Board Thread:Wiki management/@comment-27557697-20150921115653

Introduction:

So you have managed to pass all the requirements and gain the support of others in the community. You have managed to get yourself promoted to a position known as a Rollback. This position may on the surface seem unimportant at the surface, but with it you will gain some tools to make the wiki's editing experience clean and crisp.

You might be new, and you might not know what you are doing. This guide will give you the basics to succeed. It won't make you the best, as rollbacking requires efforts to seek out those edits... However in the end it can be very rewarding.

Section 1a: Powers of the Rollback

Rollbacks, in their own right, only really have 1 power that distinguishes them from normal users. This power, known as rollbacking, allows the user to, at the press of a button, revert the edit in question to that of an earlier revision. Powerful isn't it? The power to remove spam and vandalism simply and effectively. The power to get rid of bad edits that require a bit more cleanup than usual. This power will serve you well as a rollback, and it is expected that you know

Section 1b: Quick Tutorial 

Step 1: View the History of your page by activating the drop down bar right beside the edit button

http://i.imgur.com/TPfryUF.png

Step 2: Press the Compare Selected Revisions button for an exact idea of what the edit contained and whether or not you should rollback it. (This is up to personal judgement and you will get better at this over time.)

http://i.imgur.com/2e009x2.png

Step 3: Review the Selected Revisions (This will show the differences between the current edit and the one before it. You can also click Older edit to compare older revisions if need be.)

http://i.imgur.com/jmHweWx.png

Step 4: Once you are sure that a rollbacking is in order, click the button that says "Rollback" Upon the edit in question.

http://i.imgur.com/xfbHwxM.png

Step 5: You shall now be directed to a page saying that your rollback was successful. You may now check the page (Just to make sure), and then continue on with your editing.

Section 2: FAQ

Q: When should I use my Rollbacking ability

A: ANYTIME you see an edit that in your opinion should be rollbacked, it is your duty to rollback it. DO NOT EXPECT OTHERS TO DO IT FOR YOU. You now have this power, you should be able to excercise it to the best of your abilities.

Q: I want to become a better rollback, but I am scared to rollback a good edit.

A: DO NOT be scared to rollback edits. The worst thing that could happen is that you accidentally rollback a bad edit in which case it will most likely be fixed. Your judgement will become better in time.

Q: What if there are multiple consecuitive bad edits by the same person?

A: The Rollback button really is something amazing. DO NOT FEAR. If there is a rogue user making multiple bad edits to a page in consecuitive order, your rollback button will rollback ALL CONSECUITIVE EDITS BY THAT PERSON.

Example: You are browsing the peashooter page and notice that it has been spammed and vandalized to an extreme extent. Upon viewing the history however, you notice that all of this vandalism has been done in 10 different consecuitive edits by user X. Upon using your rollback button, all 10 edits will be reverted to the revision done 11 edits ago by User Y.

Thank you all for reading this guide! I hope to improve new Rollbacks with this as well as maybe teaching a thing or two to the Rollbacks we already have!

~RetroBowser 