Wikipedia:Patrols
Patrols are a specialized type of
bots
—computer programs or preprogrammed scripts that make automated edits without a need for real-time human decision-making.
There is a great need for patrols on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is big. In fact, Wikipedia is huge. To help editors maintain reasonable quality on an encyclopedia this size, that almost anyone can edit, a number of
vandalism
, or other potential problems that may happen.
Why not join in?
Patrols
- AfD (Articles for deletion)to moderate the discussions with constructive comments.
- AfD (Articles for deletion)for articles to rescue by adding referenced material.
- Disambiguation pages with links (members) – Patrols the Special:WhatLinksHere for disambiguation pages having incoming links.
- helpme}}.
- New pages patrol (members) – Patrols newly created pages to improve them and provide assistance to edits made by new users unfamiliar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Note this is a very involved area. There is much that can be learned about Wikipedia for anyone wishing to accurately engage in this patrol and be willing to master it.
- Random page patrol (members) – Patrols article pages randomly accessed through Special:Random. Venture into the unwatched and underappreciated corners of Wikipedia. Can be a serious engagement or just a fun diversion. Serendipitous discoveries abound!
- thanks and various WikiLovefrom random strangers.
- Typo Team (members) – Patrols article pages to correct typos and misspellings.
- WikiProject Unreferenced articles (members) – Patrols articles listed at Category:Articles lacking sources.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Categories/uncategorized (members) – Patrols Category:Wikipedia backlog to categorizing articles that are uncategorized.
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright patrol (members) – Patrols pages listed at Category:Possible copyright violations to address raised copyright issues.
- WikiProject New Zealand/Vandalism patrol – Patrols Category:New Zealand pages for vandal edits.
- WikiProject proposed deletion patrolling (members) – Patrols articles categorized into all articles proposed for deletion to assist in Wikipedia's proposed deletion process. (Semi-active Project)
Patrol templates
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{{User Unreferenced Articles}}
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linked pages | ||
{{User wikipedia/NPF Patrol}}
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linked pages | ||
{{User wikipedia/PROD Patrol}}
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linked pages | ||
{{User wikipedia/RC Patrol}}
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linked pages | ||
{{User wikipedia/RP Patrol}}
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linked pages | ||
{{User:UBX/Recent changes, new page, and random page patroller}}
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linked pages | ||
{{User:NickW557/Recent Changes, New Page, and Recent Files patroller}}
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linked pages | ||
{{User recent changes, new page, random page, and new pages feed patroller}}
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linked pages | ||
{{AfD patrol}}
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linked pages |