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If you suspect someone of being a serial vandal you can add them to a "hitlist." VandalSniper will monitor the users on this list while you are doing something else, like browsing the recent changes list. If any of those users makes an edit, VandalSniper will display a subtle visual cue of this and
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You may not modify, disassemble, decompile, or otherwise reverse-engineer the software. You may not attempt to bypass the user authentication system that protects access to the rollback features.
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