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Revision as of 08:47, 16 May 2008
, 08:47, 16 May 2008how 'patrol' works
Some users can be given the '''patrol''' permission, which allows them to review the edits made by others.
If you have the ability to patrol edits, then in the list of [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]] a revision which has ''not'' been reviewed will be marked with a red exclaimation mark "<font color=RED><b>!</b></font>".
When you '''view the differences''' between versions of an unpatrolled article you will find in the column headers a link which say
<blockquote>
<nowiki>[</nowiki><font color=BLUE>Mark as patrolled</font><nowiki>]</nowiki>
</blockquote>
You should only click on this link if you have reviewed the changes to the article and found nothing clearly unacceptable, such as vandalism.
Patrolling is not a substitute for substantive editing. It's just a way to keep vandalism in check.
== See Also ==
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Patrolled_edits MediaWiki Manual: Patrolled edits]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Patrol Wikimedia Meta: Patrol]
If you have the ability to patrol edits, then in the list of [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]] a revision which has ''not'' been reviewed will be marked with a red exclaimation mark "<font color=RED><b>!</b></font>".
When you '''view the differences''' between versions of an unpatrolled article you will find in the column headers a link which say
<blockquote>
<nowiki>[</nowiki><font color=BLUE>Mark as patrolled</font><nowiki>]</nowiki>
</blockquote>
You should only click on this link if you have reviewed the changes to the article and found nothing clearly unacceptable, such as vandalism.
Patrolling is not a substitute for substantive editing. It's just a way to keep vandalism in check.
== See Also ==
*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Patrolled_edits MediaWiki Manual: Patrolled edits]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Patrol Wikimedia Meta: Patrol]