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13 questions linked to/from Could we be permitted to provide a reason for rolling back?
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Rollback reason message [duplicate]
In order of importance:
Add a reason field for rollback
Notify the author of the edit that's being rolled back of the rollback and the reason
Notify the approvers of the edit too (if they exist due ...
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Add an option to explain a rollback [duplicate]
I rolled back a major edit to one of my questions today, but I found no place to put the reason I thought the edit was not appropriate.
In this case, I thought the edits would have been better if ...
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Allow comment on rollback? [duplicate]
When editing you can enter a one-line comment "Edit Summary".
It would be nice if a comment could be left when rolling back. Can this be added at some time?
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When one does a rollback, please make it more obvious how to include a comment [duplicate]
Edit history "rollback" links don't allow you to leave a comment.
There are ways to leave a comment while reverting a post, but they're not obvious.
Please make it more obvious how to ...
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What is a 'rollback'?
What is a 'rollback' on Stack Exchange sites? I have seen this mentioned but I do not understand the term.
Please note: this question has been locked as it was used as a sandbox for performing ...
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Disputing edits made to new post
I recently posted my first question on Stack Overflow, but I ask/answer quite a bit on other Stack Exchange sites. As it was my first post, it was reviewed and edited, but I disagree with the edits ...
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Editing an earlier revision of a post doesn't change it nor does it create a new revision item, but shows me as the last editor
Steps to reproduce:
Find a post that has been edited at least once.
Go to the revisions history
Click 'Edit' on an earlier revision:
Do not edit the body, just add a random edit summary.
Submit ...
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Why was this edit rolled back?
I proposed an edit to this answer which was approved, but the initial answerer rolled it back with no explanation.
I'm happy for it to be rolled back if there was a flaw in my answer, but I would ...
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I am not granted to rollback an edit, but could I at least easily suggest a rollback?
On Programmers.SE I noticed an edit by a user of 4K reputation that I feel changes the meaning of the original question (Revision 2) and I would have liked to roll back. However having not enough ...
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Take most recent (or concatenate) edit comments when editing during grace period
Recently, I edited one of my answers to update a link to a better resource. I clicked "Save" without entering a description of the edit (edit #1).
Then I realised that the question was asked by a new ...
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Custom rollback reason not displayed on the Activity page
When providing a custom rollback reason, it displays properly when looking at the timeline and revision history, but not the Activity page ("All Actions" or "Revisions"). Compare:
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Adding summary to tag-only rollback doesn't work
It's possible to add an edit summary to a rollback:
Could we be permitted to provide a reason for rolling back?
However, this doesn't seem to be working when you rollback a tag-only edit. Here is a ...
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Is it possibly to send a message to a user who edited a question / answer? [duplicate]
I know is not possible to send a personal message to another user. What I would like to do would be to inform a user that I am rolling back an edit he made and explain him the reasons for doing so. ...
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