[WikiEN-l] So, has the need for consensus in wikipedia been eliminated?

[Chris Howie]

On Jan 10, 2008 11:37 AM, Majorly <axel9891 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 10/01/2008, Chris Howie <cdhowie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > There would be a "tier", those with rollback. It's the same, except
> they
> > > aren't granted it.
> > >
> >
> > ... what?
>
> Users will have rollback automatically, right? Then we have users with
> rollback, and those without. Creates a tier.
>

A tier we already have: autoconfirm.  In other words, if you can edit
semi-protected pages then you can rollback.

>
> > > This is about rollback, not editing in general. Rollback is a more
> > > powerful
> > > tool than the edit button.
> >
> >
> > I disagree.  Edit lets you do anything.  Rollback lets you do one
> specific
> > thing.
>
> Edit lets you do one specific thing: edit.


Which rollback happens to be a special case of.

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Chris Howie
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