Editing Encyclopedia:Vandalism (section)

===Editing tests by experimenting users===
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Users sometimes edit pages as an experiment. Such edits, while prohibited, are treated differently from vandalism. These users should be warned using the uw-test series of [[WP:WARN|user warning templates]], or by a talk page message including, if appropriate, a welcome and referral to the [[Wikipedia:About the Sandbox|Wikipedia sandbox]], where they can continue to make test edits without being unintentionally disruptive. Registered users can also create their own sandboxes as a [[WP:USER#How do I create a user subpage?|user subpage]]. If a user has made a test edit and then reverted it, consider placing the message {{tl|uw-selfrevert}}, on their talk page. Pages created as test edits outside of userspace may be deleted under [[WP:G2|speedy deletion criterion G2]]. Editing tests are considered vandalism only when a user continues to make test edits despite receiving numerous warnings.