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Please review Wikipedia:Rollback before making a request. Successful applicants will usually have:
  1. At least 200 mainspace edits.
  2. At least a month of experience patrolling Special:RecentChanges.
  3. No recent history of edit warring.
  4. A track record of consistently notifying editors when reverting their edits.
The counter-vandalism training program is available if you wish to gain experience in handling vandalism.

User:Phlogiston Enthusiast

Hello! I am Phlogiston Enthusiast. I would like a moment of your time to request rollback rights. I believe that I could use rollback permissions to assist in anti-vandalism in the recent changes tab. There are multiple reasons for this. For one, it would streamline reverts on articles that need them, and be a useful tool against vandalism. This is because if a user is making edits of a vandalistic nature, they are likely to have made multiple. Rollback would assist with these issues and prevent long and drawn-out revert wars by vandals. Second, I believe that I meet the qualifications for the role. I possess experience patrolling the recent changes section, and have reverted many vandalous edits. If need be, I can attempt to provide a comprehensive list of the articles on which I have combatted vandalism. Finally, I understand that it looks bad to have had two arguments over vandalism-related subjects in the past. However, I would argue that this is almost the opposite, as having a clean record with no mistakes would mean that I had no mistakes to learn from, and as well I have apologized to all parties involved in both. In summary, I believe that I should possess rollback rights as to better combat vandalism, and if need be there can be elaboration. If not, I completely understand.

Ammending: this was written roughly a month ago. I was told that I would need one month's experience more before I should re-apply. I have since aqquired more than this. I have been the cause for scores of blocks and have better since de-vandalized the Wiki. Following my embarrasing mishap recently reguarding confusion over the tool, I have better researched it and now believe I would be more fit to utilize this. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 20:22, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Automated comment This user has had 1 request for rollback declined in the past 90 days ([1]). — MusikBot talk 20:30, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Of note, possibly: Following my removal of every single known instance of a specific syntax error, I have gone up to 1030 edits. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 15:17, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Also every instance of this one. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 17:20, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This brings it up to 1053. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 17:22, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
After doing both again today I'm up to 1093. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 16:25, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
(Non-administrator comment) That isn't really relevant to rollback though; admins will check your edits when they review this, and reverts and counter-vandalism is what matters for rollback. HurricaneZetaC 16:40, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, sorry. Just trying to say I understand to an extent what does and does not break syntax. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 16:51, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Also worth ammending is that it would provide access to interceptor, which is a useful tool I believe I could do a great deal of antivandalism with in a way that is more efficient than the typical recent changes page. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 18:33, 25 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Also of note: I am now a Pending Changes Reviewer. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 14:49, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
(Non-administrator comment) Phlogiston Enthusiast, an admin will review the needed information. I don't see how a lot of these notes are relevant to rollback; pending changes requires some overlapping skills with rollback (such as the ability to effectively determine what is vandalism), but it is an entirely different right for good reason, and does require different skills. Rollback's primary purpose is to assist with recent changes patrolling. 45dogs (they/them) (talk page) (contributions) 21:53, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, sorry. Just trying to put everything on the table here. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 02:25, 28 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Adding comment so it is clear this is still open and so it doesn't get archived from inactivity. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 16:01, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Not to sound picky, just wanted to make sure two weeks of inactivity and lack of approval/denial wouldn't make this stagnate and die. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 19:21, 10 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Adding another comment, since it has now been 22 without this being responded too and I don't want this to get archived. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 18:03, 18 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
It has been twenty-seven days and there has been no administrator response, or even so much as a comment. In the most respectful way possible, I would like to know why, as other people have recieved responses in that time. (Talk) PHLOGISTON ENTHUSIAST 13:12, 23 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Not an admin, but happy to answer this. There is no specific set amount of time from requesting a permission to being granted it. Administrators review these boards in their own time and at their own discretion. There is nothing personal, don't worry. An administrator will respond eventually! 11WB (talk) 02:22, 26 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm a little disappointed by this interaction, which is a clear failure to deny recognition, and to a lesser extent this edit summary [2]. However, I'm not sure what the norms are for granting rollback, so I'll leave this for another admin to decide. Toadspike [Talk] 21:00, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:Theeverywhereperson

