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 Paralympiakos, some observations I have made about rollback (noting I've never used it): 
 *using it for anything but blatant vandalism is risky, irrespective of what the documentation says 
 *if an admin misuses it, they get told ""bad admin"" and have a finger waved at them 
 *if an accusation of editor misuse is raised, having an admin unilaterally remove it is highly likely 
 *I believe that the disparity is much more about admin power than anything else - it is a classic example of why WP:NOBIGDEAL is of questionable credibility 
 *consequently, whether any of the points you are making are right or not, you're going to lose this one 
 *when you ultimately get it back, only use it in cases of blatant bad faith vandalism 
 *when you become an admin, you can go back to doing what you've been doing and likely nothing will happen 
 *If you haven't read it before, look at WP:RANDY and see why experts get treated like shit.  The same is true for experienced users v. newbies... there are many admins who will shit all over you if you bite a newbie, and won't care about the value of your contributions.  The ""potential"" of a newbie will be seen as more important than your 12 000 edits.  Unfortunately, this is just the way things are.  (    "