Template talk:Vandal

message: 
Please add abuse filter link.
So it looks like this
Example User (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · [ logs] · [ abuse log] · block user · [ block log])
--Otterathome (talk) 12:49, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done —  15:24, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  abuse filter link 

message: The following username seems to defeat this template:  resolves as . Confused. --Tagishsimon (talk) 09:13, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Try  or , which renders as  and .   The second solution is probably the best general solution. An alternative would be to add an optional 'user' field, and use . Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 16:01, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandal failure?

message: Add nuke contribs to the list of links, as some vandals (example) create pages very quickly, and regularly deleting them can be slow. →Στc. 05:23, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 07:54, 5 October 2011 (UTC)

text: But the syntax Special:Nuke/ does not work as the parameter is not used. — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:24, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request 

message: Maybe a bit pedantic, but could the separator dot please be put in bold every time it appears? The display at WP:AIV looks a mess, because this template uses a tiny (non-bold) dot, and  uses a huge bullet. The suggested character is a compromise. — This, that, and the other (talk) 10:08, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I used  (which is currently equivalent to ·) to match templates such as . Anomie⚔ 00:12, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separator character 

message: After the second instance in a week where someone has used this template with the name of a non-vandal user inserted, I have added to the template documentation to say that it is only intended to be used for reporting vandals.  You'd think that would be obvious, but..... --Elen of the Roads (talk) 01:44, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amended documentation 

message: Please replace the following code (which is at the very beginning):
<includeonly>
with this code:
<includeonly>
This is simply to avoid using a redirect on this template and on the other pages transcluding it.
(See WP:NOTBROKEN, which includes the following: "In other namespaces, particularly the template and portal namespaces in which subpages are common, any link or transclusion to a former page title that has become a redirect following a page move should be updated to the new title for naming consistency.") Jdaloner (talk) 09:18, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: . P.I. Ellsworth  ed. put'r there 12:47, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 31 July 2020 

message: Template:Vandal has been listed at Templates for discussion (nomination), but it was protected, so it could not be tagged. Please add:

to the top of the page to complete the nomination. Thank you. Aasim - Herrscher of Wikis ❄️ 13:31, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: . P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'r there 11:54, 18 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request to complete TfD nomination 

message: Could someone please update the TFD notice to reflect the closure of the discussion. 192.76.8.80 (talk) 21:07, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: * Pppery * it has begun... 22:03, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 27 October 2022 

message: When using this template for an IP address, the link to www.robtex.com labelled "RBLs" is broken (""). For example:
:  → 
::
— Archer1234 (t·c) 13:20, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Archer1234 Just to confirm, it is this page it should link to? If so it would be super easy to just fix this right now. --Trialpears (talk) 13:25, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: @Trialpears, I think so. It appears that the "DNSBL" section at that page is where any indication that the IP address was blacklisted would appear.  So, the anchor  would be appropriate to append to the URL. — Archer1234 (t·c) 13:44, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Link updated. --Trialpears (talk) 13:53, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Error report: Link for RBLs is broken (404 not found)