Wikipedia:Revert notification opt-out
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This page in a nutshell: You may want to opt out of automatic notifications that your edits have been reverted. |
The process of reverting edits is a fundamental and necessary part of editing Wikipedia. Sometimes, you will have good reason to revert another user's edit. If you have edited here for any length of time, you very likely have had some of your own edits reverted by someone else.
In the normal process of creating content, these reverts are simply
The Wikipedia
How to opt out
Depending on when you began editing Wikipedia, your user preferences may have been set with notifications of reverts enabled by default.
To opt out, click on Preferences at the top of the page while you are logged in, and go to a tab labeled "Notifications". Un-check the box named "Edit revert". (There are other notification changes that can be made there, and you may want to look at them at the same time.) Save your changes, and you are done!
You will still be able to find out about reverts when you check your watchlist, so you will not be uninformed. Instead, you simply will not be presented with the reverts as though they were something urgent.
If you want, you can also add this userbox to your userpage, to tell other editors about it. Just enter {{User RNO}}
on your page.
opted out of revert notifications . You should, too! |
There is also this version. Just enter {{User RNO alt}}
on your page.
opted out of revert notifications . Try it! |
You may just find that editing feels more peaceful after you do this!
See also
- Edit Reverts Notification System features
- Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in edit wars
- Wikipedia:Enjoy yourself
- Wikipedia:It's not the End of the World
- Wikipedia:Revert only when necessary
- Wikipedia:WikiPeace
- User:Dweller/Old Fashioned Wikipedian Values