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notice that you spend a lot of time doing RC Patrol. I know from long personal experience as an admin on :en that RC Patrol is one of the more thankless tasks...

created some articles in Simple English. :) Nowadays I've been monitoring the RC feed for vandalism. What, according to you, are the best and worst things...

simplewiki in 2020, MathXplore has been active in the area of maintenance and RC patrolling, and has a large amount of revert in the past. I think this tool...

need much more experience on Simple English Wikipedia. I suggest doing some RC patrolling and nominating some articles for DYK and/or good/featured. Please...

monitoring RC, that is part of the problem with this wiki. Its addicted to watching RC. If people would spend more time editing and less time watching RC we would...

VIP or AN (also it seems that a minority of admins do frequent RC patrolling). Also with RC, I regularly patrol new pages. It's not uncommon for me to post...

also true that he should have consulted with the other admins; ie: flooding RC. I can fully understand his frustration about being wrongly blocked and I...

July 2009 (UTC) Theoretically, knowingly flooding the RC when its known so many people follow the RC here could be considered disruptive editing. Especially...

has said concerns me, and also (and please correct me on this) in my time RC patrolling I haven't seen (m)any qd tags or that much vandalism reversion...

I'm not "checking" the project regularly (ie: looking at my watchlist or RC). Even when I'm less-than-active on enwiki, I still try to take care of Oversight...

University Science Books, p. 96. ISBN 978-1-891389-16-0 Schröder K.-P. & Smith R.C. 2008. Distant future of the Sun and Earth revisited. Monthly Notices of...

I'm not "checking" the project regularly (ie: looking at my watchlist or RC). Even when I'm less-than-active on enwiki, I still try to take care of Oversight...

headings to T:TDYK and in blocking BG7 for his, perceived, abuse of flooding RC when no policy requires an admin to use it, but merely states that they should...

the RC header not being up-to-date. I reviewed Belle's request but did not know where to make the change. Please, let's stop messing with the RC header...

November 2018 (UTC) Delete I've been watching this page's development through RC patrolling (as Golf-ben10 is on the blacklist, every edit is reported). It...

-(talk)- 17:00, 19 February 2008 (UTC) Oppose - While I have seen your name in RC as of late, less than 500 edits is just too low for adminship, regardless...

more often. Especially for the simplewiki, the problem is the relative slow RC. There are times when only a few changes are made and things keep on the RCs...

bureaucrats, as well as more admins on the project. I keep my eye on the RC fairly often while I do other computer work, usually anywhere between roughly...

Retrieved 3 March 2016. Lim WS, Baudouin SV, George RC, Hill AT, Jamieson C, Le Jeune I, Macfarlane JT, Read RC, Roberts HJ, Levy ML, Wani M, Woodhead MA (October...

comment below by PIR. -DJSasso (talk) 16:53, 6 July 2010 (UTC) From watching RC, there were about four admins online at the time. As for too many admins,...

Christianity Portal. It's possible to use <div class> to choose between different RC designs if it is set up properly (using gadgets, prehaps?), or can be removed...

I'm just curious if there's something you have an interest in (RfDs, NPP, RC, RfRB) or if you just want to mop the mess. EhJJTALK 02:53, 7 April 2009 (UTC)...

the 50 change Recent Changes. Most editors only use the common 50 change RC. For which a block was applied in order to stop the flood and cause him to...

show up in bright orange and bold on RC. If they're in your watchlist, you also get a red box at the top of RC and your watchlist. {{Sonia|talk|en}}...

understands and performs range blocks. Transclusions {{Template:User Wikipedia/RC Patrol}} This user is a recent changes patroller. Transclusions...

look into, also, but it's probably easier for whomever is about to flood RC to find an active admin and ask on their talk page as opposed to making a...

to delete something because we have a large number of admins who track the RC almost endlessly. I realize you seem to have some activity level that you...

