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	'''Vandalism''' is the behaviour attributed to the ]s in respect of ]: ruthless ] or spoiling of anything ] or ].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Oxford English Dictionary\|url=http://www.oed.com\|accessdate=06 May 2008\|publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> Such action includes ], ], ] and crass ] of an ].

	== History of the term ==
	Historically, vandalism has been justified by painter ] as destruction of monuments symbolizing "war and conquest". Therefore, it is often done as an expression of contempt, creativity, or both. Vandalism is only a meaningful concept in a culture that recognizes ] and ]. Like other similar terms (]/], and ]), the term ''Vandal'' was originally an ] referring to the ], who under ] ] ] in ]. The Vandals, like the Philistines, no longer exist as an identifiable ethnic group.
	The term in its modern acceptance was coined in January 1794 during the ], by ], ] of ], in his report directed to the Republican Convention, where he used word ''Vandalisme'' to describe some aspects of the behaviour of the republican army. ]'s attempt, during the 1871 ], to dismantle the ], a symbol of the past ] authoritarian Empire, was one of the most celebrated events of vandalism. ] himself would meditate after the Commune on the "fight against culture", taking as example the intentional burning of the ] on ] ]. "The criminal fight against culture is only the reverse side of a criminal culture" wrote ] after quoting Nietzsche.<ref name="klossowski">See ], ''Nietzsche and the Vicious Circle'', first Chapter: What is the value of culture if those who are exploited by it destroy it? ''"En sorte qu'il nous faut être bien loin de vouloir, du haut de notre sentiment de nous-mêmes, imputer le crime d'un combat contre la culture exclusivement à ces malheureux.'' Je sais ce que cela veut dire: le combat contre la culture. (...) '' je me campronnai avec une conviction sérieuse à la valeur métaphysique de l'art, lequel ne saurait exister à cause des pauvres gens, mais doit accomplir des missions plus hautes. Mais, en dépit de mon extrême douleur, je n'étais pas en état de jeter la moindre pierre à ces profanateurs qui, pour moi, n'étaient que les suppôts de la culpabilité universelle, sur laquelle il y a beaucoup à méditer!"'' (Nietzsche quoted by Klossowski pp.29-30 French edition, who adds: ''"Le combat criminel contre la culture n'est lui-même que l'envers d'une culture criminelle"'' ("The criminal fight against culture is only the reverse side of a criminal culture")</ref>

	In a proposal to the International Conference for Unification of Criminal Law held in Madrid in 1933, ] envisaged the creation of two new international crimes (delicta ]): the crime of barbarity, consisting in the extermination of racial, religious or social collectivities, and the crime of vandalism, consisting in the destruction of cultural and artistic works of these groups.<ref>]: , Anwaltsblatt Internationales (Wien), ] ].</ref> The proposal was not accepted.

	==Vandalism as crime==
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	Private citizens commit vandalism when they wilfully damage or deface the ] of others or the ]. Some vandalism qualifies as ] or ] — it is artistic in nature as well as being carried out illegally or without the property owner's permission. Examples include at least some ] art, billboard liberation and possibly ],
	] vandalism has many forms, ] on ] is common in many ] as part of a ] ], however other more devastating forms such as those involved with public unrest, such as ], involve the wilful destruction of public and ], Vandalism per se is often considered one of the least serious common crimes, but it can become quite serious and distressing when committed extensively, violently or as an expression of hatred and intimidation.

	===Examples===

	Examples of vandalism include salting lawns, cutting trees without permission, egg throwing, breaking windows, ], spraying paint on others' properties, ], placing glue into locks, tire slashing, ''keying'' (scratching) paint, ransacking a place and flooding someones house by clogging a sink and leaving the water on.

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	In the case of vandalism to private property, the owner — the victim, may feel that they were specifically targeted by the perpetrator(s) — this is not necessarily the case. An example of such a crime would be the wilful destruction of a car window for no obvious purpose save to give the perpetrator(s) possibly a few seconds of entertainment, with no consideration, or empathy for the detriment to the state of mind or inconvenience of the victim.

