Meta:Patrollers

Patrollers on Meta are users who have the ability to mark other non-administrator and non-autopatrolled users' edits as "patrolled" ("approved" or "reviewed"). Patrolling helps administrators and other patrollers coordinate their efforts against spam and ensure all edits are reviewed for compliance with local policies. Even if an edit goes against local policy, patrollers still mark it reviewed and then take appropriate action. Patrollers are able to see unpatrolled edits mark ( ! ) and mark those edits as patrolled.

Appointment and Revocation
Patrollers are appointed by administrators at their discretion. Users may request the right at the Administrators' noticeboard. Likewise, patrollers may have their rights revoked at the discretion of an administrator.

There is no set list of criteria that users must fulfill to be appointed to patroller or have the right revoked. Each administrator has their own criteria for appointing or revoking a patroller's flag, though revocation is rare if the right is used correctly in compliance with the guidelines below.

Guidelines
Below are the guidelines for Meta Patrollers. The following is a template which is usually substituted onto Meta Patrollers talk pages once the right is granted.