@comment-28083312-20170918142817

This looks like a bad form of response. Not nuking, nuking is a very routine activity utilized across the FANDOM network by Administrators & VSTF, it’s a very minor form of cleanup that I wouldn’t normally care about (at first I thought you were planning something drastic like a range block or something, which is why I read this). What I refer to as a bad form of response is posting an announcement thread about a single vandal, which, speaking from past experience, just gives the vandal vindication knowing that they are having a severe enough impact on the Wiki that their administrators are forced to involve the entire community in dealing with them via an announcement. It’s “feeding the troll”. If a decision had to be made about it before proceeding, I would’ve suggested quietly talking with some fellow administrators in private areas, maybe PMing a few people in chat to get their take, & then simply carry out the nukes silently & without comment. If the vandal sees no clear sign that their efforts are having any effect on anyone, because their vandalism is reverted so quickly & so silently that it’s as if they’re dealing with a machine, then they’re more likely to get bored & give up. This will just give them glorification & may even result in increased vandalism if they see this thread. So, as an outsider, but one with some experience in these areas, I would recommend taking down this thread soon & proceeding with a stoic campaign of anti-vandalism without noticeable reaction. Sorry for popping in on ya :P