On 8/18/07, Adrian aldebaer@googlemail.com wrote:
Also, in my opinion, the undo function should be disabled for IPs, it's not needed to edit and may seduce new IP editors into avoidable edit wars.
A dramatization of a real conversation from last week...
Non-wikipedian friend: I saw an article in the news today that linked to incidents of people a companies whitewashing their articles, but it appears the changes were usually corrected. How does Wikipedia find and correct things like that so quickly?
Me: Click this: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&hideliu=... Me: Then middle click on the word "diff" from a several of the lines, new tabs will open. Me: Look at the tabs, if the change you are shown is obviously bad click undo and then hit save.
Friend: Anyone is allowed to do this? This is really cool. Friend: So it relies on the greater amount of good than bad people?
We had a good conversation after that.
Undo makes it easier for people to contribute. Please don't remove undo for anons.