Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Autopatrolled/Administrator instructions

The autopatrolled (formerly autoreviewer) user right is intended to reduce the workload of new page patrollers. Articles that are created by accounts with the autopatrolled flag will be automatically set as patrolled by the MediaWiki software.

This user right does not require consent from the user before granting it to them. The right does not alter the interface for the user nor change they way they can edit, instead being entirely in the interest of the patrollers. If a particular user clearly meets the qualifications for autopatrolled, it is recommended that you grant the right so that we are not unnecessarily clogging the reviewing backlog with pages meeting inclusion criteria.

Prerequisites
In general, autopatrolled is only granted to trusted users who: In addition:
 * 1) Regularly create articles
 * 2) Have demonstrated they are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, especially those on biographies of living persons, copyrights, verifiability and notability
 * 3) Has created  articles, not including redirects or disambiguation pages
 * 4) Have had an account for a reasonable amount of time. Autopatrolled is not normally given to brand-new editors, regardless of the number of articles created


 * 1) Autopatrol should not be granted to editors who have had any copyright issues in the last 12 months.
 * 2) A sample of the editor's article creations should be checked and verified to be nearly perfect, including use of correct MOS formatting, categories, defaultsort, etc.

Tools to assist in evaluating a candidate's suitability:
 * Σ's pages created tool
 * xtools
 * BLP edit counter