User:The JoTS/Blog:How To: Reddit Shitpost

In light of recent vandalism (at the top of /r/Undertale, as I write this), I have written this blog to provide some methods that can be used to create a glorious Reddit post without all the drama. (This is not a guide on how to be funny though.)

Fellow Redditors, please don't vandalize this wiki (kudos to /u/Powmonkey, btw). If you want to create your own "LOL the wiki" post on Reddit (or other social media), please consider using one of these methods. Sure, using these methods won't actually change the wiki articles, but hey, who else is going to know. I won't tell. ;)

That said, if you are here on this wiki solely for malevolent reasons... you're gonna have a bad time.

"Litterboxing"
This is perhaps the "edgiest" way to make the content of your post as you are technically still modifying the wiki, but now under your own user namespace. It's your own litterbox! ...Although, I cannot guarantee that you will not have administration action performed on you with this method. Litterboxing still creates some clutter on the wiki... but, hey, at least you're not making any changes to the main articles.

It is imperative to note that if you do consider this method– only create one subpage. Do not  create multiple subpages dedicated to shitposting, as this is (even more) likely grounds for administration action.

Creating the page
To create your litterbox, you must perform the following steps: Then, in the dialog box that appears, type in "User:/Litterbox" (w/o quotes). Choose a Blank Page and then click on the [ Add Page ] button.
 * Go to the top right corner of any page and click on the [ Contribute ] tab.
 * Click on [ Add a Page ]

Modifying an Article
Once you have created your litterbox and have found your target article– you now need to transfer the contents of your target article to your litterbox.

To do this, simply start editing your litterbox and replace its contents with the following text (replacing "ARTICLENAME" with the name of your target article):

Publish this edit as is, and then you may edit your litterbox to your heart's content!

Modifying ...another Article
To reiterate– Do not  create multiple subpages dedicated to shitposting. If you wish to modify another article within your litterbox, simply perform this step again.

Inspect Element
This is perhaps one of the most well known ways to "shop" an article. On Google Chrome, simply right-click the elements of the page you wish to modify and click on [ Inspect ]. Double click on the selected element's HTML and... well, y'know. Here's an example one person has done by using inspect element.

Playing Chicken
This method is similar to litterboxing, but you don't actually publish anything! However, this does require knowledge of wikitext and the source editor.

To start, create a page– this will be your sandbox. Next, start editing your target article in Source Mode taking care to not modify anything here. Right click and select [ Select All ] in your target article, copy it and directly paste it in the sandbox.

Start editing! When you're done, select one of the preview options in the top right of the editor and take your screenshot. Crop it, and voila, karma.

Photoshop
I mean, you could. If you don't suck at photoshop, that is.

Acknowledgement
I am aware that this post probably won't actually decrease the rates of vandalism on this wiki, especially due to its limited visibility. However, I do have hopes that when someone performs vandalism on this wiki in hopes to create a post on social media, this post can help that user from vandalizing further and instead help them find alternative ways to produce content.

Also the relevancy of this in a few weeks is going to be, like, non-existent. Basically, I wrote this to procrastinate on homework, while still being "productive."