Help:Patrolled edits

Marking edits as patrolled [ edit ]

 * To mark an edit as patrolled


 * 1) Access Special:RecentChanges
 * Changes which are not patrolled display with a red exclamation mark (! ).
 * 1) Click the (diff) link next to an edit.
 * 2) To mark the edit as patrolled, click the Mark as patrolled link.


 * To mark a new page as patrolled


 * 1) Access Special:NewPages


 * New pages which are not patrolled display with a yellow background.


 * 1) To mark a new page as patrolled, visit it and click the  link near the bottom of the page.


 * To mark a new file as patrolled:


 * 1) Access Special:NewFiles


 * 1) If you want to see only unpatrolled files, check ""


 * 1) To mark a new file or new file version as patrolled, visit it and click the  link near the bottom of the file description.

Hiding patrolled edits from recent changes
Patrolled edits can be hidden from recent changes by adding  to the URL in the following form:

Patrolled edits are enabled by default in MediaWiki 1.4 and later. To disable this, set   in  to.

In MediaWiki 1.4, patrolled edits are enabled for all users. To restrict this to sysops, set $wgOnlySysopsCanPatrol in  to.

In MediaWiki 1.5 and later, patrolled edits are enabled for sysops. Use the   configuration variable to assign this to new or existing user groups. See rights>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User rights management</>|Manual:User rights management.

For instance, to create a patrollers group:

In MediaWiki 1.6 through 1.8, there is a pref>Special:MyLanguage/Help:preferences</>|user preference available to users who are able to mark edits as patrolled. When set, this causes their edits to be patrolled automatically.

This option is not available if the patrolled edits feature is switched off.