Forum:Adding a Patrol

Hey everyone, I have really wanted us to implement a new feature for a long time:

The Recent Changes Patrol

Basically, it's an add-on that lets certain users mark edits that they check to make sure they are good edits. Then, those "Patrolmen" can filter the Recent Changes to look only at un-patrolled edits.

The TL,DR is that good editors get to check only parts of the RC, and work together more. More edits get inspected, with individual editors having to look at less.

Admins and Content Mods get this new ability by default. Otherwise, it's a given right to any user.

Please, check the link above if you have any more questions. 20:37, November 24, 2016 (UTC)

Discussion
I don't expect much resistance to adding this feature (though posts in support in support are still necessary to approve it), because it's pretty much a win-win, so instead I want to start the conversation on more specifics of it. If it turns out people don't like it, we can bring the conversation wider.

My questions for the community are:


 * Who gets this right, and how is it given out?
 * My personal opinion is that multiple admins should agree and give it out to editors with a proven ability to inspect edits for high quality as well as basic vandalism checks.


 * Is there an activity requirement that goes along with this right?
 * I would like to see a much higher activity threshold than other rights, as misuse can lead to many inaccuracies on our articles. I would like to see a requirement of a high number of edits in a two week period as the requirement. If the requirement is not met, the right should be removed (with some obvious leniency for issues such as vacations, school finals, uncontrollable wiki absences, etc). If the right is removed, users should be able to instantly reapply.


 * How does this right interact with Rollback rights?
 * Does it make sense to have two smaller levels of vandalism/bad edit that exist in parallel? I'm not really sure on this issue.

Anyways, let's discuss! 20:37, November 24, 2016 (UTC)