			'''Vandalism''' is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to reduce the quality of the encyclopedia. The most common type of vandalism is the replacement of existing text with obscenities, page blanking, or the insertion of meta-jokes or other nonsense. Fortunately, this kind of vandalism <choose>
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			Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism. Apparent bad-faith edits that do not make their bad-faith nature inarguably explicit are not considered vandalism at Misplaced Pages. For example, adding an opinion once is not vandalism — it's just not helpful, and should be removed or restated.
	Reasoning for such actions can be attributed to anger, envy or spontaneous, opportunistic behaviour — possibly for peer acceptance or ] in ] cultures, or disgruntlement with the target (victim) person or society. Opportunistic vandalism of this nature may also be filmed, the mentality of which can be akin to ]. The large scale prevalence of gang graffiti in some inner cities has almost made it acceptable to the societies based there — so much so that it may go unnoticed, or not be removed, possibly because it may be a fruitless endeavour, to be graffitied on once again.

			Committing vandalism is a violation of the Misplaced Pages policy; it needs to be spotted, and then dealt harshly with — {{gender}}users are encouraged to report and revert any vandalism they see.
	===Reaction of authorities===

			== Wiki Vandalism ==
	In view of its incivility, ] for vandalism can be particularly severe in some countries. In ], for example, a person who attempts to cause or commits an act of vandalism may be liable to ] for up to 3 years and in conjunction may be punished with ]. The act of vandalism in UK is construed as an ] and may be dealt with an ] (Anti-Social Behavior Order).
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			'''Wiki vandalism''' is generally defined as editing a ] in a way that is intentionally disruptive or destructive. There are four generally acknowledged types of vandalism: deletion of legitimate information, insertion of noncents or ] content, addition of unwanted commercial links (]), and policy violations specific to that wiki.
	Former ] ] ] made a crackdown on vandalism a centerpiece of his anti-crime agenda in the 1990s, asserting that a strong campaign against nonviolent "quality of life" crimes such as vandalism would cause a corresponding decrease in violent crime. However much credit can be given to Giuliani's anti-vandalism crusade, FBI statistics claim that New York's crime rate plummeted during his tenure.<ref>{{cite press release \| title = FBI Crime Statistics For Calendar Year 2000 Show Drop In New York City Crime \| publisher = NYC Mayor's Press Office \| date = 2001-05-30 \| url = http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2001a/pr181-01.html \| accessdate = 2007-08-04 }}</ref>

			=== Spotting Vandalism ===
	==Vandalism as art==
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	]. Note the cross incised on the statue's forehead and the broken off nose. See ].<ref></ref> ]]

			I know it when I see it

			Does it really need to be defined?
	Though vandalism in itself is illegal, it is often also an integral part of modern popular culture. French painter ]'s attempt to disassemble the ] during the 1871 ] was probably one of the first artistic vandalist acts, celebrated at least since ] performances during ]. The Vendôme column was considered a symbol of the past ] empire, and dismantled as such.

			It's arguable that most (identified) vandalism has consisted of really quite obvious cases. Hence, Misplaced Pages doesn't need to define an "official" policy on what constitutes vandalism at all. We can use the rule of thumb, "When a reasonable person might be in doubt as to whether something is vandalism, it would be polite not to call it vandalism."
	After the burning of the ] on ] ], Philosopher ] himself meditated about the "fight against culture", wondering what could justify culture if it were to be destroyed in such a "senseless" manner (the arguments are: culture is justified by works of art and scientific achievements; exploitation is necessary to those achievements, leading to the creation of exploited people who then fight against culture. In this case, culture can't be legitimised by art achievements, and Nietzsche writes: "I {also} know what it means: fighting against culture". After quoting him, ] writes: "The criminal fight against culture is only the reverse side of a criminal culture"<ref name="klossowski"/>

			Of course, that depends on the normative definitions of "obvious", "reasonable" and "polite", which are necessarily subjective, and vary from encyclopedia to uncyclopedia.
	As destruction of ], vandalism can only have sense in a culture respecting ], ] - Nietzsche spoke of ''monumental history''. As destruction of monumental history, vandalism was assured a long ] (as ] proved): ] could make such a claim, as well as ]'s ''poetic terrorism'' or ''Destroy 2000 Years of Culture'' from ]. Gustave Courbet's declaration stated:

			] is vandalism where both the reader and the contributor agree that it is vandalism. This is sometimes easy to determine (e.g. vandal puts HAHAHAHAH as their edit summary or otherwise states that it is vandalism), and sometimes ].
	<blockquote>"Attendu que la colonne Vendôme est un monument dénué de toute valeur artistique, tendant à perpétuer par son expression les idées de guerre et de conquête qui étaient dans la dynastie impériale, mais que réprouve le sentiment d’une nation républicaine, émet le vœu que le gouvernement de la Défense nationale veuille bien l’autoriser à déboulonner cette colonne."<ref>{{cite web \| language = French \| title = La Colonne Vendôme déboulonnée \| publisher = \| url = http://www.histoire-image.org/site/etude_comp/etude_comp_detail.php?analyse_id=60 \| accessdate = 2007-08-04 }}</ref></blockquote>

