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Contents 1 Basic formula 2 Subformulas 2.1 E: Enemies of the Admin in Question Index 2.2 G: Generated Controversy Index 2.3 U: Unilateral Index 2.4 O: Obviousness 2.5 V: Visibility

Basic formula

An elegant formula for determining the amount of Vitriol that will follow upon any admin action:

<math> V=\frac{E*G*U}{O*R}</math>

Where:

• V is amount of Vitriol
• E is the Enemies of the Admin in Question Index
• G is the Generated Controversy Index, or if this formula is being used in a forward looking context, the Expected Generated Controversy Index
• U is the Unilateral Index (roughly defined as the degree to which the action is perceived as unilateral)
• O is the Obviousness of the action in question.
• R is the Reversibility of the action (usually defined as 1 for page protection, 8 for semi-protection, 5 for deletion, and a sliding scale from 1 to 20 for blocks, depending on the length of the block).

Subformulas

E: Enemies of the Admin in Question Index

E, the Enemies of the Admin in Question Index, is roughly governed by the equation:

<math> E=\sqrt{X+(F_{acns}*e^i)}</math>

Where:

• X is the experience of the admin, measured in thousands of edits since adminship was gained (and roughly proportional to number of enemies made)
• F_acns is the Aggressive Clueless Newbie Syndrome Factor
• i is the level of user Insanity, where perfect sanity is zero, and raving lunacy is an imaginary number
• e is the natural logarithm base, a number that is constant and irrational (like many things here)

Note: An alternative formula replaces ACNS with the ST or Seasoned Troll factor.

G: Generated Controversy Index

<math> G=\frac{O^N(\frac{A_u+1}{A_s+1})^{D_u}}{T}*W^{R+1}\forall{W}\in\mathbb{Q}\cap(0,5]</math>

Where:

• O represents the Obviousness of the action (see below)
• N represents the Number of users affected.
• A_u represents the number of previous Unsuccessful Attempts.
• A_s represents the number of previous Successful Attempts.
• D_u represents the average length of Discussions (if any) generated by unsuccessful attempts in dozens of edits.
• T represents Time since the last unsuccessful attempt (if any), in months.
• W represents the Awareness factor of the user regarding the possible controversiality of the issue, on a scale of 0 to 5. Unawareness is expressed in fractions. Average awareness is 1.
• R is the number of reverts over the actions. Most everyday actions have <math>R = 0</math>. Trouble start when <math>R > 1</math>

U: Unilateral Index

U=1 for a well-discussed multilateral action. Totally unilateral actions have U=500.

<math> U=500-\frac{(N+F)(D_1+D_2)}{A_s+1}</math>

Where:

• N represents the number of Users participating in the discussions.
• F represents the number of Forums where input was requested.
• D₁ represents the length of Discussion taken before implementing the action.
• D₂ represents the length of Discussion generated by previous implementations.
• A_s represents the number of previous Successful Attempts.

O: Obviousness

O, the obviousness of the action in question.

<math>O=(max(t,v,w,v*t,w*t)*V)^{E}</math>

Where:

• max(t,v,w,v*t,w*t) is the maximal value of t, v, w, v*t or w*t.
• t is the apparent trolling, v is the apparent vandalism, w is the current level of revert warring, and v*t and w*t are the multiple of apparent trolling and either v or w. v, w and t default to 1, and are positive real numbers; a larger value equates to a more blatant example of vandalism, edit warring, or trolling.
• V is the visibility of the page in question; see below.
• E is the extent (if page related) or length (if a block) of the action in question, in hours.

V: Visibility

V, Visibility calculates roughly as:

<math> V=\frac{(\frac{L_r*L_e}{P_t})^{1+\frac{1}{2*D-1}}}{F_{va}}</math>

Where:

• L_r represents the number of Relevant Internal Links to the page (date pages can be considered to have only very few relevant links).
• L_e represents the number of External Links to the page.
  • <math>\frac{L_r*L_e}{P_t}</math> may be replaced by <math>\frac{100}{M}</math> where M is the page's average position on "Most popular/visited pages" over the last month.
• P_t represents the the Number of Pages in Wikipedia at Time t of occurrence.
• D represents the Depth of the page (in clicks) from the Main Page.
• F_va represents a Vandalism Attraction Factor, that is, the normal attractiveness of this page to vandals when unprotected. Indefinitely protecting Penis is unlikely to immediately create much uproar, no matter the circumstances.

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