Wikipedia:Patrols
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Wikipedia is big. In fact, Wikipedia is huge. To help editors maintain reasonable quality on an encyclopedia this size, that almost anyone can edit, a number of Wikipedia community members have set up long-standing patrols.
These patrols focus on various edits and feeds, and their members watch these feeds in the background, or from time to time, or really, whenever they like. Many of the well-known patrols have hundreds of users, and are directly responsible as a first line against vandalism, or other potential problems that may happen.
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Some of the well known patrols:
- Recent changes patrol (members' category) - Watches all new edits for vandalism and other problems
- New pages patrol (members' category) - Watches all new page creations for vandalism, advertising, and other issues requiring speedy deletion
- Random page patrol (members' category) - Watches pages at random for editing problems and to check for general good condition
- AfD Patrol - patrols deletion debates to encourage good quality involvement, and consideration of articles whose compliance with inclusion standards is questioned
New patrols:
- BLPWatch patrol - Identifies "at-risk" biographical articles on living people and watches edits to them to help prevent people being defamed or articles on them being vandalized.
- Help Page Patrol - Answers Help Questions.
