From: Timwi timwi@gmx.net Subject: [WikiEN-l] Re: I propose a formula based on reverts CC: Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 16:20:42 +0000 To: wikien-l@wikipedia.org
Poor, Edmund W wrote:
How about a simple formula, based on what
percentage of a user's edits
are reverted by other users? (We might tweak this
by discounting reverts
from a certain class of user.)
What is a revert?
Only sysops currently have an actual revert command ("rollback"). Normal users can only load and save older versions of a page; how do you know if it's a revert or just settling a dispute or any number of other things? How do you keep non-vandalism reverts from influencing the statistics?
Additionally, even if this distinction was possible, this suggestion is leaving a rather foul taste in my mouth. People would get even more upset about being reverted than they already do. People would start accusing other people of being trolls solely because they reverted them and worsened their "revert statistics".
Honestly, I don't think this is a good idea.
Timwi
Anyone can revert pages. Just go to the edit history, click on an older version, and then press edit. You should be editing from an earlier version. Don't change anything, just press save.
Daniel Ehrenberg
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Daniel Ehrenberg wrote:
From: Timwi timwi@gmx.net
Only sysops currently have an actual revert command ("rollback"). Normal users can only load and save older versions of a page; how do you know if it's a revert or just settling a dispute or any number of other things?
Anyone can revert pages. Just go to the edit history, click on an older version, and then press edit.
If you read the above, you will see that I am very much aware of that.
You should be editing from an earlier version. Don't change anything, just press save.
The software does not prevent people from editing from an earlier version. Nor should it. Besides, that doesn't have anything to do with this.
Timwi