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An attack page is a page, in any namespace, that exists primarily to disparage or threaten its subject; or biographical material that is entirely negative in tone and unsourced or poorly sourced. Under the criteria for speedy deletion , these pages may be removed immediately.
Post a standard warning template from the WP:WARN page, following the procedure laid out in Chapter 7: Dealing with vandalism and spam (see the section about posting warnings). If the editor has already hit level 4, and then attacked you, take the matter to WP:AN/I rather than posting a warning.
A warning may even dissuade a user acting in bad faith from continuing, particularly as the warnings escalate and the user is informed of the consequences of continuing. Warning a user for vandalism is generally a prerequisite to administrator intervention. Because of this, users should be warned for each and every instance of vandalism.
Avoid responding on a talk page of an article, as this tends to escalate matters. Likewise, it is important to avoid becoming hostile and confrontational yourself, even in the face of abuse. Although warning templates may be used for this purpose, a customized message relating to the specific situation may be better received. If possible, try ...
You may discuss the visual appearance of these standardized templates (e.g. the image in the top-left corner) at the user warning talk page. This is the documentation for the {{ Single notice }} standardized template, as used by several single-level user warnings or notice templates.
If you want to change the name of a series, or propose a new multi-level series, make sure to leave a note about it on WT:UTM, so that it can be fully integrated as a warning template if there are no major objections. Before creating new templates, please check to see if the template in mind already exists, to avoid duplication.
AHEAD OF THE ATTACK, A CLEAR US WARNING. On March 7, the U.S. government went public with a remarkably precise warning: The U.S. Embassy in Moscow was monitoring unspecified reports that ...
"Generic warning (for template series missing level 4)" category "Common warnings" template "uw-generic" ... "Personal attack directed at a specific editor" category