Approval by committee, anyone?
See my proposal at [[w:en:User:R3m0t/Article validation]] - it's short, and it's more or less what Yang suggests here, except for article quality.
And by the way, I don't see the point of many patrol groups for something as simple as vandalism. Perhaps a degree of trust to a user, yes. ("Slightly trusted patroller" -> "Very trusted patroller")
On 21/07/05, Edward Z. Yang edwardzyang@thewritingpot.com wrote:
A patrol is a group of editors who have a mutual trust of each other's judgments. Whenever one person on that patrol marks an edit checked, everyone else knows about it. Preferably, each patrol should specialize (like check edits that are +-500 and anon), but some overlap is good. Eventually, there should be patrols covering all areas of changes.
To create a patrol, you'd have to meet certain requirements (like being an admin). You register the patrol on Wikipedia, mark down which areas of the recent changes you will check, and then recruit people. Only the patrol leader can recruit people, but it's recommended that they be democratic about it.