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There are several steps to take when trying to minimalize vandalism. Ideally, they should be taken in the following order, as needed:

  1. Promote only trust worthy users tomoderator status
  2. Revert a vandalized page as soon as it's found
  3. Ban a user that is repeatedly causing problems
  4. LockimportantLock important pages that have beenrepeatedlybeen repeatedly vandalized

Here are a few related pages that may assist you in your fight against vandalism and online abuse: