 | Patrolled edits has since been turned on for all autoconfirmed users by Brion per bugzilla:12007 |
Curious why new pages are now highlighted in yellow?
A new software feature was just installed called patrolled edits. Any autoconfirmed user (account older than 4 days) can mark a page as patrolled.
How does it work?
A page highlighted in yellow has not been patrolled. This means that it may not have been reviewed. When you check the page, you should mark it as patrolled if you see that it is a good page or after you tag it for deletion. If you are not sure about what to do with a page, do not mark it as patrolled and somebody else 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.
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.
- Any page that is not speedy deletable but still has issues should be marked as patrolled and then fixed/tagged.
What not to mark as patrolled
- Pages you are not sure about and want a second (or third) opinion.
- Pages you have created, as this would be a conflict of interest. (Admins' and bots' pages are automatically marked as patrolled. Other users are not able to mark their own pages as patrolled; they must be seen by someone else.)
Other notes
- Pages created by admins and bots are automatically marked as patrolled.
- There is now a "Hide patrolled edits" option on Special:Newpages so that you can ignore pages that have already been reviewed.
- A log of all patrols can be seen at Special:Log/patrol.
- This might take a little getting used to, but it should make new page patrolling much more efficient once people get used to it.
- The CSS class is
.not-patrolled, so that colorblind users or users who prefer a different style can, for example, add.not-patrolled { border: 2px solid black }to their user CSS files.