SmashWiki:Rollback

This proposed policy or guideline has failed to gain the approval of the community, and so has not been implemented. It remains for archival purposes.

Different users have access to different functions of the site. While anyone can do most things on the site, including reading and editing, users with rollback, often nicknamed "rollback'rs" or the like, have access to one additional tool in combatting vandalism.

Users can request rollback at SmashWiki:Requests for rollback. A complete list of SmashWiki's rollback'rs can be found at Special:Listusers/rollback. Additionally, all of SmashWiki's admins have access to the rollback command.

Ability

Rollback'rs are not, in fact, administrators. The additional ability granted as rollback is the ability to quickly roll back all consecutive edits to a page by the most recent editor. This is to be used only for the reversion of edits that are blatantly unproductive, such as vandalism, or else the cleanup of a merge. The log in the page's history will read:

m Reverted edits by User A (talk) to last version by User B.

Rollback'rs should not use their additional power to revert non-vandal edits or as part of an edit war; such behavior will likely incur a demotion as well as a ban. Also, if a rollback'r is blocked for any reason, they will lose their rollback status and must re-request it.

If there is any doubt about whether an edit should be rolled back, do not use this feature. While the undo function allows for an edit summary and thus an explanation of your reversion, the rollback automatically creates a different entry in the page's history.

When should one request rollback?

A user should only request rollback with the intention of using the power against vandalism. Before voting on a request for rollback, the following are likely to be considered:

• Does the user have a history of reverting vandalism? Users are much more likely to support a user with a record of removal of vandalism while the user lacked rollback powers.
• Has the user contributed to the mainspace? Or are they mostly editing the User, User talk and forum namespaces?
• Do not request rollback just for the sake of having the power; it is only to be requested by those users with the intent of actively reverting vandalism and performing other janitorial work around the site.