Patrolling Contributions
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While any user can edit malicious or inappropriate content on an unprotected page, administrators should patrol the edits made to Planipages.
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Finding Edits
On the Recent Changes page of Planipedia, all of the saved edits made to Planipages are documented in a chronological list. You can use certain features to limit the changes shown on the page. Your first step should be to "Hide" any patrolled edits, in order to exclude changes that have already been approved by another administrator - no sense patrolling the same edit twice! You can also hide your own edits, and you may choose to hide minor edits.
This will leave you with a workable list of all edits to start patrolling.
Alternatively, you can also use your watchlist, to watch any number of pages that you feel are especially important or you have a special skill to approve edits. When you open Your Watchlist, you can use the same functions as described for Recent Changes, but limiting it to your particular pages.
For new pages, you will click on the main page name to review the entirety of the added content. For edits made to existing pages, click the "diff" button in blue, to see the changes made to the current version of the page, in comparison with the earlier version.
Judging Content
Well there are no set rules for how to deem whether content is entirely appropriate, administrators should follow their common sense. New pages that are clearly advertisement spam, containing crude or offensive content should be deleted immediately. Other pages may be more difficult to approve - in terms of the accuracy of the information editted, its applicability to financial planning and promotional references. If you are uncertain of whether the content should be approved, consult another administrator, and do not mark the edit as patrolled.
Addressing Changes
Depending on how you approve of the changes made, there are several courses of action you can take:
- Leave the content as is.
- Make additional edits yourself where you feel they are required, and in instances where only a part of the change you are patrolling is incorrect or inappropriate.
- Message the user on their talk page to advise them to correct or clarify their changes. Monitor the page in question.
- For edits made to existing pages, highlighted when you viewed the "diff" screen, and where all differences were inappropriate, you can 'rollback'. Rollback is a basic 'undo' function, reverting the page to its previous version. On the (diff) page you can click "rollback" beside the change just reviewed, or alternatively you can click rollback from the Recent Changes page or the history tab of the page being reviewed.
For all reviewed edits made to existing pages, once one of the actions above is taken, you should show that you have patrolled the edit so other Administrators don't patrol the same edit. Go to the (diff) screen for the version of the page you reviewed (this is accessible from the Recent Changes screen, or the history tab of any page). In the top right corner under "Current Revision" click the "Mark as Patrolled" button.
Poorly Titled or Repetitive Content
If the name of a page in inappropriate or confusing given the content of the page, or the information presented is very similar to that on another page, you should suggest moving the page to a new name or the existing page on the discussion tab. Discussing this will allowing the creator and other users to inout suggestions as well as clarify any ambiguities.
You should watch the discussion tab in this case to keep track of any resolutions. If no responses are made in a certain amount of time, you can choose to Move the page to a new title, or move the content to a more appropriate name and delete the added one.
Copyright Infringement
Planipedia content is in the public domain, and any copyrighted material should not be posted on any pages. When patrolling pages, be suspicious of content from copyrighted sources. Your first action should be to request the source of the information or image from the user who added it, and then judge whether this source violates Planipedia's Copyright policy.
Copyrighted information, or suspicious and unconfirmed information, should be removed from Planipedia.
