User:Jeske Couriano/Wiki slang

This is a list of slang terms you will likely see while editing here, as well as some ones from the other side of the States (marked with an asterisk).

This page will be updated every now and then.

A
Admin: See Sysop.

Anon: An anonymous user, identifiable only thru the IP address they leave whenever they edit.

B
Blank: To erase all content in an article.

Bot*: A program that does minor cleanup work to articles, reverts vandalism, or similar menial and widespread tasks.

C
Conflict: When two or more editors edit one article at the same time. Usually, the one(s) that hit(s) "Save changes" later are prompted to confirm their edit.

D
Desysop*: To remove administrative powers from a user.

E
Edit War (Also Revert War): A conflict where two users continually revert each other on an article.

F
Fancruft* (Bowdlerized as f*ncr*ft, also xxxcruft, where "xxx" is the article's subject category): Information that, while reliable, is of interest or use only to hardcore fans rather than laymen. Examples are posting strategic movesets for Pokemon or posting specific decklists on M:tG articles.

M
Meatpuppet*: A user who acts exclusively in the interests of another user, but is not run by the supported user.

O
OR*: Original Research, i.e. information pulled out of thin air with no reliable references. In this Wiki, it would be information that is not found on either the Academy of Magic or its uncensored variant.

P
Peacock: Vanity article that has nothing to do with the characters in the Wiki's areas of interest (in the case of general Wikis, articles whose subjects are nonnotable).

POV: Point-of-view. While this place does not require POV standards, it can make the article seem biased if it heavily supports one side.

Puppetmaster (also called Sock Farmer): A person who runs several accounts and/or commands meatpuppets.

R
Revert: Retore to a prior version.

S
Sock Farm: The collective sockpuppet accounts of one person.

Sockpuppet (often shorted to Sock): A user account run by the same person as another account. Used frequently to evade blocks and bans, attack other users, and/or to stack votes.

Straw Man (also with a hyphen): Basically, this is an argument where criticism from person A to person B is answered with an unrelated assumption about person A and voiced by person B.

Straw Poll*: A vote taken for no other purpose than to establish people's opinions.

Stub: n. An insubstatial article (usually only a paragraph or two) that only barely touches on its subject. Marked with the Stub template ("Stub" between two curly brackets( – ))/v. to make an article a stub.

Sysop (also Admin): Someone who has administrative powers over a Wiki.

T
Troll: Someone who often engages in bullying, WikiStalking, and personal attacks.

V
Vandal Account*: An account that has done nothing but commit vandalism.

Vandalism: An edit to an article that harms the article in some way.

W
Watchlist: A list of articles a particular user is keeping his eye on.

WikiStalking: Harassment of a user on a Wiki that is so pervasive and constant as to be detrimental to the stalked.

WikiLawyering*: Searching for and exploiting loopholes in policies set by the community or sysops.