The challenge from vandalism on Wikipedia was once characterized by the former Encyclopædia Britannica editor-in-chief Robert McHenry: "The user who visits Wikipedia is rather in the position of a visitor to a public restroom. This has notably happened to United States Senators Ted Kennedy and Robert Byrd, and American rapper Kanye West.
In some cases, people have been falsely reported as having died. Frequent targets of vandalism include articles on hot and controversial topics, celebrities, and current events. Vandalism can be committed by either guest editors or those with registered accounts however, a semi-protected or fully protected page can be edited only by accounts that meet certain age and activity thresholds or administrators respectively.
Vandals are blocked from editing, and may also be further banned according to the terms of use. However, it is against the site's terms of use to vandalise or otherwise cause disruption. It is not a criminal act to vandalise Wikipedia. Certain Wikipedia bots are capable of detecting and removing vandalism faster than any human editor could. Vandalism is easy to commit on Wikipedia because anyone can edit the site, with the exception of protected pages (which, depending on the level of protection, can only be edited by users with certain privileges). Throughout its history, Wikipedia has struggled to maintain a balance between allowing the freedom of open editing and protecting the accuracy of its information when false information can be potentially damaging to its subjects. Vandalism includes any addition, removal, or modification that is intentionally humorous, nonsensical, a hoax, or degrading in any way.
On Wikipedia, vandalism is editing the project in an intentionally disruptive or malicious manner. Page content has been replaced with an insult. Vandalism of a Wikipedia article ( Sponge).
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