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 and other edits where the reason for reverting is absolutely clear
- To revert edits in your own user space
- To revert edits that you have made (for example, edits that you accidentally made)
- To revert edits by banned users 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]
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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