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This feature's function is best described by developer Brion Vibber in this posting:
Its intent is solely to be a timesaving shortcut for reverting mass vandalism... No one should ever be in an edit war, sysops in particular should be aware that that's not cool, so there's no need to think about whether or not 'rollback' should be used in an edit war. It shouldn't, because we shouldn't be in that position in the first place.
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Rollbacks are easier for admins than non-admins. For this reason, Admins have the promary responsibility for reverting mass vandalism.
===Rollback options for Admins===
On the User Contributions page an admin has additional "rollback" links at lines which are the last edit made by anybody to that article.
If, between loading the User Contributions page and pressing "rollback", someone else edits or rolls back the page, or if there was no previous editor, you will get an error message.
Rollbacks should be used with caution and restraint. Reverting a good-faith edit may send the message that "I think your edit was no better than vandalism and doesn't deserve even the courtesy of an explanatory edit summary." It is a slap in the face to a good-faith editor; do not abuse it.
