Patrollers is a custom user group for the Minecraft Wiki. A list of the current members of the patroller user group can be found here. These users have the ability to quickly rollback one's edits in one click and mark other edits as patrolled. This group came into effect on July 12, 2018, after a discussion which can be found here.
User rights
Patrol
- Mark others' edits as patrolled
This right allows to mark edits made by other users as patrolled. When a patroller or admin views recent changes, all unpatrolled edits will have a red exclamation mark next to them. Additionally, there will be in option to hide patrolled edits from recent changes. When a patroller or admin clicks on a diff, there will be a "mark as patrolled" option. When this is clicked, the edit will be marked as patrolled and the appearance of that edit in recent changes will change accordingly. This action cannot be undone.
Rollback
- Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page
This right allows a button called "rollback" to show up next to edits in page histories, diffs, recent changes, user contributions, etc. Clicking the button will revert all of the edits the user last made to that page to the last revision by the previous user, in one click. Additionally, there is a script that allows for an editable rollback summary, which gives the ability to revert edits almost as quickly as normal rollback, but with a custom edit summary rather than just the default "Revert consecutive edits by [X]." This script is turned on by default, displaying a small gray pencil button next to the normal rollback option, but can be disabled in one's preferences. Rolling back edits will automatically mark the new edit as minor, and all edits affected from the rollback as patrolled.
Quick guide
Patrolling edits
Edits should usually be marked as patrolled once they have been reviewed and any major problems have been fixed. For example, once an edit is reverted, or a formatting error is fixed (assuming that there are no other major problems), the edit should be marked as patrolled. The problems that should be checked for before patrolling include, but not limit to, vandalism, false information, breaking formatting errors (such as an unclosed table), or major grammatical errors that would likely make the text very difficult to understand for readers. If there's a minor grammatical error or a sentence could be worded better, the edit can be patrolled before that's fixed. If you're not sure what to do with an edit or it adds or changes information of which you can't confirm whether it's accurate or not, it's always better to leave it to somebody else and find other edits to patrol - there are a lot of edits that need patrolling! Two important things to remember when patrolling are to use common sense and observe others.
Rolling back edits
The most important things with rolling back edits is to only use the normal rollback button if the edits are obviously disruptive and the revert does not warrant an explanation. If the edits were likely made in good faith and/or you think that it would be helpful for other editors to see an explanation, use the custom edit summary rollback option or use undo/revert-to-an-earlier-revision instead.
Obtaining the right
Like all user rights, a user can only be added to the patroller user group by bureaucrats or Gamepedia Staff. Although there currently are no formal guidelines for granting or a request for permission page for this right, it will usually be given to trusted and experienced users. All administrators automatically have the rights that this user group comes with.