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<tr><td><code>visualeditor-needcheck</code></td><td><a href="/web/20200814002955/https://ethw.org/w/index.php?title=ETHW:VisualEditor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ETHW:VisualEditor (page does not exist)">Visual edit: Check</a></td><td>Edit made using the <a href="/web/20200814002955/https://ethw.org/w/index.php?title=ETHW:VisualEditor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ETHW:VisualEditor (page does not exist)">visual editor</a> where the system detected the wikitext possibly having unintended changes.</td><td>Defined by the software</td><td>Yes</td><td data-sort-value="1"><a href="/web/20200814002955/https://ethw.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&tagfilter=visualeditor-needcheck" title="Special:RecentChanges">1 change</a></td></tr> <tr><td><code>mw-rollback</code></td><td>Rollback</td><td>Edits that roll back previous edits using the rollback link</td><td>Defined by the software</td><td>Yes</td><td data-sort-value="0"><a 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