15:10, 12 June 2008 (UTC) Support, I've seen your contributions all across RC for the last few days, almost every time I've been online. No issues here...

to? Thanks! 67.142.161.18 (talk) 13:36, 7 May 2011 (UTC) We all monitor RC's and we've got bots also. As for a wikiproject, they tend to die fast. Furthermore...

they have made by tuning in to the RC feed on irc.wikimedia.org or by toggling the "show bots" setting on the RC page, so not much of a problem. Chenzw  Talk ...

topics - they will all be created in the end... and just because it's not on RC, doesn't mean they don't have to be created either! Goblin 13:45, 20 May 2010...

2008 (UTC) A slow and rather unnecessary one. 95% of vandalism is spotted in RC and instantly reverted. We don't have much vandalism, as Eptalon says, so...

certainly no reason, though, that currently obsolete pages need to be kept in WP:RC. StevenJ81 (talk) 14:34, 15 August 2017 (UTC) I've no opinion on whether it's...

For clarification, is there an example on the quick trigger with regards to RC?. p.s. I secretly check my edit counts. NonvocalScream (talk) 02:33, 6 October...

As I've mentioned in my acceptance statement, I would like to continue my RC patrol and use the admin tools to further help me fight vandalism. I feel...

ѕwirlвoy ₪ 14:46, 30 November 2008 (UTC) I think we took them out because the RC box was taking up too much space on the page, and you had to scroll down to...

wiki this size. There is no need to patrol pages on this wiki because our RC moves so slowly that you can guarantee that every page has been looked over...

Twinkle? Chenzw  Talk  14:22, 21 April 2008 (UTC) Yes, it can be useful on RC patrol. Majorly (talk) 15:08, 21 April 2008 (UTC) While it can be useful on...

bot to remove files and flooding RC at one time that it has to be twice giving the bot flag. Admin time was spent, RC watchers may miss a vandal when the...

often encounter new pages when I am connecting pages to Wikidata as well as RC patrol. I am currently a patroller on the enwiki. I am also autopatrolled...

Usernames etc Warning Vandals on en:wiki i have Popups, Godmode-light (Rollback), RC Filter,etc and other 'advanced tools'. In closing, I believe Adminship/sysop...

interest, other users who have the same interests (or are bored and watching RC) pitch in. Cleanup happens as we go. *shrugs* Wikiprojects are useful to create...

image checking. --Eptalon (talk) 14:53, 25 October 2009 (UTC) Found it on RC patrol, may be salvageable. Best, NonvocalScream (talk) 16:45, 25 October...

general bulletin: I've personally noticed an increase in subtle vandalism while RC patrolling the last few days. Some people are changing dates or words so that...

up the pages that meet A1, and there are a surprising number of them. Our RC patrollers are good, but they don't catch everything. This flag will clean...

tagging every single single line stubs as unreferenced because he was flooding RC and it was obvious they were unreferenced because well they were only a single...

changes IRC feed (irc.wikimedia.org) was also down, bots which relied on the RC feed were not able to perform any task, most significantly User:ChenzwBot...

it can, ClueBot on enwiki runs with a bot flag yet its edits show on the rc feed. All you have to do is add &bot=0 to the end of the edit url --Chris...

another, well-targeted user, not just I want attention, I saw you in the RC log, and I picked you. In my opinion we do not need a policy or guideline...

because I feel the tools can be of assistance while I am editing and doing RC patrol. I have been a member of Simple English Wikipedia since January 2007...

(UTC) As we have a small userbase, would it be worth creating UT:G, UT:RM, UT:RC, UT:RF, UT:M etc? I use the watchlist notifier, and have to manually type...

would be great. I will notify when I've uploaded it. (you will probably see RC anyway) --Yottie =talk= 22:58, 13 February 2016 (UTC) Let's see if I'm gonna...

time waiting !!! ..--Cometstyles 11:54, 10 October 2007 (UTC) Support - As a RC patroller who fights vandalism, he will be more helpful with admin tools....

