On 12/13/05, Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
A bot with sysop rights could be able to detect admin
reverts fairly easily and delete both the
vandalized versions that were reverted along with the admin's revert version (which
would be
pointless clutter at that point). The bot would use the text 'Reverted to last
version by..' along
with checking the reverting person to make sure they are an admin. The bot would only
delete
versions that are older than a week and would need to. This would clean-up page histories
a great
deal and get rid of most of the libel and slander in them. Then, as needed, a human admin
can
delete more versions since a great many reverts are not done by admins. A more
sophisticated admin
bot could compare diffs to detect reverts (using the comments 'Reverted to last
version by..' and
'rv' only to identify diffs to check).
An issue arises when admins use the rollback feature for reversions
that aren't vandalism. I know they're not supposed to, and I make a
point never to, but it nonetheless does happen. Any ideas how to
prevent this?
--
Sam