As per Huggle, even I agree its a very powerful tool bu its also very scary
to use. I generally prefer to go and manually check the entries from huggle
before rollback or revision. And Ashwin, many thanks for posting this.
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2011/12/31 Anirudh Bhati
anirudhsbh@gmail.com
> Thanks for posting this, Ashwin. The Arbitration Committee has also noted
> this a number of times in their previous decisions. The primary difference
> between using the rollback tool and manual reversion is that the rollback
> is a server side tool which results in instantaneous reversions, unlike
> manual reversion.
>
> anirudh
>
> 2011/12/31 Ashwin Baindur
ashwin.baindur@gmail.com
>
>> Some of us have asked for and/or received rollback rights as experienced
>> editors in Wikipedia. The feature is one from the administrators set of
>> tools and should be used sparingly. Recently I saw a case where an editor
>> lost his rollback rights due to misuse. I realised that I myself was not
>> quite clued up about rollback rights and got smart very fast.
>>
>> Extracts from the [[Wikipedia:Rollback_feature#When_to_use_rollback|relevant
>> page]] are provided below:
>>
>> Rollback *may* be used:
>>
>> - To revert obvious vandalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalismand other edits where the reason for reverting is absolutely clear
>> - To revert edits in your own user space
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_space
>> - To revert edits that you have made (for example, edits that you
>> accidentally made)
>> - To revert edits by banned
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:BANusers who are not allowed to edit (but be prepared to explain this use of
>> rollback when asked to)
>> - To revert widespread edits (by a misguided editor or malfunctioning
>> bot) which are judged to be unhelpful to the encyclopedia, provided that an
>> explanation is supplied in an appropriate location, such as at the relevant
>> talk page[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback_feature#cite_note-0
>>
>> Use of standard rollback for any other purposes – such as reverting
>> good-faith changes which you happen to disagree with – is likely to be
>> considered misuse of the tool. When in doubt, use another method of
>> reversion and supply an edit summary to explain your reasoning.
>> Please be careful in the use of this tool if you are authorised. Misuse
>> is not taken lightly and mostly results in revocation of rights.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> Ashwin Baindur
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