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Revision as of 23:17, 5 September 2026 by OpenWiki
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Revision as of 00:19, 6 September 2026 by OpenWiki
(Updated from the starter corpus)
# '''The patrol bot''' reverts what the filters judged to be plain vandalism. The attempt stays in the page history rather than disappearing, so the record is complete.# '''The patrol bot''' reverts what the filters judged to be plain vandalism. The attempt stays in the page history rather than disappearing, so the record is complete.
# '''Patrollers''' read [[Special:RecentChanges]] and [[Special:NewPages]] and mark what they have checked, so effort is not duplicated.# '''Patrollers''' read [[Special:RecentChanges]] and [[Special:NewPages]] and mark what they have checked, so effort is not duplicated.
# '''Everyone else.''' Any reader can press '''undo''' on any edit in a page history. This is the part that actually scales.+# '''Everyone else.''' Any reader can press '''undo''' on any edit in a page history.
== If you find some ==== If you find some ==
If a page is being hit repeatedly, ask for [[OpenWiki:Protection policy|protection]] on [[OpenWiki:Community portal]]. If an account is doing nothing else, ask an administrator to block it.If a page is being hit repeatedly, ask for [[OpenWiki:Protection policy|protection]] on [[OpenWiki:Community portal]]. If an account is doing nothing else, ask an administrator to block it.
== Why the door stays open ==+== Review after publication ==
Every one of these measures is cheaper than the alternative, which is checking edits before publishing them. Reverting vandalism takes seconds; reviewing every good-faith edit in advance would take longer than writing the encyclopedia. Open editing is not naivety about vandalism — it is a bet that damage is easier to undo than contributions are to replace.+Reverting vandalism takes seconds. Reviewing every edit before publication would take longer than writing the encyclopedia, so OpenWiki publishes first and checks afterwards.
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