Love, Bella tête-à-tête 09:01, 2 June 2012 (UTC) Is there a way to show the RC header (or at least a vastly reduced version) elsewhere, such as in a watchlist...

time needed, ensure that templates are attributed and quite likely not flood RC with all the new pages being created. There is currently no plans to use the...

and the Most Wanted list). Huggle may be too boring here, but if you watch RC, it is possible to find vandalism. You can also take a look at Special:NewPages...

-- Mentifisto 09:13, 12 August 2009 (UTC) Oh, that's because I stare at RC all the time, not the new users log :) Griffinofwales (talk) 18:33, 12 August...

spoken versions on the VGAs that have spoken versions only, to avoid clutter. RC would be a better option. Also, prioritise VGAs, /then/ GAs? Why... it's in...

be any coding problems. We could even match the colours of the header on RC with your new design. --Gwib -(talk)- 12:31, 11 July 2008 (UTC) I think I...

Another consideration, if we do change it, will it cause changes in the IRC RC feed... this will may cause regressions in all the monitoring software. Jon@talk:~$...

Maybe some people don't want to create an account. It does happen. Look at RC on ENWP. You'll see that there are some constructive edits from IPs there...

rollbackers. Therefore there would not be huge backlogs. I check every IP edit on RC anyway, so I'll only be flagging it as "OK" as well. I think it's a good idea...

(UTC) I saw Eptalon add the message to her talk page yesterday on the live RC feed, and I was shocked. It's always a shame when a loved one passes away...

or marked a new page as patrolled. I, like most people here, simply watch RC and act accordingly. It's a small community, we all know each other and we...

recentchanges often got flooded. On bigger wikis, it doesn't really matter, because RC moves so quickly; but here, any quick automated edits quickly flood. I trust...

[[links]] to one word on 1,000 articles, and this'll help stop me flooding RC. --Gwib -(talk)- 20:18, 31 August 2008 (UTC) Sounds alright. I'd support,...

Goblin 17:47, 15 July 2009 (UTC) I ♥ Yotty! ... No, but it can flood the IRC RC so it's running every 30 seconds. I know what I am doing... Goblin 17:48,...

the filter rule, thus the appearance of that small text beside the edit in RC. Chenzw  Talk  09:09, 6 October 2012 (UTC) Thanks for finding that! --Philosopher Let...

implementing RC Patrolled edits?), but I think this category is worthwhile anyway. --Cromwellt|talk 20:16, 17 May 2006 (UTC) Don't use patrolled edits, RC patrollers...

flooded rc.  Hazard-SJ Talk 22:17, 30 July 2010 (UTC) If you notice, rollbacking is auto-classified as minor, and all bot reverting are shown in RC. All...

of me is going a bit crazy after seeing a slew of new accounts pop up on RC. Hopefully he's had his fill of us, though. :) EVula // talk // ☯ // 14:34...

g. tagging important articles for QD) or user / RC stalking (as he has done with PBP), and flooding RC with various article tags (e.g. creating talk pages...

(UTC) Where do you propose linking VIP, then? It already is at the top of the RC page, but as earlier said, that doesn't seem to be enough. TCN7JM 12:04, 25...

reason for the flag is to not flood RecentChanges. Bots that don't flood RC have no need for the flag. I also still fail to see how my bot is unapproved...

highlights all links to administrators' talk pages in cyan, which is useful on RC patrol, as well as on talk pages. The bottom section is a little grey line...

not completely unrelated and also means that the candidate is inclined to RC patrolling.— Preceding unsigned comment added by M7 (talk • contribs) I see...

this proposition. In my mind, a checkUboter should browse quite each day the RC looking for the robots not only to find such above-mentioned mistake (happily...

getting overly flooded by his work. People are far too concerned with the RC here. -DJSasso (talk) 14:08, 14 October 2011 (UTC) Well the tags do add the...

13:12, 3 December 2010 (UTC) I agree with Djsasso; and I might add that, as a RC patroller, it's pretty obvious when somebody does a copy-paste that includes...

