vandalism
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈvæn.dəl.ɪ.zəm/
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vandalismo digital
- Millions of people, each improving Wikipedia as they are able, not only manage to keep vandalism from ruining it, but also make it a formidable starting point for virtually any topic one would care to learn more about.
- acts of vandalism
Examples
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Many contemporary readers of "Der Kunstlump" understood the text as a call to cultural vandalism, and it was widely condemned on those grounds, including in the communist press.
Academic text (2003) -
Questions concerning "awareness" of positive (page rank features, for example) and negative (vandalism of pages, for example) issues were incorporated into the survey to explore their effects on usage patterns of Wikipedia.
Academic text (2012) -
And then it's, I guess you would just call it vandalism out of Spotify.
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Okay, you guys have done the makeovers, the website vandalism, and the frozen bra, right?
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"Answer me a question: Do we go after the people who committed the acts of electronic vandalism that caused the complainants to seek out our branch of the Marshals?
Fiction book (2000) -
Vandalism of the stones was kept to a minimum, but some festivalgoers dug latrines near sensitive burial sites not far from the megaliths.
Academic text (2003) -
Wiki robots will auto-revert new edits if the page has been unchanged for a while (this is to prevent vandalism).
Blog text (20) -
While the curators attribute the degradation of cultural property to missionaries, Spanish settlers, and internal politics, they cite above all the deleterious effect of an "international network of vandalism" which ensures the transport of objects to Europe, North America, and Japan.
Academic text (2010) -
Arrested six years ago for propagandous vandalism, broadcast piracy, refusal to report for his quarterly handicapping evaluations, and for the blatant removal of his handicaps in a public place.
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Website administrators regularly monitor for vandalism, as it can disrupt the user experience.
Synonyms
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7.6
Change to a website made without permission to show rude political messages
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5.8
Damage done on purpose to public or private property including things online
Antonyms
- Specialized
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4.8
Keeping digital files safe and able to be used for a long time, for example students' theses
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vandalism has the same origin in the Vandals, and the idea of 'deliberate damage' is now used for online spaces too. So digital vandalism means people deliberately changing, removing, or damaging websites and other online content.