Thread:Wolfman5580/@comment-35598694-20190710181838/@comment-499247-20190711100502

@Wolfman5580 Any bot actions would be reactionary, not preventative. Meaning, the owner of a bot still needs to see the vandalism first, and then use a bot routine to clean up after the vandalism has already occurred (which isn't much different than how we already address vandalism as users).

There are some staff-only features that are used to modify a wiki's abuse filter, but by limiting page moves, there may be side-effects that would hinder other type of editing on the wiki as well. Believe it or not, the recent bout of vandalism on this wiki isn't nearly as extensive as what I've seen in the past on other wikis. This is the first time I've seen vandalism of this scale around here since I started as the wiki manager. The VSTF team is good at reverting this type of vandalism. In my experience, vandals always give up eventually, especially when they realize they are spending hours of their own time on a senseless task that can be cleaned up in a matter of minutes, leaving no sign that they were ever there. I'm not convinced it's necessary to enforce any enhanced protection on this wiki quite yet, but if this becomes a recurring problem, we can maybe look into what other options may be available to us. 🙂 - Sitb ( Message wall / Talk page )  10:05, July 11, 2019 (UTC)