			== Vandalism, Otherwise ==
	<blockquote>("As the Vendôme column is formally considered a monument devoid of any artistic value, tending to perpetuate with its expression ideas of war and conquest of the past imperial dynasty, that are reprobated by a republican nation's sentiment, citizen Courbet is to emit his wish that the National Defense government will allow him to dismantle this column.")</blockquote>

			Vandalism is the act of intentionally and malevolently modifying or destroying something. (anything)
	Hence, painter Courbet justified the dismantlement of the Vendôme column on political grounds, downgrading its artistic value. Vandalism poses the problem of the value of art compared to life's hardships: Courbet thought that the political values transmitted by this work of art neutralized its artistic value. Anyway, his project wasn't followed, however, on ], ], the dismantlement of the imperial symbol was voted by the Commune, and the column taken down on ]. After the assault on the ] by ], Gustave Courbet was condemned to pay part of the expenses. As any good vandal, he preferred flying away to ].

			For an example of vandalism, click ]
	], ], and ] are commonplace on clothing and are an influence on many of the corporate ] with which we are familiar. Many ] and similar youth-oriented venues are decorated with commissioned graffiti-style artwork, and in many others patrons are welcome to leave their own. There is still, however, a very fine line between vandalism as an artform, as a ], and as a ]. An excellent example of one who walks this threefold line is ] born guerrilla-artist ], who is revered as a cult artistic figure by many, but seen by others as a ].

			{{quote\|When in Rome, do as the Vandals do.\|Napoleon Bonaparte\|Napoleon\|Vandalism}}
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Vandalism is any addition, deletion, or change to content made in a deliberate attempt to reduce the quality of the encyclopedia. The most common type of vandalism is the replacement of existing text with obscenities, page blanking, or the insertion of meta-jokes or other nonsense. Fortunately, this kind of vandalism <choose> <option>is usually easy to spot.</option> <option>is usually easy to spot.</option> <option>is usually easy to spot.</option> <option>usually easy to spot.</option> <option>usually easy to spot.</option> <option>usually easy to spot.</option> <option>usually easy to spot.</option> <option>usually easy to spot.</option> <option>usually easy to spot.</option> </choose>

Any good-faith effort to improve the encyclopedia, even if misguided or ill-considered, is not vandalism. Apparent bad-faith edits that do not make their bad-faith nature inarguably explicit are not considered vandalism at Misplaced Pages. For example, adding an opinion once is not vandalism — it's just not helpful, and should be removed or restated.

Committing vandalism is a violation of the Misplaced Pages policy; it needs to be spotted, and then dealt harshly with — theyusers are encouraged to report and revert any vandalism they see.

Wiki Vandalism

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Wiki vandalism is generally defined as editing a wiki in a way that is intentionally disruptive or destructive. There are four generally acknowledged types of vandalism: deletion of legitimate information, insertion of noncents or irrelevant content, addition of unwanted commercial links (spam), and policy violations specific to that wiki.

Spotting Vandalism

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I know it when I see it

Does it really need to be defined?

It's arguable that most (identified) vandalism has consisted of really quite obvious cases. Hence, Misplaced Pages doesn't need to define an "official" policy on what constitutes vandalism at all. We can use the rule of thumb, "When a reasonable person might be in doubt as to whether something is vandalism, it would be polite not to call it vandalism."

Of course, that depends on the normative definitions of "obvious", "reasonable" and "polite", which are necessarily subjective, and vary from encyclopedia to uncyclopedia.

Patent vandalism is vandalism where both the reader and the contributor agree that it is vandalism. This is sometimes easy to determine (e.g. vandal puts HAHAHAHAH as their edit summary or otherwise states that it is vandalism), and sometimes slightly harder.

Vandalism, Otherwise

Vandalism is the act of intentionally and malevolently modifying or destroying something. (anything)

For an example of vandalism, click here

When in Rome, do as the Vandals do.
— Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon, Vandalism

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Wiki Vandalism

Spotting Vandalism

Vandalism, Otherwise

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