Destinypedia:Patrollers: Difference between revisions

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Patrollers are users who are given access to a few extra tools to help with the combating of vandalism. Their extra rights include:

Marking page revisions or user edits as "patrolled" to help with the reverting of poor or bad-faith edits.
Blocking users who are engaged in vandalizing the wiki.
Checking user IP addresses and other information to watch for sockpuppet accounts and users evading a ban.
Quick reversion ("rollback") of undesirable edits.

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+'''Patrollers''' are users who are given access to a few extra tools to help with the combating of [[Destinypedia:Vandalism|vandalism]]. Their extra rights include:
-'''Patrollers''' are an all-volunteer group of experienced users who are given access to extra tools on Destinypedia.
-==Introduction to Patrollers==
-Patrollers are regular users who are given access to a few extra tools to help with the managing of the site and combating of [[Destinypedia:Vandalism|vandalism]].
 *Marking page revisions or user edits as "patrolled" to help with the reverting of poor or bad-faith edits.
-*Deleting and undeleting pages, uploaded images and page histories.
+*Blocking users who are engaged in vandalizing the wiki.
-*Protecting a page so it can not be edited or moved by anonymous users (autoconfirmed protection) or non-admins (full/sysop protection).
+*Checking user IP addresses and other information to watch for sockpuppet accounts and users evading a ban.
 *Quick reversion ("rollback") of undesirable edits.
-===Can I become a Patroller?===
+[[Category:Destinypedia policies|{{PAGENAME}}]]
-Patrollers are usually selected on an as-needed basis only. Because the main purpose of the Patroller program is to mark good-quality page revisions for the aid of preserving article quality, users with good-quality edits and regular activity under their name are usually seen as potential candidates to join the program.