With a little more digging we found some more information that might help explain this. First off, there isn’t a preset reputation requirement to accept/deny edits. The minimum is based on the edit threshold set on each individual guide. The default is 500 reputation, but the guide author can lower that if they want to. So, theoretically there’s a “soft minimum” to patrol since most people don’t change that default setting.
* Example: An edit falls into patrol for a guide that has a 700 reputation threshold. This means that someone below 700 reputation made the edit. This also means that anyone with 700 or more rep can accept/deny that edit in patrol.
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Second, I absolutely understand your frustration. It can feel strange when someone makes a wrong edit to a guide and you can’t accept/deny that edit in patrol. iFixit '''is''' a wiki where anyone can collaborate and make edits. It does show a banner that there are unverified edits to warn users of new and unverified information.[br]
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Last, and hopefully this eases your mind, the tech writing team actively clears the patrol log three times a week, and community moderators look through them as well, so any wrong mistakes should hopefully be corrected relatively quickly.
Let us know if you have any other questions and we’ll be happy to explain more!
Hi Liam,
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With a little more digging we found some more information that might help explain this. First off, there isn’t a preset reputation requirement to accept/deny edits. The minimum is based on the edit threshold set on each individual guide. The default is 500 reputation, but the guide author can lower that if they want to. So, theoretically there’s a “soft minimum” to patrol since most people don’t change that default setting.
* Example: An edit falls into patrol for a guide that has a 700 reputation threshold. This means that someone below 700 reputation made the edit. This also means that anyone with 700 or more rep can accept/deny that edit in patrol.
Second, I absolutely understand your frustration. It can feel strange when someone makes a wrong edit to a guide and you can’t accept/deny that edit in patrol. iFixit '''is''' a wiki where anyone can collaborate and make edits. It does show a banner that there are unverified edits to warn users of new and unverified information.[br]
Last, and hopefully this eases your mind, the tech writing team actively clears the patrol log three times a week, and community moderators look through them as well, so any wrong mistakes should hopefully be corrected relatively quickly.
Let us know if you have any other questions and we’ll be happy to explain more!
