Wikipedia:SWViewer
Web application for dealing with vandalism on Wikimedia sites
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SWViewer (direct link) is a user-friendly webapp that is used to detect and revert vandalism, spam, and other types of unconstructive edits made at various Wikimedia projects. With a simple and intuitive UI, you can monitor changes in real-time. In doing so, it provides a lot of features, such as the ability to rollback edits, tag pages with speedy deletion, and edit source on the page. To use the application, the rollback permission is required.
| You take full responsibility for any actions taken using SWViewer. You must read and abide by all relevant Wikipedia policies when using this tool; failure to do so may result in you losing access to the tool or being blocked from editing. |
Installation
To open the application in your browser (tested in Chrome, Firefox, Safari), click the following button:
Install PWA
If you use Google Chrome or a Chromium-based browser, you can install SWViewer as a WebApp on desktop as well as mobile, instructions for which are as follows:
- For desktop: Click here.
- For mobile: Click here.
Feedback
- If you experience any issues or have suggestions for how something could be better, let us know at the talk page.
- You can also join our IRC channel #swviewer connect or Discord server.
- Code repository.
Userboxes
SWViewer users can add any of these userboxes to their page. You will also be listed in Wikipedians who use SWViewer.
See also
- Read more at Meta.
- Manual page on MediaWiki.org