I would like to renew my rollback rights, because I have been using AntiVandal constructively, and the same other reasons as my most recent request. Theeverywhereperson talk here 11:14, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Namely:
  1. I am a recent changes patroller and have been patrolling for a few months now,
  2. I have made more than 700 edits in mainspace and more than 1700 edits in total,
  3. Since I am already a pending changes reviewer, I am also used to reverting vandalism in some areas where it isn't visible to everyone yet, so I think I am trained for the job,
  4. This would allow me to use tools like AntiVandal to revert vandalism easier and faster, for the benefit of Wikipedia as a whole.
Theeverywhereperson talk here 11:15, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Automated comment This user was granted temporary rollback rights by HJ Mitchell (expires 00:00, 28 February 2026 (UTC)) and has had 1 request for rollback declined in the past 90 days ([3]). — MusikBot talk 11:20, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Toadspike [Talk] 21:03, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:Legendbird

Hello! I am already doing antivandal/recent change patrol work, and am alredy familiar with Twinkle, but wish for rollbacker permissions to be able to use more powerful tools, such as AntiVandal. Thank you for your consideration in advance! Legendbird (talk) 19:35, 17 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

This editor only has 148 non-automated mainspace edits, --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 14:22, 21 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Legendbird I don't see any reason not to grant you rollback, but I'm concerned about your really sporadic activity levels. Do you intend to regularly edit Wikipedia in the foreseeable future? Toadspike [Talk] 21:18, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:OzmoOzmo

Recently I have been facing disruptive editors who have been making edits extremely quickly. For example, HermeneuticMind, who was adding LLM-generated content to articles en masse, and Goldfishgonnabedeadsoon.

With rollback, I will be able to revert these unconstructive editors much faster than pressing the [vandalism] button with Twinkle for every one of their edits, which is inconvenient, inefficient and slow. -- ozmoozmo@enwiki (talk:contributions) 11:38, 19 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

And will also be able to use more powerful tools such as WP:HG and WP:ANVDL. Thank you, ozmoozmo@enwiki (talk:contribs) 06:19, 20 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm a little concerned by the recent use of Ultraviolet to do a BLP revert on an article on someone who has been dead since 1984. Access to instant rollback needs to come with a pattern of not just automatically reverting without carefully checking the context. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 14:26, 21 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
 Done for a three-month trial period. I looked at a variety of other edits and didn't find anything concerning. In fact, Ozmo's follow-up in that situation [4] was commendable. Toadspike [Talk] 21:32, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:NuggFrog

Hi! I am requesting rollback rights today so that I can be more effective in my work within the CVU. My two primary areas I work in are counter vandalism and copyvio, and my job in both departments would be a lot easier if I had rollback permissions. I am very interested in trying tools such as Interceptor, AntiVandal, and Wikishield so that I can be the most efficient counter vandalism volunteer as I can. Thanks in advance :) 「NuggFrog」 (talk) 05:26, 22 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 Done for a one-month trial period. My only advice from looking at your recent reverts is to say "vandalism" less often. "Vandalism" assumes malicious intent. Edits like this one [5] could more accurately be described as a "test edit" or "unexplained removal". In other cases "unsourced" can also come in handy.Toadspike [Talk] 21:41, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@NuggFrog Ping so you can take a look at the above advice :) Toadspike [Talk] 21:41, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:Kadermonkey

Rollback permissions would be incredibly useful for what i do, which is mostly patrolling recent changes. I have a history of making good edits and while redwarn rollback is useful, actual rollback rights would be much more useful since i could actually use proper tools. Kadermonkey (She/Her) (talk) 19:58, 25 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:LuigiMcpe4549

Hello. My name is LuigiMcpe4549. I would like to request rollback rights. That is because I have done some good edits and revert some vandalism on Wikipedia. I think that it is useful in case of crazy vandalism. It's ok if my application is denied. Cheers! :) LuigiMcpe4549 (talk) 13:39, 30 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Automated comment This user has 89 edits in the mainspace. — MusikBot talk 13:40, 30 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done. Please see the notice at the top of this page. With only 89 edits to the mainspace, I don't think you have sufficient editing experience yet. Take a moment to check out what counter-vandalism is at WP:CVU, and if you decide you'd like to get involved, you can enroll at the Counter Vandalism Academy to learn more. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 13:45, 30 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I understand. LuigiMcpe4549 (talk) 21:37, 30 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:BlueStaticHorse

I would like rollbacker rights to revert vandalism. I have several months of reverting vandalism, and I almost always notify users when reverting their edits. I'm a pending changes reviewer, so I also have some experience reviewing an edit and checking to see if it should be reverted or not. Thanks! BlueStaticHorse (talk)(they/them) 18:27, 31 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:AllegedlyAPhotographer

I am requesting rollback because I would like to use tools like WikiShield and try other anti-vandalism tools. I understand that I don't yet have a month of experience but I am hoping that my contributions speak for themselves. Thank you for considering. AllegedlyAPhotographer (talk) 13:19, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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