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Rollback (rollback) is an action available to administrators and up. It is basically a one-click convenience tool for purposes of patrol.
Overview
Rollback is similar, but distinct from both undo methods; On the given page, it reverts all edits—one or more—of the most recent editor, back to the latest version by any other contributor. It is performed by clicking (revert n edits) in any changelog.
The edit will be instantaneous, and does not give opportunity to provide an edit summary, logging only the generic (m) "Reverted edits by Example2 (talk) to last version by Example". For the same reasons covered in the undo section, users with this ability are instructed only to use it in response to clear-cut vandalism or for continued cleanup/enforcement of reasoning already described elsewhere.
See also
- Wikipedia:Reverting essay