Help:Patrol

Inkipedia uses the MediaWiki patrolling feature to ensure that every single edit is reviewed for quality and policy adherence. Every staff member has access to the patrolling function, all sharing the responsibility of reviewing edits.

Basic patrolling

Patrolling recent changes

1. Go to Special:RecentChanges and select Hide patrolled edits.
   • You can also increase the number of edits and days displayed to see the oldest unreviewed edits.
2. Open a diff and review it.
3. Select [Mark as patrolled].
   • When patrolling new pages, there will be no diff. Open the page and select [Mark this page as patrolled], located at the bottom-right of the page.
   • When patrolling a page with multiple edits, view the most recent diff and select ← Older edit to go to the previous diff, repeating until all recent changes to the page have been reviewed and marked as patrolled.

Patrolling file uploads

1. Go to Special:NewFiles and select Hide patrolled uploads.
2. Open a file and review it.
3. Select [Mark this file version as patrolled], located under the licensing info.

What to do after hitting the patrol button

If you did not see any problems with the edit, no further action is necessary.

If the edit was blatant vandalism, undo it. If there are multiple bad edits by the same user on the same page, use rollback. If a new page was created, consider having it deleted.

If the edit was made in good faith but has a problem due to the editor's lack of experience or familiarity with Inkipedia policy, undo or improve upon the edit, and leave an edit summary or talk page message that lets the user know what they could have done better.

Tips

• Patrolling does not mean perfecting. There are edits that would take a long time for you to fix, or would be better fixed by the user who made the edit in the first place. Your time is valuable and could be better spent by playing Splatoon or patrolling other Inkipedia edits. Leave a message on the user's talk page letting them know of how to improve their edit, or leave a notice template on the article to let others know that it needs improvement.
• Know your shortcuts. On most browsers, holding down Ctrl (Command on Mac) and clicking a link will open it in a new tab. Use this to open diffs while keeping your recent changes tab open. You can even open several edits at once. Cycle through the tabs with a "next tab" shortcut (usually Ctrl+Tab or Command+Tab). Close tabs with the "close tab" shortcut (usually Ctrl+W or Command+W).