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Requests for rollback privileges is the place to ask for the rollback privilege, for fighting vandalism. Fighting vandalism and watching recent changes for unencyclopedic changes is a large but unrewarding task. It is made easier by the "rollback" feature which creates a one-click process to revert to the latest version of an article not edited by the last user to edit the page. The rollback appears in the edit history as a minor edit.

Rollback uses

The rollback tool should be used strictly for reverting vandalism (what is vandalism?). It should not be used for other changes that are not clearly vandalism, such as a differing point of view (for example, if someone changes 'communist dictatorship' to 'socialist state', this should only be reverted without using the rollback).

Requests for rollback

To request access to the rollback feature, please follow the instructions below. A history of positive contributions to Misplaced Pages, ranging from article edits to interactions with other users on talk pages, will be expected. While access to the rollback feature will be given out liberally to Wikipedians who request it, misusing the rollback feature may result in the permission being revoked.

Procedure

  • Request permission (see below).
  • Wait for at least five people to support you (their first edit must have been made one month before your request).
  • After four days, if your request has reached a suitable consensus, a bureaucrat will grant the rollback permission.
  • Opposing candidates is allowed (but people may expect you to provide reasoning for your opposition).

Removal procedure

In the case that the rollback tool is being misused, a bureaucrat may, at his/her discretion, remove the rollback ability. If someone has their ability to rollback removed, they may reapply to be granted the permission.

User requests

Example

Example (talk · contribs); request made at 19:45, June 28, 2005 (UTC).

This is just a test vote, highlighting how the procedure would work.

Support:

  1. A user
  2. Another user
  3. Yet another user

Comments:

  • I think this person would fight vandalism well!
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