Depending on how much of the pages can be salvaged, they will either be noted in the B.E.R.T. Watch-List, locked if necessary, or cut if unsalvageable.

Any Frequently Vandalized Pages will also be monitored for suspicious activity.

If you notice a page is primarily edited by a certain ban-evader and/or their socks, please bring your findings to this thread so that cleanup can commence.

Potentially valid examples added by ban evaders should be transferred to Ban-Evader Example Rewrites so they can be salvaged. Make sure to mention transferring examples to the sandbox in your edit reason so others who may be willing to rewrite are aware.

Handling General Ban-Evader Edits:

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1. Bad faith is not necessarily assumed with the contributions of first-time ban-evaders, and their contributions can simply be rephrased assuming they're accurate.
2. Any serial (more than once) ban-evader cannot be taken at their word, so their contributions are subject to harsher scrutiny. Any verifiable examples can be reworded (especially if there are grammatical or formatting issues), but unverifiable, false, or otherwise prohibited edits are removed.
3. Ban-evaders who deliberately contribute inaccurate or false information are able to have their contributions deleted with little hesitation.
4. Rewording or reverting can be as simple as expanding on a ban-evader's existing edits, especially if it means adding sufficient context or trimming word cruft.

The subsequent portions of this section outline further how to handle different kinds of edits and contributions.

The following types of edits can be left alone to preserve wiki quality:

• Grammatical corrections.
• Spelling corrections.
• Formatting updates and corrections.^note Includes Word Cruft removal, provided the information given is accurate.
• Crosswicked examples from other tropers.
• Indexing (if accurate).^note However, if there is a blurb explaining how the trope fits the index, that should be rewritten.
• Accurately written potholes.^note Inaccurate potholes can be removed or replaced.
• Links to the correct Work/Recap/Instalment/Franchise page, including red-linked works.^note If the red-linked work shares a name with a different work, feel free to change the link so that it is disambiguated.
• Archive edits. (See here.)
• Launched Tropes.^note  Any examples the sock personally created should be reworded if possible, and rewording the description can be discussed as well if necessary, but if the trope itself is valid, there is no need to unlaunch or recreate it, per previous discussions. However, if any trope drafts have issues on top of being launched by ban-evaders, they will be discussed on an individual basis here per previous discussion.

The following edits might need to be reworded in order to stay on the wiki, and depending on the examples, may need to be re-evaluated/verified in this thread or in the proper cleanup threads.

• Zero-Context Example expansion.
• Otherwise correctly formatted and valid edits.

The following edits should remain hidden until they can be verified, and deleted if proven inaccurate:

• Zero Context Examples.^note If a ban evader adds (or conversely, hides) a ZCE, and editors can add context expanding the example, editors are encouraged to add said context. If the ZCE is misuse, it can be deleted.

The following items must be sent to the cut-list/otherwise removed on principle (and if applicable, re-created by a trustworthy editor from scratch using a Sandbox):

• Pages created by ban-evaders using their socks.^note Regardless of how many other editors frequent the page in question. The contents can potentially be transferred to a sandbox and recreated from scratch, however.
• Videos uploaded by ban evaders using their socks.^note Please ask this thread to investigate if a sockpuppet has uploaded anything; the moderators can then reject anything that turns up.

• Please refrain from "popcorn posting". This means refraining making comments such as "man, they don't know when to quit", or otherwise unproductive posts.
• Please maintain an atmosphere of civility.
• Please do not withhold information about potential sock-puppetry or other ban-evasion related misconduct, as withholding such information makes one an accessory to ban-evasion.
• When reverting edits, please make notes in the sandboxes, and transfer any potentially valid edits to the appropriate sandbox.
• When reverting ban-evader edits, please use an appropriate (and civil) edit reason.
• Should you suspect a ban-evader has shown up in this thread, please do not make open accusations, trash-talk them, or engage in other uncivil behaviour. Quietly holler the post and wait for mod input; if necessary (especially if suspicious edits or issues unrelated to the forum are involved), make a query at "Ask The Tropers".
• Please respect the thread consensus once it has been established. If an item is resolved, it is usually resolved for a reason.
• If you have any suggestions for new policies, or wish to contest an old one, do it in the General Policy Discussion, not here.