RecentChangesPatrollingGuide
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A Reference Guide for Patrolling Recent Changes
The goal of this guide is to make RC patrolling as efficient and constructive as possible. Please use and contribute as you see fit.
The cardinal rule: assume an edit is constructive.
What are we patrolling for?
Above all, we operate under the assumption that every edit is constructive. Trust is central to building a community, so we must work to establish this trust in our policing efforts (and also to demonstrate it
Of course this is not always the case, but we
- Link spam
- Vandalism
- General formatting issues
Opting Out
When to opt out a domain:
- 1) Per request:
- If we receive a request for a page to be opted out, we comply categorically. If you are contacted personally with an opt out request, verify your contact and proceed accordingly
- 2) Deleted page:
- If we encounter a deleted page in RC and we believe the user to be affiliated with the site, we assume this is an indirect request to be opted out.
- Note: it is up to your discretion whether or not
How to opt out a domain:
Is opting out different from scrubbing?
Protect Email
The current protocol for protecting emails is to convert the email address text into a graphic. Examples:
- Unprotected: johnsmith@aboutus.org
- Protected: "
If you come accross an unprotected email, protect it and note in the summary box 
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