Forum:Recent changes patrol

I recently came across this wikia:help:Help:Recent changes patrol and thought it might be a good idea to try it out here. I know there are a lot of people who use recent changes to patrol edits, with this the work load would be drastically reduced. Plus edits are unlikely to get missed either. It might even be a good extension to add to the new mod position that is coming about. So I suggest that this be switched on, at the very least for a trial period. User Avatar talk.png 00:18, August 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Any implementation of this has my full support. --233345-cartman1_tiny.gif Avatar talk.png 00:19, August 28, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sure, let's give it a trial run. Could be a keeper. JspoelJspoel Vault Boy.png 00:48, August 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Looks to me as though that would be perfect for the mods, but who will you get to trail it? TheGuardianCalligraphy.pngGuardianoftheWastesTag.png 11:35, August 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Sign me up, this is a brilliant idea. Hugs Scar: "Say 'ello to my little friend!" 11:38, August 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Seems like a fantastic idea EBTalk 11:41, August 28, 2011 (UTC)
 * Well as long as Scar is putting himself up for a trial, I would like to too. TheGuardianCalligraphy.pngGuardianoftheWastesTag.png 13:13, August 28, 2011 (UTC)

LOL, I meant it mostly as a figure of speech, but as I'm applying for Moderator the moment that poll gets officialised, and as this most likely would be one of their "responsibilities", I'm technically signing up. =P. Hugs Scar: "Say 'ello to my little friend!" 13:17, August 28, 2011 (UTC)

I have enabled the feature for a trial run of 7 days. After the trial, we'll have a vote on whether to keep it. Ausir(talk) 01:49, August 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * Are we doing admin only, or including a few trusted users as well for the trial. Might I suggest the current chat mods as well as some current rollback right users be included for better testing. User avatar tag.gif Avatar talk.png 02:41, August 30, 2011 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it isn't working for myself or some other users. --233345-cartman1_tiny.gif Avatar talk.png 05:56, August 30, 2011 (UTC)

I'm not finding this feature to be saving me from having to check any edits. See this patrolled edit as evidence.--Gothemasticator 14:50, September 1, 2011 (UTC)
 * Or this edit, in which a user removed all content from an article page. It was marked as patrolled and left unattended for quite a few hours.--Gothemasticator 06:37, September 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * Strangely, the patrol log does not show anyone having marked these edits as patrolled (see e.g. ). So either there is a bug with the patrol log or with edits being marked as patrolled. -- Porter21 (talk) 07:30, September 7, 2011 (UTC)

Seems like this feature isn't really used widely so far. Any ideas why? I'm suspecting it might have something to do with it being a bit cumbersome to use, so I've added a new script (server cache hasn't updated yet, might take a little while) which allows people to patrol pages without leaving the current one - i.e. rather than clicking "mark as patrolled", loading the "This page has been marked as patrolled" page and then having to go back to the original page you just click "mark as patrolled" and stay on the current page. Maybe that'll help a bit. -- Porter21 (talk) 09:31, October 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * That's exactly why it isn't being used. I believe your change will help. By the way, my above problem with patrolled notifications seems to have been my own misreading of things. No bug.--Gothemasticator 15:33, October 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * My thoughts on this, due to certain people (e.g. Cartman) who should have the rights but doesn't seem to be implemented (maybe a bug), makes an impact on its usefulness. Additionally, the majority of actual patrolled edits (actually doing it and making necessary changes or rolling back) are actually done by rollback users and not Admins (we tend to get busy with other tasks), who dont have access to this feature (such as Great Mara). User avatar tag.gif Avatar talk.png 19:04, October 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Wasn't aware that rollback users don't have the  privilege - that's rather impractical. Maybe we should use Special:Contact to see whether that could be changed (or a different group be added which has only that right)? By the way, the server still hasn't re-cached Common.js - just in case you were wondering why the new script isn't working yet. -- Porter21 (talk) 21:18, October 9, 2011 (UTC)
 * Contacted Wikia regarding the non-admin patrol issue - figured it couldn't hurt to ask. Now waiting for reply. -- Porter21 (talk) 09:24, October 10, 2011 (UTC)
 * Got a reply. There's now a new user right ("patroller") which can be assigned by bureaucrats. People with this user right can patrol edits and automatically have their own edits marked as patrolled (like admins). I've granted it to our 4 moderators since they were supposed to have it according to their "job description" anyway.
 * The new JS seems to be active now as well, by the way. -- Porter21 (talk) 20:06, October 10, 2011 (UTC)

I think we should discuss whether this right should also be given to rollback users. What do you think? -- Porter21 (talk) 20:58, October 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * The script works wonders in its use. Also I do think a few trusted rollback users should have this feature as well. User avatar tag.gif Avatar talk.png 22:13, October 11, 2011 (UTC)


 * I guess the main question then is how we determine who gets the patroller right. -- Porter21 (talk) 19:14, October 15, 2011 (UTC)