Help:Special pages

Jayvdb — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:06:40 GMT

Jayvdb: fix

{{PD Help Page}}
'''Special pages''' are pages that are created by the software on demand. They are located in their own [[Help:Namespaces|namespace]] ''Special:'' and are not editable directly as other pages.

Some special pages depend on the [[Help:Preferences|preferences]] that have been set by a user, e.g. the number of titles which is displayed on a user's [[Help:Watchlist|watchlist]].

==List of special pages==
Clicking the link ''[[Special:Specialpages]]'' will take you to a list of all special pages on a wiki. Such a link is often accessible in the [[Help:Navigation#Toolbox|toolbox]] on the left hand panel.

Some special pages can be [[Help:transclude|transclude]]d.
* [[Help:New images|New images]]
* [[Help:New pages|New pages]]
* [[Help:Recent changes|Recent changes]]
* ..

{{Languages|Help:Special pages}}
[[Category:Help|Special pages]]
[[Category:Special Pages| ]]

Help:Patrolled edits

Jayvdb — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:50:01 GMT

Jayvdb: /* Automatic patrolling */ grammer tweak

{{PD Help Page}}
<div style="float:right;">__TOC__</div>
'''Patrolled edits''' are a feature which allows specific users to mark items in recent changes as having been "patrolled" or "approved". By default this is only available if you have [[Help:Sysops and permissions|sysop permissions]]

This feature is useful when reviewing recent changes for undesirable edits, link spam and vandalism. This allows people (those who can see it) to coordinate their patrolling activity, such that edits gets checked over once, but with less wasted effort (different people checking the same edit)

== Marking edits as patrolled ==

; To mark an edit as patrolled

#Access [[Special:Recentchanges]]
#:Changes which are not patrolled will be indicated with a red exclamation mark
#Click the ({{mediawiki|m:Help:Diff|diff}}) link next to an edit
#To mark the edit as patrolled, click the ''mark as patrolled'' link

== Hiding patrolled edits from recent changes ==
Patrolled edits can be hidden from recent changes by adding "hidepatrolled=1" to url in the following form:

<code><nowiki>http://example.com/w/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&hidepatrolled=1</nowiki></code>

== Customization ==

=== Enabling/disabling ===

Patrolled edits are enabled by default in MediaWiki 1.4. In MediaWiki 1.5 and later, set '''[[Manual:$wgUseRCPatrol|$wgUseRCPatrol]]''' in {{mediawiki|Manual:Configuration settings|LocalSettings.php}}.

<code>$wgUseRCPatrol = true;</code>

=== Permissions ===

==== 1.4 ====

In MediaWiki 1.4, patrolled edits are enabled for all users. To restrict this to sysops, set '''[[Manual:$wgOnlySysopsCanPatrol|$wgOnlySysopsCanPatrol]]''' in {{mediawiki|Manual:Configuration settings|LocalSettings.php}}.

<code>$wgOnlySysopsCanPatrol = true;</code>

==== 1.5+ ====

In MediaWiki 1.5 and later, patrolled edits are enabled for sysops. Use the '''[[Manual:$wgGroupPermissions|$wgGroupPermissions]]''' configuration variable for this.

For instance, to create a ''patrollers'' group:

<code>$wgGroupPermissions['patrollers']['patrol'] = true;</code>

=== Automatic patrolling ===
In MediaWiki 1.6 through 1.8, there is a [[Help:preferences|user preference]] available to users who are able to mark edits as patrolled. When set, this causes their edits to be patrolled automatically.

This option is not available if the patrolled edits feature is switched off.

In MediaWiki 1.9 this user preference has been removed and replaced by a new "autopatrol" right, assigned only to sysops by default. Also, users cannot mark their own edits as patrolled.

=== Marker ===

The formatting of the unpatrolled edit marker can be altered using CSS. The exclamation mark displayed on the Recent changes log is styled using the <code>span.unpatrolled</code>.

== See also ==
* [[Help:Patrolled pages]]
* {{mediawiki|meta:Help:Patrolled edit|Further reading on the Meta-Wiki}}

{{Languages|Help:Patrolled edits}}
[[Category:Help|Patrolled edits]]

Gospel Translations - User contributions [en]

Help:Special pages

Help:Patrolled edits