[Wikipedia-l] Blocage

[Anthere]

From: Andre Engels <engels at uni-koblenz.de>

>> The problem with the current rollback is that it
just
>> revert to the previous edit. We would rather to
revert
>> to the previous edit before the user.

>As far as I know, that is what rollback does -
>reverting to the
>last edit of another user than the current one.

Yes. I just tested. This is true. I had always thought
it reverted just to the last edit. That is good news.

>> However, one disagreement with loggued in people is
>> that they can move pages. While anyone can revert
>> edits made by a vandal, only sysops can fix a move
>> back. That would be the only superior reason to
block
>> a user than I can see.

>No, when a page is moved, the original title will
>become a
>redirect without history, so any registered user can
>move it
>back. Problems only arise when a page has been moved
>more than
>once (in that case one will have to undo all moves in
>reverse
>order rather than doing it at once), or when the
>redirecting
>page has been edited (in that case one does indeed
>need sysop
>powers to first delete the redirecting page).

I am astonished. I just tried this, and yes, you are
right. I just did not know it was possible ! I thought
as soon as a page A had been moved to B, it was
necessary to delete A to move back to B !

That changes a lot of things. I am not sure french
people know this.


Ok thanks André

PS : for my first attempt, I had a software error I
must say. The page A was indicated moved to B, it had
the redirect, it had no more history but the
redirect...but there was no page at B ...hum

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