https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Alpine_Linux%3APatrollerAlpine Linux:Patroller - Revision history2026-04-30T08:13:22ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.40.0https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Alpine_Linux:Patroller&diff=25043&oldid=prevZcrayfish: Created page with information about patrolling.2023-09-05T01:54:05Z<p>Created page with information about patrolling.</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The Patroller extension adds an enhanced recent changes patrol interface to MediaWiki. The interface filters incoming edits, prevents users from patrolling their own edits, and shares the workload between patrollers.<br />
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The extension adds a new special page; "[[Special:Patroller]]", accessible to members of the [https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&group=sysop Administrators] and/or [https://wiki.alpinelinux.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&group=patroller Patrollers] group(s).<br />
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== Usage ==<br />
=== Patrolling ===<br />
When accessing [[Special:Patrol]], a recent change will be selected based on certain [[#Selection criteria|criteria]], and a diff. view generated.<br />
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You will be presented with three options:<br />
* '''Endorse''' - accept the edit and mark it as patrolled<br />
* '''Revert''' - reject the edit and undo the changes it makes<br />
* '''Skip''' - ignore the edit<br />
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After selecting the operation to perform, another change will be produced for review.<br />
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=== Reverting ===<br />
When reverting, a custom reason can be entered in the text field, or a pre-defined reason can be used. If no custom reason is provided, then the currently selected pre-defined reason is used as the edit summary for the corresponding reversion.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
=== Workload sharing ===<br />
The extension shares the patrol load by temporarily storing a key to the recent change in a memory-based table, alongside a timestamp recording the time of assignment. While a change has a corresponding row in this table, it is not presented for review.<br />
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Rows in the table are removed once they have expired.<br />
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=== Selection criteria ===<br />
When selecting a change for review, the extension ensures that it meets the following criteria:<br />
* Edit corresponds to the most recent change to a page<br />
* Edit was not made by the user doing the patrolling<br />
* Edit is not assigned to another user<br />
* Edit was not made by a bot, and has not already been patrolled<br />
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== Currently unpatrolled edits ==<br />
Below is a list of outstanding edits that have yet to be patrolled. Due to workload sharing and selection criteria, you may not have access to patrol these yourself on the [[Special:Patroller]] page.<br />
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{{Special:NewPages/limit=50,hidepatrolled}}</div>Zcrayfish