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{{guideline|WP:ROLLBACK|WP:RBK|WP:ROLL|WP:RBF}}
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The '''rollback feature''' is a part of the [[MediaWiki]] software. It is a way to quickly undo vandalism made by the last user to change the page. It is given to  [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]] as part of their work.
[[File:Wikipedia Rollback.svg|right|150px]]

Rollback can also be given to people who are not administrators. Such people are referred to as [[Special:ListUsers/rollbacker|rollbackers]]. You may ask for rollback at '''[[Wikipedia:Requests for rollback]]''' or on an administrator's talk page.

Rollback is available to all [[Special:ListUsers/sysop|{{#expr:{{NUMBEROFADMINS:R}}-1}}]] Wikipedia [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]], and there are [[Special:ListUsers/rollbacker|{{NUMBERINGROUP:rollbacker}} users]] with the [[Wikipedia:Requests for permissions|rollbacker permission]] locally. In total, {{#expr:{{NUMBEROFADMINS:R}}+{{NUMBERINGROUP:rollbacker|R}}-1}} editors have rollback rights. Apart from them, [[m:Global rollback|global rollbackers]] and [[m:Steward|stewards]] also have access to rollback.

== Using rollback ==
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Rollback is a tool normally only used to reverse obvious [[WP:VANDAL|vandalism]]. This is because it does not let you leave a change summary. Instead, the summary reads, "Reverted changes by X to last version by Y". It is done at once and does not need you to make sure you are doing it, which is different from the [[WP:UNDO|undo feature]]. 

Rollback may also be used to rollback changes by yourself. Unhelpful changes made in your userspace may also be rolled back. If you are not sure whether to use this tool on a single change, please use the undo feature. If you make an obvious mistake, or you need to revert your changes quickly, using rollback on yourself is also allowed. Generally, a person with rollback may also use it to revert their own edits in mainspace as long as those edits are a mistake and also not likely to cause a dispute.

== When not to use rollback ==
Rollback must not be used to remove [[WP:AGF|good-faith]] changes by other users, registered or not. If the tool is repeatedly used incorrectly, it will be quickly removed by an administrator.

== How it works ==
Rollback is the fastest way to undo a change, and does not put pressure on the [[server]]s. If the vandal made one change, the rollback button will change back to the older change just before the vandal. The rollback button will undo every change by the last user, so if the vandal changed it 6 times in a row, all six changes will be removed. If another user changed after the vandal, the rollback feature will change back to that user's changes, and will not undo all the changes by that user.

The feature leaves an automatic change summary, for example: 

:'''m''' ''[[Help:Revert a page|Reverted]] edits by [[Special:Contributions/Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]]) to last version by Example2''

The [[software]] automatically marks the change as "small" or "minor", hence the '''m'''.

== Getting rollback ==
You may ask for rollback at [[WP:RFR|requests for rollback]]. You may also use the [[WP:AN|administrators noticeboard]], or ask on an administrator's [[Wikipedia:User talk page|talk page]]. Please note these rules:

* You should meet the requirements for [[Wikipedia:Autoconfirmed_users|autoconfirmed user]] (registered for 4 days with 10 edits) when requesting. User rights cannot be given to IP editors.
* You should have made a lot of changes, with experience in anti-vandalism work. If you have rollback elsewhere, or admin rights elsewhere, the threshold for meeting this requirement is lower. So if you are already a rollbacker or admin on another Wikimedia Foundation project, please mention it in your request and it will be taken into consideration.
* If you have been blocked recently, it is unlikely that you will be given rollback. 
* If you have vandalized before, you may not be given this tool for a long time. Administrators can choose if they want to give it to you, but only if you have shown a clear change in your behaviour.

== Testing rollback ==
Testing the tool can be done at [[Wikipedia:Rollback feature/Testing ground]]. Please do not test on other people's changes.

== Custom edit summaries ==
The rollback tool has an edit summary that is given by default. There are tools to let you change summaries. Some examples are:
*[[User:Synergy/rollback.js]]
*[[User:Synergy/rollback2.js]]
*[[User:Tholly/Rollback.js‎]]
*[[User:MC10/Rollback summary.js]]

== Reverting all rollbackable changes made by a single user ==
There are scripts that let you rollback every rollbackable change by a user. One example is [[:en:User:John254/mass rollback.js]].

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