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> I took this to mean those with special rights (...) I know that wikipedia supports granting special rights to some editors. I have those. That's why I'm sta

by rewmie 3y ago

> I took this to mean those with special rights (...) I know that wikipedia supports granting special rights to some editors. I have those. That's why I'm stating that an editor does not have special rights, because everyone is an editor. And by the way, in general Wikipedia's "special rights" granted to non-administrator user accounts aren't that special. They unlock some UI features like bulk editing to fight vandalism, move pages, mark edits as minor, etc. See for yourself, and compare the difference between the permissions granted to Administrator accounts, everyone in the world (all users, registered accounts), and other groups. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#T... Claiming that an editor posted a toxic comment has the same weight as claiming that a random passerby shouted at you in the street.

Semaphor 3y ago
The special rights include reverting edits, which is pretty powerful when the person in question can insult you, but revert whatever you reply. And I already edited the original comment, explaining that I misunderstood.
- howenterprisey 3y ago
  FYI anyone can revert any edit just by manually undoing changes; what's gated is the one-click button to do so ("rollback").
- rewmie 3y ago
  > The special rights include reverting edits (...) No, it really doesn't. Anyone can revert any edit, even if you haven't registered an account and/or you aren't logged in. The only thing that the reversion permission capability grants you is access to a button in the UI. Also, all you need to do to be granted access to that permission is a) have an account, b) ask for the permission, b) not have an abuse-riddled contribution history.