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Requests for rollback is the venue where users can file requests for access to the rollback user group. Users who are rollbacks have access to a tool called "rollback", which allows them to quickly revert vandalism and other non-constructive edits from pages in one click. Rollbacks also have the ability to mark edits as patrolled using the recent changes patrol extension. There is no maximum number of rollback users, so if you would like access to the rollback tool and are qualified, please do not hesitate to make a request.
Qualifications[]
There are no firm qualifications for receiving access to the rollback tool. However, the rollback tool is not intended to be given to new editors who are just starting out; only established users with a decent history of good-quality edits are eligible. Users are recommended to have at least 200 edits to The Sims Wiki, with a majority of those edits being in the main namespace of the wiki. Editors with a current or recent history of edit warring are disqualified, as are any users who previously requested the rollback tool but were denied and given a limit on re-requesting that hasn't expired yet.
Procedure for requests[]
- A user meeting the qualifications can request the rollback tool below. Users should explain why they want rollback and/or should point to past anti-vandalism work they've done in justifying why they should receive the tool.
- Once a request is submitted, a seven-day waiting period begins. Discussion is not strictly necessary, but any user can weigh in on the request, including by asking direct questions to the requesting user.
- Users who are obviously unqualified may be declined even before the end of the seven-day period, and are not allowed to re-apply for at least one week.
- At the end of the waiting period, an active administrator will decide whether the applicant is qualified and whether the request is acceptable. The administrator that responds to the request should take any user input in the selection into account when deciding whether or not to grant access to the rollback tool. However, this decision is not strictly based on community consensus; the administrator may choose not to give rollback even if there is consensus in favor of approving the request.
- If an administrator chooses to approve the request for rollback, that administrator will go to Special:UserRights and enable the 'rollback' flag for the requesting user. The administrator should post on the requesting user's talk page notifying them that their request has been approved and explain the rollback tool (including explaining the rules for when rollback can and cannot be used)
- If an administrator chooses to decline the request, they should explain why on the request page as well as on the requesting user's talk page.
Limit on re-requesting[]
When a rollback request is declined, the applicant is not allowed to submit a new request for one week. A user whose request has been declined should consider the reasons why and address/correct any points or criticisms before considering re-application for rollback. Users who re-request despite repeated denials, and who don't make a good faith effort to address or correct the reason(s) for their denials, may be restricted from re-requesting by consensus of the administrative team.
Removal of the rollback tool[]
There are circumstances where a user may have their access to the rollback tool involuntarily removed. These circumstances include (but aren't limited to) situations where:
- A user repeatedly misuses the rollback tool by accident, even after explanations and/or warnings from the administrative team;
- They deliberately misuse the rollback tool in an edit war or editing dispute (severe misuse on just one occasion may warrant removal of the tool);
- They do something to significantly undermine public trust in their abilities or aptitude as an editor, even if that action is not related to a misuse of the rollback tool;
- A community discussion on the discussions forum leads to a consensus that the tool should be removed.
An administrator may remove access to the rollback tool immediately if there is evidence of severe and ongoing abuse of the tool, and may issue other sanctions up to or including a full wiki block if necessary. This power should be exercised only in limited circumstances where removal of rollback cannot wait for the conclusion of a discussion.
A user who has been stripped of the rollback tool may be restricted from re-requesting the tool by a consensus of the administrative team or by community consensus.
A user who has access to rollback may choose to voluntarily give up that access; see the retirement policy for more information on user rights retirement.
Notes[]
The current rollback request procedures and qualifications were implemented on January 30, 2024, as a result of this forum thread. The previous procedures were implemented on January 2, 2016, as a result of another community discussion.
Current Requests[]
Closed requests[]
IDontKnowAName3[]
IDontKnowAName3 (talk · contribs · editcount · block · modify rights · logs · block log)
I have been on here since 2021 and I have made a lot of edits, around 4,000. I've never vandalized on the wiki and there was only a few times on the wiki where I made a mistake. I personally care about this wiki a lot and I want to help as much as I can. --- IDontKnowAName3 (talk) 02:04, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
- Even though I am not an admin or anything, I think IDontKnowAName3 is ideal for promotion, TBH, should even be a candidate for Content Moderator. Hollowness | Wall | Contr 02:31, 19 September 2024 (UTC)
Approved - LostInRiverview talk · blog · contribs 12:35, 26 October 2024 (UTC)