Help:Patrolling recent changes

Patrolling Recent Changes
Currently, the patrolling of recent changes is done only on Discussion/Talk pages. If you would like to help us be able to patrol all changes to the wiki, volunteer to help on the Discussion page.

Patrolling Discussion/Talk Pages

 * Go to the Recent Changes report 
 * Log in with your username and password. (This requires Moderator rights.)
 * Click here to get a list of recent changes to patrol.
 * Select to view 500 results (keep Namespace selected "all")
 * Click on Hide patrolled edits to only show those pages that need patrolling.
 * Find Talk pages to patrol 
 * Click Ctrl+F.
 * Type "Talk:" and then click Next - that will take you to each of the talk pages.
 * Click (diff) at the beginning of the line
 * Patrol the changes
 * If the policies and guidelines are being followed, click [Mark as patrolled]. It is located at the top under the right side revision information, above the changes.
 * Remember that we are also looking for:
 * Questions that patrons ask
 * Problems, concerns, or other issues that may need to be resolved
 * Trends that may indicate larger concerns or issues to resolve
 * If the item is a question or a concern:
 * Add the Patron question template to the page.
 * If the question is about information in the wiki:
 * Answer the question if you know the answer (and remove the Patron question template).
 * If you can't answer the question, the Patron question template will tag the question so it can be reviewed and we can make sure it gets an answer eventually.
 * If the question is not about the information in the main article, such as a research or product question, it doesn't belong on this page. Add a note to refer the patron to the forums to ask their question. Once the patron asks their question on the forum, delete the entire question from this page.
 * If the item shows a problem or trend that may indicate larger issues, bring it up to the patrolling team to discuss.

Patrolling Discussion pages process

 * The following diagram shows what happens after the Patron question template is added to a page: