{{about|the user group of Minecraft Wiki|the patrol in ''Minecraft''|Patrol}}

'''Patrollers''' is a custom user group for the Minecraft Wiki. A list of the current members of the patroller user group can be found [[Special:ListUsers/patrollers|here]]. These users have the ability to quickly rollback a series of consecutive edits by the same user with one click, and to mark other edits as patrolled. This group came into effect on July 12, 2018, after a [[MCT:Community portal/Archive 24#A patroller user group|discussion]].

== User rights ==

=== Patrol ===

* ''Mark others' edits as patrolled''

This right allows to mark edits made by other users as patrolled. When a patroller or admin views the [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent changes]] page, all unpatrolled edits have a red exclamation mark next to them. Additionally, there is an option to hide patrolled edits on the page. When a patroller or admin clicks on a diff link for an unpatrolled edit, there is a "mark as patrolled" option. When this is clicked, the edit is marked as patrolled and the appearance of that edit in Recent changes changes accordingly. This action cannot be undone.

=== Rollback ===

* ''Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page''

This right causes a link called "rollback" to show up next to edits in page histories, diffs, recent changes, user contributions, etc. Clicking the link reverts all of the edits the user made to that page, back to the last revision by the previous user, in one click. Additionally, there is [[MediaWiki:Gadget-editableRollback.js|a script]] that gives the ability to revert edits almost as quickly as normal rollback, but with a custom edit summary rather than just the default "Revert edits by [X]." This script is invoked by a small gray pencil button next to the normal rollback option. It is turned on by default, but can be disabled in [[Special:Preferences|one's preferences]]. Rolling back edits automatically marks the new edit as [[wp:minor edit|minor]], and all edits reverted by the rollback as patrolled.

== Quick guide ==

=== Patrolling edits ===

Edits should usually be marked as patrolled once they have been reviewed and any major problems have been fixed. For example, once an edit is reverted, or a formatting error is fixed (assuming that there are no other major problems), the edit should be marked as patrolled. The problems that should be checked for before patrolling include, but are not limited to, vandalism, false information, errors that break formatting (such as an unclosed table), or major grammatical errors that would likely make the text very difficult to understand for readers. If there's a minor grammatical error or a sentence could be worded better, the edit can be patrolled before that's fixed.

If you're not sure what to do with an edit or it adds or changes information that you cannot verify, leave it to someone else, or ask on the talk page or [[MCW:Discord|Discord server]] for others to look into. Two important things to remember when patrolling are to ''use common sense'' and ''observe when and how others patrol''.

=== Rolling back edits ===

The most important consideration with using the rollback button is to do so only if the edits are obviously disruptive and the revert does not warrant an explanation. If the edits were likely made in good faith and/or you think that it would be helpful for other editors to see an explanation, it's best to use the custom edit summary rollback option, the undo option, or edit an earlier revision and save it, instead.

== Obtaining the right ==

Like all user rights (except autopatrol), a user can be added to the patroller user group by [[Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat|bureaucrats]]. Although there are currently no formal guidelines for granting or a request for permission page for this right, it is usually given to trusted and experienced users. All local [[MCW:List of administrators|administrators]], [[MCW:CATS|CATS]] members and Weird Gloop staff automatically have all the rights that this user group comes with.

== See also ==

* [[mw:Help:Patrolled edits|An overview of patrolled edits on MediaWiki]]

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