The team often catches vandals in the act and blocks them immediately. After the vandal has been blocked, the team then either repairs the damage, or flags it so that other supervisors can help fix it.
All divisions of the Vandal Patrol require that you be a Supervisor in order to join.
The Vandal Patrol Program as we know it today was officially announced on August 18, 2008.
The Vandal Patrol is a program on the site that interested Supervisors can join.
As of September 10, 2010, there are 180 members of the Vandal Patrol and we are constantly adding new members.
The feeling of being on the vandal patrol cannot really be described in mere words alone. Being on the vandal patrol gives that scare to vandals as soon as they see a vandal patrol member's bio page. This scare gives an edge to vandal patrol members, and just the feeling of scaring a vandal into stop vandalizing WikiAnswers, so if there had to be one word, it would have to be awesome.
The following Vandal Patrol members have Senior Vandal Patrol Generalist badges.An8thgBleepyBlueCyclone777Fish247GarethfxIncaBlueIreen22LazarusLeastduckLindyStarMg42 killerSkullcandy88TheprismgroupWildrosebeef
You have to be a supervisor to join the Vandal Patrol because regular contributors cannot warn or expunge vandals - they can only report them. Since regular contributors do not have the power to warn a user for inappropriate behavior on WikiAnswers, only Supervisors can join the Vandal Patrol.
The first member of the Vandal Patrol Program was An8thg, the Vandal Patrol Program Coordinator.
The Vandal Patrol consists of volunteer Supervisors.
All members of the Vandal Patrol are given a Vandal Patrol badge on their profile. Special additional badges are given to users who complete a milestone amount of tasks for their division.
Senior Vandal Patrol badges are awarded to top ranking Vandal Patrol members who have surpassed the highest level of mission completion in their particular division.
The following Vandal Patrol members have Senior Site Guardian badges.BozidarKeatsInglouriousSimplemaryEmrey35Xnicola