Carcharoth wrote:
> ...I've seen cases of HUGGLE and TWINKLE users reverting a
> vandalised page to a still-vandalised state, and no-one else checking,
> and such vandalised pages (now with the "legitimacy" of a revert
> from an "approved" user) staying in that state for months.

Indeed.  And I've seen canny vandals instigate a deliberate chain
of contradictory vandalism (perhaps involving sockpuppets) with
the apparent intent of goading well-meaning but careless
vandalism patrollers into doing precisely this.  (It's an
annoyingly effective technique.)

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