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Note that in the last case, rollback links can be misleading, since reversion is not necessarily to the old version shown (the diff page may show the combined result of edits, including some by other editors or only part of the edits the rollback button would revert). To see the changes the rollback button will revert, view the specific diff ...
For mobile users with this permission, you can use the "accept revision" button at the bottom of any page with pending changes protection to accept pending edits. Since February 2024, it is now possible to revert pending changes without switching to the desktop version. The pending changes interface is now shared with the desktop version.
Additional relevant information can be found at Help:Reverting#Rollback.. As an admin (or rollbacker), you may spend much of your time reverting changes made to pages. You may be familiar with the undo feature, which undoes the last edit to a page, and manual reverts, which allow you to revert to any edit of a page by opening any page history revision, clicking edit, and saving.
If you revert by manually changing the text to the old version, they will not receive a notification, which some editors appreciate. If the edits you revert are clearly disruptive or vandalism , it may be better not to notify the disruptor or vandal of your correction, by reverting manually.
It is always the last revision not made by the author of the most recent revision. This revision may be problematic too, so be careful. If there are multiple consecutive edits to the page by the same author, they will all be reverted. To remove only some of them (or part of each edit), you must revert the changes manually or undo them separately.
The current revision appears below the changes, so you can see how the page is now rendered. (prev) takes you to a diff page showing the changes between that edit and the previous revision. The most recent revision (the one on the same line as the "prev" you clicked on) appears below the changes, so you can see how the page was rendered.
There's one advantage to using the classic revert: Unlike an undo, with a revert it's impossible to have an edit conflict (see the section about edit conflicts). If you're reverting vandalism on a high-traffic page (today's featured article on the Main Page is a prominent example), an edit conflict could significantly slow your fixing of some ...
The "(undo)" link on the newer revision's side will revert that specific edit. When you click the link, you can check the diff page of the edit you are going to make, and the edit summary will be automatically filled in with the phrase of MediaWiki:undo-summary (Undid revision $1 by $2 ). This summary can be edited before you submit your edit.