Also, it's always good to allow fellow editors to review the changes via the RC feed. Operator873talkconnect 21:36, 29 April 2020 (UTC) Ah, okay! I was planning...

need to encourage the use of {{editprotected}} in these cases. Truthfully, RC is a vulnerable page, that would benefit from protection. This is why we have...

two edits were to see if the Wikipedia:Recentchanges transcluded on to the RC page, or if it would change the last edits done altogether (that's...

think any others use it. This is the only wiki obsessed with not flooding the RC. So basically not a bug so much as AWB has never really been asked to constantly...

to block vandals after being pinged by the bot on IRC or noticing them in RC, and I don't check WP:VIP after every block I make. Vermont (talk) 09:51,...

clear it in about 15, but I wanted to avoid the complaints about flooding the RC and other issues in regard to speed. Its not an issue of time, I wanted to...

mentions GoblinBot4 had its bot flag removed so we could see its edits in RC. -DJSasso (talk) 12:50, 11 January 2013 (UTC) Ah, that makes sense. Cool tool...

flag? I'm clearing out a maintenance category and fear I've been flooding RC. -- An example diff -- Osiris (talk) 02:45, 23 February 2012 (UTC) Dome, please...

I wonder if I could seek administrator opinion on a user I have found in RC, User:Gangbang42056. In accordance with policy, I will make the user aware...

2 January 2008 (UTC) Text referring to "recent changes" (Mediawiki:Prefs-rc, Mediawiki:tog-usenewrc, Mediawiki:tog-hideminor, etc) should be changed to...

protect and block and I think these tools will be helpful in patrolling WP:RC. I can also help in CAT:QD, WP:VIP and WP:RFD. I am generally around when...

Some say he's POV pushing ("he puts his favorite red linked-articles in RC", etc.), but I don't see how what he's done has harmed the encyclopedia. He...

[changes] 22:20, 22 October 2009 (UTC) I think that they know, as there is an RC channel on IRC. --Bsadowski1 22:20, 22 October 2009 (UTC) And there's a page...

touchy about "flooding" RC. Until you are in the area of multiple hundreds of edits its really not a big deal to be showing up on the RC. And even then its...

to simplewiki after a local time vacation (~2 months), and I'm resuming my RC activity, which I was regularly doing before the vacation. I know well the...

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archive.org/web/20201126174218/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/RC-9-2020-0389_EN.html). There would be more coverage but the authorities hide...

accurate in reverting vandalism and giving the appropriate warnings. While RC patrolling, I sometimes notice articles that are nonsense, test, vandalism...

last RfA. Since then I’ve done a lot of work across different spaces, esp. RC patrol, RfDs, and definitely gained a lot of experience. Lately the level...

archive.org/web/20201126174218/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/RC-9-2020-0389_EN.html). The recent TUT.BY investigation is a big one too (because...

August 2007 (UTC) Well i have an account on en and as you could guess i do RC patrolling and get a fair share of personal attacks and trolling that is nothing...

42 (talk) 10:22, 30 January 2012 (UTC) If you come here from the header in RC, the main Requests for permissions page is protected so its a bit tricky getting...

{{orphan}} template on orphaned pages. I was told to make a bot account, because RC is being flooded, so that is what I did. Now, what about those orphans? Who...

to flag the edits as a bot edit, so the edits will still be shown on the rc feed etc, however I still would like a bot flag for two reasons(this applies...

the 50 change Recent Changes. Most editors only use the common 50 change RC. For which a block was applied in order to stop the flood and cause you to...

I've gotten a better idea for what a wikipedia article should be. I patrol RC somewhat frequently so I would probably catch some new articles that look...

—Hasley (talk) 23:28, 12 February 2022 (UTC) Support. They are active in RC patrol and will definitely make good use of tools. Other than that, they are...

patroller user group would mean that your edits and pages are not marked in RC or Special:NewPages as needing to be patrolled, and reduces the chance of...

ideals or to get someone to pet him? As for vandalism, very little gets past RC. fr33kman 01:18, 13 October 2011 (UTC) I don't understand the concerns here...

