[WikiEN-l] Re: I propose a formula based on reverts

[Daniel Ehrenberg]

> From: Timwi <timwi at 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 at 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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