On 07/21/04 19:56, Daniel Mayer wrote:
--- David Gerard <fun(a)thingy.apana.org.au>
wrote:
>If we're going to have a rollback button, I
have a request: a text box
>for a meaningful summary next to it. It can start filled with the
>present default summary, but make it easy to make a rollback meaningful.
Uh - adding an extra step will make the feature much
less useful. I can very
quickly use my middle mouse button to open many tabs for each rollback. If I
had to pause for each one and hit a button, then that would at least triple the
amount of time it takes me to revert vandalism.
Sorry, I was using the wrong word - I mean keeping the present rollback
*link*, but adding a pre-filled edit summary box. So you can still go
zap-zap-zap-zap-zap on vandals in Firefox, but if something is clearly
a revert but could be explained as well you can fill in that.
If admins are abusing this feature, then they should
be told to knock it off
and only use their sysop user rights to fight vandalism. Using those powers as
a tool to use against your opponents in an edit war is not acceptable and was
my main point with former-admin 168...
Edit wars are Bad. I swear I grit my teeth and count to three if I get
to reverting. Or try to.
- d.