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I'm not "checking" the project regularly (ie: looking at my watchlist or RC). Even when I'm less-than-active on enwiki, I still try to take care of Oversight...

multiple temporary accounts. Although I am just coming back from a break, I did RC patrol before the temporary account change and plan to continue now. The temporary...

Monster! 12:43, 13 July 2008(UTC) Support No major (or minor) problems to me. RC-0722 (talk) 14:05, 13 July 2008 (UTC) SupportAndycjp (talk) 15:00, 13 July...

atleast once a day will go through all the likely bad faith edits in the RC feed and will check for open proxies. Often times I will find many per day...

User:ProcseeBot or User:ST47ProxyBot? Also, both of these bots do not use rc-relayed information and they both miss tons of proxies (I would say about...

September 2025 (UTC) Oh, I didn't check out here. I only noticed this on RC and thought I just fix it a bit. -Barras talk 08:11, 14 September 2025 (UTC)...

language: Java Function: Update Wikipedia:RecentChanges Description: Updates WP:RC with latest counts. Essentially, does what GoblinBot5 is supposed to do, but...

The Rambling Man (talk) 17:13, 24 April 2011 (UTC) Demote per talk. While RC patrolling, saw concerns on talk. Will fix if have time. --—SEPTActaMTA8235—...

on one area (but that's not a bug, of course). I appreciate your work on RC, but personally, I'd prefer you wait until your account is at least one year...

thetree284 (talk) 23:58, 28 February 2025 (UTC)  Done I've noticed you in RC a lot and am satisfied with the quantity and quality of your reverts to warrant...

articles which no-one watches? I think I'd be caught pretty sharpish via RC. And viewing undeleted pages, in my experience deleted articles (even deleted...

patroller user group would mean that your edits and pages are not marked in RC or Special:NewPages as needing to be patrolled, and reduces the chance of...

occasionally visit here for crosswiki issues, however, every time I see the RC, I found vandalism going on. TW is good but with rollback, it can be slightly...

knowledge to become a patroller. As you probably know, I am most active on RC. I often see new pages and know what actions to take with them. I try to improve...

malicious editors (i will not use rollback to revert good faith edits). i look in RC a lot and i have a fairly clean record within recent times since my..um.....

[he] was a vandal" [4]. Having said that, you are one of our most active RC patrollers, and I would definitely be willing to revisit this opinion in a...

August 2025 (UTC) Just came across some weird edits when looking into the RC feed. It should all be handled and reverted. -Barras talk 11:45, 21 August...

I could write one but it's been a while since I'm actively patrolling the RC, could you give some examples for me to look at? — *Fehufangą ♮ ✉ Talk page...

red strikeout line in a blocked user or IPs name as they do on metawiki's RC list? It makes it so much easier to see someone has already taken care of...

massively editing without a flag, and I didn't want to additionaly clutter up the RC. Thank you for your reply. And in such a case, access to AWB would be useful...

that much but I will be keeping them all in my watchlist. Requesting other RC patrollers to do that as well. BRP ever 15:31, 4 November 2024 (UTC) Hi. Could...

hasn't edited since the 16th. I have noticed I haven't seen it in the RC feed lately. Not sure if its shutdown or having actually problems. Bobherry...

article being deleted by a roving admin. For instance, when I'm patrolling RC and I see a good QD candidate I don't nominate it I just delete it. Then I...

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of what is a "lolcow" ( https://privatebin.net/?1f7d9ff7c89368b4#4PrGeDXPJoRcQH123ZGvxJXPSzdxgTtGvHA1f2S5HQBS ) Description: My edit is identified as harmful...

globally, but it still gives me UTC +7 timestamps on talk page messages. The RC seems to be in UTC -4. I tried purging my cache and it still shows up as UTC...

interesting. Recently I was active in Wikinews. At that time, I was monitoring the RC. Then I saw the same edits with the edit summary mentioning "loser" term,...