When editing I always like to keep a live feed of Special:RecentChanges open to check new edits and quickly revert vandalism. Rollback rights would make the process easier and quicker with vandals that make more than one disruptive edit at once. Although I am fairly new to this wiki, I am not new to the Wikimedia platform with edits back to 2014 on the English Wikipedia (and no record of disruptive edits). I always make sure to provide an explanation if I am reverting an edit, especially when in good faith. I have moderation experience off of the Wikimedia platform also, and have served as an administrator on the Fallout game series wikis (12) for the past few years. Brantmeierz (talk) 01:04, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
(Non-administrator observation) The leaving summaries is good, definitely more people here need to do that, but keep in mind that when using rollback you will not be able to leave a summary (but you will still have access to the undo feature). Computer Fizz (talk) 01:52, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
@Computer Fizz: Yep, I just wanted to make it clear that I would still use undo and the change summaries when it's appropriate if I had access to the rollback tool. Brantmeierz (talk) 01:57, 28 December 2019 (UTC)
@Computer Fizz:but keep in mind that when using rollback you will not be able to leave a summary - that's not true! Adding custom summary when rollbacking is possible. You'll just need to append the summary parameter to the rollback link URL with appropriate value. There are plenty of scripts to let users add a custom summary when rollbacking. Masumrezarock100 (talk) 00:52, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
@Masumrezarock100: I know, but using a workaround like that is hacky and kinda ruins the point of rollback to begin with. Undo is the best way to revert with a reason. So I still tell people that you can't leave a summary with rollback as 99% info is the best way to not go on all day. Computer Fizz (talk) 01:05, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
I could also modify the block button to replace the selected editor's talk page with a unicorn; that's the nature of MediaWiki. The fact is, rollback is designed as a tool to revert vandalism with the single click of a button, not a faster undo tool, and therefore should be explained and advertised as something for which summaries cannot be added. Vermont (talk) 01:19, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
Worth noting too that rollback sends a different notification to the recipient. Might come across too strong if it's only a minor error that has been made. --George (Talk · Contribs · CentralAuth · Log) 15:28, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
@Caliburn: I tested it out, and rollback doesn't seem to give a notification at all. Computer Fizz (talk) 23:10, 30 December 2019 (UTC)
Not done I am not seeing a lot of comments to vandals. Communicating and showing proper documentation is a main component and not seeing this done is a little concerning to me. Feel free to reapply after a bit, after you show where you know about the notices and are using them. -- Enfcer (talk) 17:23, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
Not done I am not seeing a lot of comments to vandals. Communicating and showing proper documentation is a main component and not seeing this done is a little concerning to me. Feel free to reapply after a bit, after you show where you know about the notices and are using them. -- Enfcer (talk) 17:23, 4 January 2020 (UTC)