--- Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
I made it so that each wiki can be set up to allow either all logged-in users or only sysops to do this. (techtalk: set $wgOnlySysopsCanPatrol in LocalSettings.php)
Awesome! On En.wiki I'd say to set this to sysops until a more robust system is in place (see below).
I was going to make it so that you can't "patrol" your own edits, but I haven't done that yet. (techtalk: it would require an extra DB query)
Oh ya - hadn't thought about that. Speaking of extra DB queries, it would also be nice for each user to be able to create white lists in his/her prefs. Then edits by any user in the whitelist would not be bold in RC/new pages for them. Being able to trust by proxy would also be nice. I could say that I trust Ed Poor's judgment, for example, and his white list would also affect what I saw on RC/new pages, but I would not be able to *directly* read his whitelist (Ed would have to set his prefs to allow others to use his white list in this way; default should be [share] though). Yeah, I know, yet more database queries. But I can dream can't I! :)
True. Fortunately, the database field I created (rc_patrolled) can be used to store a number, too, so it can be changed to be a counter, and the highlighting can be made to stay until the counter has reached a certain threshold.
That's wonderful! Make it so (2 sysops or 3 logged-in users depending on whether or not non-admins have this feature) and give me the name of your PayPal account and I'll send you 30 bucks US. I wish I could afford more, but my boyfriend is tight fisted with household finances (he's still pissed about all the money I've spent on Wikimedia domains). Publish your PayPal account name on the mailing list and I'm sure others will send you a few more bucks.
I've been lax on RC patrol due to the huge volume and the fact that 90%+ (usually more like 95%+) of all edits I check were either good to begin with or were already fixed. But this new feature will concentrate my effort more toward the unchecked/lightly-checked edits, thus greatly reducing duplicated effort.
You rock Timwi!
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)
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