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Revision as of 22:58, 30 December 2007 by Ryan Postlethwaite (talk | contribs) (create)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) | The following is a proposed Misplaced Pages policy, guideline, or process. The proposal may still be in development, under discussion, or in the process of gathering consensus for adoption. |
On the user contributions page, admins have the additional "rollback" links at lines which are the last edit made by anybody to that article. Some user scripts (mentioned below) also give users the ability to rollback with an automated edit summary. The rollback link is also shown on the diff page when viewing the difference between any version of the page and the most recent one. Clicking on the link reverts to the previous edit not authored by the last editor, with an automatic edit summary of "Reverted edits by X (talk) to last version by Y," which marks the edit as "minor." If, between loading the User Contributions page and pressing "rollback," someone else edits or rolls back the page, or if there was no previous editor, you will get an error message.
Traditionally, this has been open only to administrators the developers have made it possible for non-administrators to have this tool to aid them with recent change patrolling.
The point has now come where we have a rough consensus as to what the restrictions should be in place, and the community is now asked to look at forming a consensus as to it's implimentation.
Proposal
The way it works
Users may request the rollback button should they suffice in having the minimum requirement as detailed below.
- They should first put a request in at the section below.
- Administrators should check the history of the contributor to see if they can be trusted with the tool.
- If the administrator is satisfied, they can then go to Special:Userrights (see $wgAddGroups and $wgRemoveGroups before thinking whoever put Userrights in has gone mad) and this will add the user into the rollback usergoup, giving them the rollback tool.
- The tool will be the same as the administrator rollback tool, with no limitations.
Requirements for users to have rollback
Due to the serious nature of the rollback button, there must be a prerequisite in terms of editing for a user to be given the tool. These include (but not limited to) the following;
- A minimum of 1000 edits in total.
- A minimum of 500 mainspace edits.
- No history of edit warring within the last six months.
- No blocks for edit warring within the past year
- A general understanding of how Misplaced Pages works.
- Have been at Misplaced Pages, actively editing, for three months.
- A need for the rollback permission.
Although it may not be easy to determine this, administrators should evaluate requests for rollback on individual merit and review the users contributors edit history before granting them the permission.
Removal of the permission
If there is misuse of the rollback permission, a user should report this to the incidents noticeboard. A discussion can then take place to evaluate the users use of the tool, and with a consensus on the noticeboard, any administrator may remove the tool by going to Special:Userrights. Any repeated giving and revoking the permission over a short period of time without consensus to do so will be tantamount to wheel warring and may be subject to arbitration rulings.