[WikiEN-l] Proposal: Requests for rollback

Tue Jun 28 21:08:31 UTC 2005

I don't believe that it is necessary. A rollback button is useful, but I
don't see why it is worth a "Requests for Rollback" to get it. If a user
does RC patrol and wants the aid of rollback (ie, 'the mop'), then they
probably would prefer full admin powers in order to be able to block
vandals, and so on. Being an admin doesn't have many set, 'must do'
responsibilities - RC patrollers can happily become admins without further
hassles, if they want to keep out of Wikipolitics.

Most people who want rollback wouldn't mind the other functionality of
adminship. A Requests for Rollback feature would be unnecessary.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Jenkinson" <chris at starglade.org>
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at wikipedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 9:28 PM
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Proposal: Requests for rollback

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> Hi all,
>
> I didn't realise that MediaWiki 1.5 was so close to being introduced,
> otherwise I wouldn't have come up with my previous proposal, mentoring
> for admins, quite so quickly as I did!
>
> As unfortunately my proposal is not too popular, I have come up with a
> new one titled "Requests for rollback", taking advantage of the
> "privilege separation" available in MediaWiki 1.5.
>
> In a few words, it's a system like RfA but just granting rollback rather
> than all admin powers
>
> This proposal is described as how I imagine it would be implemented at:
>  --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Talrias/Requests_for_rollback
>
> My reasoning behind creating this proposal is principally due to the
> following:
>
>     * Useful for those who do not wish to be nominated on WP:RFA, either
> because they do not desire admin powers or because they would not be
> confident with them.
>     * More people being able to quickly deal with vandalism is by no
> means a bad thing.
>     * It devolves power to the community.
>
> I accept that some might say that is an unnecessary addition to
> Wikipedia, duplicating requests for adminship, but I believe that people
> who want to contribute to Wikipedia but do not wish to become
> full-fledged admins will benefit from the times when rollback can be used.
>
> I'd be interested in hearing other people's thoughts on this.
>
> Chris
>
> - --
> Chris Jenkinson
> chris at starglade.org
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