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'''Patrolled edits''' is a feature which allows certain users to mark [[Special:NewPages|new pages]] and items in [[Special:RecentChanges]] as "patrolled", meaning that at least a basic review was performed. A good edit might be marked as "patrolled", but a bad edit might also be marked as "patrolled", if it was reverted or its most obvious regressions were fixed. By default this is only available if you have the [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Sysops and permissions|sysop permission]]; many wikis grant a <code>'patrol'</code> permission to groups of users.

This feature is useful when reviewing recent changes for undesirable edits, link spam and vandalism.
This allows people (with permission to do so) to coordinate their patrolling activity, such that edits get checked over once, with less wasted effort (different people checking the same edit).

This feature also allows setting trustworthy users' edits to be automatically patrolled, so that the people who review recent changes need not spend time doing unnecessary reviewing.

== Marking edits as patrolled ==
; To mark an edit as patrolled:

# Access [[Special:RecentChanges]]
#: Changes which are not patrolled display with a red exclamation mark (<abbr title="{{int|Recentchanges-label-unpatrolled}}" class="unpatrolled">!</abbr>).
# Click the ([[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Diff|diff]]) link next to an edit.
# To mark the edit as patrolled, click the <code>{{int|Markaspatrolleddiff}}</code> link.

; To mark a new page as patrolled:

# Access [[Special:NewPages]]
#: New pages which are not patrolled display with a <span class="not-patrolled">yellow background</span>.
# To mark a new page as patrolled, visit it and click the {{button|{{int|markaspatrolledtext}}}} button near the bottom of the page.

; To mark a new file as patrolled:

# Access [[Special:NewFiles]]
# If you want to see only unpatrolled files, check "{{int|newimages-hidepatrolled}}"
# To mark a new file or new file version as patrolled, visit it and click the {{button|{{int|markaspatrolledtext-file}}}} button near the bottom of the file description.

=== Caveats ===
* There is currently [[phab:T22399|no method to undo the marking of an action as patrolled]].

== Hiding patrolled edits from recent changes ==

Patrolled edits can be hidden from recent changes by adding <code>&hidepatrolled=1</code> to the URL in the following form:

{{canonicalurl:{{#special:RecentChanges}}|hidepatrolled=1}}

Note: this works only for users with the <code>patrol</code> or <code>patrolmarks</code> right.
This might change after {{task|T44246}} is solved in future.

== Customization ==

=== Enabling/disabling ===
{{MW 1.4|and later}}
Patrolled edits are enabled by default.
To disable this, set <code>{{ll|Manual:$wgUseRCPatrol|$wgUseRCPatrol}}</code> in {{ll|Manual:Configuration settings|LocalSettings.php}} to <code>false</code>.

<syntaxhighlight lang=php>
$wgUseRCPatrol = false;
</syntaxhighlight>

=== Permissions ===
Patrolled edits are enabled for sysops by default.
Use the <code>{{ll|Manual:$wgGroupPermissions|$wgGroupPermissions}}</code> configuration variable to assign this to new or existing user groups.
See {{ll|Manual:User rights management}}.

For instance, to create a ''patrollers'' group:

<code>$wgGroupPermissions['patrollers']['patrol'] = true;</code>

=== Automatic patrolling ===

Edits by users with the "autopatrol" right, assigned only to sysops by default, are automatically marked patrolled.

=== Marker ===

The formatting of the unpatrolled edit marker can be altered using CSS. The exclamation mark displayed on the Recent changes log is styled using the <code>span.unpatrolled</code> class.

== Log ==

Patrolling actions are listed in the ''Patrol log'' ([{{canonicalurl:Special:Log|type=patrol}} example]).

== See also ==
* {{ll|Help:Patrolling}} – General definition of RC patrolling
* {{ll|Manual:Patrolling}}
* {{ll|Project:Autopatrolled users}}
* {{ll|Extension:ApprovedRevs}}
* {{Ll|Extension:ContentStabilization}}
* {{Ll|Extension:Moderation}}

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