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===Bot rollback===
In cases of flood vandalism (rapid changes to many articles), administrators and [[Wikipedia:Global_rights_policy#Global_rollbackers|global rollbackers]] may choose to hide vandalism and reverts from [[WP:Help:Recent changes|recent changes]]. To do this, add <kbd>&bot=1</kbd> to the end of the URL used to access a user's contributions.
When the rollback links on the contributions list are clicked, the revert and the original edit that you are reverting will both be hidden from recent changes, unless you click the "bots" link in the Recent Changes to set <kbd>hidebots=0</kbd>. The edits are not hidden from contributions lists, page histories or watchlists. The edits remain in the database and are not removed, but they no longer flood "Recent changes". The aim of this feature is to reduce the annoyance factor of a flood vandal, with relatively little effort. This should '''not''' be used for reverting a change you just don't like, but is meant only for massive floods of simple vandalism.
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