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Curious why some new pages are now highlighted in yellow? A new software feature was installed in November 2007 called patrolled edits. Any autoconfirmed user (account older than 4 days with at least 10 edits) can mark a page as patrolled.
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How does it work?
Any page highlighted in yellow in Special:Newpages has not yet been marked as patrolled. This means that it may not have been reviewed. When you check the page, you should mark it as patrolled if (a) you see that it is a good page or (b) after you tag it for deletion. If you are not sure about what to do with a page, do not mark it as patrolled; another editor will review it later.
To mark a page as patrolled, simply click the "Mark this page as patrolled" link in the bottom right corner of the page. This link will only appear if you reach the page from Special:NewPages.
What to mark as patrolled
- Any page that is tagged for speedy deletion, so people do not waste time reviewing the same page multiple times.
- Any page that is appropriate for Wikipedia.
- A page with a tag explaining that it needs major improvement.
What not to mark as patrolled
- Pages you are not sure about and want a second (or third) opinion.
- Any page that is not speedy deletable but still has serious issues and is not (yet) tagged appropriately.
Other notes
- A log of all patrols can be seen at Special:Log/patrol. It includes usernames, articles, and the revision reviewed, and may be sorted by username or by article title.
- Pages created by administrators and bots are automatically marked as patrolled.
- You cannot mark your own page creations as patrolled.
- There is now a "Hide patrolled edits" option on Special:Newpages so that you can ignore pages that have already been reviewed.
- Even when the last few hours or even days have all been patrolled, there is still a big backlog. Pages expire from the unpatrolled queue after 720 hours.
- This might take a little getting used to, but it should make new page patrolling much more efficient once people get used to it.
CSS classes
There are two CSS classes related to patrolled edits:
- The class for non-patrolled articles in Special:Newpages is
.not-patrolled, so colorblind users or users who prefer a different style can, for example, add.not-patrolled { border: 2px solid black }to their user CSS files. - The class for the "Mark this page as patrolled" link in the lower-right corner of each new page is
.patrollink, you can style it in your user CSS file, for example:.patrollink { font: bold small sans-serif}
See also
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- This page was last modified on 5 September 2008, at 22:52.
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