Thread:Translating talk:MediaWiki/About MediaWiki:Rollbacklinkcount/en and MediaWiki:Rollbacklinkcount-morethan/en/reply (7)

According to the definition to which Jan Luca linked, the verb form of "rollback" refers specifically to the restoration of a database to a previously defined state (which isn't what's occurring in this context).

Regardless, these messages are intended for wiki editors in general and refer to an action that they take, not to the underlying technical effect. In mainstream English, "rollback" is a noun (meaning "act or instance of rolling back"). The verb form is computer jargon unfamiliar to most people and irrelevant to their editorial decisions.

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