Editing Encyclopedia:Vandalism (section)

===Illegitimate blanking===
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{{anchor|Blanking}}[[WP:PRESERVE|Removing encyclopedic content]] without any reason, or replacing such content with nonsense. Content removal is {{em|not}} considered to be vandalism when the reason for the removal of the content is readily apparent by examination of the content itself, or where a non-frivolous explanation for the removal of apparently legitimate content is provided, linked to, or referenced in an edit summary.

Blanking that could be legitimate includes blanking all or part of a [[WP:LIVING|biography of a living person]]. Wikipedia is especially concerned about providing accurate and unbiased information on the living; blanking may be an effort to remove inaccurate or biased material. Due to the possibility of unexplained good faith content removal, {{tl|uw-test1}} or {{tl|uw-delete1}}, as appropriate, should be used as initial warnings for content removals without more descriptive edit summaries.