Thread:Talk:New Page Patrol Zoom Interface/Patrolled pages need to stay in the queue as well (plus pages moved out of userspace have to be added!)/reply (2)

I agree that we need a multi-colour solution. But I wouldn't combine those that need urgent attention with those that have been tagged for deletion and most non-admins would want to ignore. I'd also add an extra choice for New page patrollers, instead of simply "mark as patrolled" give them two buttons. "Ready for mainspace" and "Goodfaith but needs attention" this could then support the following colours:
 * Red - probable badfaith article. Contains rude words or other tell-tale phrases, or the author has recently been templated for G3 or G10 creation.
 * Yellow other new articles not yet marked as patrolled - much as at present. But maybe a darker shade of yellow.
 * pale yellow - a patroller has looked at this article and clicked "Goodfaith but needs attention"
 * Grey - currently in the deletion process.
 * White - pretty much as now but without the articles tagged for deletion.

As a further refinement we could create an extra flag for confirmed article creator, this could be given to editors who aren't ready for the Autopatroller flag but who contribute large numbers of articles. As their articles don't need urgent attention this could take much of the pressure off newpage patrol and particularly the front of the queue.

The default for special new pages at the front of the queue would be red and dark yellow only. This would be a much more manageable flow that would hopefully lead to fewer errors from people rushing to stay on top of the flow.

Advantages:
 * 1) We would be able to easily find and look at the articles that no-one has even eyeballed or approved the author. Currently there are some badfaith articles that slip past the front of the queue in its busiest moments and aren't looked at until they reach the back of the queue perhaps a month later.
 * 2) Inexperienced patrollers needn't waste their time looking at articles that fellow new patrollers are unsure of - they can leave the pale yellows to those who are confident in dealing with them.
 * 3) There is no longer a need to mark articles with deletion tags as patrolled
 * 4) When someone removes a deletion tag the article reverts to yellow for unpatrolled rather than as at present remaining white.
 * 5) Inexperienced patrollers may be less likely to fall into the trap of expecting there to be a speedy deletion category for everything. Where currently they may be hesitating and not sure what to do they would now have a button to mark an article as Goodfaith, and move on.
 * 6) It would be a simpler system with less actual rework and greater opportunity for people to target the specific areas they are interested in.