Thanks for helping out on Recent Changes Patrol!

Patrolling is wikiHow's first line of Quality Control , and it's awesome you want to lend a hand! There's a lot to learn when you start patrolling, but a few guides can help:

How to Patrol Recent Changes
Interactive RCP Tutorial How to Do a Manual Revert
Expert Tips & Advice on Patrolling

Some Patrolling Basics to Get You Started:

• Article edits: If they're accurate and helpful additions, hit Mark as Patrolled . If they're vandalism or involve unnecessary inclusions of brand names or external links , hit Rollback . If they are helpful but are not in wikiHow style or format, or the edit contains mistakes, do a Quick Edit to fix the change. Edits made by " Seymour Edits " or " WikiHow Projects " (accounts used by staff editors) are OK to mark as patrolled after doing a quick review for any typos or spelling mistakes.
• Articles needing lots of help: If you come across an article with many mistakes, you can use Quick Edit to fix them up, or add templates for further editing . If you're not sure what needs fixing, just go ahead and skip it so someone else can add any necessary templates.
• Talk pages: Generally, messages between talk pages that aren't vandalism or adding spam or other abusive content are fine, too. You can mark them as patrolled, most of the time.
• Discussion pages: Generally, most comments here are fine to patrol, but if you see obvious or repeat spamming, abusive or offensive content, you can remove it.
• User pages: Most edits here are okay. Only rollback or question the edit if it's clearly vandalism or adding spam or other abusive content. You can check out the User Page Policy to learn more about what types of edits are not allowed on user pages.

If you have questions, just let me know, or you can ask the Help Team . Thanks for helping out!